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Louis de Leon

I know that a lance is useless at close quarters, it's meant for charging at your enemy. Not riding up to your enemy and trading shots with him. Again, not always. From the Froissart story above: This morning there had been hoar-frost, which had made the ground slippery; so that as he marched he en...

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Completely beautiful. Perfect.

Louis de Leon

My advice would be for you to watch all of Eric Dube's videos on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SgtViktor

And welcome to the archive! Happy metal pounding to you.

Louis de Leon

1)That two heavily armored knights were really in no danger of death from one another due to their codes of chivalry, and the fact that both were covered in huge amounts of armor. 2)In fact, in an informal joust, the only danger either knight faced was getting knocked off his horse, and being tramp...

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You got electricity in your camp?

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I've never seen any CA. It's just rez-till-you-drop, my favorite scenario.

It's a little odd not having it on Sunday though. Kamikaze was always the appetizer to war week for me. It's odd having it come in the middle of the feast.

Louis de Leon

*sigh*

A white flag is an accessory, not an outfit. Don't you know anything about fashion?

Louis de Leon

Thanks for all the help everyone!

I have my first formal squire-ish thing to do and I don't want to look like Alaric's swamp-rat rennie squire.

Jeff, I had planned on making your shop my very first stop. Thanks for the opening date info. See you there.

Louis de Leon

On what day does merchanting open up at Pennsic? I need to buy a nice outfit sometime before Tuesday evening, war week. I have something important to do and my current garb isn't up to the job. Not by a long shot. It's gotta be fairly authentic, and fairly spiff. And cool - short or open sleeves wou...

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Oh I'm in! Any excuse to stomp around the woods.

Louis de Leon

Wish I had any clue how to spell the good Chinese stuff - dit djao or something like that... burns right through your skin and never get it in a cut, but it will increase circulation to the area and speed healing. Dit Da Jow. I've got a bottle I use from time to time. It does seem to cut the bruisi...

Louis de Leon

I am sure you have reasons for trying to dress that up with brass, but I just can't fathom them. That's a beautiful helm as it is. +1. That's a beautiful hat, as-is. I wouldn't try to turn it into a sugarloaf clone. It'll suddenly not be what it is, and not be a sugarloaf either. Get another hat an...

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Clinker wrote:It is really doubtful you could control the temperature closely enough on a large object like a breastplate for anything like an even coloring.

I'd second that. I couldn't even manage it on an elbow cop.

Louis de Leon

So once it's annealed, how do you harden it back up again?

Louis de Leon

Field Battle, 2003. This really captures the majesty and scope of just how big the large melees are.

I didn't scale it because it makes decent wallpaper.

http://home.roadrunner.com/~akroyurt/misc/102_0297.JPG

Louis de Leon

There is this wonderful picture over in this thread. (BTW, welcome back Guillaume!)

And I'm wondering. Is he wearing a gorget under that? Does he need to? What do the rules say about a maille drape in lieu of a gorget?

Louis de Leon

Sorry I didn't get to this yesterday. Did manage it tonight though. Dark Victory armour pics. This suit has never seen combat. It comes out of the box just like this. It's a little dusty from sitting in a closet, but otherwise it's fresh from the postman. Also before the person who bought it gave up...

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Aside from the looks factor is there something "wrong" with their stuff? Royal, through a set of bizarre circumstances I happen to own a full suit of dark victory armour. If you like I could take some pictures and post them here. Once you see it close-up, well...let's just say that a pict...

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IMHO, this is the definitive how-to on rolling edges:

http://www.ageofarmour.com/education/ar ... dges1.html

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This thread is fascinating. I had no idea that this was a point of debate.

FWIW, around these parts (Ohio/PA) it's been my observation that the dead do walk to res during a hold.

Louis de Leon

Any res battle, pretty much. Well...maybe not bridges so much, but pretty much anything where you're slugging away res after res.

Probably my fav is the Lost Boys Kamikaze. Something about that single battle. It's just the most fun you can have with your pants on.

Louis de Leon

The skull makes me think of Therion Arms. I seem to recall he uses skulls and skeletons for models in a lot of his pictures of his work.

Like this one at his site:

http://therionarms.com/sold/ttoy300.html

Similar motif, anyways. I'd ask Therion and see if it's one of his.

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Excellent, just what I was looking for. Thanks Hrolfr!

Louis de Leon

My card has expired and I need another one. I'm pretty sure this is the right person to talk to. But the page says: Please direct all request for authorization cards to Lady Siban You will not get a card if you do not include a WAIVER and the AUTHORIZATION FORM. The waiver isn't a problem of course,...

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Pitbull Armory wrote:Howdy Louis, Yes I went to the doc right after you said to the first time and got the metal removed.

Ok cool, missed your other post about it. I'm glad you went.

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Pitbull did you go to the doc yet? Dude, seriously. GO. This isn't one of those "I'll walk it off" moments. You only have 2 eyes. Lose one and there goes your depth perception. And no matter how tough you are, your eyes are a thin sack full of delicate goo. No matter who you are. Ken Sham...

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Pitbull Armory wrote:The vision is still blurry though and Ill go get it looked at I figure.

GO DO IT ABSO-FRICKIN-LUTELY RIGHT NOW.

Louis de Leon

Can something like this be done with just a mallet and sandbag? I'm a novice, so take my advice with a grain of salt or two. I'm hoping other people will jump in and provide more experienced answers. I've only made one breastplate. But if it was me, I'd say the answer is "mostly". You cou...

Louis de Leon

Welcome! Your work is absolutely beautiful! And I like your choices of pieces to reproduce. Very rare stuff. You don't see a lot of people doing what you are doing. Very exciting work. I can't wait to see more! On the archive we love pictures - if you have any that you have taken during construction...

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It's worth mentioning that Mcmaster Carr has angle grinder flap discs down to 600 grit.

You still get a case of the "swirlies" using them, but you can grind out a lot of your rough marks nicely.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#flap-discs/=23vvp9

Scroll down to the Silicon Carbide discs.

Louis de Leon

I have ZERO metalworking experience. Would this be a feasible first project? First of all, welcome to the Archive Halbrust. Feasible first project? I'd have to say that depends on you. Are you good with your hands? Work with tools well? Have you made any other items that took some skill and determi...

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I tried it once or twice. I thought it was fun.

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<a href="http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=48915-1149-140042&lpage=none">I use dabs of Goop glue.</a> It's been working well so far.

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Any suggestions from looking at the pictures about what I could improve? A few thoughts. 1) You need a real raising hammer. They're not so narrow and won't ding the work as much. You can see the hammer I use here: m Light colored handle hammer just above the work. It doesn't mess up the metal at al...

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All good names so far (except for the one, Doug

), but IMHO William Hurt needs to be on this list.

http://www.ageofarmour.com/
http://www.ageofarmour.com/sigismundnew.html

As does Eric Dube, of course:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpPVf8Z58Xk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM6ML-fQC6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkqqNaNt4aw

Pennsic merchant dates? And a clothing question.

Gorget question SCA

Midrealm expired auth card question

Re: Hi there

Re: Hi there

Re: First project