The Armour Archive

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Take the catacomb tour. We had a hair raising cab ride out of the city and then a cool tour with this old Irish priest.

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Owen,
Check out Peter Conolly's "Greece and Rome at War" He has pictures of vases and frescoes showing that short of armour. Here's an example
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _F2278.jpg
Now there is a caveat, it's a depiction of Achilles and Patrolocus, so the scales could be artistic convention.

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I'm at work, so I can't see the pics posted, but I know what you are talking about. Gerry Embleton's book on medieval military costume has some examples. I have a whole slew of woodcuts that someone from the archive sent to me a few years ago when I was researching for a friend of mine. It shows the...

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Karl, Great manuscript illustration, thanks! The waffenfrock seems to be the exception for most everyone on foot. I see a handgunner wearing wone on the Landsknecht side and a Reislaufer gunner wearing one. There's a Burgmair woodcut that shows a whole buch of infrantry in waffenfrocks, but it is ea...

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I think I will be going slightly later, at least for off the field clothing. There is a woodcut by Virgil Solis in Thomas Arnold's "The Renaissance at War" dated 1550 that shows an oberst and his bodyguard. I like what the bodyguards are wearing. It looks like a wams worn with not quite pl...

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Thanks everyone. I'm busily doing research!

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After much self-reflection and consideration about what I want from the SCA, WMA studies and recreation, Iâ€™ve decided to give up the vague, amorphous generi-Scot persona Iâ€™ve had. Iâ€™ve lived and travelled extensively in Germany, my dadâ€™s family is only three generations off the boat from Bav...

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Thanks! In terms of ease, how are the Reconstructing History patterns? I like the square doublet that is shown on the pulderhosen and doublet pattern, but I do have a question. Was that style worn with other sorts of breeches, such as more conventionaly paned slops? I don't know that I am up for a f...

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Sir Gemini, Great videos, I subscribed to your youtube channel. In the very first part of the pell episode, you have some fechtbuch illustrations showing a Roman soldier going at the pell. Do you remember what book they are from and is it online? I've seen the images before but forgot to bookmark th...

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Hi all, I've decided to do late Renaissance for awhile and am in search of some easy patterns for men's doublets. I can sew tolerably well, but my experience is limited to gored tunics, hoods, cloaks and the like. Authenticity is a plus, but user friendliness and ease are my primary goal. Can anyone...

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Shortie, Appologies for the thread derail about grammar. I don't know of too many finds of scale armour in Europe, except for those out of the Polish Commonwealth. That style of armour was a deliberate throwback to the Roman and Sarmation cavalry, which the Polish nobility or szlachty were trying to...

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Shortie, While the effigies and brasses site is a great resource, there are other places to look for scale armour. Check out some Carolingian miniatures such as this: m Also Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, by David Nicolle is chock full of line drawings taken from medieval art and archeology, ...

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Hey Leo,
How big is the combat morion? I'm thinking of sliding over to late period and that helm would be perfect for the look I'm after.

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In Dresden you want to go to the Zwinger Museum Rustkammer. The Dukes of Saxony had exquisite taste and the armour shows it. It's all 16th to 17th century stuff.

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I've found that wearing a pair of solid black converse all-stars is a decent way to go. They don't draw attention to themselves and from a distance resemble period shoes well enough, especially when wearing greaves that cover their high-top-ness. When I tried fighting in my turn shoes my lack of tr...

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I'm a big scale armour fan and I agree that in many, many medieval manuscripts and illustrations it is used to show either evil foreign types or heroes from antiquity. There are some exceptions, mostly in Spanish, Italian and German manuscripts. David Nicolle's Arms and Armour in the Crusading Era ...

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Ok, I understand the type of mail we're talking about now. Should have went to the company's website.

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But depending on what era and what sort of SCA rapier fighting you are engaging in, mail is appropriate. I have seen period art showing early/mid 16th century soldiers wearing a doublet, then mail, then a jerkin. European settlers wore mail in the New World after it had gone out of use in Europe sin...

