The Armour Archive

Murdock

I also doubt we'll have too many "events" where folks will be needing to camp. But it could happen, i also doubt we'll have too many people at any give function, i don't see too many tents being there at all. We'll deal with it when we have too. We need to get people in proper clothing, with proper ...

Murdock

Bearkiller!!!

SWEET!!!

Murdock

Depending on what you have under your mail you should be fine.

Stay away from poly materials here, you'll cook.

Your farther north than a lot of us, but either way your mail should breathe pleanty.

Murdock

Where's the next one gonna be held?

I'd be willing to drive a bit for a nice event.

Murdock

I duuno, Chef? Gwen? Maybe som eof our folks that are geographically close could buy a tent ans split the cost. I was alo thinking that people who don't have a tnet could sleep in someone elses if it rains. Serously, i'm not gonna ask any one to sleep in the rain on the ground, just because it's per...

Murdock

Stay hydrated Ditch as much padding as possible in the summer, espically poly batting. Get a cooler and keep cold rags in it to put on your face and head between fights. saty out of the sun as much as ya can, which is hard because where ever there is no shade that is where we will fight and possibly...

Murdock

Gaston is'nt far from there

I'm in Birmingham

Vitus is up in Bowling Green.

Who's your Knight?

Murdock

"Because there are people in the SCA (like me) that prefer to fight good over looking good, they will choose the best option available to them." So why are the 2 mutually exclusive? You can look absolute ly awesome and fight like a beast. Look at Rhys, Vitus, Conn, Templat Bob. Plastic is not the be...

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It's just another example of silly SCA traditions getting in the way of people doing what is historically accurate and fun. Chef i'm a Squire, we had a guy here with a burgundy strap on his waist on his Burgundian harness. He was given grief by a squire of two and a buncha non squires. The Knights s...

Murdock

http://www.fcsutler.com/fccanvas.html

Cheap tents

Murdock

"Average costume for a Fighter type, a Tabard, Sweat pants, and a pair of Nikes. Oh yeah, and a little silver chain for the Squires and a little gold one for the Knights and Nobles." Huh? In the SCA or in Nero? Didn't even know Nero had knights, everyone i talked to in SOLAR was a bad guy or some ki...

Murdock

try this
http://www.mathomhouse.com/regia/index.html

http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/400-1100/intro/index.html

no kilts

Murdock

SPIFFY!!!!

Very cool a newbie looking that real!!

Murdock

V The crown here is rarely the problem. We have been blessed with many many very nice people on the throne. Ya saw the turnout on both sides this weekend, people just don't seem to really want to do anything. It _was_ hot and nasty but no more so than normal. I'm hoping it's just gas being so high. ...

Murdock

Got to talk to a couple 3 of ya at Border raids. Had a good few minutes with everyone, Be sure to email me with suggestions comments ect . Also remember this guys I am horrible with names reallreally bad. I literally would forget what _my_ SCA name was for about 2 years, i still foget my wife's full...

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That reminds me

V do you need any help setting stuff up at Penasic? Vigil tent? A chair? tables? need a book for visitors to sighn? Thugs to keep out the riff raff

Be glad to help.

Murdock

I saw it!
IT was great!!

YEAAHHHHHH V!!!

bout dang time

Murdock

"So, I'm all like, "wow, he rolls steel and forge welds rifle barrels?" Oh no, he buys a solid length of steel and drills out a rifle bore out of it... When I pointed out that was not a period method of rifle bore construction THEN I was told, well, sometimes they cheat a little for safety." I think...

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Bascot afaik this is not a canned hunt by any means. I hate those things too.

For the dogs how bout Dobermans?

Fast like a grey hound strong like a mastiff

Murdock

". Or that all people who do early period are all "genericelts". No, not all, just most. Solid early period documentation is very, very scarce, and does require a certain amount of conjecture. " The vast majority of people here (and in the SCA as a whole) are pre 11th Century. Where is all the mail?...

Murdock

why can't we do that here

we don't have that many people with rigs like that in the whole kingdom. Much less that would actually come to a Pas.

I need to move, or be king and madate it.

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Not as deep i probably should

He has no birthday, i don't know his saints day, his parents names or even where he was born.

Murdock

Well i'm seeing us drill in em, i also think they wore em under barrel helms. I may be thinking of earilier. Obviusly people wearing thse ain't getting hit in the face. Regia does it all the time, no worries. Also made a few additions to the standards and resources. BIG revision coming soon. Mostly ...

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"While many of you will discount it, there is some support of two swords being used in period Europe - Battle of Clontarf, Murrough Mac Brian, son of Brian Boru, fought with a sword in each hand "with a blade as long as fingertip to elbow". There are a couple of other examples from earlier period - ...

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The best place to buy the books i have found are vendors at Pensic.

If you have a fairly big University nearby they should have some in their library.

Look in the Art History section and the forign cultuers section.

Murdock

From examining the Historic combat series we have list both Wed and Thursday. Personally i'm gonna do very little fighting that is not in the HCS. But i'm not sure what all of you have planned. Do you want to do Gwen's LH class on wed or thurs? Combat of the 30 is Wednesday. I _will_ be at that. So ...

Murdock

14 ga is fine with me

espically if it's period.

Besides you can ding up 16 by puncing it good.
It'd be a pain to have to un dent stuff all the time for LH and SCA.

For the rest of it 18 should befine. We wil be in the stuff for hours on end.

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"4) (I know this will chaff allot of people) Ban plastic gauntlets, half gantlets, and basket hilt swords. ---Also metal gauntlets even when on a OOP persona looks better. " Personally basket hilts don't bother me per say. Some are well done and pretty. I hate the plastic tutrle shell looking ones. ...

Murdock

anyone going that won't be fighting for whatever reason?

I need a harald! and a banner bearer. Plus it'd be nice to have someone for my wife to sit and talk to. I know she get's terribly bored watching me.

I'd try to pay in food or something, maybe buy ya a chocolate milk from Coopers store?

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I dunno,
i haven't recived anything i just figuerd it's quiet.

My dog knows almost as much about compooters as me though.

Murdock

This looks like much fun.

It'd be real cool to digout an "unmaking kit"
and do the butchering in a period style.

Anybody got one?

Murdock

we had a guy wrap him self in tin foil here for a metal Body armour only list. I don't know if it passed for that list for sure, i did see him fight in it. I was so insulted i dropped out of the list and left the event. It is the only metal BA only list we have here that i know of and somebody had t...

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"The SCA is a society for the recreation of the Middle ages the way they should have been" Now _define_ how they should have been. Don't give a touchy feely big tent answer and not be willing to define it. It's good catch phrase, but noone ever seems to want to define it. #2 "if you want to go stric...

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Actually not that helpful

It has the days but no supposed start times.

Murdock

DOH!!!!

I should have though of that