Konstantin the Red wrote:jgalak wrote:. . . the loaner closet was mostly carpet armor. Orange shag, too. Talk about armor no one would steal...
"Monsters lead such interesting lives!"
I love that particular bit.
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- Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:07 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Loaner Armor
- Replies: 33
- Views: 838
Re: Loaner Armor
I love that particular bit.
This is a helpful thread.
- Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:29 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Otto's Armoury Backorder List
- Replies: 266
- Views: 30933
Re: Complete Otto's Armoury Backorder List
Sure wish I knew...
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:02 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Looking for someone that can make PDF files of my patterns.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 377
Re: Looking for someone that can make PDF files of my patter
What you need is someone to turn your drawings into Vector art, then shrink it down so that they fit on 8.5" x 11" pages. Then overlay a grid and reference the size. Ie 1" square = 4" of size at 100%. Which I can do pretty easily if you have pictures with contrasting backgrounds...
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:17 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Otto's Armoury Backorder List
- Replies: 266
- Views: 30933
Re: Complete Otto's Armoury Backorder List
Maire O Halowrane wrote:He is going in order of WHEN the orders were placed. Not by size of the orders.
This is not what he told me via PM in March 2011 when he said that my order should be shipped by June 2011.
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:48 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Otto's Armoury Backorder List
- Replies: 266
- Views: 30933
Re: Complete Otto's Armoury Backorder List
I thought I mine was supposed to be done soon, being a small order...
- Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:25 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Thoughts on SCA combat (from spear-breaking)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 922
Re: Thoughts on SCA combat (from spear-breaking)
Hmmm. Makes sense. I'll be sure to play it relatively safe to begin with and work my way up with folks I know are comfortable with a little more contact.
Thanks, guys.
Thanks, guys.
- Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:59 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Thoughts on SCA combat (from spear-breaking)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 922
Re: Thoughts on SCA combat (from spear-breaking)
I wasn't trying to say that an SCA fighter wouldn't win such a fight. Just that it seems like people freak out when I ask them to clarify how much I can get away with as far as shield contact and body-to-body contact.
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:51 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
- Replies: 747
- Views: 9540
Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
I believe you have adequately illustrated the very problem that is at the root of this thread.
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:51 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
- Replies: 747
- Views: 9540
Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
You have no clue and really ought to stop writing and start seriously reading. Really. You don't understand enough of what the SCA is about and you are not prepared to contribute positively here. What you are able to do is provide a poster-child for some of our failures as an organization when it c...
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:17 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
- Replies: 747
- Views: 9540
Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
I hadn't seen the swords, though -- those are pretty neat. The local Amtgard guys are still using the lower-tech stuff, and wearing tunics, jeans and sneakers mostly, so I hadn't seen anything that looked better. Those kinds of latex swords are illegal in all contact LARPs because LARPs don't requi...
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:37 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
- Replies: 747
- Views: 9540
Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
PS: CA? Who joins a game of knightly foot-combat to shoot people with a bow??? Go play paintball, damn it, and let us get back to whacking each other! There, in microcosm, is the absolute heart of the SCA's problems. People respond to another person's area of interest by telling them to go play som...
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:35 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Arming Coat Construction - Troubleshooting Help?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 480
Re: Arming Coat Construction - Troubleshooting Help?
Absolutely, Oskar, but you may not like it. The period solution (for a CdB) was to make the upper arm in one section and the elbow and lower arm in a different section, and attach them together in a pre-bent configuration of about 120 degrees (or, 60 degrees from horizontal). That way, when you ben...
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:20 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
- Replies: 747
- Views: 9540
Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
Release your thoughts of awards. Abandon them. For one thing, creating an expectation of an award or having one, will doom you. Those who choose to indulge in unseemly toadying in order to curry favor and letters behind their name reveal their true nature at every opportunity. For another, one aspe...
- Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:17 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Thoughts on SCA combat (from spear-breaking)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 922
Re: Thoughts on SCA combat (from spear-breaking)
It's not all of our equipment but most of our shields are strapped to our arms and if they were torq'd on bad things may happen. Really dag and bel are not the same animal as SCA. Balin edit: Really it is because people want to fight not have a 200-400 pound man hurl them around... Really? Ever fig...
- Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:35 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
- Replies: 747
- Views: 9540
Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
Want to improve recruiting, we need to change the way we appear to the outsider. All our websites are designed to pass along information to our membership. Same with most of the literature I have seen. No one outside the SCA knows what "Heavy Combat" is, but I bet they all know what "...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:44 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Thoughts on SCA combat (from spear-breaking)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 922
Re: Thoughts on SCA combat (from spear-breaking)
Grabbing a shield can lead to 2 things. 1. Grappling. Some shields are strapped to their users. So if I grab it, twist it, and pull/push it I could easily torque/wrench an arm or toss, knock down an opponent. 2. Exposure of unarmoured bits. If the person has a centergrip with half gaunts. or just l...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:28 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
- Replies: 747
- Views: 9540
Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)
a) Most of thread: tl;dr. b) Hi Max, The Amtguard and other "boffer" fighter groups will outpace us because they focus on the young. Our youth combat program is OK, but is it totally outmatched by the boffer groups. The Nerf swords are far more realistic looking (even with the goofy colors...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:21 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2011, Kits...Let's see them!
