The Armour Archive

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Hey love that Globose breast plate.

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Once the child can speak and ask for breast milk, it's time to turn off the faucets.

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According to Agnes' agent, it was a costume malfunction.

Portrait of Agnes Sorel:
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Shhhh Flonzy will get jealous.

Wolf wrote:Who was it that DID have the MRL bec that I handled? Maybe Eric Littlewood...

winterfell (kevin) has one. i think you've handled his pole hehehe

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Yesterday we had two of our neighbors over, with their babies. Court was bottle feeding Liam, and the next thing I know the other two moms are whipping out the breasts for their children.
A little discretion would have been better.

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How come we never see that kind of portrayals at LH events?

Wolf wrote:hehehe boobies

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Legs-$60.00
Arms-$80.00
Coat of Plates- $40.00
Gauntlets- $100.00
Spaulders- $60.00
Helmet-$1,000.00 (Hey it's a Justus Helm)
Assorted strapping and rivets-$40.00
Gorget-$15.00
Spending the time to make sure my armour fits me perfectly-Priceless.

Somedays it pays to make the effort.

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Two words
Vadi, Fiore

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Authenticity haters, now that is a concept I just never understood. How much you are willing to put into your clothes is up to you, but getting upset because someone dared to actually make an outfit that is specific to a time and place with more natural materials is about as stupid as PETA. My answe...

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Get a room you two.

tancred wrote:
Wolf wrote:
tancred wrote:So nthis guy sounds like a Master Baiter....

ahhh one of your padawans tanc? heheheh

You should know - Darth Monkeyspanker!

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15th century up. The most popular were milanese in construction, starting around 1450.

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I have found a few sources that include beards for the 15th century: A picnic during a hunt features Gaston, Count of Foix with a goatee and mustache, sitting next to another man with a full beard, circa 1420. There is also a contemporary image of Henry VI appointing a Constable of France circa 1445...

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Those damn authenticists are always after me lucky charms.

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Way interested.

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Pennsic 2003. Me and Flonzy right before the second Castle battle. "God loves Atlantians. Because we kill everything we see. We keep heaven packed with fresh souls. So your hearts may belong to Jesus, but your *ss belongs to Atlantia." "We are going in with the first wave. That means more Middies fo...

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Alejandro, I'll will be there on Sat. bright and early. If my duties at both courts does not interfere I intend to be in the rapier lists. After that, and time allows I would love to get with you and do some side sword work. As for the dollar bet after coronation, I accept, but in all honesty I hope...

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I'll have a digital camera with me for the next couple of rapier tourneys I attend. It may get better. I hope it gets better. When I have talked to a couple of rapier marshall's about the affect that the anti modern rule will have on silly parrying weapons, the responses have usually been, "Oh the s...

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The moral of the story is, is that if you sling enough "techno babble" at the audience, anything seems logical. Well... when you boil down the Lord of the Rings...it really is a story about doing what is right, no matter the cost......and confronting evil even though the odds are overwhleming.... tw...

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Keep in mind that the following is just my personal experiences with SCA fencing, it may be different for others. I have personally seen and gone up against parrying devices such as Barney the Dinosaur, a skull and cross bones buckler, a set of antlers, and more then a few dog chew toys that squeeke...

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Well for one, it is called "rapier combat", but that never stopped the rapier community for using some of the silliest crap around. For the other even a two handed weapon with an epee or schlager blade acts differently then a rapier simulater with an epee or schlager blade. Draw cuts aside, your "du...

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A while back Lochmere in Atlantia had an event that had them. The problem was that they only had four (two for each side) and you had to specificly authorize in them, (although they did not have an authorization for them at the event). When they were used in melees, they were mostly used to leg peop...

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There are easier ways to get the rust off a spaulder:

[img]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-2/642361/small18.jpg[/img]

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In Portugal? I have read accounts of Portugese and Spanish sailors encountering Japanese pirates, in Japanese and Chinese waters, but few it any out and out duels with Samurai. Although from what I have heard the art of Escrima is derived from the sword and dagger techniques of the Spanish. As for t...

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You mean, voiding the attack, by stepping off line and thrusting into your opponent is not proper? Boy have I been an improper fencer lately. Seriously though, a duel is very different than strip fencing. And while the overriding concern is to hit without being hit, there are a multitude of ways of ...

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I have seen Mensur duelling. I would not call itcombat per se as more an act of lunacy. Standing on a box less then three feet away, no foot movement, nothing but cuts and parries until one gets exhausted or slips up and then bam! nice cut across the face, no helm, just goggles and a nose protection...

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Or what?

Effingham wrote:The scorpion's Or.

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Sorry had to do it.
I tend to not speak in blazon when working with new folks on their heraldry because of that.

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Yeah he was pimping in style.
Actually he is wearing a doublet, hosen, and open cote/gown.
But essentially yes, that was the style for the beginning part of the 16th century.

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In modern fencing terms, "Right of way" is when the attacker extends his/her arm to thrust or lunge. If the arm is bent you do not have right of way. If your opponent extends his arm out first for a thrust, you may regain right of way, by parry and riposte. Right of way is one of the aspects used by...

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But if you parry with the full flat of your blade, any katana will cut right through it. It's true I saw it happen in "Die Another Day"

Actually when I parry with steel, I tend to parry at more of a 45 degree angle than full 90.

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I'll have Glen K get medieval on your buttocks for that

flonzy wrote:hey Kevin can I change my arms to a black field with red crosses? Or maybe a black field with red and blue crosses to create that 3D effect. Orrrr can I make it a black field with a boars head

Flonzy

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Don't forget chocolate. Lot's of chocolate.

kass wrote:There's a cure for that, you know, doll. Lots of gunpowder. Tons and tons of gunpowder. And cannon. BIG cannon.

Kass
not envying you that particular scad...

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I did not say every tiny syllabul, but I got the gist of it.

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