The Armour Archive

Murdock

"If you are going for two weeks....GO DO PICK-UPS EVERY DAY, first week. Some of the best fighters in the known world make it a point to go up there every day first week to teach and fight people from all over." If they'll let ya. They freak if it's over 100 degree heat index. And i think their humi...

Murdock

Nationality breakdown according to the SCA 50% "celts" 20% vikings 10% middle eastern (mostly women) 5% Samaurai 5% roman (climbing) 5% english 1% spanyads 1% french 1% eastern european 1% italian 1% everything else (predominantly vampires, elves, klingons and such. The accasional Aztec, Viking/Scra...

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We're getting there

and BTW WOW noice work!

Murdock

out of period

Rhys lives way up north in the East kingdom.

I'm in Alabama.

Not like we're having weekend events to often.

If your interestd just sound off.

Murdock

"So say you do get a period kit, down to trews, turn-shoes and surcoat...are you going to want to fight in it? Hell no! It's a showpiece!" Then why get it? I got the gear i wanted. I fight in braise and hosen, turnshoes when i'm not on concrete. My Akenton is linnen and quilted by my wife. I'd wear ...

Murdock

"It I wanted to be truly snippy about it I could just say that none of us will never get it right for none of us live in europe deal with plague and pestilience or want to give up flush toilets so who are we to say how someone does something. If you want to recreate or re-enact go back to Europe and...

Murdock

DAAAaammmmmmm Rhys your stuff costs more than my house

Oh yeah, you can play!

Assuming there are enough to bother playing.

Murdock

I will, but i want people to shop around and respond. They probably know of suppliers i don't.

I'm not talking spring steel here, i'm talking mild steel basic munition grade startedr stuff.

Murdock

"Gently remind them that they are in error for their Nikes." In person that is the thing to do. How ver who's gonna walk up to Duke Sir Goferdabeer and say "Your grace your Nikes and jeans look silly with your coronet?" The problem is we barely ever police ourselves. If you suggest that someone migh...

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You can go cheaper than that.

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tiny nylon dome tents,

(yeah i used to have one too)

There was a guy that somehow had a huge pile of armour and enough garb to change clothes like 4 times a day in a tent the size of a bath tub!

He must have been storing stuff in another tent.

Murdock

I figuered that was a given.

Lots of poeple look at greaves, pauldrons as unnecesary, they also would stop at half guants.

But yeah defiantely cuiesses and vambraces.

Murdock

Who would actually be interested in joining one or starting one up. Either a HYW unit or a 14th C tournament co, an archer column, an infantry unit whatever. Just who would be interested in the concept of a 14th C or HYW LH group. No plastic No oop grills No enegiener boots No earth pimples No coke ...

Murdock

OK Using on line armoury price lists, or prices from a current print catalogue. Come up with the cheapest possible steel rig that covers the whole bod. Must have Greaves Full guantlets Closed face helmet Ridgid full body armour (cop kit counts) some kind of pauldron. Not talking soft kit, you can ma...

Murdock

Hey William what bits are ya looking for?
Ya helped me out with a good price on a Pembridge a while back. That helm has seen some serious service too.

I have some odds and end i'llmake ya deal on if they fit. If your just looking for stuff like a gorget i'll set ya up easy.

Murdock

"I would think that if Historic Enterprises needed to bump up their output to the levels required by MRL or Chivalry Sports, they would have to take shortcuts too." But they don't take short cuts and they still cost about the same. So why does the MRl junk cost so much? The other thing is if your re...

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Yep it's held up in court. Of course the Power Rangers and Anamaniacs somehow qualified as educational progarmming according to the courts. "You MUST have this kind of material sewn in this particular manner. You MUST speak in this manner if you have this persona. No you cannot talk to this person. ...

Murdock

The SCA _membership_ repeatedly says "hey it's just a party". Why does a party deserve tax exempt status? Whle we do have RUM (my wife is the Dean) and Pensic has a pile of classes. The vast majority of people are there to drink and holler. I'd say maybe 20% of the populace keep the educational part...

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Gwen hit on something else. People buy the clothes in MRL and Chivalry Sports. Thats tuff costs as much and in some cases more than the accurate clothes from folks like Historic Enerprises. They will but the plastic armour from Egg that costs as much as stainless from Waldryk. So often inauthenticit...

Murdock

don't drink booze at all before fighting.

Kinda goes along with don't pee in your armour box.

Murdock

"They have this idea that the highlanders ruled Scotland for some strange reason...I'll never understand why."

I think it's because of all the Guiness.

The reason i'm a lowlander, who'd wanna be poor and shagg sheep?

Murdock

Thats great but 10 guys that know what they're doing can crush 50 newbies in junk. The get em on the field attitude puts em out there before they're ready. Both in skill and in equipment. This is why we loose so many guys after about a year. It's no fun to get yer ass kicked while wearing a cut up g...

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You found someone iun the SCA with a French persona? Wow i though Bob and Sam De Gracie were th only ones. Thats almost as hard as finding a spanish persona. 5) Trousers rather than hosen (because hosen automatically equals tights, though how kilts are superior to hosen is beyond me) They won't wear...

Murdock

OHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

your going straight to hell for that one.

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Newbie armour for $500?!?!?!?! Thats actually a real good price for a pretty ok kit. Try this, Hume from Trueherat armour $60 Greaves from Waldryk stainless$45 Vambraces from Waldryk in stainless $20 Joints from Ivar/Ron $40 total Guantlets from Waldryk $90 Scrap armour grade leather from Bertruns $...

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No actually they are both sitting in my living room with all the tacks still on.

The Naugahyde tears waaaayyy before the tacks break. Both lasted about a year, nut io found out they're out of period and stopped using them.

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I know exactally what ya mean. I do a Lowland noble. It seems that everysingle genericelt here asks why am i English with a Scottish name? I'll explain "the Scots would have had very nearly the exact same stuff as the English and French" and they rool their bloodshot eyes and stagger off in fur and ...

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You must wait a half hour before swimming in your armour after eating.

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Yeah he's real fun to knock the crap out of

I love the sound of cracking plastic.

Murdock

"Changed charter to be an educational organization mid-swing, but still had to accomodate what the society was at the time." Then it needs to quit lying about deserving tax exempt status. My question is can't they drink just as much and be just as lusty in linnen hosen and wool kilts ad they can in ...

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Thats just ducking fumb. as for "There shall be no metal armour allowed on the field of combat. Plastic will be allowed as it is not hard enough to hurt the rattan". Give them time i fully expect that one day. And what is projection defined as? Does that count fans on coppes? shield edges ectect? Th...

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I used to make one for SCA combat.

I had a round shield
I bought some brown naugahyde.Covered the hosed edge and face of the shield with the hyde.

I used the brass furniture tacks to make the stud pattern.

Worked well and it looked pretty good whil while being fairly cheap.

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Hey

I know that guy!!

Murdock

"I think the SCA says away from live steal do to the control and cost issues. " That may have a small bit to do with it, IMO it's because 90% of the fighters would have to completely rearmour them selves when they face anything other than a stick. SCA combat isn't really dangerous as it is. Ya might...

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I'd just like to say

YIPPIE!

Going from cave man to soldier!!

YEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

can't really be of much help though

14th century/ Hundered years war LH

Best price for a cap a pie rig