The Armour Archive

Kilkenny

Honestly, with as many beuracrats that run Pennsic, are you saying it is impossible to make a position of "fort technician" and have them get a crew of guys to maintain and assemble a fort? Pennsic has Mayors....One more useful position can't be that hard. Consider this as input from some...

Kilkenny

By nature I'm a counter puncher. In application, I will do what makes the opponent least comfortable - if I can read what that is correctly I am comfortable fighting at range (and frequently my long range is outside my opponent's range), but I don't necessarily fight at my best when I am comfortable...

Kilkenny

Probably better to call it a game piece than a chess piece. Chess was not the only game around and unless they've got all the other pieces, or a recognizable chess board to go with it, there's room for doubting the designation.

Kilkenny

It would probably be a tremendous help to see a picture or two of you wearing these, so we can see just what is going on in terms of how they fit.

Kilkenny

But - would they really hold up under Pennsic pressures? I've never been to Lillies and can't make an informed comparison. Well, we grow'em just as big in Calontir as they do anywhere else. But, just like with any other toy, careful play and maintanence will prolong use. Some people just can't have...

Kilkenny

Honestly, what is needed is a "lego" style set up. Sections of wall with seperate joining posts. the Calontir Lilies War Castle: The hitch is how do you keep them standing? At Lilies the castle is kept up by drilling holes in the ground and inserting the joining posts. This works pretty w...

Kilkenny

OK, I glanced quickly at the videos and have some quick questions: 1. How old are these guys? I thought this was an "older" group. 2. Why are ALL of them in such great shape and not fat at all? 3. How do I get to or stay in that sort of shape? Very impressive as far as what I've seen so f...

Kilkenny

Aaron wrote:Well done Freiman! Huzzah!

As a side note, 11K through the gate? That seems a bit low.

Not really. People have wonderfully inflated ideas of the attendance at Pennsic.

Kilkenny

I heard last night that there was an approximate count of 10,000 armoured combatants at Pennsic. That number seems....a bit high. Anyone have an accurate number? On or about Thursday Aug. 4th there were approximately 8,000 people total trolled through the gate. That would make 10K in armour on that...

Kilkenny

Throw a flat snap, but turn you hand palm down. It still shift the angle of the blade, though not as radically as a wrap. But it is also not going to screw up your shoulder or elbow. The basic mechanics for on-side and off-side blows are the same - targeting is different. . Interesting. I think the...

Kilkenny

Aaron wrote:Did anyone see the two of them at Pennsic? It sounds like they are fun to have around.

-Aaron

I met GA on the last day of Pennsic, he happened to be checking in regarding transportation home at a camp I was briefly visiting. I've known Zorich for years.

Gavin

Kilkenny

Kenwrec Wulfe wrote:Would this one qualify?

http://effigiesandbrasses.com/static/mo ... _r5876.jpg

Hey! he's wearing demis! Am I seeing correctly that he is wearing demi gauntlets over mail ?

Kilkenny

I suggested elsewhere that the Society allow members to run events with higher participation standards. Recognizing some of the problems inherent with this suggestion I proposed that such events: -Be required to waive any scheduling conflict protection they might otherwise enjoy -Be paid for withou...

Kilkenny

"Award inflation" has been used a number of times. Max gave a definition of sorts, but I am curious as to how people are interpreting the term. To me it is at best confused. I take it as a combination of both having awards for every activity at every level (which would be the case in the ...

Kilkenny

"Award inflation" has been used a number of times. Max gave a definition of sorts, but I am curious as to how people are interpreting the term. To me it is at best confused.

Kilkenny

To my knowledge, I've had my right thumb broken (minor fracture, untreated but eventually diagnosed). I've issued one confirmed and one probable broken forearm, and been held to blame for a broken hand despite a completely fabricated identification (I was identified by the heraldry on the shield I w...

Kilkenny

F So, I just want to make sure I'm understanding things, Killkenny, are you saying, in this statement that rewards should be immaterial? Or are you saying that you feel the 20% of the people that leave due to lack of social reward, (Appreciation, award) are doing so because they've targeted Awards ...

Kilkenny

Although I gott'a admit that these legs are pretty unorthodox, they are not leather. The surface texture of the brown stuff tells us that it is velvet. Mac I think you are more than probably correct, but can't say with certainty from the photographs. A buffed/sueded leather could have very much the...

