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Murdock

HOLY CRAP IN A BUCKET!!!

I never thought of that!

I body armour smilarly witht shirts!!

Killer!!!!!

Murdock

Ok so we're looking at a HYW merc co in Italy basically around the turn of the 14th to 15th Century. I like it! It's a good plan i'm excited to ba a part of it. I looked at the Le Bell website and WOW!I had no idea there were 14th C groups in the US. Actually i can almost do the rig that the guy in ...

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I tried and tried to make some. I never got them right. The only shoes i could even make were those gillies everyone wears. An dthey were usually too small. I salute your effort to make em yourself. Were it me i'd just buy a pair from Historic Enterprises or Alistair's footwear. I think he's gonna b...

Murdock

So who likes Flemish and who like Italian ?

Those look like the 2 faves.

Murdock

".) â€œPlastic has less lower extremity injuries due to weight: Because it is substantially lighter to equip a fighter in plastic, injuries to ankles and knees are less likely.â€

Murdock

The SCA could be the best. It has the biggest membership, and the biggest pool of talen to draw from. It holds itself back because it's afraid to loose a single 10 year vertran goon in a blue barrel. There by loosing hundreds of folks like Gwen, Chef and the like. If the org would just _do_ what it ...

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No, i hate plastic armour. #1 it's harly ever done "well". Most people think Egg is "well done plastic" ICK #2 It's just not ment for this. It breaks when cold, warps in the heat, inuslated way to much ot use in the sothern summer. #3 Yeah it can be used to replicate some Samaurai stuff. Why are the...

Murdock

Stickjock?

Iron side?

Is dat you?

Murdock

When it all comes down to it,

almost every friend i have is in the SCA.

Murdock

So we're looking at maybe a 14th C merc company wandering Italy.

any other suggestions?

That'd be a fair mix of armour and nationalities.

Few Burgundians few Brits.

[This message has been edited by Murdock (edited 06-13-2002).]

Murdock

Gwen GAWD YES!! I'd love to see that at Pensic. Talamyr got a Regia demo at 29 and we had a regia practice at 30 you might be able to pull it off. Whats extra cool.. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Barbute yes Mail aventail or coif? Yeees Gothic armour Again yees Turnshoes yup hosen and l...

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LRof E has a good point Be nice there are lots of people all crowded in this outside tent village for a week. Before you do something questionable think very carefully "do i wanna piss off sveral hundred posiibly drunk people who are heavily armed?" I juuuuuusst might be able to go to Pensic one las...

Murdock

Plastic armor
plastic swords
plastic BAsekt HILTS
now!
PLASTIC SHIELDS!?!?!?!?

...and then murdoch's head exploded

Murdock

"I have seen times when someone who was interested in a kit like the one you describe, Bob, was advised in a friendly way that fighting in a kit like that here in the South might not be a good idea because of the heat and humidity and potential for heat sickness while fighting," I agree i try to ste...

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Ok there's interest Cool http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif We're really spread out. Why do you all have to live in California or way up the East Coast!!! I kinda like the company in Italy thing, i also kinda like the Flemsih thing. Course i like lots of stuff. In a real short answer, what m...

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Hmmm

So what your looking at is a persona from eastern Europs, but not a Russ?

Janos and Norman may be able to help ya.

Murdock

"You can get some bright blue plastic barrels and a roll of duct tape for only a couple bucks. Cut the barrels into pieces and duct tape them to your T-shirt and jeans before each match. Then the only thing you need is a cheapie bar-grilled spun-top from e-bay and you're set! Even better...Hang out ...

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"Personally i feel that talking to the Society earl Marshal would be a good start. If enough people agree that it would be good to better enforce the rules more in favor of authentic appearance on the field." Now i've never met the guy but... #1 Why would he want to change them? He's in authority. S...

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As iv'e said before, i have had some peopel be nice to me. Even be supportive of what i like to do. But the total unwarrendtedness and the sheer venom of the negative comments, often by people who do not even know who's inside the rig (even worse when they do) has had a very obvious effect. They mad...

Murdock

"If the combat system rewarded those who wore authentic armor, and perhaps gave additional credit for historical detail, you might see a turn towards more authentic gear. I think if this focus attracted more authenticity or historical flavor, the effect would "trickle down" to all aspects of the SCA...

Murdock

I understand why but "A sweatshirt (to prevent armour bites he still hasn't worked out yet), a jack of plates (as protective armour), a long sleeved tunic (to hide the elbow cops required by SCA rules), a heavy stuffed gambeson (simply because his persona would have had one, possibly polypropolene s...

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"-A gambeson - a mail hauberk & chausses, and gamboised cuisse, with attatched polyn and a pair of schynbalds - a sugarloaf greathelm (or visored of same) - alliets At about that point he says "Impossible" I ask him why he replies -greathelms are dangerous -mail is too heavy -alliets would be broken...

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Well we seem really spread out, but there are a fair number of us. How bout first lets start a base standard of authenticity. Accaeptabel minimal garb and kit and such, places to get it. We'll start "broad" not SCA broad by any means and work down from there. BTW people who don't have armour or who ...

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It is fun to have the news wanna talk to you, and have the little kids want their picture made. There are the accasionaly people who really wanna talk to ya. My biggets thrill was at Gulf wars 8 i think. I went to the Silver Swan pas and as i was armouring up a lady asked to take my pic. She said "M...

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Holy crap!!

Sorry that happend man.

Murdock

Thats leading by example.
Good show!

Now will any other KSCA follow?

Guys remember this is Chev i fully believe he'll also help the goobers to get acceptable harness too.

Murdock

Just looking nice yourself has some effect, but you can't stop there. Now as people have found you will ilkely get opposition from local group leaders. If you try to do something like "persona In a Box" However if you try to become the groups chanatliene/ hospitaler. You automatically get the new pe...

Murdock

The Flemish thing is sounding kinda cool,
i must admit.

Murdock

"issued a challenge to the peers of the realm to find one person in need of assitance and provide them with an outfit" Thats a great idea! Question is do they do it? Lots of armourers (and half arsed wanna be's like me http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ) donate armour to folks all the time....

Murdock

Thats a great point, as for who's supposed to tell Duke Sir Goferdabeer his jeans and Nikies need to go, arent his brothers knights supposed to do that? Sir Everybodysbuddy should just go up and say "Hey Goferdabeer, ya know your my friend and all but your making the order look bad. Lets go shoppin ...

Murdock

The fermented mares blood really is.

The fermented goats milk really is.

Don't eat or drink anything you cannot identify.

Murdock

Man i had a cool thought Imagine if all the people who really dig early period got into Regia. I'm a closet Hurscal. I actually have a barely passable hurscal kit for Regia. There is one other guy in Alabama in Regia. Now emagine if all 300 of the EP guys in AL got into regia. That would look sooooo...

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Keep shopping guys,

yall are getting it.

Murdock

I'm not sure what we'd do yet. We seem rather split between Eglish and French. As for right now i'm just looking to see who's interested. Me i'd really like to do a unit, circa Henry V's military campaigns. That narrows it down to the end of the 14th C-the very early 15th Century. Lots of fighting, ...

Murdock

Thanks Gwen but i don't yet meet Red Co or Wolfe Arget's standards. If my rigs were mild i'd be pretty close. I wear my stuff often, usually at least twicw a week. Here in the land of sweat and air so humid you can cut it, a mild rig worn that much would be dark brown in a matter of hours. I'm worki...