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by Swete
Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:07 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Gimme the finger (answer, that is)
Replies: 12
Views: 997

Hey, Conrad, any chance we can get those pics? :wink:
by Swete
Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:09 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Painting Chainmail
Replies: 12
Views: 439

Malcolm MacLachlan wrote:Have you thought about gun-blueing it? It might take a little longer to apply than spraypaint but it'll look better and last longer. Just fill up a spray bottle and go to town. It's fairly cheap.

But will it last against the abraisive nature of mail?
by Swete
Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:23 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Painting Chainmail
Replies: 12
Views: 439

[quote="Jess"]it is just that I'm really not into the rust look and I don't want to put the effort in to keep the mild rust free. [quote]

That is the main reason I was considering it! :P
by Swete
Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:50 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Painting Chainmail
Replies: 12
Views: 439

Thanks Jess! :D I think your mail looks fantastic.
I will now consider my options. Of course, if anyone else has anything to say, feel free. :)
by Swete
Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:46 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: chain aventail question
Replies: 14
Views: 288

Varukh wrote:hmmmm....where you getting that at? as it is my helm is probably (just a ballpark guess) close to 15lbs.


It would be from Atlanta Armory here on the archive. It is like Ringmesh and comes in two different lengths
by Swete
Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:15 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Frisan kit 800-1000 AD?
Replies: 2
Views: 215

The second group of pics shows som Frankish belt buckles from the era you set forth:

http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic ... &start=220

Armour and Castings sells many Dark Ages buckles that may match the style you need:

http://www.armourandcastings.com/index. ... t&catId=13
by Swete
Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:03 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Painting Chainmail
Replies: 12
Views: 439

Painting Chainmail

Anyone ever painted chainmail using Rustoleum? I want to get some flat riveted mail, and mild is in my price range, but being in Louisiana, it rusts withing 10 minutes (seriously), so I figured I could rust proof it like I did my Valsgarde helm. I think it looks nice, but would it work for mail? (Of...
by Swete
Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:56 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: chain aventail question
Replies: 14
Views: 288

That is why I haven't put an aventail on my helm yet. I am thinking about getting a 5mm welded mail one though. It would only add 1lb.
by Swete
Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:33 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Making late 14th century armour
Replies: 47
Views: 2529

Hot damn that is a rocking kit! :D Amazing work you have done there.
by Swete
Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:19 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: FS: Icefalcon Flat-Riveted Stainless Haubergeon
Replies: 22
Views: 1265

Could you post a pic of you wearing it? I want to see how you modded it pwease?
by Swete
Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:16 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: FS: Icefalcon Flat-Riveted Stainless Haubergeon
Replies: 22
Views: 1265

I guess that makes me, at 5'9" and 140lbs, a SCA "Damn-he-tiny! " Now, back to the haubergeon: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu*! You have got to be kidding me! Seriously! I need to save my money for food and gas! I can't go spending it on stupidly AWESOME deals! Ca...
by Swete
Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:46 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Mis-Matched Heavy Kit
Replies: 43
Views: 1731

I can sympathize with the new guy (i.e. 1 year or less) having bad/hodge-podge armour. There are many things working against them: mainly decisions on the culture to emulate, but also potential lack of resources and finances, etc. But seeing a squire or a knight with horrendous and blatantly miss-ma...
by Swete
Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Inspire New Guys - the Interviews! KENWREC WULFE
Replies: 56
Views: 8893

awesome thread! Great idea. I'm relatively new (1 year fighting) and I am totally inspired! Can't wait to get my new kit finished. should be done by this weekend. Yeah, I am sure you are finished . I said that a couple of times myself. But trust me, you'll always find something to tinker/improve up...
by Swete
Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:26 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: finished Hjalmr helm/revisited review
Replies: 8
Views: 623

Awesome! Now show it on your head with the rest of your cool kit! :o
by Swete
Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:17 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: New lamellar plate order for the Archive?
Replies: 54
Views: 4058

I have a friend who is wanting to make a suit of lamellar with skirting etc, so, depending on price and size, about 600 plates.
by Swete
Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:53 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Review Request for Ashcraft Baker
Replies: 35
Views: 1209

I used one of their "spangen" (more like a steel football helmet) for quite a while and still reserve it for loaner. It is an absolute tank though. And it is easily padded to fit various head sizes. But it does not look like anything historical. However, I have a fried who uses their Flamb...
by Swete
Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Active Marshalling and Rhinohiding
Replies: 20
Views: 1075

Yep. Half the fun was out-dying everyone else! Falling off a stump whilst screaming bloody murder was always fun.
by Swete
Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:04 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: New sword basket
Replies: 5
Views: 650

Great job! But be careful about 'rebound'. sometimes the blow will cave the alum and crack across your knuckles and then return to shape instantaneously. In other words: wear some gloves under it! :P
by Swete
Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:00 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Forget It
Replies: 54
Views: 2086

Now he is going to go back to his shire/group and say to whoever told him of the armour archive: "Those guys were jerks and smelled like poo, and now I am sad" *sheesh* At least when I got on here for criticism and got meh feelings 'squished' I changed my tone, learned to accept criticism ...
by Swete
Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:42 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: FS/Trade: Stainless 9mm maille hauberk+extra rings
Replies: 19
Views: 1601

