The Armour Archive

zippy

my guess for the final four
rhys
skalla
drogo
ragnar

is ciar fighting for her consort or is he only fighting for her

zippy

is inga up in your neck of the woods?
you should check with her

zippy

both of your pictures should be legal and in no ways laminated unless you use glue to adhere the rattan together (not saying you cant use glue in the construction of a polearm head) if you tape them together you should only be limited by the padding requirements on polearms in your home kingdom as f...

zippy

you can always submit your heraldry with your mundane name
the sca can not force you to take an alias

zippy

i have seen some ukrainian studded belts
i recall seeing an extant example even, but sorry i cant recall where

zippy

are you right leg or left leg forward?
i find i have a lot more fun right leg forward
have fun
zippy
ps i am right handed

zippy

i believe sir savaric from an tir made one

zippy

just acrylic you can buy at any craft store
and then a acrylic varnish to finish off
some of those westies get a little fancier
but most of those guys out of the west maintain their armor pretty well
so durability isnt the main problem
availability of resources to repair and redo

zippy

honestly it doesnt take that long for most kits to put on
when i get to practice i arm up at my car
pull out all the armor and lay it out right behind my car
and boom 5min
what you need is a plan
not faster armor

zippy

how did miles do?

zippy

are these knit turtlenecks

http://www.tempora-nostra.de/manesse.php?id=203&tfl=67

having a hard time finding any info about garments similar to this

have fun
zip

zippy

MORE IMAGINATION use a less used lion position try bicorporated or tricorporated you get your two (or three) lion bodies and it looks cool as hell two lions combatant or even two beasts of any kind combatant is so common but hey i have a frauenadler in one piece of heraldry and a wing terminating in...

zippy

thank you for keeping up on this it is inspirational
i hope to see more
sooner rather than later

zippy

just bumping this cause i want to see more pics still

zippy

then in my opinion the problem isnt diversifying
it is focusing on one weapon style
take a break from the changing it up

zippy

I am afraid i cant answer that without more information. What was your motivation before, and has your training changed? How adventurous are you with you style and fighting? If you arent inspired to change weapons you fight with then dont change, but are there people discouraging from changing weapo...

zippy

@ maeryk the winter coat of the eurasian red squirrel will roughly make that shape and is theoretically what vair is based off of (i am sure someone else has better references than me that may prove it)
as for checking the russians no luck

zippy

i am looking for fur of the vair variety m so i can make one of these cloaks m or m my searches for eurasian red squirrel pelts (preferably already sewn together) has not yielded spectacular results. I am hoping that someone else has a resource for these. and my budget is not amazing either so some ...

zippy

what about something similar to karate rebreakable boards

http://www.karatedepot.com/tr-bo-01.html

http://www.gungfu.com/htm-training-gear ... -board.htm

just an idea to think about
have fun
zip

zippy

but that definitely is not a footmans shield
if you want a better footmans shield from that time and place
you are probably looking at concave round shield
one of the woven ones with the metal center called a 'kalkan' i believe
have fun
zip

zippy

come out to practice and ask you would get a better response nomad

zippy

i am pretty adequate with my thrusting tip and i have adjusted my style so i am not relying on it as much it is more integrated into what i do with my hand and a half work i dont use my thrusting as effectively for attacks, but i do use it to control range do you think it would be a useful thing for...

zippy

Donngal at windrose has made some kick ass Rus helms lately
i like the one his squire kazimir is wearing lately
have fun
zip

i think any of these guys would work
and in stock from the looks
http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index ... cts_id=546

http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index ... cts_id=623

http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index ... cts_id=593

http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index ... cts_id=530

zippy

if your options are a chain getting in the way
or losing your weapon
i take chains
also the length is somewhat restrictive, but you make sacrifices
ziip

zippy

you can always take away but you cant add to
smaller is better to start

zippy

Dominus Ansila the Goth?

What is the title Dominus?

zip

zippy

ghostpig has a progress thread for the new burgonet he made in the design and construction section
it looks awesome
he could probably do it
and honestly i wouldnt mind seeing more of his progress
have fun
zip

zippy

about the norse knotwork style
the viking answer lady has some cool stuff
but i ripped this off of someone online
dont know them but cool info

http://www.willadsenfamily.org/sca/danr ... _class.pdf

zippy

hey mann
is that an 'Atenveldt' 5-6
'cause i hear us Atenveldters hit like nancys

zippy

For the longest time i thought i was one of the lighter hitting guys in my kingdom especially of the knights but i have been informed recently by some stout individuals that that is not the case i throw a lot of shots for unarmoured areas so that may have something to do with it but i understand the...

zippy

you act like ugly isnt period
i am sure you can document plenty of ugly if you try hard enough

zippy

true but thats as close as you are gonna get blazonwise

zippy

i tell you blazon it 'bicorporate'
and artistic license the crap out of it
it a rarely used animal position and it vaguely displays what you want
i think you can get something similar passed
you just have to fool the heralds into it
have fun
zip

zippy

woohoo now i can blame vitus for my orc/goblin kit
have fun
zip

zippy

cool stuff
what time period are these

turtlenecks?

wtb vair