The Armour Archive

Chris Gilman

Cancelled
Sorry folks, I have to cancel the Friday night dinner. Some jobs have come up at the shop and most of our camp canâ€™t make it. So I may be there I may not. My apologies,
Have a great war,

Chris Gilman

Very nice, your work is getting better every project. Well done.

Chris Gilman

Cancelled
Sorry folks, I have to cancel the Friday night dinner. Some jobs have come up at the shop and most of our camp canâ€™t make it. So I may be there I may not. My apologies,
Have a great war,

Chris Gilman

Cancelled
Sorry folks, I have to cancel the Friday night dinner. Some jobs have come up at the shop and most of our camp canâ€™t make it. So I may be there I may not. My apologies,
Have a great war,

Chris Gilman

Cancelled
Sorry folks, I have to cancel the Friday night dinner. Some jobs have come up at the shop and most of our camp canâ€™t make it. So I may be there I may not. My apologies,
Have a great war,

Chris Gilman

Cancelled
Sorry folks, I have to cancel the Friday night dinner. Some jobs have come up at the shop and most of our camp canâ€™t make it. So I may be there I may not. My apologies,
Have a great war,

Chris Gilman

Cancelled
Sorry folks, I have to cancel the Friday night dinner. Some jobs have come up at the shop and most of our camp canâ€™t make it. So I may be there I may not. My apologies,
Have a great war,

Chris Gilman

We thermo- form things all the time and you can use many different types of material, wood, fiberglass, metal, foam and even clay.
I would suggest a â€œmaleâ€

Chris Gilman

Cancelled
Sorry folks, I have to cancel the Friday night dinner. Some jobs have come up at the shop and most of our camp canâ€™t make it. So I may be there I may not. My apologies,
Have a great war,

Chris Gilman

Cancelled
Sorry folks, I have to cancel the Friday night dinner. Some jobs have come up at the shop and most of our camp canâ€™t make it. So I may be there I may not. My apologies,
Have a great war,

Chris Gilman

Here is the suit this copy was based on. http://www.visualrian.com/images/item/98950?print=true Here is another color shot. (in the back case in the center) http://textplay.net/pages/0017.htm It is a separate set of plates held together with straps. The original was gilded on every other "flute...

Chris Gilman

In my 25 years of owning shops, I have tried a number of special floor paints. All of them expensive, none of them lasted very long in high traffic areas. So, I now paint my floors with good interior wall paint. I have found that on an old concrete floor, with little or no serious floor prep, It las...

Chris Gilman

This one: http://www.globaleffects.com/C_pages/Rental/Wardrobe/Armor/Period/CompleteSuit/European/russiansuit_hi.jpg The torso is a copy of a 17th C. Russian armour, that if I remember correctly is in the Kremlin museum. The helmet is a bit fantasy, but loosely based on a style of the same period. W...

Chris Gilman

I've been welding most of my life, from steel to magnesium and unless you have: no skill as a welder, are doing production welding or just looking for a metal "hot glue" gun, go with a MIG, Miller is in my opinion the best. Nothing more frustrating than a welder that is finicky or unreliab...

Chris Gilman

I keep most of my armour at my shop. The suits for me are on copies of me and the smaller ones are on copies of Gary Oldman. This is a publicity shot from our web site.
[img]http://www.globaleffects.com/A_Update_May14_08/B_pages/03_ArmsArmor/Armor_MainImage.jpg[/img]

Chris Gilman

Chemicaly. Aluminum black. Works well.
http://yarchive.net/metal/aluminum_black.html

Chris Gilman

Boy I guess all those people who cast aluminum are taking their lives in their hands

Where do you people come up with this stuff?

Kase,
Pay no attention to this individual, you will not blow up if you melt aluminum, nor will it spontaneous combust!

Chris Gilman

I'm just wondering what is everyones opinion on the most cost efficient deburing and polishing tool/tools. I'm looking at belt sanders, buffing wheels and all sorts of power tools and I'm getting a little overwhelmed. I'm begining to think that making my own belt sander is the right way to go. If t...

