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by T. Finkas
Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:53 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Turkish janissary soft kit
Replies: 34
Views: 1789

Re: Turkish janissary soft kit

Baron Alejandro wrote:...This is (as far as I can tell) the only extant European drawing of a Janissary from SCA period...


Doesn't Vecellio's book of costumes feature a number of illustrations of Jannisaries? It falls within the SCA time period.

BTW you look marvelous!

Cheers,
Tim
by T. Finkas
Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:20 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Roman/Gaulish re-enactment in Germany (Nudie pics)
Replies: 29
Views: 581

Gives a new meaning to "Rawhide Armour"
by T. Finkas
Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:32 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Scale-Covered Helms? Horn scales? Help!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 242

I discovered a small passage in the article "Medieval Footsoldier 1460-85: (3) Edged Weapons & Helmets" by Clive Bartlett and Gerry Embleton published in Military Illustrated Past & Present (No. 11, February/March 1998) which gives mention of scale helmets: "These three types of helmet (e.g. sallet,...
by T. Finkas
Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:31 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Way too Funny- SCA Boots for sale on eBay.
Replies: 5
Views: 260

Hmmm...I've seen this somewhere before?

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=40430

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=40502

Cheers,
Tim
by T. Finkas
Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:25 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: My own "something shiney".
Replies: 44
Views: 2336

...Studbuckle, show us yours! He is referring to the "armour" (ala Frazetta) I made for Angel Thompkins, the stripper/exwife of Charles Bronson's character in the film Murphy's Law . I'll see if I can dig up some of those photos. Of course, my anecdotes about fitting the pasties are perhaps as ente...
by T. Finkas
Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Example of Extant LEATHER Scale Armour!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 551

That's incredible-but I have to wonder about the ascribed date of 6th c. BC . Not that it looks Medieval, necessarily, but it is pretty remarkably preserved for something that is 2600 years old...[/b] Well, the "belt-gap" is certainly the Scythian style of hauberk. Have you seen some of the Silk Ro...
by T. Finkas
Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:04 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: X-Post: Need Info on Horn Scale Helms
Replies: 0
Views: 25

X-Post: Need Info on Horn Scale Helms

Please check out my post in the Armour Construction forum. I am considering making a scale helm and would like to know what evidence there is for them.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=40604

Thanks,
Tim
by T. Finkas
Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:00 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Example of Extant LEATHER Scale Armour!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 551

Example of Extant LEATHER Scale Armour!!!

Wow, I thought all this "leather scale" business was pure speculation till I saw this armour:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/r ... 000.66.asp

Cool, eh?

Tim
by T. Finkas
Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:48 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Scale-Covered Helms? Horn scales? Help!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 242

Scale-Covered Helms? Horn scales? Help!!!

There's an upcoming "Viking" event in February (hosted by the SCA, near Pittsburgh, PA) that I am thinking about attending. I don't have a helm but am considering making a simple conical helm covered in horn scale (i.e. staggered, partially overlapping rows of roughlt rectangular scales, approx. 1.5...
by T. Finkas
Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:03 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Period or Fashionable?
Replies: 100
Views: 1176

...I know there is a difference between having wood, water, steam and having a wood fashioned steam engine. It is not plausable because steam engines where not invented yet... Not to pick nits, but steam engines, as toys of scientific curiosity, go back to ancient times. What's the point? They had ...
by T. Finkas
Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:48 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Period or Fashionable?
Replies: 100
Views: 1176

I have seen that the issue of what is "period" when used within the SCA seems typically to refer to the overall time frame of the Society, namely the year 1600 and before. So, if a SCA member calls a Victorian kilt, or a English Civil War kit "out-of-period" (aka OOP) this is often what is being ref...
by T. Finkas
Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:35 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Post 1 Photo of Your Fighting Kit
Replies: 209
Views: 53287

Post 1 Photo of Your Fighting Kit

STRUT YOUR STUFF!!! Hasn't been a while since we did one of these? Please post ONE and ONE ONLY photo to show off your fighting harness. Suggestions: ⋅ Photo should show you wearing the kit ⋅ View should show as much of the kit, head-to-toe, as possible ⋅  Post only on...
by T. Finkas
Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:19 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Leather Laticework Churburg ( UPDATES - PICS )
Replies: 37
Views: 957

Lord Wulf, Thanks for sharing these photos with us. As fantasy armour, this is going to be phenomenal. Please don't let my previously stated issues about plausibility overshadow the praise you deserve for your nice craftsmanship and inspiration. As I said before, this harness is definitely going to ...
by T. Finkas
Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:41 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Leather Laticework Churburg ( UPDATES - PICS )
Replies: 37
Views: 957

...Wicker shields were period in the Bronze Age, so it doesn't take TOO far of a jump to build body armor of the same... Even if we were talking a Bronze Age harness, I would have serious trepidations about this solution. But here we are discussing a 14th century medieval European pattern. Anybody ...
by T. Finkas
Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:33 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Armour for my Irish persona
Replies: 3
Views: 159

If you are going for the latter half of the 1500's you might go for a mail hauberk (with hidden torso armour underneath), mail mantle (or plate gorget), burgeonete (with bars), hidden knees (inside full-cut venetian breeches), full plate arms & gauntlets. Likely weapons would be sword and buckler, o...
by T. Finkas
Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:09 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Knight of the living dead....
Replies: 51
Views: 1973

meaddrinker wrote:...he will end up giving The Hammered Wombat a run for his money...


