The Armour Archive

Baron Alcyoneus

Crap looking armor will always look like crap. Regardless of what it is made from. Here is an example of one of my "interpretive" leather armor - In the Cattle Raid of Cooley - in every translation I can find, all from scholarly sources - they describe a specific body armor worn by CuChulain as bei...

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I wear about 41#, including helmet&gauntlets, but I'm only about 1/2 covered.

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The diameter of the bolts are probably larger than roofing nails, so it will need rivets. With any modification, you do run the risk of ruining them. I would say that you could try beating it over the horn of an anvil, or a ball stake to deepen it a bit, before removing the bolts. I'd then beat them...

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Where were they stolen?

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CTrumbore wrote:Gis "black and white burgonet" and youll see tons of examples.

Bubba Gump made burgonets, too.

There are so many variations of burgonets, that you're best off picking one you like, and basing a helm off of that. Doing a GIS, as Curt suggests gives you all sorts of cheek plate arrangements.

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I agree.

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If you are doing heat treat yourself in an electric kiln... Here's a tip to help save you a few hours of work. Paint the outside surface with some satinite or other thin refractory cement that usues colloidal sillica as a emulsifier. Then wrap the piece in stainless foil. Your after quench clean up...

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So, how bad is Horsefriend? I think a couple of new guys in a group I used to be in just ordered stuff from him, and IIRC they said they got it in a timely fashion. I did indeed recently order a sugarloaf from Sir Alail. His replies to my inquiries were prompt and courteous, and remained so through...

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You should wait until the beginning of April to post this topic.

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You are one of the few people that have measured their helmets after they were made. More armorers probably should, because it would give them a better idea about whether they need to change their techniques, or buy thicker metal. While the SCA may say 16g is the minimum gauge for safety, don't expe...

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It isn't like we don't talk about them.

Or even that they could PROVE damages, or liabilty for the owner. It has to be over $50k, IIRC, to get into federal court, so they'd have to hire an attorney wherever they live, and another in WI.

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These are all depictions of the Three Kings. The artist is depicting them as how he imagines men of the Exotic East to dress, using a combination of contemporary Western garments and various Orientalized elements. (I suspect but have no way to really verify that these sorts of costumes would be mor...

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Could you post pictures of some of the originals?

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With the way it is laid out, I think it is for the front of a horse. The opening is too large for a man's neck

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So what do the hinges on the edge of the cheek plates attach to?

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He's one of the Three Wise Men, look at what contemporary Turks were wearing, that would be a good place to start.

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For the basis of the next paragraph I'm using our last war as an example. It was about the same amount. I got in. Site was hired. Site was insured. Privacy and security were ensured. ~10 people gave up many hours of their time to make said event run. Rules were enforced to ensure the event and ever...

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http://home.mysoul.com.au/graemecook/Re ... _Turks.htm

17th Century Turkish 'Chicale' type helmet made from rawhide covered with crimson velvet and with gilt mountings.

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I've been tolded that they were spun on some sort of lathe in the Roman factory complex, which might mean they found it easier to make large quantities with that material.

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Germans also made some very white armor in the 16thC, because of the manganese? that was in the ores they made the iron from.

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IIRC, the bronze barrels were hammer forged on a mandrel. This might have been after casting, it has been a long time since I read the article.

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By law, English museums are required to answer questions that are posed to them, it is part of their mission to serve the public. You could email the museum directly, and they might even send you some photos of the areas in question.

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It is Toby Capwell, but I sent him a msg in 6/2010 that he hasn't read yet.

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MITHRIL, dammit!

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This is the last powered mail jig I made. The middle piece of oak is 90 degrees from the rest, I put them together with wood glue. The flanged bronze bushing came from Ace Hardware, and cost a couple dollars. This one is 1/4" ID. The really handy thing about using a drill is that you don't have to d...

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18 is fine, you could probably go a little thinner for the greaves.

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Look at where the articulation points are on these arms.

http://armourarchive.org/patterns/arms_15thC_sinric/

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How many times did you intend to post this?

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What were the dimensions on the piece of wood you started with?

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I think that airguns had made their appearance by 1565, but I really doubt it would have been used there.

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