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Armourkris

Sca fighting, none. well, cept minor stuff from making ther armour from it. fighting with my guys in klowna on the other hand(non sca group obviously) numerous brsted ribs, more broken fingers than i can count, dislocated shoulder, fractured foot, several broken noses, many many MANY bumbs bruises a...

Armourkris

I'm ambidextrious. bugs the hell outa people. i dont fight heater much, use a centergrip oval mostly(much more fun to switch right handed to left handed half way through a bout, non sca that is) BUT, when i do fight lefty heater i find that when i fight a right hander my shield doesnt get used very ...

Armourkris

nope, they are all 5/16th's rings, caus ei wound em all, cut em all, and put em all in the same bag. it's just wierd. the only link in there thats bigger than 5/16ths are 2 half inch rings that ae just hanging there to makr 2 places, they arent actually intigrated into the maille. ------------------...

Armourkris

So i got off my rear end last night, and made my byrnie-in-the-works for the last 6 months finally wearable. good thing i work on it often eh? anyways, i made it by making a front pannel, a back pannel, and 2 side pannels, anyways, basicly i put on the sides. the front panel was longer than the back...

Armourkris

I seem to recall someting about the japanese using a bamboo pole bound up in wet straw.

ya could try that unstead o wasting a perfectly good chunk o of meat.

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Armourkris

I play as a gaul, somewhere around 390 bc. height of the race. BUT, at the moment i fight a tatsuya tsuya, a japanese ronin(gives me a reason to wear munitions japanese armour) also i gets rid of that shiels and gives me a variety of spiffy weapons. so i recomend making a seperate persona for the fi...

Armourkris

Gauntlets are evil. well to make at least. i made my first gauntlet as a x-mas present for my little bro. made my second one for me, tweaked out the design on the second to allow for a wrist plate. GOD that was evil to do, horible. i like the leather wrist far more, but the steel wrist protects do m...

Armourkris

unless i'm on crack, wich i could well be,
1.5mm is aprox 16 gauge

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Armourkris

i'd but it if i werent making canadian minimum wage.
it is after all a rather pretty looking helmet.

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Armourkris

390 bc or so, but only because that would be the height of my personas civilization. we just sacked rome, it's all going peachy, but in a few hundred years it's all goan go to crap. armourwise? uhm, well, i'd have to say from the time the milanese stuff started coming out, untill the guns took over....

Armourkris

Talbit, were you at St. Katherines?

you may now return to your schedualed(sp?) topic

and grotesque armour is some cool stuff.

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Armourkris

what! you cant actually fight in that, it's real metal, plastic would be much better, and whats with those shoulder thingys, they must certainly cut off movement, how is he suposed to do a twirling balerina backhand off side wrist flick attackish thing? ok, i'll put the silly stick down. seriously, ...

Armourkris

i take it thats american. pitty, if only it were canadian, then i'd be able to aford em thosgh some pics or somethign would be nice anyways, always nice to look at pretty things http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif *edit* maybe i should read the entire first post eh? then maybe i would have ...

Armourkris

it's not a total solution, but with japanese armour you could either do thh superlaced stuff(ick) OR, you could also go with the paterned leather, i know that a lot of later period Do had panels of printed leather on the chest at least. also for japanese armour what about something as simple as pain...

Armourkris

Well, the way the finger lames are made, they make a nice little bridge over the fingers, the steel never actually touches the back of the fingers when you hold something(nad yes i did leave the kid room for padding), and well, i'd be worried if one of my lil bro's friends dented it to the point whe...

Armourkris

http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/bump.gif anyone got any ideas for how i could put an efective thumb like thingy on there? verry concerner with technical terms arent i http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif ------------------ What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all...

Armourkris

yea, those big galvanised crystal things sure look ugly. and, this one at least isnt meant for sca, it's gona be my little bro's first hand protection. he just cant seem to get around the fact that blocking with your hands is a BAD thing. and well, he stops fighting when you crack him on the knuckle...

Armourkris

It's actually the angle of the pic, when the gauntlet sits right there is actually about 1/4 inch, or a little less between the plate and my hand.

