The Armour Archive

Diglach Mac Cein

Best thing about this thread? It's keeping all the pro- and anti- CA noise in one spot....

.

Diglach Mac Cein

See, I don't. Far too entrenched in some Kingdoms' culture, and at least at Pennsic, too important to not have on your side, if the other guy has it. I could see it maybe being more balanced as time goes on, but it isn't going away. Does anyone REALLY think that CA is going to ever go away? . Yes ma...

Diglach Mac Cein

Does the frequency matter? Is it OK for someone to jam a shield edge into someone's grill, since it only happens a couple of time over he last few years?

Seems to me, if you break the rules, you are breaking the rules - reguardless of how often it happen.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Does anyone REALLY think that CA is going to ever go away?

.

Diglach Mac Cein

I have no idea. I was just messing around. And trusted Google for the translation. Don't forget: morituri te salutant! First, it was gladiators, not soldiers, who gave that sort of salute. But then, a tourney is probably closest to gladiatorial arena combat . . . Second, shouldn't it be salutamus (w...

Diglach Mac Cein

Heh. Had a guy who got enamored with trying to through the "spin shot". BIG tell when he was setting it up, and he did it pretty often. So I saw the tell, and as he started the spin, stepped out and forward and hit him across both butt cheeks.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

LOL! Reminds me of one of the first years with the Castle at Pennsic. A couple guys ran up to the closed doors at the start of the battle, banged on the doors and yelled "DOMINOES PIZZA! WHO ORDEED THE PEPPERONI?"

.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

LOL!!!

Diglach Mac Cein

Don't forget: morituri te salutant!

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Actually you can, as the rules allow Kingdoms to make rules Kingdom only that are MORE restrictive than Society minimums. I agree but we can't have a rule that says... fighters are presumed to be wearing a chain hauberk over a padded gambeson, with boiled leather arm and leg defenses and an open-fac...

Diglach Mac Cein

LOL! Last year in the castle /breakout battle I stood out in the open (spear) and challenged archers to shoot me. When they quit trying I yelled "GO BACK TO YOUR FARMS AND GET MY TRIBUTE READY!" One of them said he was laughing so hard he couldn't shoot straight. It was all in good fun. Wh...

Diglach Mac Cein

You mean like swords always killing through armor with a single stroke, especially steel?
Indestructable shields, spear or polearm hafts?
Fighting from our knees?

There is a whole LOT about SCA combat that doesn't make logical or historical SENSE, but WORKS -

.

Diglach Mac Cein

I do salute my opponent, though not necessarily with a big flourish - often I just raise my sword and "dip" it toward them. Some opponents who I know well, I'll be more theatric, with a SHORT boast or statement of challenge.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

In Heroic Age Ireland, part of the purpose of the boasts between champions was to let your opponent know he faced a warrior of STATUS - that honors and valor was to be gained by facing him. Intimidation was also part of it, but not all. There were salutes too... But boasts weren't JSUT bombast. They...

Diglach Mac Cein

That's a pretty pro-CA statement...

.

Diglach Mac Cein

This past weekend, Sir Gunnar Redboar and I fought a single combat that started with taunts and insults (all in good jest). Afterward it escalated into a melee, Irish vs. Norse! It gave us a chance to entertain folks, get "into" our portrayals, be creative and it was a LOT of fun! In the F...

Diglach Mac Cein

The poses the guy in the beginning (tie and glasses) takes after each swing crack me up.

Conan the Librarian.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Or maybe not... liviatasia - GooGone is mostly citrus oil, and IIRC, the main ingredient in WD40 is fish oil! . Formulation WD-40's formula is a trade secret. The product is not patented to avoid completely disclosing its ingredients.[2] [3]WD-40's main ingredients, according to U.S. Material Safety...