Bumpidy for you, good sir.
by Swete
Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:38 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Viking-Type Leather Helm
Replies: 4
Views: 252

They have several spangen helms for under a hundred bucks here: http://kultofathena.com/helmets.asp

Of course, the simplest helm to make oneself would have to be this:
Image

It is just the brow band, nasal, and hardened leather plates stitched together.
by Swete
Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:12 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: New Project- Walking Cane
Replies: 6
Views: 279

I like it. What knife are you using? I would like to make a walking stick sooner or later as well so the info would be appreciated! :D
by Swete
Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:21 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Which is more comfortable: Flat or round mail?
Replies: 10
Views: 518

Which is more comfortable: Flat or round mail?

Just what the title says: which is more comfortable and less damaging to one's clothes; flat or round wire mail? Hopefully soon I will be replacing my Ringmesh with some riveted shtuff, and I am getting my research done now. (don't get me wrong, Ringmesh is awesome, but I am wanting something that w...
by Swete
Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:56 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: FS/Trade: Stainless 9mm maille hauberk+extra rings
Replies: 19
Views: 1601

Cian of Storvik wrote:20% off on stainless steel?!! Awesome price. Can't afford it personally right now. But can't believe it's going to just sit around at that price.
-Cian


yeah. There was a medium flat-ring stainless for $500 that sat here for about two days before it was snatched up. Craziness. :shock:
by Swete
Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:53 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medieval Fiction
Replies: 47
Views: 930

Well, if we are now delving into the realms of fiction, so long as comparable to history-ish-ness, then I MUST advise Tolkien's "Children of Hurin" and Steven Erikson's The Malazan Book of the Fallen series. "Hurin" is as close to a spiritual sequel to Beowulf as I think we will ...
by Swete
Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:06 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medieval Fiction
Replies: 47
Views: 930

What tends to annoy me just a little more than glaring in-accuracies, are unlikable protagonists. This is what did in Conrwell's Saxon series for me. The main character is such an egotistical, vile, ignorant, and crude slob of a human that I, quite frankly, wished he had died in the earlier chapters...
by Swete
Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:42 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Practice Throwing Spear
Replies: 2
Views: 193

What are you throwing at? burlap and haybails die quickly with SKS bayonets and shovel handles. one of the local guys uses bodkin points and 1/4" dowels and archery epoxy. That is a wonderful idea! and i have a box of target arrow heads that would affix nicely into a hole on the end. Thanks fo...
by Swete
Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:04 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Cover up that plastic!
Replies: 35
Views: 2238

Re: Cover up that plastic!

Hello Friends. Also, for the sake of this question, like my round shield question, I'm more worried about owning my own kit that is functional, legal and fits. A specific fighting persona (Time/Location/Status ) some time in the future. Well, all the more reason to make garb to cover it. Because by...
by Swete
Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:50 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Heroic battle speak.
Replies: 53
Views: 1859

Skutai wrote:No. The RPG aspect of our game makes me uncomfortable.

Aye. I'll second that....though I do tend to scream a garble of Anglo-Saxon words whilst charging the enemy shield wall. :lol:
by Swete
Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:45 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Practice Throwing Spear
Replies: 2
Views: 193

Practice Throwing Spear

So I go to Lowes and they have 5ft tall, 1 inch diameter oak and ash dowels for affixing paint rollers to, and I think to myself: "this would make an excellent shaft for a throwing spear!" As I do not have a proper head to affix to it, and I do not want to batter and blunt a proper spear h...
by Swete
Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:02 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: the SCA room in your house
Replies: 36
Views: 2311

This isn't fun without pictures. Anyone willing to share other than the boat? This isn't strictly an "SCA room" but it is part of one wall of one room in the house that is similar: <a href="http://www.allenantiques.com/images/DownstairsEndWallNew.jpg"> <img src="http://www.allenantiques.c...
by Swete
Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:42 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: FS: Icefalcon Flat-Riveted Stainless Haubergeon
Replies: 22
Views: 1265

Curses! If I had not sworn to NOT spend all my graduation money on toys then this would so be mine! :cry:
by Swete
Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:52 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: the SCA room in your house
Replies: 36
Views: 2311

Well, I have swords on the right wall, shields leaning against the other wall, spears in a corner, and armour in my closet! :P I do wish I had an entire room for it all...
by Swete
Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:29 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: The battle of Towton (article)
Replies: 16
Views: 381

Who was it that said, "People are damn hard to kill"? You see stories on the news of a woman being stabbed with a kitchen knife twenty times, yet still managing to walk to the hospital, and various other tales from Nam etc of soldiers withstanding and surviving tremendous injury and pain, ...
by Swete
Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:23 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Rene d'Anjou in LEGO
Replies: 29
Views: 795

Very cool. My son would love this. He's 6 and has become a full-blown LEGO-maniac. Soo.... if anyone wants their old LEGOs to go to a good home, let me know! This boy child will make serious use of them. -Tasha Or give them to me. I'm looking for the next historical project once I finish the outbui...

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