The Armour Archive

Vladimir

Delivered to KASF? Which Kingdom? It says "undisclosed" under your name.

Vladimir

Calontir trim offers brass plates as well.

Vladimir

I wish I could have been there too.

HOLY COW!! That helmet is still in service?!?!?

Vladimir

Excellent news!

Vladimir

Many of these concerns would be addressed by simply wearing armour in a game that is supposed to simulate armoured combat. Now, I understand some trepidation about taking an extra hard face shot and having your head snapped back suddenly. But I have no fear at all of taking a gut shot from one of th...

Vladimir

Unless you're facing me. Then I suggest the most unwieldy thing you can find and try to use it in one hand. The unorthodox style will throw me off and assure you of an easy victory.

Vladimir

Wait, the guy supplied his own fabric, took it to a professional, and didn't expect it to look magnificent?

The mind boggles.

I forwarded this link to some horse owning friends of mine.

Vladimir

Make the product nice. Tailor the shape, trim plates, edge it and such and you might have a market. Especially if you are using an interesting type of plate that is hard to find elsewhere.

If you just lace them together with nylon cord I don't see anyone paying extra for it.

Vladimir

The choice, look good or optimize your fighting, is one that every fighter must face. Your fighting skill will gain you renown, but your appearance can be just as important. With all due respect, I don't think the choice is between looking good and figthing well. You can look great and be a great f...

Vladimir

Wolf, it looks like you didn't realize that you needed to lower your bill before walking from one room to the other.

Vladimir

A simple enough set up so you can start each part on time.

No one wants to sit around in the sun for an hour while hay bales get moved around.

Vladimir

Same here, I only wear mine when I'm "dressed up". Llywelyn, when you get home from work strap your sword on. Go about your normal routine. Move about your house, sit down in your chair, eat dinner, go to the bathroom etc. You will soon see why most of us don't wear them regularly. Its eve...

Vladimir

I think I recognize a face or two in that pic.

Any idea on a date?

Vladimir

When we had a fireplace, my parents had a piece of porous stone, volcanic I think, on a metal handle. It sat in oil, until it was needed. You lit it in one part of the fire and moved it to another spot. It burned for quite some time if I recall.

Most likely not medieval, but it may work.

Vladimir

2mm is about 14 gauge right?

What kind of steel?

Nevermind. WAY too small.

Vladimir

Nice, I look forward to seeing it.

Do you have the basinet already?

Vladimir

pics of the "halberd" head?

I suspect it may be the over sized word working tool I've seen listed as a viking halberd. But I don't know for sure.

Vladimir

I already have all three, so I'm not interested.

Brand new they ran about $30 each. Of course that was before 4th ed came out.

Vladimir

Greaves are not required for SCA. So they could be made of tin foil and still be legal.

That is as long as they aren't spiked or bladed.

Vladimir

Salty dog,

Here are a couple of capital letters for you. It looks like you ran out.

P Y

Vladimir

Heh, my first thought was...

"The Sistine Chapel didn't even exist in 360 a.d. What the heck is he talking about?"

Vladimir

it was posted in the inspirational pics I think.

Vladimir

As am I. I thought they were metal.

It seems that he can do good work when he tries.

Vladimir

I have knee cops attacked to the shorts. However, I'm not going to be a good judge of how well they take a shot by themselves. My armour has tassets and usually a maille fauld.

The hockey pants are more of an extra "oh shit" piece in case something slips by the rest.

Vladimir

opinions will differ on this one.

Its like asking "what is the best car out there"

right now I'm using street hockey pants. I'm not entirely happy with them. I need some privacy to put them on or take them off.

Vladimir

Could you dress like a Confederate soldier? Technically, during the course of the event, off of the list field no. Pre 17th century clothing and all. But I doubt anyone will enforce it. On the list field, strictly according to the appearance law then the answer is yes. You might have some issues wi...

Vladimir

I never saw the previous post. sorry.

Vladimir

If you shave down the sides the Roman personas would probably drool all over them.

Vladimir

Even here in Atlantia the appearance standard isn't set very high. We only ask that you have no blatantly modern items visible in your kit. " No blatantly modern visible items " (save hand protection) is not the same thing as " medievalish looking kit " which is not the same thin...

Vladimir

hjalmr wrote:
Wow! Interesting.

I could probably make one, but not as round as the top.

O.o

? I don't understand what you mean. I've seen round top helms on your site. You mean not as deep?

Vladimir

I know you gave me this info before. But that was before your new source of steel.

Can you do one of these, SCA legal, and if so, how much for stainless?

http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/GH1098t.jpg

Crest is nice, but purely optional.

Vladimir

If I recall correctly, JT said the search feature does not work with a two word combination. It only searches for the first word.

Vladimir

A fine piece of work. Quite good for a first attempt.

What did you make it out of?

Vladimir

I've always thought this was a jupon worn over a breastplate. I've never noticed the lance rest before. Now I'm confused. Fabric covered armour would not have all of those wrinkles, but a jupon would not have a lance rest. Could the jupon have a hole cut in it for the rest? [img]http://effigiesandbr...

Vladimir

On the plastic topic; if one finds the textured black plastic 45 gal drums for making bits of armour out of, it passes the ten foot rule without being covered or anything. Don And people say that the silvery grey lamellar looks like metal from 10 ft away. I've seen it. It doesn't The stuff may pass...

I never noticed this