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Very nice sallet.
But I already got one.
It'sa varry nice.

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Morgan. I like your design. It can be clearly seen from a long way off. Putting the charges up top like that instead of trying to "balance" it by spreading them out top and bottom, makes it look more like period examples. Kudos Templar Bob. Yet also something I can see on livery jackets. Not a big f...

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Well if had that much exlax we would look like the starving ACW guys. [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by David: You aren't going to reenact that, ar...

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Maybe I should try hosting a class called heraldry for dummies. [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif[/img] What really sent me off today, is that I got a request on an SCA board. When I asked for the color scheme I was told red and black or red and green. And when I told them about con...

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Let me preface this with the fact that this rant is not coming from conversations on this board, but from some personal emails concerning a request for help with heraldry. Heraldry is not that difficult. The basic rules of not having a color on a color is because after a certain distance your image ...

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Can't we do LH without showing any violence or offensive langauge or situations? Does the public really want to know about the dysentary that the English suffered at Agincourt? We really should not have any weapons out, as that might scare people. And we should not call anyone by a historical title ...

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9 pounds. I weighed it this evening for postal rates.

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hmmm well bright hills is nearby.
But this old dog already has some ticks.
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Actually I'll see if we can make it, it will be good to see you and Bob again.

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OK sent you the details.
Thanks!

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It's up! Well it redirects to the ipaddress anyways. Sweeeet! Looks like a one stop birthday shopping for me. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by broinnfinn: I am eagerly awaiting the new page, and will celebr...

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The breastplate is 29inches across under the arms and runs fifteen inches from the neckline to the first fauld. It fits me well, and I have 36 inch waist and and a 40 inch chest. These are the buckles: http://www.caerdubh.com/armour/images/buckles.jpg ------------------ "As long as there are fanatic...

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That was part of what I was trying to drive at, that once you have the basics it goes a long way to understanding other schools of thought. I think I was abit more articulate on the other threads. http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum2/HTML/002883.html If not, it was kinda hard to think, type, a...

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My personal opinion, based on my readings, my experience and my teachers: First off no matter what weapon forms or venue that you are training for, you need to start with footwork/body movement. If you do not know how to place your feet and how to move your body with the weapon you are going to get ...

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Sorry Broadway but I disagree. Once you learn basic body and sword mechanics everything else is simply a matter of transitioning from one position to another. In other words, once you know how your sword and your body interacts with your opponent's, everything else are merely options in your fight m...

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Sir Gaston, can you point to when and where the term "Florentine" was used for rapier and dagger play? And to ellaborate a bit more on what David said: A case of swords, advocated by Achille Marozzo and Giacomao Di Grassi, consists of an exact pair of swords, one for each hand, kept together in the ...

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I can take some pics of them today and post them.

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As far as Atlantia is going, the ratio of renny/fantasy costumes to more accurate medieval clothing is changing in favour of the more accurate stuff. Which I strongly contribute to Gwen of H.E. Not that long ago you would see folks in a lot of Musuem Reps or Chiv sports outfits, now we see alot more...

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Doh! [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by InsaneIrish: Winterfell, if you are Atlantian shouldn't you be wearing swim trunks? [img]http://forums.armour...

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This is primarily a later period question (14th-16th centuries) We have patterns. We have people like Gwen who make outfits commercially. But when I read about a household orders this much wool or that much linen, I began to wonder, just how did they know what the exact pattern is supposed to be? Fo...

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Who was the one making the Orc chields?
Now if a LARP group was going to do Peter Jackon's Lord of the Rings....I might be intersted.

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Thanks Gwen,
I believe Greys has already thought about this, but it is definetly something to discuss.

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Three feet by two feet by three feet. What were you thinking? [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif[/img] <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Wolf: your an ass [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org...

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You don't need to see the Off topic board. These aren't the posts your looking for. You can go about your business. Move along. [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally...

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Well since we have James, Jeff, Chuck, Scott, Mel, Kass, Bob, and Steve on this board, I really am going to have to be on my best behavior, before things get back to Court. [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] ------------------ "As long as there are fanatics there will always ...

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Wolf, You may be cheap, but Tanc is easy. [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif[/img] <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Wolf: well, you all just need to start buying more of Gwen's gear so she c...

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I did not pick up on that at first.
Fiore had a final chapter that Bob is currently trying to translate that deals with temperoal physics.

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When I first joined the SCA I was told that the time fram was from 1066 to 1666, essentially covering Hastings and the English Civil War. So my first persona wasa Scottish Highlander, who was a member of the Scottish forces during Cromwellian England. And yes I wore a kilt. Then I was told it is 600...

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Alucard The Druid
A vampire Druid?

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There are probably fighter who like that aspect, but alot of the ones I have talked to could not care less. It boils down to tradition. What's wrong with fighting that way? We always have done it? It would probably change alot quicker if the Marshallate just stopped having that as an option in tourn...

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Of course the big question is how bad is Europe really if all of these Scotts, English, Italians, Germans, etc are here in Atlantia, Caid, Trimaris, etc, instead of in their native land? What is your persona? I am an Atlantian. How about that? ------------------ "As long as there are fanatics there ...

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What I find really dumb about fighting from the knees is that even if this is a tournament setting,to me that means that you have yielded. Now if it is a "to the death" scenario" then it always strikes me as very Monty Pythonish. "It's only a flesh wound"" ------------------ "As long as there are fa...

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The bad thing is that I was at an event a couple of months ago, and the audience was throwing bean bag dagger at the fencers.
But that is a rant of a different color.

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[img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif[/img] <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Wolfesco: Kevin we are going to split the profit right? Steve<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ------------------ "As lo...

Heraldry (rant)

How did medieval patterns get duplicated