The Armour Archive

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

<snip> As for killing blows caused by weapons driven into your opponent you have to be careful. If they block correctly they would/should catch your weapon with the flat side of the sword (not the blade). So if the weapon hits them it should be a flat hit... think about it. This is roughly what I u...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I have this crazy idea to dance in my armour with my helmet, weapon and sheild. With the blinds drawn of course. My neighbors already think I'm nuts. umm .. screw the shades .. the really good ones are already fightin' to their own dance mix as you step onto the field .. yer own personal soundtrax ...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

Imagine all the football and 300 training vids you've seen of them doing runs/sprints/sequencing thru tire drills. It's what we did in H.S. for track/pole-vault, in the military for riot drills in boot camp and later in my pro-rehab for ACL rebuild therapy. Buy an 'escape' ladder and toss down onto ...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

<snip> You going this year Iain? Mary wants to go and it should be right before she heads out to Germany, so I think we will be heading out to GW this year. -barnet Oh if you two could attend it would indeed be a grand and glorious time! With the Challenges and Murdock & Mord attending I'd be a...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

a shield wall is nothing but a speed bump without long support ... (and this is coming from someone who started in the shield wall and considers it a great honour and responsibility as a Sergeant to be there as line commmander) http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=73637&start=0...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

aye .. how many coin ye be askin' .. and put me down for 2 if reasonable.

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I have always heard horror stories about the rain. It's why I have never gone. Well it's about time for me to wander back down again ... if it would get you and Sir Mord to wander down, I'd make sure the PFC (Pentamere Free Company) pavilion is up and running at least on the edge of the battlefield...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

<snip> #1 Iain's Rig big ole diposit paid for a big ole suit, working on some of the techniques i wanna do on it. <snip> Nothing to see here .. move along please ... there was no sort of mafiosa involvement in this ... don't know whatcha talkin' 'bout ma'am ... just another mundane armour transacti...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

... and that's a good tutorial. Each person might tweak it to get some parts exactly as they like, but this is a great one to give the overal idea of how to do padding under the aventail and the helm padding.

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

Salon Pas (japanese sticky paper with pepperspray soaked into it). Used it for many years along with 'light fighter candy' (800mg Ibuprofen) in heavy doses after riot/take down/submission training. Normal docs always freak whenever I tell them what I've been running on but after I show them pics the...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I know this might not be the best question, but you have the eye, the soul and the hand for knowing what needs to be made. Any posibility at taking on some apprentices to learn and train to carry on the tradition? The market seems to be opening more and more along with needing someone with a good re...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

If you can set aside the balance of the Black that Klaus doesn't claim, I may be interest in some of the monday listing of wools as well.

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

My kit would have to drop 62 years. Advice? -Aaron You could do the same thing Sir Crispin did a few years back and use another's harness who was unable to join in the 30. In return for use of parts of my harness, I was well compensated by a portion of his ransom. (The 'borrowing/renting' of my har...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

Now with this type shown above am I right that you still have to use a basket hilt? Depends on where you are. Here in the Midrealm they are legal for full use but decent padding is recommended (i.e. at least 'mouse pad' rubberized foam over the knuckles and finger tips. I use a similar set from Cla...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

From Cot30 although my melee kit mainly swaps the full arms for a pair of floating elbows and 'splinted' vambraces. [img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/iain/Iain_Cot30_Pennsic37_german12_crop.jpg[/img] http://home.armourarchive.org/members/iain/Iain_Cot30_Pennsic37_02_sm.jpg this is the close...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

The real problem is that GOOD Klappvisors are hard to find. When done right, they offer better vision than a great helm. Minor loss, but as far as breath and vision I seem to be doing well at the Cot30 and that gets to be pretty 'melee-like' at times ... http://home.armourarchive.org/members/iain/T...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

ditto on email reject .. I think they got ye lass!