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Armourkris

I actually just learned how to do Kumihimo last night, it is incredibly easy, i'll try and explain it. 1, get 8 pieces of yarn(or whatever your braiding) 2 get a cardboard disk and cut 32 little notches around the rim, and punch a smallish hole somewhere near the center.(32 notches is easier than it...

Armourkris

Today i made my first gauntlet, it's pretty much complete except for a thumb, still working on something that'll work decent. any sugestions on a thumb design? Anyways, the gauntlet is a present for my little bother, merry x-mas, no more broken knuckles. it's made of 16 gauge galvanised, and there i...

Armourkris

http://www.angelfire.com/mt/tybolt/pics/armour.jpg Well, i got a couple pics of the breastplate, but they didnt show up good at all. i can take a couple more now that i know how to use the camera better. as for the rest i never got around to making it, decided to make my sca harness instead. ------...

Armourkris

ok, so i've been posting a bunch questions latley. anyways, i have these loverley 2 helm halves cut out, and mostly dished, now, does anyone have any little tricks, tips, ints, or all out cheaater ways of getting them to line up? ------------------ What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As...

Armourkris

kinda half off topic here, but is it just me or does it look like those arms would really restrict the ability to move your arms upwards infront of you?

Armourkris

question 1, shield edging. i went out, got some high pressure hose stuff, should make for good shield edging, SO, i've split it, wrapped it around most of the way, and started hitting problems. i cant for the life of me get the stuff to stay on the far end, it wants verry muchly to unwrap itself at ...

Armourkris

Once i get my helm done i'll get some pics of me in my full kit. i'll nto call it period, or even consistent, at least at the moment. right now it consists of a japanse go mai do, passes teh 10 foot range, passes the 3 foot range to anyone who's never looked at te real thing, but if you've seen the ...

Armourkris

simple question, how much extra should i add to my head measurments to allow for padding? i'm wanting to start on a helm for my kit, i'm going with a... zunari kabuto? i think thats close at least. the japanese helm that has 2 halvs with a rivited strip down the center, kinda spangen like. ---------...

Armourkris

hehe
that is the only item on the x-mas list i sent my parents, complete with where they could find it and everything.
i really hope they realise how much i want the book.

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Armourkris

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Owen: They hit hard back in the day; that's why I wear better armor than I did then. Four broken fingers, three cracked ribs, in my first three years. <HR></BLOCK...

Armourkris

I'm hardly an authority, hell, i'm not even 100 percent sure i'm answering the right question here. japanese terms always did confuse me, but your talkign 'bout japanese mail, right? well, to the best of my knowledge, japanese mail was always butted rings, due (at least artly i hope) to the fact tha...

Armourkris

So, as i said in my list legal... mostly post, i got legs, but hey aint got wrap plates. the question is, do you recomend 16 or 18 gauge for them? i'm tempted to go with 18 gauge, seeing as how i;d like to try nd start to shave some weight off my kit. after all, every other pieve of steel on my kit ...

Armourkris

after linking abou 5000 rings yo've probly figured out the way that works afsterst for you, and it's still just as slow, or slower than knitting. (had a race with a family friend, i lost) and well, it IS exptemley monotonous, irecomend either a really good cd, else some good tv show. thats all that ...

Armourkris

i did as a matter of fact, i really didnt like the layout though. i used to have max, but lost it when we re-did the comp(cd it was backed up on got dropped, then steped on, and scratched beyond use) but i used to use rhino to switch file formsats to i could bounce files back and forth from max to l...

Armourkris

I can get my hands on a digital cam.
i'll see if i can dig up the norman guy, he;s buried somewhere in my stuff.
and i was looking a teh samurai yesterday

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Armourkris

Yea, lightwave i;ve heard from a lot of people can be a sevear pain to model anything organic-ish, if you ask me, milanese plate is somewhere inbetween looking organic and inorganic. and well, also this is actually my first time fireing it up to undertake something chalenging in a little over a year...

Armourkris

So, bout an hour ago(1 am) i started on a little project. fired up lightwave and decided to try and model a suit of milanese plate. i's comming along, slowley. it's incredibly dificult, largly because i'm restricted to polygons, and well, i'm trying to do the whole thing with only 2 views. hopefully...

Mysteries of Maille

My first Gauntlet

Helm halvs

2 questions.

[beg] helm measurments

Wrap plates

Milanese plate, ala 3d