Chris Gilman

Yes, buffing wheels will throw sparks when coated with greaseless compound. You are thinking of "caytex" or "Scotchbrite" wheels. I don't believe this is what is being used. Kreiger is working at my shop. I'll ask him.

Chris Gilman

Here, try this link for greasless compound: http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&itemID=983&keyword=13133&cm_mmc=undefined Remember!!!! Only one compound on a wheel, never use multiple compounds on a single wheel. You should have a different...

Chris Gilman

It looks like a greaseless compound that comes in a plastic bag tube. You apply it to the wheel, let it dry and then use it. I'm sorry I do not know where it's from or the brand. but I'm pretty sure thatâ€™s what it is. BTW getting your finishing, sanding materials and equipment at places like Home ...

Chris Gilman

Don't. There really isn't any reason to hot work Aluminum. Most common alloy is 6061 T6, T6 refers to hardness, and you want T0 if you can get it. If not, coat you piece with a light coating of soot from an oxy acetylene torch, then with a neutral flame, slowly heat the metal until the soot disappea...

Chris Gilman

I did a quick overlay and actually I don't think it is the same.

Chris Gilman

Looks like the same illustration, just with bit added:
[img]http://gogamer-content.vcommerce.com/products/fullsize/17/51378017.jpg[/img]

Chris Gilman

Over the past 28 years, I have made rubber weapons for the SCA and here are some of the things I have learned. Urethane foam is the easiest to produce molds for (RTV, however expensive) and the cheapest to produce weapons from. It is however prone to tearing. As an alternative I produce a number of ...

Chris Gilman

My mistake, I meant Eagle River. Sorry, he is currently here in LA CA and it has been 15 years since he lived there. As far as a source, there is an old fashioned information device called a Phone book, it may be your best bet. But you come across as an ungrateful SOB, demanding I give you a source ...

Chris Gilman

Riiiiiiight... that's why I said, "not using the English terminology." Also, in the colonial era (~King Phillip's War), the supplemented them with sheets of parchment on the inside. Does that make it no longer a buff coat? Not according to the guys who used them. Riiiiiiiight! And the Eng...

Chris Gilman

I have hesitated in posting a reply, but I have to. You seem more interested in trying to get proof of what you want to believe than being interested in what was a found and historical evidence shows. It's fine if that is what you want to make, but per period examples, your shield is about twice as ...

Chris Gilman

Interesting. But a buff coat is a single layer of very heavy (.250") brain tanned (Or equivalent) leather. Earlier examples seem to be all multiple layers of thinner leather. As an example: A windbreaker and a rain coat are almost the same, but made in different constructions and materials. The...

Chris Gilman

Russ Mitchell wrote:Don't know, for western Europe. For my area of study, they're solidly documented into the 13-14th centuries.

13th - 14th C "Buff coat"?
Can you post any of your documentation?

Chris Gilman

I did realize I had so many different pictures on my server. Here are a few from the past: 17th C from 1987 (Kydex breast, legs, arms w/ steel elbows and knees) http://www.globaleffects.com/Temp/Gaston85sm.jpg The earlier version circa 1985 or 86(less helmet): http://www.globaleffects.com/Temp/Gasto...

Chris Gilman

Been posted before, but here is Estrella a few years ago.

Chris Gilman

eljungrande, You should reread that artical. There is not a presidence for matal rimming or leather facing. Metal clips, but not a full rim. Here is what your linked artical says: "The shield was probably rimmed with leather or rawhide (left) to keep the shield from splitting when hit on edge. ...

Chris Gilman

ok i went shopping today, but i can't find any brass nails/rivets...however i was able to find rods of brass...i want to use period materials in my shield, where they will be seen...how would i go about making nails/rivets or does anyone know of any place in alaska that sells long brass nails/rivet...

Chris Gilman

If I may add a bit here. If my memory serves, as it has been a few years since I made my shield, I seem to remember there is no direct evidence of shields being covered with leather, but circumstantial evidence this was done to at least one side. It is also believed they may have been covered with l...

-Cancelled - Estrella War armourers/ craftsmen dinner invite

-Cancelled- Estrella War armourers/ craftsmen dinner invite

Re: polishing tool question