That's an interesting image that phrase conjures up---The Hammered Wombat "running" with a customers money? I dunno...
by T. Finkas
Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:02 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Pavilions available!
Replies: 59
Views: 2171

This is a great deal for a really beautiful tent (even as undecorated)! You should have no problem getting these into the hands of many happy campers. Nice job, Brian. I'd love to have a tent like this for Pennsic instead of my mucking huge 20' diam Tentsmiths with the perimeter ropes that takes up ...
by T. Finkas
Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:56 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Critique requested....1st. Ebay offering.
Replies: 14
Views: 408

Halberds, Again, nice helm. If it were made for a 24" noggin I might be tempted to make a bid but I like helms to fit close. Again, as I have said before, you do some wonderful stuff and are a real inspiration. As far as the auction goes: ⋅ Flaunt your credentials a bit to give the buyer c...
by T. Finkas
Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:07 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: More e-bay horror... or... not?
Replies: 5
Views: 479

That's a nice buckle and a good price. I should know :).

Cheers,
Tim
by T. Finkas
Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:05 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Padded or lined aventail question.
Replies: 7
Views: 308

Yes, mine was inspired by the Walter von Hohenklingen funerary effigy.

Cheers,
Tim
by T. Finkas
Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:25 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Padded or lined aventail question.
Replies: 7
Views: 308

Here's how I handled the attachment:

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/finkas/STUDBUCKLE/Helm-1.jpg[/img]

However, I can only mount the gamboised aventail ---OR--- the mail aventail, not both.

Tim
by T. Finkas
Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:54 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Adventures in Cuirbolli Footwear
Replies: 17
Views: 572

Adventures in Cuirbolli Footwear

Another amazing e-bay item.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 46158&rd=1

Cheers,
Tim
by T. Finkas
Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:48 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: More wierd Armour on E-Bay...
Replies: 8
Views: 560

More wierd Armour on E-Bay...

Check it out, I'm speechless:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 66508&rd=1

Cheers,
Tim
by T. Finkas
Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:24 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Attn all Romans (and all dirty Celts too)
Replies: 42
Views: 738

Wonderful idea! I'd advise to get the enthusiasm for the ancient period going first and be more lenient on kit the first few years in order to get the energy and numbers. Once it's off the ground, start STRONGLY encouraging kit improvements and restrict any "new" participants to stricter kit rules. ...
by T. Finkas
Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:25 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 14th century rebrace (FINISHED!!!!)
Replies: 126
Views: 4591

Looking good!
by T. Finkas
Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:10 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: wearing a buckler
Replies: 7
Views: 243

I use a flat iron "S"hook over the belt. My buckler has a short leather strap attached to the handle that slips over the belt hook. Please note that this is based on expediency and supposition, not any historical evidence (other than depictions of the buckler being worn at, or sightly below, the bel...
by T. Finkas
Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:04 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 14th century rebrace (FINISHED!!!!)
Replies: 126
Views: 4591

House of the Wolf wrote:...I am also contemplating a more authentic artwork style on it...


Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent!
by T. Finkas
Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:55 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking for Gladiatorial Helms/armor/shields
Replies: 4
Views: 190

Check through this list from Legio XX site:

http://www.larp.com/legioxx/supplrs.html#custom

Cheers,
Tim
by T. Finkas
Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:50 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Now for something shiney. (Moore Mandy!! warning)
Replies: 94
Views: 7426

Love the armour.
Adore the model.
Hate the tatoos (big sigh).
by T. Finkas
Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:41 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Idea for SCA legal maille gauntlets...
Replies: 21
Views: 639

Sasuke: Damn, that is cool!
by T. Finkas
Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:58 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Requesting help with 14th Century Sword Rig
Replies: 9
Views: 267

SOme thoughts: ⋅ I believe that drawing is entirely speculative with regards to the "rear view." I have seen no evidence that the two belts should be connected (to each other) in any way. I'm not saying it wouldn't be a possible solution---just that it is most probably speculative. ⋅&...
by T. Finkas
Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:51 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: My WMA helm!!!!(With Photos)
Replies: 38
Views: 1226

I am planning a gamboised aventail for mine. If I accomplish this and it works, I'll be happy to give you the pattern, Adam. DOn't know when I will do it though---but certainly before next summer.

Tim
by T. Finkas
Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:10 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Ancient Greeks in Gers (Yurts)?
Replies: 15
Views: 251

I did a quick search on the Perseus digital library (www. perseus.tufts.edu it is very cool). Unfortunately the most common word for "tent" in Homer ( klisia ) really just means "place for lying down" and can mean a hut as well as a tent. In the Illiad, book 24 line 596, (when Priam comes to beg th...
by T. Finkas
Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:35 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Sallet on eBay
Replies: 30
Views: 328

Ren Faire? Rusted on purpose? I smell BLANKENSHIELD! :)
by T. Finkas
Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:55 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Ancient Greeks in Gers (Yurts)?
Replies: 15
Views: 251

Agreed on all points. It is highly speculative---but I'd rather base a reconstruction on something rather than just cop out and use a Roman wall tent. Note that paintings show that the Mongolians had tents aside from gers/yurts that mimic the same shape. My guess is that they were more portable and ...

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