The Armour Archive

Caius705

I own a pair of Therion's. I'm actually dyeing tthem crimson tonight. White with leather knees originally.

Caius705

Personally, I'd try to improve the fit of the CoP around your shoulders and get your spaulders pointed better. It's hard to tell but they look like they're riding forward more than they should. More pictures would help.

Caius705

Something like this guy is what I had in mind

Sir William de Aldeburgh (1360 English)

http://effigiesandbrasses.com/702/949/

Caius705

The aventail feels wrong to me. Seems to hang too sheet like and and to not go high enough on the helm. Padding under that can help with the way it hangs. Do you have a good up close picture of it? I'll dig out an effigy that shows what I mean.

Caius705

Also seems like it make pressurize sometimes on impact, allowing it to penetrate bars more easily.

Caius705

To be a dick was my assumption. People can be assholes. I wouldn't make one of these (other than to hypothetically fuck with a marshal, I'd not use it) and I wouldn't suggest using it, but the way the rules are written it's legal.

Caius705

Am I the only one that thinks the 2 inch tips just hit too hard? I took a thrust to the chest from a 2 inch mandrake tip at 100 minutes war. It hit in an under armored spot where the breastplate joins the shoulder. I immediately tasted blood. Took a step back, tried to fight again, and could not br...

Caius705

Interesting math regarding stabbing tips (Feel free to proof check this) 3" 1.5^2=2.25x3.14= 7.065" sq 2" 1^2=1x3.14=3.14" sq 1.25" .625^2=.39x3.14=1.22" sq 1.22"/7.065" = .17 1.22"/3.14"=.39 So the 1.25" tip has about 17% the surface area that the 3" tip does and about 40% the surface are the 2" ti...

Caius705

I mean, it terms of hitting hard with a spear, the mandrakes aren't as bad as it can get, assuming they're padded correctly. If you really wanted to be a dick, you could take a piece of say 1-3/4 rattan, 7.5 feet long, the trim down the last 6" or so to 1.25" and add an inline stabbing tip. If I'm r...

Caius705

Simple low carbon steel, yes? What gauge?

Caius705

I really do think it had something to do with the tip creating a seal as was mentioned earlier, as that seems like the only way a stabbing tip could penetrate the bars and still have enough force to damage an eye. I think if I get a spear in the future, I'll go ahead and drill a hole in the tip, jus...

Caius705

I like my plate armor. I'm up for it.

Caius705

Between the continued success of the 14th century deeds of arms and the recent success of period correct dark age fights (The viking Raid held at BAM), I got to thinking. Do y'all think there would be an interest in having an equivalent for Crusader type personas? I see an awful lot greathelms on th...

Caius705

A friend would like this, so I'm putting dibs on these for him.

Caius705

I've seen several people mention wanting a scale aventail instead of the usual maile one. Saw this http://www.forgeofsvan.com/en/Medieval-Helms/Bascinet-of-Charles-VI/Detailed-product-flyer.html I'm not affiliated with Forge of Svan, but I've ordered from them in the past and I really like they qual...

Caius705

http://www.forgeofsvan.com/en/Body-defenses/Corazzina-type-2-on-fabric/Detailed-product-flyer.html This, in spring steel. At a suggestion, get the handmade buckles, as the ones that come standard are not worth the heartache they'll cause. You'll come in under 400 shipped I think, maybe a bit more w...

Caius705

So, am I following this correctly? A viking sea captain wearing a mid thigh length coat of plates and articulated spaulders? Just making sure I'm not lost.

Caius705

Saw this today

http://www.viralnova.com/not-a-box/

Caius705

I didn't realize that it was articulated when I saw it on FB. Holy shit. Well done.

Caius705

ACL? Budget? I'm afraid these are mostly incompatible terms.

I have a forge of Svan Corrazina in spring steel. Not really 15th, maybe early early 15th century. I really like it a lot though. And for what it is, it was fairly cheap.

Caius705

No, but I'd be happy to follow your example and sponsor someone who is attending.

Caius705

Hell yes.

Caius705

My God man, how is your computer managing to contain the awesomeness that was my shoulders that day. No wonder it crashed.

Caius705

Thanks Atli, we appreciate it.

Caius705

From the handbook I pulled up online ( http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/docs/marshal_handbook.pdf ) 2. Fiberglass spears shall be constructed with pultruded fiberglass shafts with an outside diameter of no less than 1.25 inch (31.8 mm) and no greater than 1 5/16 inch (33.38 mm). Minimum manufactu...

Caius705

In my experience, 2mm is closer to 14 gauge than 12 gauge. And you might consider offering closer spacing on the bargrill to be ACL and SCA compliant.

Caius705

Never play with spears, so I don't know. What's the diameter on the Fiberglass spear shafts?

Caius705

I had a blast watching it. Well worth the effort in organizing it. My favorite part was watching the leaders of each side hand out loot at the end to each fighter. It really had a good feel to it. I hope to do this again at gulf wars, where I should have a kit together to play myself Make sure to ta...

Caius705

I was near there, though I did not see the actual incident as I was facing the wrong way. What I'm curious about is I thought the fiberglass spears were 1.25" across? Are they not?

Caius705

http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4317/17225/ Is this showing painted armor? I notice that the guy on the left has a black helm and cuirass but his limbs are steel colored, that seems somewhat likely. The guy on the right though, that show's his helm painted his heraldic colors, no? Am I misinterpret...

Caius705

My advice? Sell it to larpers who don't rely on it for protection from blows. Use the money to buy good armor. Unless it's a stiff alloy, I'd think it would be too soft for good SCA armor.

Caius705

301 FH works better, if you have access to a laser cutter. It comes prehardened, so there isn't any tempering or forge scale removal involved and it is a lot more corrosion resistant than 410. Not quite as strong for yield strength, but plenty strong enough.

Caius705

Uhh, that sounds like a lot of weight supported by your shoulders. I wouldn't. Maybe sew it to an arming garment?

Caius705

Thanks. They may end up as "Bastard" throwing axes. As in "What kind of bastard would throw that at someone?"

Caius705

Got an idea what shipping would be on all three pieces of rattan to 77706? If it's reasonable, we might be able hash out a deal.

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