Diglach Mac Cein

Thanks! Yeah, the "pony tail" crest did exist, but it doesn't appear that it stuck up in the air like a armored kewpie doll.... So I put it in at a more reasonable angle/elevation. I'm fixing some of the strapping on the body armor and redoing the shoulders a bit. So far, (KNOCK ON WOOD) I...

Diglach Mac Cein

I'm in the green

Diglach Mac Cein

liviatasia -

GooGone is mostly citrus oil, and IIRC, the main ingredient in WD40 is fish oil!

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Good news! Take care of yourself!

Diglach Mac Cein

Dark socks - check (cover foot only). Disguised shoes - check. Pants - nope! I fight bare legged, like a proper hero!

HG Ullr in the Midrealm reccomends the 10% rule. Every few months, try to improve your kit by at least 10% from where it was.

I reccomend this heartily as a way to go -
.

Diglach Mac Cein

OK, how do you know their INTENT, since you feel all CA is out to ruin peoples' fun?

(Which is more what I meant - but I won't edit my above post, wouldn't be right)
.

Diglach Mac Cein

Um. Pleanty of examples of people saying "we need to get rid of the Nuke arrow!", so I wasn't necessarily adressing this to you.....

Really.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

How do you know combat archers are unchivalrous? But to answer your question - Well, Avery and Varus kind of covered it. Spear in the air, whacked by a polearm and it breaks.... whoops! Sorry! Spear tip pushed on ground and shaft stepped on - assclown. Spear grabbed and pulled back, line crashes int...

Diglach Mac Cein

But there is still a difference - hitting a spear with the intent to disengage it or push it off line vs. the INTENT to break it.

Grabbing a spear with the intent to disarm the opponent - and grabbing it and trying to wrap it around a tree or wall with the INTENT to break it.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Had a fellow approach my unit on the Pennsic field once, all dressed in red (Middle Kingdom tape color) - we asked him which side he was on, no answer but he kept approaching, asked again, no answer but he kept coming, asked again, no answer, he came in weapon range and we gacked him - - - then he ...

Diglach Mac Cein

Most of the damage to helms from duct tape happens when they leave it on for months... Heck, we had a guy here who in the 6 or 7 Pennsics he went to with us, NEVER cleaned off the inspection stickers.... I see stuff like tape and stickers as necessary evils, especially in a large melee like Pennsic....

Diglach Mac Cein

OK, so if the rule isn't in use, why are we complaining about it???

"Darn, I HATE those freon tank helms!"

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Does ANY Kingdom follow that rule? If not, then it's a moot point.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Unless the guy had the point on the ground, it would be pretty difficult to break a spear by hitting it with a sword, unless the fiberglass was really old/sun damaged or flawed.

And if his point it on the ground, it isn't much of a threat...

Diglach Mac Cein

Does any kingdom still use the "nuclear arrow" rule?

.

Diglach Mac Cein

An arrow that hit an arm or a leg is a kill.

Arm or leg is just that.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

That's messed up. That isn't the fault of the CA people though, but the Marshallate who made those rules and the Crowns who negotiated them for wars in your area.

As far as I can recall, that has never been a rule in the Midrealm.

.

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: [SCA] Is deliberate spear breaking legal?

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: Rude Salutes

Re: Hitting from behind on singles combat

Re: Rude Salutes

Re: 2011, Kits...Let's see them!

Re: Rude Salutes

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: Rude Salutes

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: Rude Salutes

Re: Rude Salutes

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: Rude Salutes

Re: The Sword of Benny

Re: Etiquette on the war field

Re: 2011, Kits...Let's see them!

Re: 2011, Kits...Let's see them!

Re: Etiquette on the war field

Re: Still among the living

Re: Pennsic: A photographer's plea

Re: [SCA] Is deliberate spear breaking legal?

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: [SCA] Is deliberate spear breaking legal?

Re: [SCA] Is deliberate spear breaking legal?

Re: Etiquette on the war field

Re: Etiquette on the war field

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: [SCA] Is deliberate spear breaking legal?

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...