The Armour Archive

Aaron

Please consider an IOU until the 16th for shoulders and arms the , please! That body armour is MINE!!! I know I claimed the shoulders and arms as the first priority, but after a couple of minutes of consideration I know that body armour should be the highest priority! My buttocks is a regular target...

Aaron

Good Morning! Where do I send the money order for the body armour? The arms and shoulders will have to wait for next week (pay-day is the 15th)...if I can put in an IOU I would claim the arms and shoulders as well! My better half only gave me $500 to work with until payday... six days away... Can yo...

Aaron

Howdy, WHAT A COMPLETE RUSH!!! I must have sweated ten pounds into my gambeson! It certainly felt heavy! I was bouncing around, jumping and did 40 pushups after I got into regular clothes...it felt so LIGHT after fighting for hours in my armour! We fought for hours mano-e-mano, had our armour judged...

Aaron

I get smacked on the buttocks regularly by just about everyone in our group.

I've learned to block more, and I'm getting flauds all the way down to cover my hindquarters.

Should I have just accused them all of unchivarous combat in "buttocks hunting?"

-Aaron

Aaron

You'll sleep better at night, if you don't blame yourself, for the armour your opponant didn't think to wear, on a legal target area, that you happened to hit. Frankly, while nobody has ever called my shots excessive (and I'm even happy with "light"), I have fretted over concerns I may injury my fr...

Aaron

You are always welcome to come back to practice as it was a please having you there. You too, Aaron... Yep, the Bloodguard was a great group to train with. Even though my armour was all homemade, and not a bit of it from Ice Falcon, I still fought with the Bloodguard and they even complimented me o...

Aaron

Use that shot, but if that is all you are going to do EVERY fight, you better wear plate vambraces and rerebraces yourself, cause there are always guys better at the game than you are. (and the guys that are better than the game than me, of which there are quite a few, know that being an arm hunter...

Aaron

Raskolnikov,

Did I see you at the Bloodguard Practice in Toms River, NJ?

I was there from 2002-2004.

Thanks,

Aaron

Aaron

My entire Great Sword is foam and rattan.

I should be able to hit with the foam hilt and foam thrusting tip.

-Aaron

Aaron

Buran,

Just ignorance on my part I guess. I didn't see a lot of reference on it, but I did find a lot of chickens...

-Aaron

Aaron

BTW, why do you say there wasn't a lot of milk around? As far as I know, cattle were fairly common, and cheese, if nothing else, was a reasonably major part of the diet. However, I have no source material to back that up - I could be talking through my hat. I just couldn't see enough dairy cows to ...

Aaron

Owen wrote:Nope, 'cause it ain't pre-17th century. It's not real at all. Sorry if I just revealed an unpleasant truth.

OH NO!!

I was going to use Return of the Jedi as documentation for the Arts and Sciences competition coming up!

Sniff...

-Aaron

Aaron

Hello. Cabbage, onions and beans are a safe bet. Regards Ivo Ivo, That was my guess (with some added chicken just for fun), but where can I get documentation on the comman man ate day-to-day? Cabbage, onions, beans, garlic, chicken, fish and mutton sounds right, but I'll be as accurate as day-glow ...

Aaron

The recipies look great....but...(don't we all hate that word)...I'm looking for documentation. First hand or second hand accounts of what the "common man" ate in 1430 AD England. For example (fictional): "During my trip to Southhampshire, I had to take shelter in a hut, and the local servants fed m...

Aaron

Help?

How would I find documentation on "one-pot-meals" in the 1430 AD period...

Help?

I can let the chicken off the hook if necessary...I just enjoyed cooking that chicken over those days and getting a "broth" out of an entire chicken.

-Aaron

Aaron

Good documentation on what 1400-1500 AD Peasants' ate? IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m trying for an Arts and Sciences cooking with chicken in a pot. I thought about the low cases of osteoporosis among our ancestors, and noticed that there wasnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t a lot of milk around. So one day I put a chicken in the crock pot, ...

Aaron

Life can be like that. It's still legal under Corpora for me to be a Roman, for Samurai to enter the lists, and for an Aztek Warrior to get Knighted. So, I can dress up as a Storm Trooper and enter the lists? It can be made list legal, and I can claim that the documentation is scanty due to time an...

Aaron

Sir Gaston, Thank you for all the information, and the enjoyable trip down into History. It was great! The young lady already is talking about going "Sea Dog", and I'll get the information over to her and pictures. The pictures really, really make the case. You look so relaxed and casual...and you'r...

