The Armour Archive

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/bride// let me know Ursus, i have room at the house here at Kindsbach. /bribe// yes His Majesty is AWESOME!!! <ouch> remembering the bruises. You know, I grew up about eight hundred meters from Kindsbach. If you make it over, please let people know, and I will try to make it out that way. I had pl...

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You are really lucky to have such a lovely helm.

And, well, a lovely model too.

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Or a tavern brawl themed event.

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I use a glove, and skip the riveting. I usually use a single strap across the top of the palm, and nothing else. Sometimes, I use a thong across the palm and another around the base of the thumb. Are you sure that the half gauntlets fit? Can you borrow a few pairs to goof around a little with differ...

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So, as Uther's pocket nerd, I feel compelled to add one comment to the video. I was not sure that it was clear from the descirption of the 1-6 drill that a complete cycle of the drill was _36_ blows. Uther kind of skipped the part where you start at (1-1) (onside leg/onside leg), and finish at 6-6 ...

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I am looking for two man blocking and striking drills. The kind that you start slow and speed up as both people become more proficient. I want drills to develop reflexes. I remember seeing one that had one person blocking over their off shoulder with their sword then returning and striking the othe...

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Domnall, It would help if we knew what you wanted to work on. There are drills for improving agility, drills for improving hand speed, drills for general fighting, drills for improving timing, drills for strength, drills for targeting, drills for practically everything. What in particular do you wan...

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it might be possible to glue a set of bog shoes (many people call the Gillies) to the top of the the lowers. It still wouldn't be right, but it would be really close. I almost said that it wouldn't be hard. Of course, just wearing correct footwear isn't hard, even though I can't get winningas to sta...

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Well done Thorvaldr!

You must be thrilled to have attracted the attention of an opponent so much above your station.

You are truly climbing the ladder.

You old guys looked really tired at the end of that.

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Mia,

Please tell Matt to get better soon.

And tell him that I did an informal poll of the Omegans, and they all want him back.

Especially if he brings a super hot asian chick with him.

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Thanks Stephen,

Please also review the product on the following basis, with the same scale.

Smell
Thumpage to bacon ratio
fashion sense.

thanks again,
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Hey Guys, A lot of you have enjoyed the "All right you Nellies" thread. It was very useful to me, as it kept me working out, and gave me accountability. But now it's over. I WONT be doing more of those insult posts in the foreseeable future. Those were undignified, and embarrassing. But I ...

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I know that this is so incredibly "archive snarky". Please forgive that.

I love the image of Olaf holding the banner in his kit, walking next to a knight.

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OK. So we talked about the great melee units before the war. Who caught your notice and seemed to make a difference this year? Who were most effective? I am not talking about entire kingdoms, but melee units from within the kingdoms. Some points to consider - 1. Size - Did they bring a lot of fight...

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Drachenwald. For a few minutes in the woods, all I had to do was shout "Drachenwald!!" and one out of three opponents would take a half a step backwards. We also did well in the field battle, and the limited front battles (bridge and whatever that other one was). We took two casualties in ...

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I have no idea what the wait is for an ironmonger helm.

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Birgitta, I am going to recommend that you go one of two ways. First, you can go with a hjalmr helm. Hjalmr is a guy in Memphis that has an excellent reputation as a value priced armorer. His helms (last time I checked) have a two or three week wait. They are value priced, so a little tweaking and p...

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Guys, We had a female fighter named Morrigan here in Nebelwald not too long ago. I have been talking about her pretty much non stop since April. What she had done before Pennsic was pretty impressive. She went from her first night in armor to her card in seventeen days. It makes sense to say that no...

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OK, I guess it's time to crow a little bit, and feel a little sad. Morrigan the Fiddler is now a Calontiri. She attended Pennsic, and did very well. She entered the Chalkman Key of D competition. It was her first bardic competition of any kind, and she won the special MC's prize. Our Buzz phrase for...

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I still have red paint on my face plate.

It was fun. I am sorry that I didn't give you a better fight.

I will.

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please give me a couple of hours to put it into some sort of sense. Long story short? I got my ass kicked a lot, but not really as much as I had expected. I am fighting much better than I did this time last year, both on the pickup field and in Melee. Folks were generally supportive, but we all agre...

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This is what I heard from my buddies this year. I spend a lot of time in what the 'Ghetti people call "the bog", despite actually camping in what is called "the High Meadows". Folks in this area are more concerned with the parties usually than the battles, and they tend to field ...

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Freiman, my friend, I truly enjoy your stories. Good stuff. Thanks Kai, I guess the point I was trying to make in that rambling post was that the actual physical pay is as much a symbol as it is anything else. It's a symbol of respect and value. If the pay offered is too low, the mercs will feel th...

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I once hired twelve relatively well drilled mercs for the princess of Gleanne Abhaine for a single bottle of brandy and a little "ataboy" from her highness. They performed well. They were fighting under the name "Teaglach" (I probably misspelled the name) and her Highness' words ...

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This question goes two ways. First, it seems that the questioner is asking "Why are these guys the best?" I honestly can't answer that question, or I would be one of them. I think that the truly great probably have both an natural affinity for this game, and a rigourous training regime. Se...

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Actually, Sir Richard, I think that there will be a definite price. But that was part of the point, I think, in a wierd kind of way. The gate opens in about five days now. Violens, I will be letting this thread die a natural death when I go to war. While the thread was very useful (I lost almost for...

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Hey, guys, I held off on responding to this thread. I don't know why. It just seemed self aggrandizing. But I felt that I had an obligation to say something. I owe a deep debt of thanks to the men who went so far out of their way to help me test themselves. I had a hard time finding a single fighter...

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Will you have the epoxy too?

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I'm sorry that I don't have exactly what you are looking for, but I fight in 7th century mail, and I wear the same rig in all weathers. I wear a wool undertunic made from an old army blanket, worn under mail. I find that I am extremely hot until that wool tunic gets wet, and then the perceived tempe...

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congrats on getting that card! And for the bruises, it is a good idea to up armor the spots upon which you are getting bruised. Once or twice is fine, that means block better. Repeatedly, it can teach you to flinch, which can be a hard habit to break, even when you know you are doing it. You need to...

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Sir Knight,

Yes, please.

And thank you.

And by the way, James the holy hits really hard.

I wish you were ablt to be there in 12 days.

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Actually, I wasn't going to post to this thread again, but it looks like I have an excuse. I get on the plane in about nine hours, and I will see you all on Saturday, and I will be at Pennsic soon. I have had a great time this year, and I hope you will join me in it. I have actually considered doing...

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Guys,

I still am still looking for a ride from War to Kansas.

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Sir Richard,

I tried to tag you through your website, and I think I did it wrong.

Please email or MP me, or, if you prefer, respond to this thread.

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I think that this may be a great usage for old papa-san chairs. If I recall correctly, about twenty years ago, in Grey Niche, a fighter made a "knife" out of a piece of pappa san chair that was a lot like this. We called it a "Scythian steakknife". I will see him this weekend, an...

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Re: Best Melee Units at Pennsic

Wanting to brag on my guys