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Vladimir

Hey Antonio

You can't be telling me that there is no one at Tech who plays D&D anymore. That place used to be geek central.

Vladimir

William, I was just talking with Briana of Skye earlier today who is heading up part of BD's fall Demo. See if you can reach her or Juliana. Drop my name, it may help. Then again if you drop my name with Briana she may laugh at you and hunt me down for the attempt at manipulating her. Setric, nice t...

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Are you taking new orders yet or still working clearing your backlog?

Vladimir

oh sweet, that is a beautiful helmet

Excuse me, I have to whipe the drool off my keyboard now before my boss sees it.

Vladimir

William, are you in Staunton VA?

If so get in touch with the Canton of Azuremonte down in Roanoke. They have a fairly active group down there now and may be able to help you.

Link to them through the Barony of Black Diamond, Atlantia website.

Vladimir

Damn, your lab is still over 5 hours from my parent's place. They won't be up for driving me that far when I visit them.

Sweet job though, much more interesting than the antique farm equipment I have here in my museum.

Vladimir

Damn, your lab is still over 5 hours from my parent's place. They won't be up for driving me that far when I visit them.

Sweet job though, much more interesting than the antique farm equipment I have here in my museum.

Vladimir · April 15, 1343 at 10:53 am.

April 15, 1343 at 10:53 am.

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my maille byrnie used to dig into the points of my shoulder, I laced the neck hole and made it smaller. Its fine now.

Vladimir

done

However I don't think that the folks here on the archive represent a random sample of fighters. Simply the nature of the forum will skew your results.

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If I remember correctly the idea that brigandines were favored by brigands came out of an old Dungeons and Dragons book.

Fun as the game may be, it spread a lot of horrible misconceptions about weapons and armour.

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Unless there is a specific rule or tradition to follow for the tourney I usually bring three to five weapons and play eeny meeny miny moe to decide which one I am going to play with.

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Thanks. I had it custom made to fit my noggin by Cold Steel Armouries, out of New York (state). I took them a black and white photo from a museum and he sat down and designed the helm with me. that makes me feel better. It is a gorgeous helm. The flaw in the pic looks like the dent you might get fro...

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same thing goes with great weapon only tournies or (shudder) shieldless tournies. Ahh, your busting on my favorite types of tournies. I love themed tournies with alternate rules. I like bearpits too, I like to switch weapons every time I have to get out of line. Seriously though, don't you get bore...

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Not to mention that fashion has caused a lot of wierd clothing styles in the past, present, and I am sure will in the future.

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1 Most of the people I know who wear maille where leather under it. Some wear plastic, and some go with only a little padding and a kidney belt. 2 I don't do combat archery, but I would use a fiberglass bow so that I wouldn't freak out if it got stepped on and broken. 3 If you are an archer I cannot...

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I won't be able to show up. I'm having transportation issues with my car and I'm holding off on bumming a ride until Ice castle. What are you guys talking about "stupid round"? Center grip round shields are so much more fun to play with than heaters! Of course, 2-handers are even more fun. FREE YOUR...

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If you are looking at that spot just above the stupid pink sticker it isnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t a dent. It is a flaw in the photograph. There is a slight dent in the helm, put there by one of Duke RagnarÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s lefty squires but that isnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t it. Some of the questions were answered in the email, but IÃ¢â‚¬...

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This sounds like a great idea. Though since I cannot document the use of leather for lamellar or for bazubands I may not qualify. 10th century Varangian Rus m m I have to use 2 pictures, the first is without the SCA helmet, and the second is with the helm and gauntlets. I painted the gauntlets flat ...

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My turn What were your initial goals? My initial goals were to simply have fun. Nothing more nothing less. Now, I still want to have fun, but I also want to be as accurate to my chosen persona as I can with my armour within SCA regulations and common sense. Was it to become a Squire, Knight, King/Qu...

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That looks like the first sword I ever bought, years and years ago.

Chrome covered crap steel blade
skinny tang
balanced like a boat anchor
plastic handle covered with glued on vinyl

30 bucks

Vladimir

Take a look at the newbie questions answered section at the top of this forum. Also look in our FAQ page. There is a lot of good information there and you will probably not only find the answer to this question, but to some questions you have not even thought of yet.

Welcome aboard.

Vladimir

When I tried to get fencing back in my barony I held a contest. I had a new epee blade donated by triplette and started in September. Each week at practice I would except one formal challenge. If that fencer beat me he or she was awarded a bead. The challenge was due to end at the last practice befo...

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Having been struck by His Grace Duke Logan before I can say with all certainty that he is no mouse. Furthermore, I am quite certain that he could strike with enough force to shatter his rattan upon a padded mattress should he so desire. Off topic, thanks for your post on the BD list serve Your Grace...

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I'm not certain on this but I would assume that the information you are looking for would probably vary highly between different nations and time periods. I would suggest narrowing your subject down a little bit, since the squire of an 11th century norman knight probably led a much different life th...

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Well he is obviously more concerned about his bits than his legs, but that is understandable. Seriously though, I see no straps or anything. What keeps his right pauldron from falling down onto his arm? The left one might be held up by that chain, but nothing is holding the right one on. Also, how c...

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I would think the fantasy environment would affect choice of armour as well. For example, if you were in a world filled with mages and magic just went right through armour without stopping then many warriors might opt for a lighter more manuverable suit. Lots of leather armour or unarmoured folks. I...

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Appreciate the input. Thanks

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At first I was going to post this on the armour board, but then I decided it belonged here more. At work my boss wants me to arange for a quilt show, I found this info on my computer and would like some verification of a few facts on here. I don't have access at home or I would research it myself. I...

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Ummm, WOW doesn't even begin to cover it.

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They did have earrings, my laural owns one and wears it. A real one, worn by a real viking. They make reproductions of it. Both direct castings and extrapulations on what it would have looked like originally. I think the URL is www.shrewwood.com but I may be wrong. I'm not at my comp and don't have ...

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sweet

needs some rivits doesn't it? for aesthetics.

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Not at a ren fair, but at a living history park here in VA Snobby patron: "You shouldn't be eating on the public's time. You should eat on your own time." Blacksmith (who had not eaten all day BTW): "I'm not eating lunch Mamm, I'm demonstrating 19th century food consumption techniques." Snobby patro...

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Sorry Vladimir you have things mixed up. Oxygen is only toxic to human under presure like under water. It becomes toxic starting around 33 ft if I remember right (I used to be an Asistant Scuba Insructor, but have not dived for 5 years). The reason they use Helium is to take the place of Nitrogen w...

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Sorry Vladimir you have things mixed up. Oxygen is only toxic to human under presure like under water. It becomes toxic starting around 33 ft if I remember right (I used to be an Asistant Scuba Insructor, but have not dived for 5 years). The reason they use Helium is to take the place of Nitrogen w...

quilted and padded armour, request for info