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Klaus the Red

Sold. Thanks for playing.

Klaus the Red

I'm going to forward this to a friend who's in the market for gothic kit.

Klaus the Red

It appears to be the love child of an imperial stormtrooper and a mountain gorilla.

Klaus the Red

Someone already posted this. Nothing to see here.

Klaus the Red

Your Majesty- don't forget to update your sig line!

Klaus the Red

That's not a helm, that's a BBQ chimney with a bevor.

Klaus the Red

Arms, my friend, not hands.

Klaus the Red

I'd have to size it down on my other computer, this one doesn't have photoshop, but in brief- it's your basic flattened JPEG. I tried a whole range of different DPI settings and different resolutions, to no avail. What is your recommended file format?

Klaus the Red

Idiots selling to greater idiots- always fun to watch.

Klaus the Red

Free bump with documentation!

Klaus the Red

If it were a Victorian copy of a proper great helm, it might be worth that price. This character clearly doesn't know jack shit about armor.

Klaus the Red

I just took a stab at doing my own in Photoshop and went nowhere. What is the secret to making a legible image within the ridiculously tiny size constraints that are called for here? (Also, even when I knocked it down to a miniscule 3kb, the system kept refusing to upload on the grounds that it wasn...

Klaus the Red

I have no stake in this sale, but I'd like to point out that the second raised kettle (although meant as a late medieval pattern, I'm sure) bears a good resemblance to the "bowler kettle" on one of the 12th-century Lewis chessmen.

Klaus the Red

Highness, I should be able to help you in this department, since I qualify in three particulars: German persona, 14th century major, and garb laurel. :) If I can't fit production into my own schedule, I can try to guide you toward folks who can. Please e-mail me directly at redbarbarian at comcast d...

Klaus the Red

Expand on your coat-of-plates kit niche and offer some different forms, such as one with a solid breastplate (á la the Hirschstein Castle find), globose with fauld, and "corazina." I'm sure lots of people are willing to do the leather/cloth and rivets themselves, if they can get the plates pre-shape...

Klaus the Red

I think you're postulating a system more complicated than it needs to be. I suspect one tightly-fitted garment worn over another would be very binding and restrictive, and in the case you seem to be suggesting of an outer layer made in a conventional pattern worn over a grand asiette garment, doubly...

Klaus the Red

Mild steel contains a high content of Bejeezus. You have to polish the Bejeezus out of it. Seriously. A good high polish gives the rust fewer nooks and crannies to grab hold of at the microscopic level and is more effective in the long run, IMHO, than any amount of oil or wax. Also, paint the inside...

Klaus the Red

T, are you aware of any images actually showing leg harness pointed to a sleeveless doublet in the 15th century? We have both art and text documenting such a garment holding up the hose, but I'm wondering if the suspension of leg armor is entirely an SCA leap of faith.

Klaus the Red

I have a tale of cadency in action. Walking down the road at my first Pennsic, I met a knight I had never seen before, but knew instantly who he was- Sir Stephen of Bellatrix, bearing on his shield Duke Paul's arms with a label. Just for fun, my wife decided last year to have little tattoos done on ...

Klaus the Red

That's a mighty general question. Did you have a specific century in mind? My master's thesis (work in progress) touches on this subject for 9th - 11th century Germany. Here are a couple of sources that you may find useful, cut and pasted from my bibliography: Bachrach, David. Religion and the Condu...

Klaus the Red

I disagree about the braes waistband. His doublet is coming down over the top of the braes, and the braes themselves are of the later "tidy whitey" style. AFAIK, only baggy boxer-style braes were used to support hose. The way the hose are sagging, I would say they have multiple points wrapping aroun...

Klaus the Red

OK, fair's fair. It's too good to pass up, so I will take it and re-jigger my other priorities. Marcus, if you want specific pictures or information from it, I'll be happy to scan or copy some excerpts for you, and translate the best I can.

Klaus the Red

Fucksticks. I DO read German and I need this in my library, but my spare cash is all earmarked this week. Second dibs behind Marcus.

Klaus the Red

'tain't a suggestion, it's a requirement.

And a cotehardie can be a doublet, but a doublet isn't necessarily "hardie."

Klaus the Red

They're somewhat interchangeable. Here's my preferred usage, which is very generalized and there are always exceptions. Doublet = a short coat/vest designed to hold up hose. Cote = coat = almost any upper-body garment, but usually something looser that goes over the doublet or shirt. (Rule of thumb-...

Klaus the Red

The doublet need not necessarily be padded or made in grand asiette style. You can do lightweight wool lined with linen, or two layers of linen, and be quite comfortable. Both patterns were used into the first third of the 15th century. According to Harmand, if I recall correctly, a doublet "in four...

Klaus the Red

Since our ancestors did not know the answer to the Riddle of Spandex, "action" braies had to have been made using precise tailoring and/or bias-cut material. The same principle applies to the grand assiette doublet- the sleeve is constructed to go all the way up into the armpit and out again with al...

Klaus the Red

Based on how skin-tight the "boxer brief" braies are depicted in most MS images, I suspect they may be partly cut on the bias. Anyone ever experiment with this? It's on my long and cluttered garb to-do list.

Klaus the Red

Period-obsessive though I am, I would rather wear white spandex compression shorts under split hose and give the proper appearance that have white linen braies that aren't tailored correctly.

Klaus the Red

To put it simply- to make BCSH, take a pattern for joined hose with a codpiece, then omit the center panel(s) and codpiece.

Klaus the Red

Are the offending hose linen or wool?

Klaus the Red

Well, I went with my gut and got it anyway. There's a 15th century piece in the Met that has intricate carvings and doesn't have quite the same peak, but the form and the metal trim were close enough for me to justify an impulse buy.

Klaus the Red

I agree. I think any time there's white below the waistband, we're seeing separate legs with braies.

Klaus the Red

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300940344263?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649 I'm on the verge of bidding on this medievaloid box, which auction ends today at 3PM Pacific. I can't find any images of this style of peaked lid anywhere on the internets. I would dearly love to document the ...

Klaus the Red

They look as though they came from a decorator suit- no complex curves, stamped- and bead-rolled shaping.

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Re: Avoiding the 'Diaper' Look

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Re: Possible early image of joined hose

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Re: Opinions needed ASAP on coffer style

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Opinions needed ASAP on coffer style

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