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by Derian le Breton
Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:40 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: any sca or any other clubs in seattle wa can you help?
Replies: 7
Views: 240

Academia Della Spada does I.33, and later stuff.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: any sca or any other clubs in seattle wa can you help?
Replies: 7
Views: 240

Re: thx you all

makob wrote:you dont how how happy i am to find a club here :cry:


:)

I spent six years in Seattle (moved away this summer). If there's any other way we can help, let us know.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:29 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: any sca or any other clubs in seattle wa can you help?
Replies: 7
Views: 240

Other SCA groups in King County:

http://students.washington.edu/sca/ (UW)
http://www.porte-de-leau.org/ (east side)
http://www.wyewood.org/ (south King County)

Around King County:

http://www.dragonslaire.org/ (Kitsap & N Mason Counties)
http://www.aquaterra.antir.sca.org/ (Snohomish County)
http://www.blathaanoir.org/ (Pierce County)


Other non-SCA groups:

http://www.academiadellaspada.com/
http://www.empiremp.com/almadeena1.html

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:00 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Laurels - Please post your work.
Replies: 50
Views: 3168

I would rather see a newbie piece of illumination and calligraphy than a photocopy. At least the hand painted one someone put a little time and effort into. I'm probably biased though because every award or thank you here is an original. It's preferable imo than years and years of scroll backlogs o...
by Derian le Breton
Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:32 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Ok, so I want to build a yurt
Replies: 37
Views: 482

Re: Ok, so I want to build a yurt

Tor Magnusson wrote:what is the amount of dirt you get at Pennsic?


250 square feet for each <b>pre-registered</b> person. This does not take into account roads, trails, etc, so in reality you will get somewhat less than that.

Royal encampments are different.

More info:

http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn39/LAND/docs.html

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:15 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Laurels - Please post your work.
Replies: 50
Views: 3168

For the Calligraphers out there.. if you are in a photocopy/crayon AOA kingdom, do you think there's a different standard for "Awesome dripped in win" than one like my Kingdom, where _everything_ is hand done? I'm not a calligrapher, but I have lived in both kinds of kingdoms, and the hig...
by Derian le Breton
Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:14 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: (was) "made a boot" (is) "posting your work&q
Replies: 32
Views: 681

Which is here:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=104735

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:45 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Anvil recommendations...
Replies: 16
Views: 433

What will you use it for?

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:52 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Non-Laurels Only! Please post your work!
Replies: 609
Views: 39217

Indeed: squee!

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:13 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Some recent projects
Replies: 7
Views: 308

Effingham: Thanks. If you find those coins, I'd be happy to try and identify them for you (good photos or scans). Roibeard: Thanks in advance for the recipe. It's not entirely surprising that the aroma of the piloncillo was not present in the final brew. Delicate aromas will be "scrubbed out&qu...
by Derian le Breton
Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:47 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Non-Laurels Only! Please post your work!
Replies: 609
Views: 39217

I know I already made my own thread, but hey, lets get this ball rolling!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/derianlebr ... 242207418/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derianlebr ... 352346339/

(Edit: the tags/sca link is all of my sca related photos... the above two sets are just my work)

:D

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:14 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Some recent projects
Replies: 7
Views: 308

Thanks!

That Imperial IPA with piloncillo sounds <I>very</I> interesting. Would you mind sharing the recipe? What sort of notes did you get from the piloncillo in the final product?

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:53 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Some recent projects
Replies: 7
Views: 308

Thank you!

These were also somewhat of an experiment in speed. The cross side took 5 hours to cut, and the head side took 8 hours. The designs are mostly punchwork (the thin lines on the viking head are engraved). Some of the lettering is a bit messy, but well, so are the originals. :)

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:29 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Terms and modern historical “re-un-accuratesâ€
Replies: 525
Views: 13019

MJBlazek wrote:I'm not sure if I believe all that Derian...


:D

Listen to everyone
Believe no one
Decide for yourself.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:24 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Terms and modern historical “re-un-accuratesâ€
Replies: 525
Views: 13019

Its basic logic - "an aprentice to a laurel may or may not be in the same craft" includes your case. But the definition should be "an aprentice to a master is in the same craft" That's your definition, and generally it is the medieval one, but that does not mean that everyone in...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:58 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Forgive me for bragging . . .
Replies: 13
Views: 356

Funny how so many of us (and I've fallen into it too) seem to think some terms which have been in continual use over the centuries are somehow modern and not appropriate for 'period' use, like 'child,' 'children,' 'flag,' and one or two others. And when did the rigid heraldic descriptions come into...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:54 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Terms and modern historical “re-un-accuratesâ€
Replies: 525
Views: 13019

I don't know about you, but I was raised with "don't believe everything you hear" as a fundamental lesson. We're an organization of individuals. There will be a certain percentage of screwballs, idiots, and even malicious folks. Just like the rest of the world. If Joe Newbie believe everyt...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:43 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Terms and modern historical “re-un-accuratesâ€
Replies: 525
Views: 13019

Norman wrote:And in both cases, in the SCA context, I was informed that aprentice / aprenticeship were reserved words for Laurels and their proteges.