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Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

<snip> #1 Iain's top secret super rig to make you all just give up and quit now (drawing stuff, desigining...now where to put the guilded repulsor cannons BwaAHAHAhhahahahAHAHAhahahah)<snip> Don't forget the fleur filigree work on the cannons! Yeah ... I've become a pet project and 'sugar daddy' fo...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

Works for me. I sit by North Gate and watch everyone stream into the battle though. how many folks CAN you pack into a deuce and a half? (perhaps next year I'll just hold a cold _case_ out when they drive by?) Actually that was a 5 ton ... totally different front end and let me tell you the hydro s...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I had a huge two page reply typed up detailing all my thoughts on the war and how we got where we are ... then I closed the wrong window ... It's a fun game on many levels and many facets .. suffice to say I'm nobody of note. I had fun .. I am still exhausted from the fighting and really looking for...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

RoaK, All, RoaK you are seriously under-estimating the mercenary numbers. The numbers for mercenaries at Pennsic is usually around 3 to 4 hundred. - Straum Erm.. I'd be willing to bet Roak and Nissan, etc, have a better idea of Merc numbers than most. Just sayin.. It pays to know what your competit...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

The Thirty is wierd. If you don't get a solid group of three to five guys who stick together no matter what, you are screwed . My desire to pull away certain terrifying individuals from the main group worked. I was certain I would not be killed because of my name and, well, because I am rich. I gav...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I'm the blue/grey/white/red 'squirrel boy' in the cylon visor with blue/silver cuisses... If you're going to go around describing yourself like that, we'll be expecting you to report that you told your Captain "By your command." at some point during the fray. Hee hee .. well yeah, I did ....

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

Soon I will post the pic of Stephen du Blois squishing me into a greasy red spot! Classic! And if anyone wonders .. yes the image of Sir Vitus inside your weapons reach and drawing dagger/blade can trigger a big guy's 'monkey brain' in an instant. Big guys are taught to 'play nice' from an early ag...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

just my opinion, but it's still better mucho better than the stick tag I played the rest of the week. Don't get me wrong, I loved the rest of the week and the variety of battles, but hands down the 30 is the end all, be all of Pennsic for me now. It's sooooo addictive. The feel both leading up to a...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I'm interested, coin on the barrelhead at Pennsic acceptable? I know someone whom this would make a fine gift for. PM where I can seek you out (will be there for setup Sat/part of Sun and then returning on Thursday of Landgrab week in B4, Pentamere Free Company).

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

Makes me want to volunteer for the Saracean side just so I can admire it!

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

WEll, it's got 9327.5 cubic inches of interior space, when all is said and done. WE now have _ONE_ plastic tote going camping with us. Rather than the four we used to use. It works as a bench (for putting on shoes) and as a changing table (For der bebe) and as a night-stand/toiletries stand, etc. I...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I plan to try and get at least a sunshade set up for us near the 'common field' for historic tourneys most likely by Thursay (not sure if I'll be back onsite late Weds or early Thursday in time to play). If someone can at least be the 'organizer' of 'em we'll have a place to duck under from the late...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

With the standards the Captains are holding people to, I'd not be suprised to see a good # of haubergeon, shirts and at least voiders on the field. With one ransome, the fighting and tactics should be 'intense' to say the least. It's one of the reasons I went out and got mine and a proper set of sab...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I know selling here just before Pennsic is a bad thing ... but does anyone know of any armourers that would be willing to put out some gear on consignment that will be at Pennsic? I've got a few items I've been thinking of letting go of and am just too damn busy to run the auction & shipping rac...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

Oh dear .... I might have to break down on that phrygian and build a harness around it!

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

I will most likely be tarred, feathered and run out of town for this ... But given the general attendence of Pennsic 10-11,000 ... and the general # of folks out on the battlefield 2-3,000 ... I suspect the issue is really only a major one to us. To the others it's similar to demos ... we're just a ...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

May be bedraggled and worn out after the Bridge, Unbelts and Plate & Mail tourney ... but since there is also the Known World Baronial Champs Tourney, the Tuchux Tourney (Save the Boobies!!!!) and the Classic Japanese battle all going on in the later afternoon, I suspect we'll all be ready from ...

Iain (Bunny) Ruadh

Hmmm .. is there any period he'd prefer? Any idea what size helm/head/hat he wears? I'm a 23.5 and a tad larger than him but will have a complete 10th C. harness he can use if he's interested (6'2" & 250#) with oval center grip (and or spare weapons, huscarl axe, bearded axe, sword, etc.). ...

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