The Armour Archive

Vladimir

woot, I'm not going to miss it this year.

Vladimir

My problem is that I'll eat anything and I'm surrounded by gormets. Getting back from an event I want to just through any meat product on the grill, apply heat, and drink a good beer. But it seems that everyone else with me wants to slow cook prime cuts of grade A in a rare mushroom sauce for 3 hour...

Vladimir

No problem,

Increase our armour standard.

More armour is better

Vladimir

That's why I use them.

I tried using hidden arm protection and hidden elbow with exposed bracer and was not happy with either.

Vladimir

Just took a look at the regulations on the tourney again. It is specifying steel armour. Mine is mostly brass, augmented with steel plates and steel maille. Am I still allowed to participate?

Vladimir

I tend to prefer a stick with some weight on it, but all the power you can generate won't mean anything if the other guy blocks.

You might want to use the lighter stick after all if you find that you just never hit anyone.

Vladimir

Uilleag, you're going to offer finger gauntlets? It would be really nice to be able to fight in a set, but I must admit that the idea of coming up against such powerhouses as Cuan, Logan, and many others while using finger gauntlets is a bit daunting. Any Atlantians out there using them? (I'm not ta...

Vladimir

I wrote a world book for a D&D game I am running. In there is a section on enchanted objects (written from the point of view of an enchanter, so no game math or terminology). I'll copy paste a section of it for you tomorrow.

Vladimir

In SCA we have no horses, cannot punch with the shield, do not need to concern ourselves with the lower leg, have easy access to uniform supplies and materials, and have to build a shield that will conform to our rules and last more than one battle.

Vladimir

I chose eagles because when I joined the SCA the Boy Scouts was still a major part of my life. I was an eagle scout and wanted eagles as part of my arms. However, a bald eagle is not a European creature, and I prefer golden eagles anyway. So I made my eagles gold. The book is because I love to read,...

Vladimir

Man, now I REALLY regret having to leave early.

Congratulations to you all.

Vladimir

That one is pretty sweet.

But the one I really like is that helmet Ugo made with the brass gotee.

Vladimir

The hell with it. Next SCA event I'll just use a bean bag fireball, saving throw dice and a magic cat's ass. That's it, next time I'm fighting someone better than me, instead of using technique I'll hit him with Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt! Richard P.S. Sixtus' armour looks cool....

Vladimir

will you have rattan for 7.5 foot polearms?

Vladimir

I flat out suck with a one handed sword, but I have had some success with a heavy mace.

Don't care for the light ones.

Vladimir

just what it says on the site

A miniature from the BibliothÃ¨que Nationale of France. Dating around 1275.

Vladimir

I'm not fighting all that often these days, but when I did I did not find it a frequent problem.

I did get hit recently in the knee at a tourney. It happens from time to time. That's why we wear armour.

Vladimir

Buller?

Buller?

Buller?

Ok, change of question. Has anyone ever seen one in any other form of documentation?

Vladimir

a phrygian style great helm. I've never seen one before.

http://home.scarlet.be/~klauwaer/helm/1275.jpg

http://home.scarlet.be/~klauwaer/helm/

Vladimir

Hey Antonio, How're things goin'?

Post some pics of your new armour while you're at it.

Vladimir

Back when my Laurel, Master Sneaulf (www.shrewwood.com) was trying to fight again he made a scale hauberk out of horn. The problem was that the horn scales kept cracking under the force of the shots.

All for the best really.

Vladimir

Damn, no money for the festive coat. If it doesn't sell I may take and interest in it when my finances straighten out. I'm in VA as well.

Vladimir

Owen does have a point about body shots taken as a leg. -J Understandable, I think we have all felt a crushing blow land here and found the bruise for it over there. Or even found no evidence for the brutal shot at all and then looked at our bicep and said "Holy crap! When did I get hit there?...

Vladimir

Baa

I can't see anything on the site except the armourer's mark.

Vladimir

I feel your pain. I haven't been able to make it to events or even practices regularly since 2002.
Life just sort of got in the way.

Vladimir

rumors..... why does anyone pay attention to them when they could easily just ask people directly? but then if that happened the sca would crumble to pieces. to date ive had no more than three people ask me if im fighting, i bet rags has had no more than me. logan Ok, I'll bite. Are you fighting in...

Vladimir

P.S. I think Vladimir's boss would laugh. I guarantee it. Andrew, I'm not upset that you are concerened. I would not even be upset if you were fussing me out about it. What got to me was that your posts were aimed at Aethelwulf when I don't think I could have been more clear that he did not make th...

Vladimir

Ã†thelwulf.... Vladimir...whomever First of all....youre coming close to violation of child abuse by posting and insinuating that your child is for sale AND with a photo no less. . Aethelwulf DID NOT POST IT!!! I DID!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP BLAMING HIM FOR IT. HE WASN'T EVEN IN THE ROOM!!!!

Vladimir

Does it have to be a thighbone? I have a box of cattle bones here in the office and one is a leg bone, but not a femur. Since they are my property and not the state's I can give one to you if you want it.

Vladimir

Killian, I have a bucket of whitetail antler my boss gave me. He is an avid hunter. I can't use them all and I cannot sell them. Which reminds me, if you are going to sell any of this stuff you are making you can't use whitetail, or any other game species native to Virginia. If you're interested let...

Vladimir

Oh shit, there goes the planet.

Seriously, congratulations.

I'm crossing my fingers and hoping I can make it.

Vladimir

Hmm, not sure if it would be proper to post pics of another man's wife.

Hey, Jozer!!! If you're reading this post up some pics and brag about your family.

Vladimir

Actually man, even though we know youre kidding, there have been serious legal s-storms with talk like that. Authorities dont "kid around", if youll pardon the pun, even with innuendos or jokes. There was a kid on my block who was taken away to protective services after the parents said s...

Vladimir

It's Nissan's evil twin!!!

Or are you the good twin?

I can never tell.

Vladimir

Were you splitting the pennsic shop with Raven last year?

Pennsic plate and maille tourney

anyone ever made one of these?