The Armour Archive

Chris Gilman

Sir Gaston, I apreciate your frankness. The society is based on the culture of the landed nobility of westen europe. Correct. But many culture outside europe had a hand in shaping that culture. Why would you not want to know more about them? The Gold Coast of africa supplied a major portion of gold...

Chris Gilman

I am not sure that yielding after recognizing a situation is fubar and "submission" fighting are actually the same thing. I tend to know when I have been bested and have no hope of getting out in a single piece without having to have my head held between my knees by two guys while someone...

Chris Gilman

Well I think this year, I will try a period approch to my ransom. It will be what ever the household (Duchy Tarragon) will give for me. Whoever captures me will have to send word to my keep (camp) and demand payment. That means you have to have someone guard me for the rest of the battle while awai...

Chris Gilman

Well I think this year, I will try a period approch to my ransom. It will be what ever the household (Duchy Tarragon) will give for me. Whoever captures me will have to send word to my keep (camp) and demand payment. That means you have to have someone guard me for the rest of the battle while await...

Chris Gilman

I've been doing this (SCA) for 26 years and I have heard all sorts of wining about "Fringe' Not period, "Weird" , "________" fill in the blank personas and people anoyed no one understands them or wants them. Tough Titties!! Stop your wining and go start your own group or h...

Chris Gilman

Here is the tall suit at the MET.

Chris Gilman

Yes, I was noticing the gorget/ bevor and the arming points on his coat.
Here is a piece at the MET that may be of help.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rarm/ho_14.25.716.htm

Chris Gilman

Here is an interesting artical: "There's a frequently-encountered assumption that the average height of humans has grown steadily taller as the centuries have progressed. However, studies have shown that the average height of a population is related to general health and economic well-being, wh...

Chris Gilman

Yeah ask Duke Cariadoc about height and perfection.
Or Robyn for that matter. Although she is a different type of perfection....

There is another suit of Maximillian armour at the Met that is quite large. well over 6 ft.

Chris Gilman

I think that's great!! A fine captain you shall make. Now Gaston is French, but I have not been asked by the French captain, I may be availible to fight, I just have to come up with some correct armour.

Chris Gilman

I posted a bit of this info on the thread on body casting. If you want to make an accurate lower leg cast with plaster bandage First, you cannot do it to yourself. In order to keep your legs in the correct position, you canâ€™t bend down and cast your own legs. For proper greeve fit, your legs shoul...

Chris Gilman

My knighthood is old enough to drink in every state.

Chris Gilman

I may have missed...any knights post an opinion yet? Any special meaning to the italics ? yeah, anyone knighted after 1982 I don't think are true knights.... Just kidding. No, no special meaning, just thought I was reading a large number of posts that where not members of the chivalry, giving opini...

Chris Gilman

I may have missed...any knights post an opinion yet?

Chris Gilman

Are you doing President Lincoln Mercury?

Chris Gilman

Well, there being many ways to skin a cat my friend. Ive been doing all manner of lay up (including the very opposite of strip saturation, spray guns, rotocast, etc) for for the better part of a 13 years, professionally, and with great results with all types of techniques... That saturation method ...

Chris Gilman

But you where under direct supervision by Ugo, so....

Chris Gilman

Here are a couple of books that are in line with what I think wil help people learn composit materials. Competition Car Composites is part of a series I have read. It should be pretty good.
http://www.kitcarlinks.com/booksusa-fiberglass.htm

Chris Gilman

When you don't autoclave it, it takes 1 to 4 hrs depending on thickness and room temp.

Chris Gilman

Durability though is relative though Al, ....fiberglass is "brittle and weak" compared to steel. I think people need to figure out if they want a one time shop cast for making armour or for displaying it...or both. I'm not sure I agree with this. Proper FRP is very strong. It only gets br...

Chris Gilman

Krieger wrote:
Sir Gaston wrote:
I have done Whitney Huston, Marylyn Manson, Leslie Nielson, Gary Oldman,

SLUT!!!!

Your just mad cause I beat you to them. Hey didn't you "do me"?

Chris Gilman

Now, lay the newly cut strips one at a time....into the paint tray with resin.... Use the bristle brush to saturate the cloth, but to GENTLY ""squeeze"" excessive resin out of the mat/cloth. And then lay these "wet" strips into your mold, overlapping....working out air...

Chris Gilman

Steve, To answer your question that was missed, there are available very dense urethane foams. An elastomer (rubber) based foam may be best. 2 part ridged foams are fairly common but for your application it may take some digging to find the correct balance between density and flexibility. When I get...

Chris Gilman

plaster of paris powder/water ....pour thick as its brittle, can chip, scrape. downside is that it can actually expand...but not much and its heavy has sin for shipping. Its dirt cheap though All gypsums including plaster have proper mixing ratios. Mixing plaster "thick" will actually mak...

Chris Gilman

I am currently in New Caledonia on a job and my connection is slow, so it would take me a while to find some specific sources for you. But the links above on body casts are good. There are also videos from Rob Burman and I think Michel Burnet that have step by step instructions on body casts and hea...

Chris Gilman

Perhaps. I think you are wrapping to tight.
In my experiance, high end make up, costume and armour are equaly demanding if you know the craft well. Rick Baker, Armani, Robert McPherson. The problem is, "high end" is reletive to what you know.

Chris Gilman

Yeah Ive seen that and Ive done it. The problem is that the plastic wrap distorts the lay of your bones, muscles (which is exactyl what we need to look for) vs. a straight on plaster of paris application. The plastic can also be very dangerous to the model as it can trap body heat and cut off circu...

Chris Gilman

I was referring to "art posters" not advertisements, but I do agree that ads are definitely a form of art, however not necessarily a direct equivalent to the period art we look at today. Although, that is an interesting subject. Period advertising. When did it start, or at least what type ...

Chris Gilman

My rebuttals where not necessarily in support of one garment over another. Just that your arguments against why leather would not work did not seem valid. You may be very correct in regards to the garment your referring to, I do not have direct evidence of leather under garments in use for this purp...

Chris Gilman

Kel Rekuta To reply to your question; no, not a problem at all. Well, unless the hypothetical biker also; i) put on layers of linen or wool clothing . Why? Do you wear a suit coat under your wet suit? (Or other special purpose garment) I worked doing stunts in the Arizona desert and even in the sum...

Chris Gilman

Klaus, Iâ€™m not sure I understand your post. Perhaps you missed my sarcasm. I was illustrating that many times a very common item is not valued and not illustrated in art as a rare and beautiful thing. So the rare and beautiful items are the ones illustrated more often, even in modern art. How many...

Chris Gilman

How many car museums have VW beetles, Yugos, or Ford Pintos? They must be rare cars indeed.

Chris Gilman

I have always thought that the Hohenklingen (sp?) jupon, or at least the coif, had the look of a leather garment. g- I witnessed John Lucas (Master James Blanchart?) production of a "glove weight" horsehide covered lentner based on that effigy. Although the cotton batting was only a coupl...

Chris Gilman

Sorry I was out of town. As far as our plaques, I just got too busy at the shop to keep up with these and the occasional order. I asked Johannes if he would be interested in taking over the line. I was interested in having a nicer cleaner looking plaque that didn't cost $15 or $20 a plaque. Here is ...

Chris Gilman

Magnetic nose plugs