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I'm a big scale armour fan and I agree that in many, many medieval manuscripts and illustrations it is used to show either evil foreign types or heroes from antiquity. There are some exceptions, mostly in Spanish, Italian and German manuscripts. David Nicolle's Arms and Armour in the Crusading Era h...

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There is a bas-relief at the Bargello in Florence showing a knight with a scale vest. There are several Spanish manuscripts that show scale vests from the late 13th century as well.

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I read it. I'm one of those fighters who has never progressed beyond "decent" and I downright suck at tournements. Your manual is chock full of good advice for guys like me. Hell, it's just reiterating what my inner Yoda has been telling me. Having mental discipline to get to practice, see...

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I fight in steel mitten gauntlets that just barely bridge and are padded with two layers of felt. I have welding gloves sewn in them. I fight bastard sword, great axe and sword and christian. Worst hand injury has been losing a thumbnail when my glove tip unraveled and my thumb got wacked. I have se...

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Rittmeister Frye wrote:Thanks Bertus! I knew we'd have someone who could back up my wild claims...

Fearghus Macildubh wrote:Man, my training class at Beale AFB would start that Sunday!

Well, we'll be there Saturday too, you know...

Cheers!

Gordon

I'm flying in from Germany that Saturday.

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Man, my training class at Beale AFB would start that Sunday!

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Copper tacks can work as well. When using a cloth cover for your coat of plates or brigandine, nails and tacks are good because you can use the point to separated the threads in the fabric, leaving them whole. This prolongs the life of your shell.

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Ufortunately, the arms and armour were at the very end of the museum and we had a hungry and tired 6 year old girl. The stove was a Roman camp stove found near Liege. I can't remember the knife, my lady may have taken that picture. Actually, she takes all the good pictures, but she might have taken ...

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A few weeks ago we took a road trip to the Musee Curtius http://www.grandcurtiusliege.be/ in Liege, Belgium. It has a large collection of arms and armour, along with paintings and exceptional glassware. At the link below are pictures of the armour and statuary.
http://fearghusmacildubh.shutterfly.com/802

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I suppose the title says it all. I'm looking for a pair of size 12 men's Renaissance style shoes. My price range is $70-100 plus shipping. I'm not worried about handmade, I'd prefer a leather or at least non-vibram sole. Looking like Renaissance shoes is fine. In fact I scored a pair Birkenstock Lon...

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I've been using the same sort of trigger as Nissan showed for around five years with no instances of finger smashing. That sort of trigger lets me mimic the loose grip I learned when starting out in basket hilted swords. Shaping the rattan is important as well, a rasp is your friend. Although the sc...

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Currently I fight wearing soft contact lenses. No issues. When I started fighting, I did not wear contacts, so I fought without glasses until I realized that my eyesight had changed enough that I couldn't get away with that. So I started wearing USAF my chem gear inserts. They look about the same as...

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These guys recomend Kass's patterns as well, but they also have a how-to page.
http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/patterns.htm

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Depends, but that sounds like grappling/trapping. Here's the applicable SCA rule: 2. The blade of an opponentâ€™s weapon may not be grasped at any time, nor may it be trapped in contact with the fighterâ€™s body as a means of preventing the opponentâ€™s use of the weapon. Armored hands may grasp the...

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Thanks all! Glen, after some preliminary research, I think the point of my paper is close to what you wrote. Bushidho originally applies to only the samurai, then is coopted and corrupted by the nationalists for political purposes.

thanks again for the sources.

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Sir Vitus,
I don't have many to trade, but I am stationed in Germany. If you post a list of the rare and discontinued ones, I'll hit up the local stores. There are some other brands of Schleich scale knights as well. I can look for those, too.

Golden age of the landsknecht?

Men's Renaissance Doublet Patterns?

Re: you can have your own theme music for this mission

Pics from the Musee Curtuis in Liege, Belgium

WTB Later Renaissance Men's shoes 70-100 USD price range