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This is awesome!
EDIT: Ok. I just finished looking through all the pics and I gotta say, the amount of detail that you put into this diorama of sorts is astounding. You could totally sell this as a piece of art.

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Hey, Varuhk! You gotta show it off with in on your head too!

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1) Actually sew together the 11th century Anglo-Saxon tunic with gores that I cut out months ago. 2) Wax/soften the insides of my turnshoes so they are less abrasive 3) make new hidden knees 4) attempt to retain as much of my weight as possible over the course of my recovery from my rapidly approach...

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Wow, not many chivalry admitting to pulling childish cheap faggery here...I've got even more to confess. Two key elements of Confession or Reconciliation as it is now called are Regret and Reformation. I.E. Promising to "Go and Sin no more". If you aren't willing to stop the behavior and ...

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Man, if they were sized small....

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JJ8hdYp3aY&feature=fvw This is stick fighting. Real men fight with their dongs out. Hey 'D', this is how I'm coming to the next Warriors of History. That was cool. I noticed that at several points, the shots they threw resembled SCA snaps and off sides quite a bi...

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I suggest that you buy from airsoftgi.com whatever you do order as they are very reliable and price competitive. Now, are you wanting a reliable and affordable gun, but nothing too pricey? just in case you don't like air soft as much as you thought? If so, I suggest the CYMA cm028 ak47. It is accura...

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archibald wrote:Yes as well. Could match my ink.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98231037@N ... 056424177/

Awesome tat.

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SterlingtheSilver wrote:What about:

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... those are pretty sexy.

My pants just exploded...

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hjalmr wrote:Tape the money on the end of the sword. That should distract him enough to land the blow. Either way you can say you "gave it to him".

(^_^)

Hahaha!

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You can also always try KultofAthena.com
Their prices are pretty sweet and a lot of variety too.

http://www.kultofathena.com/armor-body.asp

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It is all in the ego for some. I have no ranking in the SCA. I am a relative unknown. I fought in a tourney where my opponent's thrust skimmed off my left side and I called light. He (a relatively high ranking member btw) complained the rest of the tourney to anyone that would listen, claiming that ...

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Leoric1958@gmail.com I think this is his email.

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That is a great job ya'll did there. When you was showing all the armour, I was like, "There is no way they can hide all that..." The next pic blew me away. And then such a spiff helm too? Hot damn!

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Check out these vids of the La Prova Dura tourney from the Barony of Innigard, in the Southern Region of the Kingdom of Lochac (South Australia) m (there are like 6 entries in the series, but this is my fave) The high level of kit aesthetics and historical accuracy is wonderful to see in such large ...

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Any Magic the Gathering guys on here? eh?

Got a mint condition Mythic Rare Vengevine for sell on ebay. $35 buy it now. If anyone here on the archive is interested, I will pull it off ebay and take $5 off the buy it now price with free shipping still included.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1x-Mint-Condition-V ... 3a611ad7b4

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I utter a resounding "Exactlly!" concerning lack of full contact fighting regarding one's training. All that technique will come to naught if it has not been used against an aggressive opponent (whether a real threat or a friend or training partner whose inenent is to give ya an ass whoopi...

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Holy floobidy-flob! Is that really a Chinese sword on a 13th century Frenchman?! If so, that is incredible...

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Hot Damn! I am dumping my maille and getting some of that super protective and historically accurate armour right there!

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Kultofathena.com has quite a bit in the way of Jian:
http://www.kultofathena.com/chinese.asp

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I can understand about the blue or white plastic barrels and the obviously modern sports equipment but what about black plastic lots of armour is matt black due to paint or dirt or aging or what have you does black plastic need to be covered if its visible Well, black plastic is not nearly as bad. ...

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I think these guys are the real deal. What they do is extremely realistic. The reason they end up going to the ground is because, using the weight sticks they do, you aren't going to knock someone out with a single shot, and then they are inside your guard, and what happens then? If you can absorb ...

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This it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDHCg3G904

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Sounds awesome. I Can't wait for it to start.

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Beautiful work, Sir!

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Hell, that's about 200 years past my persona and I'd buy one quick!

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Other than the odd reference to a pissed off viking wielding his sword two handed in a berserker rage from the Sagas, I can't really think of any. Considering that one's primary defense/armour from that era was a shield, it would be nigh suicidal to use a two handed sword. (The Huscarls are an exemp...

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Bloody brilliant gallery! THAT is the atmosphere that I dream of the SCA maintaining.

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I messaged you a while back but I would like to state my query again here: can those of us who ordered shoes order standalone vibram soles for ours so that we can attach them?

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The Doc says that the ACL tendons in both my knees are completely severed. So I won't be able to go needless to say. So....I need one of you to hit a bunch of Ansteorrans really hard-like for me. (Don't hurt 'em too bad, but just enough to let 'em know that we of Gleann Abhann can hit for two!) Good...

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Aw c'mon guys. Leave him be. His product is simply not for the AA audience apparently, so let's just leave it at that, eh?

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Hahaha! Easy: Camric/Greenshield....wait...there's also Grimbaldus...and then there's Uric/Blackoak, but then there's Johannes (sp?) and then...*trails off for quite a while*
Never mind

That question is waaaay to hard to answer. At least for Gleann Abhann anyways.

Greenshield pic:
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/271532 ... 2893fspQQG

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Heh. Look at 1:26 on this video to see the final result. This is one way to make newbs leave the SCA en mass. Specifically: 1. vambraces will cut into/abrade/ or at the very least limit his wrist movement 2. Solid "breastplate" will inhibit natural spinal flexion/extension and IN SOME PEO...

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No time soon ,but hopefully in the future (next year) I am looking to get some grounding finger gauntlets. Anyways, the Visby gauntlets offered by Armour and Castings caught my eye. Anyone have gauntlets by them like this? I love my belt end and buckle from them so I was just wondering...

http://www.armourandcastings.com/index. ... ductId=227

La Prova Dura Kit Awesomeness

Magic the Gathering Vengevine FS

Armour and Castings Visby Gauntlets