Informed by whom? There is no "title police". If someone tells you BS like this, then they're just being an uninformed jerk.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:41 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Terms and modern historical “re-un-accuratesâ€
Replies: 525
Views: 13019

When I came into the SCA I was an aprentice armourer (aprenticed to a guy who was uninterested in the SCA). I was told I could not call myself an aprentice in the SCA venue because I was not aprenticed to a Laurel. When I left my master and started making armour for myself, I took aprentices - real...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:18 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Forgive me for bragging . . .
Replies: 13
Views: 356

Flags, then. :P

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:17 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Some recent projects
Replies: 7
Views: 308

Some recent projects

We need MORE brag posts! You asked for it! I've been doing a bunch of stuff lately. Some metal work, some coin stuff, lots of brewing. Last month I made some fancy brass washers for a shield project (by Rasper77). The ones with the simple triangle decoration in the upper left are based on jewelry f...
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:44 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Forgive me for bragging . . .
Replies: 13
Views: 356

Yeah, the 10ft rule really does apply to banners. :D

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:57 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Forgive me for bragging . . .
Replies: 13
Views: 356

Great stuff! I've been meaning to do a few banners for myself for years now.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:11 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Ravensborg (formerly Norstead) Viking Ringfort
Replies: 16
Views: 438

Great, so back to my original request. Do you have any information on period gate construction? Not off of the top of my head, but I can do some digging. Here's a tangent. There's a nifty 12th century door from a mosque in the Museum of Islamic and Turkish Art in Istanbul: <A HREF="http://www.flick...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:56 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Ravensborg (formerly Norstead) Viking Ringfort
Replies: 16
Views: 438

Yeah, I made extensive use of my University's library while I was working on my Master's. I'm fairly used to doing essentially real academic research for my hobbies (though obviously with lower standards than what actually went into my papers, thesis, etc). I just love talking to people who've done ...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:04 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: How a Boy Shall be Dressed at his Ease
Replies: 16
Views: 742

That's one lucky kiddo. :)

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:53 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Ravensborg (formerly Norstead) Viking Ringfort
Replies: 16
Views: 438

Are you asking about a specific ring fort design such as with a circular earthen berm and a single gate entrance? If you use a specific example or set of examples to draw the design from, yes. There is some variety; Old Sarum has a single entrance, but all five forts at Trelleborg have four entranc...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:54 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Terms and modern historical “re-un-accuratesâ€
Replies: 525
Views: 13019

As an aside, there are guilds in the SCA. The accuracy of the rank structure within them varies considerably.

-Derian (guild minister of one proto-guild, fellow of another, journeyman in another yet another, and generic "member" of a fourth). :D
by Derian le Breton
Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:09 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: I need to brag -
Replies: 7
Views: 681

Cool stuff.

Now make her some chisels and give her a hunk of sandstone... :D

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:06 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Scottish Tower House Living History farm
Replies: 18
Views: 702

Alan Frize wrote:Well, if you want something small but impressive for the garden area, can I suggest the layout used at either Castle Campbell or Falkland Palace?


Falkland Palace is near and dear to my heart... I spent many hours there as a child. St. Andrews as well.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:45 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Ravensborg (formerly Norstead) Viking Ringfort
Replies: 16
Views: 438

I'm familiar with ring forts in general (I've crawled all over a few in the UK, though they were primarily iron age ones). I'm wondering what specific examples were used in the design of this one, especially the buildings. :)

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:27 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Ravensborg (formerly Norstead) Viking Ringfort
Replies: 16
Views: 438

Nifty!

Any detail shots? What were the inspiration(s) for the site?

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:30 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: period groin protection
Replies: 16
Views: 637

We were talking about that after business meeting the other day, someone mentioned he had syphilis and so was very VERY tender. Any truth to the statement? Most historians do not believe Henry VIII had syphilis. It's a modern myth. As I understand it the most damning bit of evidence is that while h...
by Derian le Breton
Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:25 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Pewter casting question
Replies: 8
Views: 157

How small?

Cuttlefish bone works and is quite cheap (pet supply stores in the bird section). The mold wont last all that long, though.

-Derian.
by Derian le Breton
Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:46 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pics that would inspire new guys. (UPDATE 8/31/2011)
Replies: 598
Views: 154979

This has to belong here, even though its not SCA: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4049269924_0770562f83.jpg Luke Binks and Toby Capwell at the Tournament of the Phoenix 2009. It makes me happy just seeing the pictures. Oh, man. I really want this in higher resolution. Slightly higher resolution...

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