Aaron

I've got Steve of Forth Castle's rivetted mail kit. Would swords, arrows, glaives, etc... vs mail be an acceptable Arts and Sciences test? How would I do it? I know I can get a leg of lamb, thaw it, wrap it in saran wrap a couple of times, wrap it in 1 inch thick cloth padding, cover it with the riv...

Aaron

Howdy,

Can I get 1400-1430 AD England Arts and Sciences suggestions?

We have an A&S event coming up in Spring and I'd like to branch out from being just a thug with a great sword.

-Aaron

Aaron

I think one hit on the shield might be to little. For some reason three seems to stick into my head rathr nicely. Also what would count as an engagement? Vale De Draco is going to start using shield Walls and fighting from somewhat of a line with a "light cav element". Does a shield getting hit (on...

Aaron

Owen wrote:And is fictional.

So is a Roman at a tournament.

But, while "a long time ago" is perfectly fine, the "gallaxy far, far away" stretches the European nobility angle.

-Aaron

Aaron

Like it!...but I don't have a shield, and I'm nearly cap-a-pie.

Are those the rules for Black Hole this weekend?

-Aaron

Aaron

Howdy, A pre 1600 AD European Musketeer is perfectly legal. A English Sea Dog (1590 AD), English Calvary (1590 AD) and French Flint Lock Musketeer (1590 AD) are perfectly legal by our rules. A Samurai kit (like the one my wife is making with a truly wonderful armourer) would be iffy at best. I appre...

Aaron

Matchlock Musketeer 1588-1688 -- At least part of it is in our time period, and one painting is from 1599 AD (I like that... ). m The Matchlock Musketeer follows the lives of soldiers armed with this weapon from its adoption by the English in Queen Elizabeth's reign until its replacement with the fl...

Aaron

Lol, Aaron, I wasn't implying you had the makings of a history professor, of course, but rather that being my usual user-observant self, I've noted that you seem like a pretty bright guy, and I was sure you wouldn't make such a silly mistake as that, since I knew you were talking about this some ti...

Aaron

How about Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1560Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1605? Right time, same equipment (give or take) and she can even speak the language correctly. m Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1560Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1605 The swashbuckling English sea captains of the Elizabethan era were a particular breed of adventurer, combining maritime an...

Aaron

My guess is, we're talking cavalier, not muskateer... could be wrong though. Not to be rude, but considering the obvious differences between the two, I don't think a user like Aaron would likely mix those up, or virtually any user, for that matter... -Gregory- Gregory, When it comes to History, the...

Aaron

m The Armada Campaign 1588 In the latter part of the 16th century, Spain was the major international power and her leader, King Phillip II, pledged to conquer the Protestant heretics in England. He envisioned a two pronged attack. He would send his Ã¢â‚¬ËœInvincible ArmadaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ of 125 ships into ...

Aaron

The Armada Campaign, 1588 AD m In the latter part of the 16th century, Spain was the major international power and her leader, King Phillip II, pledged to conquer the Protestant heretics in England. He envisioned a two pronged attack. He would send his Ã¢â‚¬ËœInvincible ArmadaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ of 125 ships i...

Aaron

Sir Gaston,

Could you please e-mail me all your pictures of your SCA list-legal Musketeer kit? We have a young lady here who would like to follow in your footsteps.

My e-mail address is miaullis@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Aaron Miaullis

Aaron

Howdy,

WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve got a young lady who is about 5 foot 2 inches tall, maybe 100 pounds, and sheÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s got spirit to fight.

I know she like the Musketeer era, and has even read all the books.

Can I get another picture of how Sir Gaston did his kit?

-Aaron

Aaron

James B. wrote:
Giles of Redheugh wrote:Flonzy,

With that logic, they cannot stop me from wearing StarWars Stormtrooper stuff either,

Respectfully,

Giles

Stormtroopers are not historical

Flonzy

Cover it with a tabard...

Aaron

what you are contemplating is arm hunting. I'm not saying don't strike at the arm, but be very careful you aren't percieved of as attacking the arm to the exclusion of all else. Is arm hunting somehow rude or offensive? His helm isn't going to hurt me. His arm (with sword connected) will. Once the ...

Aaron

Howdy, Last night I worked with Great Sword. First I fought as I normally do Ã¢â‚¬â€œ trade shots, and swing until one of us connects. I was fighting a sword and boarder who was quite good, and ended up with my left thigh getting hit (AGAIN!). So I asked him if I could just try and block his shots, ...

MINE!! MINE!! MINE!!

Black Hole in Tokyo (fighting event at a Convention)

Good documentation on what 1400-1500 AD Peasants' ate?

[SCA] Can I get 1400-1430 AD England Arts and Sciences Sugge

Sir Gaston -- Musketeer SCA Heavy Kit

Haste Makes Waste vs. He Who Hesitates is Lost