Kilkenny

But no you are just being absolutely retarded, claiming that what many have seen doesn't happen, and if it does, it's our own fault. TAKE THE BLINDERS OFF MAN. I like you.. but really.. you are being incredibly mindblind right now. I will say this one final time, and you will ignore me and insist t...

Kilkenny

Not a chance. That is your baggage talking and not my words. The people I am talking about are self-promoting types who are not doing anything unless it gets them recognition and then get upset about not receiving something that they have not earned and do not deserve - except in their own minds. F...

Kilkenny

Now, those people should also bear the burden of providing the support required for those activities. If you want WMA, then find some space and start organizing. If the Society needs written documentation that such an activity is covered under our liablity insurance then it's up to you to do the le...

Kilkenny

I don't think we have to give up what we do. But could we do the "big tent" and let in the boffer and steel weapons? We could even end up with a WMA arm of the SCA under the historical study section of our combats. C&T could evolve into polearms, etc..and done as safely as SCA heavy c...

Kilkenny

Too many people miss this fact, work hard at getting their ticket punched and collecting box-tops to receive their Dangly - and grow bitter if they don't get it in what they consider proper time. Victim. Blame. Not a chance. Not on your life. No Way. That is your baggage talking and not my words. T...

Kilkenny

Hi Max, I think the SCA is stuck between the LARPers and the LH/WMA folks, and the squeeze play is going to hurt. LARPer Advantages: 1. Not confined by history 2. Ease of entry 3. Low cost on armour and weapons (but even a LARPer should wear a cup, as seen below): m 4. Their foam weapons can look m...

Kilkenny

[ All this is to say, that telling people that awards should not matter is generally a dishonest plattitude. Anecdoteally , It seems like its always people who have awards, or people very close to them, (eg: knights and their squires) that tout this sort of advice. Cheers! Cailin I generally agree ...

Kilkenny

For a long time, my pole-arm heads had a distinctive shape, which led someone to point out a resemblance to a unicorn. Thereafter, I drew eyes, nostrils and a mouth on the hook (and sometimes a spiral on the thrusting-tip) and named the weapon "Unicorn." The war-hammer with which I occasi...

Kilkenny

Taking that away from them isn't doing them any favors. Granted. And I don't seriously want to take anything away from anyone. But I am suggesting that the rules of the game for heavy combat aren't necessarily condusive for creating the best-looking equipment. It hasn't escaped my notice that most ...

Kilkenny

I've named a number of my broadswords. None of the other weapons have had names. First sword I named was called Warwick. Fighting two sword frequently, there's a tendency for pairings - Doom and Gloom, Stormbringer and Mournblade, Left and Right

Kilkenny

If you want to look like a supreme badass on the field... but lack the skill, talent, and training to back-up the threat implied by your kit... then you're gonna be a very unhappy well-armoured individual. What if you don't plan on winning anything and don't mind getting killed a lot? I figured I w...

Kilkenny

You can get spot-on armor in the SCA. But the expense can be prohibitive, and the weight is dangerous in come circumstances (full plate at Pennsic is going to *hurt*.) And that same weight can also mean you're at a disadvantage against a guy in sport armor and a tunic. I'll have to hunt for good pi...

Kilkenny

An SCA that used latex weapons and lighter armor would look a whole lot more like what it - in theory - actually aspired to be. Using latex swords and "armour look" costumes would be nothing like what the SCA combat I participate in actually aspires to be. Precisely because it would be al...

Kilkenny

Arrakis wrote:I believe you have adequately illustrated the very problem that is at the root of this thread.

Thanks.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that with help from a couple of unwitting volunteers, I have done just exactly that.

Kilkenny

People respond to another person's area of interest by telling them to go play somewhere else. Whatever you're doing doesn't match my personal vision of what the activity should be therefore you should leave. Your Grace, I have unformed thoughts about that personal vision screwing about with people...

Kilkenny

You have no clue and really ought to stop writing and start seriously reading. Really. You don't understand enough of what the SCA is about and you are not prepared to contribute positively here. What you are able to do is provide a poster-child for some of our failures as an organization when it c...

Kilkenny

But I DO know how the SCA operates. It operates without soliciting input from it's paying members on a large scale, thorough manner. It operates with polling it's paying members. It grants mostly subjective awards causing quite a bit of unseemly butt kissing that makes me cringe. It fails to use ev...

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