- Replies: 591
- Views: 38050
Re: 2011, Kits...Let's see them!
Ken Mondschein wrote:
Dude, your chaperone in that middle pic. Fantastic. Where did you get it/how did you make it?
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:08 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Otto's Armoury Backorder List
- Replies: 266
- Views: 30933
Re: Complete Otto's Armoury Backorder List
Arrakis wrote:How's Reed Williams' coming along?
Quietly, then?
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:28 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Otto's Armoury Backorder List
- Replies: 266
- Views: 30933
Re: Complete Otto's Armoury Backorder List
How's Reed Williams' coming along?
- Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:26 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Hjalmar is CLOSED!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1440
Re: Hjalmar is CLOSED!
Good luck in the future, Hjalmr!
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:37 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: New Light Weight Arming Cotes pre order sale!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1617
Re: New Light Weight Arming Cotes pre order sale!
Oh, man, is that some Pourpoint of Charles of Blois-style arm-gusseting and elbow curve I see?
I wish the body shape was more correct to that kind of garment (tight through the waist and then a short flared skirt).
I wish the body shape was more correct to that kind of garment (tight through the waist and then a short flared skirt).
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:21 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Market survey : COP kit prototype
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1070
Re: Market survey : COP kit prototype
As a newer SCA fighter who built his first torso as a CoP just like this out of barrel plastic, this kit looks very nice. I would add a trio of upper-spine plates, like this: ... I can't find the pattern I used for my CoP that included a central spine plate ~3"x7" and two side plates for i...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:10 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Bascinet Makeover
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1302
Re: Bascinet Makeover
Get a gunblueing solution? Looks nice, dude.
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:47 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Period german hats for sale
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1511
Re: Period german hats for sale
Wow! Those are nice-lookin'.
Good luck with sales; I'll let any German-persona folks I know know.
Good luck with sales; I'll let any German-persona folks I know know.
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:18 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Late period plate body harness PRICE DROP AGAIN
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2057
Re: Late period plate body harness PRICE DROP AGAIN
Maelduin mac D wrote:Andreas,
Yeah, the legs are gone... for a *steal* of a price (Arrakis, ya lucky bastard! If I didnt like the Dune series that much...). But the body is still available, and I hope that your good lady approves!
He who owns the legs controls the universe!
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:33 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: FS: 14 ga stainless clamshell gauntlets - $250
- Replies: 4
- Views: 498
Re: FS: 14 ga stainless clamshell gauntlets - $250
Views of them on-hand grounding out on a haft?
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:31 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Period german hats for sale
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1511
Re: Period german hats for sale
Seriously?
Photobucket.com. Get an account. Upload picture. Copy "Image Thumbnail" link. Paste in this thread.
Photobucket.com. Get an account. Upload picture. Copy "Image Thumbnail" link. Paste in this thread.
- Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:06 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Otto's Armoury Backorder List
- Replies: 266
- Views: 30933
Re: Complete Otto's Armoury Backorder List
Still moving along, I suppose.
- Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:04 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Late period plate body harness PRICE DROP AGAIN
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2057
Re: Lots of late plate: body harness, legs, poldrons FS
The legs are sexy and my size, but I'm on grad-student-who-just-got-married budget this summer...
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:25 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Rattan Wasters (swords and maces) in stock - SOLD
- Replies: 12
- Views: 895
Re: Rattan Wasters (swords and maces) in stock - SOLD
Thomas, those gladii look incredibly sick.
I'd LOVE to do dimachaerus with those.
I'd LOVE to do dimachaerus with those.
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:09 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: SSSSHHHHH - top secret kaftan preview...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 963
Re: SSSSHHHHH - top secret kaftan preview...
Sasha_Khan wrote:You might want to mention which culture's kaftan this is patterned on in your ad copy, so that folks know what they are getting.
Looks good!
Agreed; I thought I was about to see something Persian and that sure ain't.
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:34 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: SEEKING: Reed Williams
- Replies: 1
- Views: 81
- Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:33 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Tutorial- wet-formed leather vambraces
- Replies: 157
- Views: 8933
Hm. That's disappointing. Oh, well. I fight some of the harder-core foam games, too (Bel, Dag, Amt) so I can wear them there and surely find a buyer. Plus, my second set of anything is always superior to my first set, so. This time I'll rotate the thing so the seams are in the correct places. Any ot...
- Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:44 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Tutorial- wet-formed leather vambraces
- Replies: 157
- Views: 8933
At a second thought, I was thinking that B had to be right. But then I looked at the green vambraces(very nice looking ones I might add), and saw his were constructed in the style of B. Then it hit me So yeah, everyone was arguing the same point over and over, not realizing it thanks to the human w...