The Armour Archive

Owen

That aside, any form of propulsion using compressed gas isn't legal under SCA Seige Weapon rules. I've thought about a bungee cannon, with the works all hidden, but the Society Seige Marshal is vehemently opposed to any reproduction of black powder seige weapons, and keeps trying to alter the rules ...

Owen

I'm working out how to make a subarmalis, partly from that grave stela. It's hard when you don't have ANY artifacts to work from! "The Roman Army in Pictures", by Dan Peterson, show a member of the Ermine Street Guard in one made entirely of leather. However, that stela does seem to indicate quiltin...

Owen

Your distinct personality, The Dreamer-Minstrel might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You can always see the "Silver Lining" to every dark and dreary cloud. Look at the bright side is your motto and understanding why everything happens for the best is your goal. You are the po...

Owen

Want some fun in Acre? Ask about "Good King Juda". Then ask about his successor!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

On a more serious note; that tent looks like a design I have seen called a "gable-ended marquee". Tentsmiths makes one, you could ask them for more details. Perspective is kind of screwy, it could also be a rectangular marquee, maybe with slanted walls. The Romans did indeed use wall tents. --------...

Owen

Ya know, Chef, I'm actually impressed. You mentioned without anyone calling it out (I hadn't even noticed). Thanks.

nyah, nyah, i was right!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

You're calling being stationed in the back of beyond Britania "fun"?!? They don't even make wine here! You can't get fish sauce for love nor money! These people are insane! And the WOMEN carry knives!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Sieur Raymond- that is EXACTLY what happens in MSR; you have a couple of "ruling oligarchies". Personally, I like how we do things; I can see maybe a few tweaks, but the romance is cool, assuming everyone plays nice (which doesn't always happen). My point in dropping this grenade was that, if we can...

Owen

Well, if we're doing Arthurian, we don't want those 14th century guys running around, we're SUPPOSED to doing 5th!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

1) Should the SCA reenact wars in addition to tournaments/grand melees? Yes. 2) If Yes: a) Should we keep the existing rules and not change a thing? I think there could be improvements made, but not at the cost of dramatically changing the current structure. b) Should the SCA work to have society wi...

Owen

Just curious- if we should be doing things with more historical accuracy, how do you propose we choose Royalty? Obviously, the "Crown Tournament" is a purely SCA construct, "recreating" the middle ages as it wasn't, and not medieval at all, and we can't have THAT if we want to be accurate. ---------...

Owen

There are those who say that by not going to graduate school, I didn't realize my full potential. However, I am a much happier person doing what I do. Is "realizing it's potential" (not that I even agree that that is what would happen) worth alienating and removing 80%(at a guess)of the members? Thi...

Owen

You are an evil man.

Dammit, now I'm hungry again.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

My gear is somewhat heavier than the originals; my body armor (Lorica Segmentata) is about right, maybe a bit heavy due to being made for a man much bigger than your run of the aquaduct Roman, my helmet is about 2 pounds heavier (grill and heavier gauge), and I HAVE arm and hand armor. I also wear g...

Owen

Of course, it helps if the foot get to pick the ground. Isn't the song "Catalan Justice" based on a real event?

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Well, SyrRhys, it doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense to you, it makes sense to us. I can't imagine why anyone wants to reenact Viet Nam, but they do. Frankly, I think there's room enough for all of it. I don't complain about the tourney companies having late period Pas D'Arms (sp), although it ...

Owen

Why does everyone seem to remember Boudicca and Vercingetorix as having "whupped up on the Romans"? Lest anyone forget, they LOST! That said, at least some of the Roman references to women fighting in the barbarians groups may have been an attempt to portray them as "other". It is exceedingly unlike...

Owen

I weigh ~255 (it's dropping), kit with weapons weighs ~ 50.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

You have a very evil looking friend, I can see why he's doing drow!

Nice work.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Why, just because we have to add rules for safety, does that mean we can't have war games that aren't tournements? The army doesn't use real ammo at each other when they have exercises. We have rules about tournements, that forbid actons that could have been done in period (did they have the concept...

Owen

Well, I've been pretending it's a war since long before CA came on the scene here in the East, so that's not the reason do it. I plan on continuing to do so for the forseeable future.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Actually, "Owen" doesn't know much about horses, but likes them. "M. Didius Ovenvs" hates them, distrusts them, and wants nothing to do with, knowing far more than he'd like!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

I don't believe that I, as a single man on foot, could easily defeat a mounted knight. I MIGHT be able to keep him from killing me long enough to evade, if I can get into cover. I might even get lucky, if he stops charging and trys to stand over me. Me AND all my buddies against said knight and HIS ...

Owen

Sir Richard- but were they Western European soft rocks, or just run of the mill, inaccurate soft rocks?

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Foot. Evil things, horses. Can't trust 'em. Stand your ground, and stick a pointy stick in its face. I'm infantry, by the Gods, and I intend to keep my feet on the ground, not dangling off some psychotic hunk of meat.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Hush- well, it wouldn't be as much fun if you were under it. Really. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif SyrRhys- I think doing things well is great. That's why I do the very best Roman I can. My armor is, if I do say so myself (and I do), quite accurate, even with the modifications needed to ...

Owen

Why do people keep saying "Western Europe"? Corpora doesn't say "Western Europe", it says "Western CULTURE". That itself encompasses the whole of Europe. It also only says "pre-1600". It doesn't list an early cutoff date. Yes, the core of the SCA is Medieval and Renessaince Western Culture, but it s...

Owen

SyrRhys- you apparently don't think it's fun, so why drag the rest of us down with you? I love the idea of counted blows tourneys and the like, but why must they be the enemy of what we already do? And of course we can have wars; we make up rules to make it safe enough, and we do it. Saying "we can'...

Owen

Cheval- Well, I'm pretty sure the ancients held to the law of gravity too, even though it hadn't been discovered yet. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif They may not have had the precise concept, but there are a vast number of references to behaviour that would fall into "chivalric ideal". Ho...

Owen

The whole fighting sytem is an artificial construct bearing little/no resemblance to reality, so what's the issue with CA? I can't destroy a shield with my poleaxe, I CAN kill an armored man with a single sword blow, I can't buttstroke someone with my spear, and no one bleeds to death. -------------...

Owen

Cheval- the Romans obviously did not have the term "chivalry", but they understood the idea that we mean by it. Honor and Dignity were very highly held, as well as martial prowess and proper behaviour.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Lodhur- I'm amazed it's gone this long; usually the CA arguements only rage about a week or so!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

When you say "a Roman fighting as a Roman", do you mean fighting in the style of, or in the equipment of? Neither is necessarily outside of the "chivalric ideal". When I fight (as a Roman), I still follow all of the Rules of the List, and have modified my methods to fit the game (no massed pila, no ...

Owen

adapt does not mean adopt. Do we need dictionaries here?

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Well, I already posted that passage, what's your point? I see the section you highlighted, but I'm not sure what you are trying to say. It seems to me that, if the rules include CA, that it is a chivalrous activity within the SCA; I can hardly imagine them making up rules for unchivalrous actions! T...

If "Wars" aren't right, neither are "Crown Tourneys"