The Armour Archive

Caius705

Ce n'est pas un pratique de combattant ou un pipe. Think they'll like that one?

Caius705

What is this sized for?

Caius705

Just my opinion, thin out the nasal around the eyes, then either have it slim all the way down or have it flare out beneath the eyes maybe? Nasal doesn't feel right to me, only my inexpert opinion.

Caius705

AedanMac wrote:
Caius705 wrote:
AedanMac wrote:Just wait till orders requesting shop monkey start coming in lol
Too late.
Ok how bout when Shop Monkey says "Sit down old man I got this..."?

He better hope he's wearing his fancy ass helm when he says that....

Caius705

AedanMac wrote:Just wait till orders requesting shop monkey start coming in lol

Too late.

Caius705

Wow. That's very pretty. Never fit me in a million years, but very pretty. Dam Seesin, why can't you be fat. It would make life much easier.

Caius705

Link not working. I'm on a pc, not a phone, that may be why, sicne it's a mobile link, not a standard one.

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Good shop monkey. I say you keep him around a little more

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Take the bevor,I don't need it, especially with needing to buy a new helm. Dibs released

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Bram Sleggia Halfdannarson wrote:Dang it Dale...if that bascinet was a little bigger I could have a great helm for BotN....my head is 23.5 and I would need to pad that sucker...dang it!

I'm in the same boat. I think I scared my neighbors with how loud I cursed when I saw it was too small.

Caius705

Pm sent about bevor

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Hey Otto, can you fit a gorget and a shield boss in the same box? If so, I'll go ahead and place an order for one of those too.

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maxntropy wrote:<Chihuahua voice>I think we need a bigger byrnie</Chihuahua voice>

Think we could convince a jouster to give up his mail barding for a day or two? Hope we find something that works, but come on out even if we can't.

Caius705

St. George wrote:27"

What size head do you have? I think that was what he was asking since it fits you snugly you say.

Caius705

Makes me even sadder that I didn't get to go, about half of these things are on my buy soon list.

Caius705

The real thing I'd be worried about is how many times it can be hit and not splinter. In the video, he is resting the only part of it on the floor, and holding it at an angle, this can make it act more like a spring and reduce the impact force. I'd want to see it on a dummy head to really test. Als...

Caius705

Nissan Maxima wrote:If you don't like attention, you don't fight the thirty.

I think anyone who does the high persona fighting likes the attention. Who doesn't love to feel pretty?

Caius705

Lucian Ro wrote:I bought both my pair off a fellow on Etsy. I want to say they were $26 shipped.

Each? Or for both?

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I've been looking into cutting out and shaping a few items in 4130 and having them heat treated by a local place. They have a decent batch fee; with testing comes to about $90. Was talking to the guy, he seemed concerened about the size of the pieces I was using. Specifically, about them floating aw...

Caius705

That is amazingly well done. I'm glad I took the time to read the whole thing. But yeah, big ass target on his back now. Hope he likes attention.

Caius705

Hope you beat him. Or make him make 10 crusader helms as punishment

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Last I had heard, I thought Jon D. Tall was being looked into to be the leader of the norse side. Am I wrong in thinking that?

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Craig, in your experience, 4130 works about the same as 1050 when both are in the annealed state, correct?

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MJBlazek wrote:I say ring of fire fight for it... RING OF FIRE!! RING OF FIRE!!

I'm up for it. But what are we fighting for?

Caius705

Cet, Are you certain on the 1' by 2" for the helmet halves, it seems a bit small? Regards, Jan With regards to that, I was planning on ordering at least 40% overage to begin with. After looking at the steel pieces listed (Going through ebay since not a huge order, would be more expensive from admir...

Caius705

Cet wrote:If your making the skull in three pieces and forming the visor without welding you'll need a 1' by 2" piece for the upper halves of the skull; a piece about 8" by 18"" for skirting and a 1' by 1' piece for the visor.

Thanks a ton. That gives me a pretty good idea of how much I need.

Caius705

Had a quick question. Those who've made armor before, about how many square inches (or square feet) do you think would be required for klappvisor bascinet, roughly size for a 25" head? I'm just trying to get an estimate togehter, and while I can certainly make one based on some patterns here on the ...

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leekellerking wrote:Darn you to heck Al!!!! LOL

Now, if you could make them in 18 gauge stainless...

1050 steel.

Actually Al,would you ever consider making a set in a medium carbin steel and leaving them unstrapped to be tempered by the buyer? Cause I could get behind that.

Caius705

My personal favorite
http://armourinart.com/330/254/
And more inspiration
http://armourinart.com/138/199/

All art depicted corrazinas on the site
http://armourinart.com/search/?tags=%22corrazina%22

Also, like this one
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4067/13069/

Caius705

My inlaws are trying to bulk sell raw, unclean/treated alpaca fiber collected from our pacas over the last few years. Great for spinners, weavers, etc. $30/bag of 1st cut(blanket), and it's usually about 4-5lbs per bag, raw. If you buy more than 3 bags, we'll lower the price to $25/bag.We also have...

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Yeah, my understanding is a 50 year spread. I've been targeting 1375 English, a la Richard Pembridge. Leg armor seemed to stay splinted longer than arm protection. All the effigies I see are full articulated arms (or mail) inside 50 years of that. I see some splints for the German armor in the same...

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Can you post a picture of your completed set you used for BotN? I'm considering getting a set of these for that purpose and want to see if I feel like it is a project I can do. I'm also a little concerned they go a little earlier 14th century than I was targeting as most of the late 14th century ki...

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Shitload of starters?

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We have cries to identify each side in the 14th century deeds, we should do something similar for each side in this fight. Any ideas?

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If I'm allowed to throw a full sized slashing spear, then yes. I don't like the silly little silowflex ones though. If that's all we're allowed, I'm dead set against it. And were axes thrown very often? I don't know odd any examples, apart from the frankish. For archery, a fully documentable bow wit...

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