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Runaway!!!!

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Most of the clothes was made by ourselves, James either had a big hand in or made a great deal of it for the guys. There is the occassional HE outfit thrown in amongst the mix that really has helped us along as well.
Kass, Kim, and Charlotte made all of their own stuff.

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[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/winter/MTT04/tothemoon.jpg[/img]

The meal was going just fine, until Steve and Kass began to duke it out over what was a primary source of period napkins.

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I have pics of Jeff suiting up in his armour. It is not transitional but it does show the mail gussets. I can post them if you like.

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But I was using Olde Engrish.

Charlotte wrote:
Owen wrote:Does anyone have any pics of the free-for-all?

Yep, but I still have to get them uploaded. I'll post when they're ready!

-Charlotte

(Hey Winterfell, my name is only two syllables!)

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Regarding MTT in general; It was a complete blast. I always enjoy going about to the other groups and see what they are doing and talking to them as well. The public, to me, makes it even more worth while. Every one there was nice and there was a lot more interaction between various groups of people...

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Front row kneeling: Kass and Tanc.
Back row from left to right:
Charolette, Wolf, Kim, James B. (Flonzy), Winterfell, Steve, Jeff J, and Owen.

Owen wrote:[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/winter/MTT04/AAmembers.jpg[/img]
"Can't we all just get along?"
"Yes. Yes we can."

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Lord Grey of Codnor, 15th Century War of the Roses.

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Let the caption contests begin!

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Ok substitute Mild steel for stainless. What I see and hear a lot of is, people stopping at the looking the part or knowing stuff that pertains to just thier "persona" or simply "war" I study historical combat manuals as well, and participate in Western Martial Arts revival, but my study does not st...

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Chef brought this up rather well in another thread and it is a screaming pet peeve of mine. m So if you participate in "Living History" which do you feel is better: To try to look like a 15th C painting come to life, or to try to know what life was really like in the 15th C? (15th C is just an examp...

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Does anyone know if there will be a Historic Combat Series this year at Pennsic?
I am also wondering if Christian Tobler and/or Brian Price will be hosting their seminars this year there too.

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Any particular reason why there are three field battles back to back on Monday, three bridge battles back to back on Wednesday and two Mountain Pass battles back to back on Thursday? Seems like a bit of overkill.
Also has anyone heard anything about the Historic Combat Series yet?

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As your body grows bigger
Your mind grows flowered
It's great to learn
'Cause knowledge is power!

There has been a pretty steady growth in clothing around here as well.
Personally I blame Gwen.

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When keeping it real goes wrong: It was just another ordinary SCA event, as Jenseny walked towards the fighting field to join his melee team, when he heard, "Hey nice kit." Jenseny could have simple nodded and continued on, but instead he decided to "keep it real." "Nice kit? Nice kit! I keep it rea...

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I'll see what I can dig up. The Di Crapio version was pretty bad over all, but then I enjoy Ian McKellan's Richard III, Anthony Hopkins' Titus Andronicus and Kenneth Brannaghs' Hamlet. The Shakespear company in DC usually does their productions in somewhat modern dress. Thier productions of Henry VI...

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Do try. We will also be at the Battle of Hastings event in MD as well.

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I'll have to double check, but I believe that most of his plays were performed in then modern clothing, regardless of what timeframe the play was set in. If that was truly the case, then so called "modern interpretations" are actually more in line with Elizabethan theater. In general though I am not...

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WTF?

BdeB wrote:http://home.armourarchive.org/members/flonzy/images/MTA2004/Warwick/full/IMGP0696.jpg

Well, at least it is a period practice...

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Jacob,
If you can come up to MTT April 17th &18th. It is at Marrietta Mansion.
Jeff's armour will be there. Probably be a lot easier to talk about it then.

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I have the pratical knightly sword. I enjoy it. Rampantbore has the hand and a half which is also not bad either.
I have heard not so great things about the ECW and Basket hilts though, something about the tang being too weak.

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Oh I was think of post rivets which are thicker and you can uncrew them if you need to.

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You mean the two piece post rivets?
Yeah I have three shields, and some of my leg armour straps held togother with them, have not had a single problem yet.

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What the?
Did Wolf get some liposuction from his butt or is he just working his tail off?

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The movie that they saw this in is "The Vikings" as worn by Kirk Douglas.
Everything that the model is wearing is from Musuem Ripoffs.
Has anybody ever seen Hank Rhienhardts video on Viking Swordsmanship, it makes "The Vikings" look like a documentary.

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Wimp <img src="http://home.armourarchive.org/members/winter/images/ouchie.jpg"> On Saturday I had two fighters show me that there was a gap in my armour right above my cuises. hmmm guess I should actually take the time to get to a fighter practice eh? http://www.honorblade.com/stuff/ow-ie1.jpg Here'...

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Not it, but you already knew that. I have inlaws right now, and will be attending Bloodbath on Sat.
Have fun guys looks like the weather is getting better.

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You're welcome.
Blankenshield is a good example of bad research. Armour should be form fitting, not three sizes too big for you. And while he does make some interesting points here and there, he is a total nut ball.

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Arms: The vambraces are buzbands, which would be ok, but someone added "wings" to either side so that the elbow would have more protection, so now you can't move the arm in any direction other than straight up and down. The rear brace wraps <b>completely</b> around the bicep, restricting flexing com...

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I was not quite sure where to put this and I wanted to make special note that this has nothing to do with Armourers on this board. But.. Just how much research do people put in before working on armour for the SCA? I am not talking about just peolpe who make kits from scratch but also people who "fi...

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MTT 2003: Flonzy and I were performing some freestyle sparring for the History Channell who was filming some "pick up" shots. We started with swords but when we got to grips Flonzy knocks me down and pulls out a rondel dagger and stabs it into the ground right next to my neck. (For the camera angle ...

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Yeah I would have to agree with that. A friend of mine was at a fighter practice and was being taught how to do flat snaps and wrap shots. When it was showed to me, I could see what that does to the rotator cuff. *shudder* The general problem with those types of blows, is that your rotator cuff will...

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MTA is Military Through the Ages, it is held at Historic Jamestown VA March 19th.
http://www.nps.gov/colo/Jamestwn/jamestown.htm
Their website does not list it though.
There is also: Marching Through Time, held near College Park MD in April.

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Was that the SEM that said that? I thought it was just the Pennsic MIC. Well there may have been a "war against face thrusts" but that did not stop someone from charging into my helm full force with their spear at the first castle battle. Oh well. You mean the SEM who said something along the lines ...

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So how much would the claymore version cost?
And do you make polearms?

Marching Through Time photos

Living History Reenactor standards

Pennsic: Historic Combat Series and Seminars?

Lack of basic armour knowledge rant