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The gloves are based on the effigy of Guido Pallavicino (d. 1301) in Parma, Italy. Photos may be seen here.

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A throatless shear will cut inside and outside curves just fine. Doing an inside curve is a little trickier but very doable (all but the most extreme). I usually open the shear as far as possible and seat my piece deep in there, and as I cut with my right hand, I rotate/push the piece around the cur...

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Added 100 more monuments of all sorts from a variety of countries - France, England, Belgium, Italy, even Cyprus. Also - just a reminder, I do continue to add many non-martial, civilian-attired monuments, even though I don't usually include them specifically in my posts here. The number of these typ...

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Thats a plaque. You can see it more clearly on the original size picture. The whole brass is covered with those little shields though, so I'm not entirely sure if the placement of that particular one is just symbolic, like the rest, or represents an actual physical item. I have a somewhat higher qua...

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Modern day north Germany, around Rostock. The two monuments in question are the previously mentioned Oertzen slab and that of Heinrich Moltke and wife.

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Very interesting effigy indeed. Looks like they maybe visored great helms but with so much covered by the headpiece it may infact be a type of bascinet which would fit the time frame with ease. Something like a frontal view of one of the helmets on the mourners on the Hastings Brass? Do we know if ...

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There is a detail drawing here: http://effigiesandbrasses.com/monuments ... /original/ (you may have to scroll to the right a bit, its a big image)

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When I think of integrated I think of the spaulder actually attached to the rebrace like this when I guess they probably mean the spaulder is articulated like this one at windrose . I'm pretty sure integrated does mean attached to the rerebrace. I found a couple more incised slabs depicting guys in...

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Just finished another big update. 80 more monuments added, mostly from Germany but also Spain, England, Itay, Scotland, France, and Wales. Also topped 300 independent sources. I posted a drawing of some German effigies a few weeks ago, searching for their identities - I have now found all but one. A...

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Do you think that the Vitzen knees had that much of a point, or is that an artist exaguration? Also can you give me your opinion of this kit, http://histvarld.historiska.se/histvarld/draekter/1300sladel/index.html . I don't know how accurate the knee shape is on Vitzen's tomb. I haven't seen such a...

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Some thoughts for you. I'm gonna approach this from an tomb monument point of view - perhaps illuminations or other art might paint a different picture, no pun intended. First, the closest tomb monument to your chosen location and time is that of Vicke van Vitzen , d. 1406. The tomb is an incised sl...

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Not effigies, but here's a couple fellows from the Biblia Pauperum at St Florians in Austria (c. 1300). I don't know the context, but given the funny hat on the left guy, they're probably meant to be from somewhere exotic? http://effigiesandbrasses.com/static/misc/biblia-pauperum-st-florian-1300.jpg

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Here's one:

Unknown member of the Pembrugge family, c. 1350. More images here

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If you click the small images, you'll get the full size (at least 1000px in one dimension for the monuments in question). The link I posted has search results (if you scroll down) for all the monuments tagged with "scale" between 1300-1350, just look at those 5.

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There are several drawings at the link I gave with full detail. Look around the arm opening.

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I didn't notice at first that most of them are wearing kastenbrust breastplates. I don't think I've ever seen kastenbrust with bascinets before, except for great bascinets. There are also a couple effigies from Germany from the early 15th C with kastenbrust breastplates (or at least a very similar ...

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You can deburr the edges with a simple hand file.

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Just a quick follow up. I bought some 410 from McMaster-Carr (they only sell 1x2 ft pieces, but the price surprisingly better than the same footage in a sheet plus shipping is less - downside, you only have 1x2 to work with). The 0.04 works wonderfully. I was able to do 3 raising passes with no sign...

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The Washington Blvd practice is about 15 minutes from Squirrel Hill, add a couple more minutes if you're coming from Greenfield or the waterfront.

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Looking pretty good. Certainly one of the better 14th century SCA kits I have seen. Quite coherent. I assume you'll have a center-mounted visor on your bascinet? I think chains on the COP would really look great and go a long way to completing the look.

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Here's a guige strap from an effigy:

The far right fragment goes over the right shoulder, the broken bit on the bottom left goes under the right arm. You can see the effigy from the front here.

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The Trebon fellow has an aventail though, right? The only helm of an effigy I could recommend that meets your requirements (probably) is that of Konrad von Landau (d. 1363), german mercenary working in Italy, where his tomb is found. I see mail on the neck but it doesn't appear to be attached to the...

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Added nearly 300 monuments this week and added additional images for dozens more. Major focus on France and Germany in this update, but there are new monuments from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium, Poland, and the Czech Republic as well. A small selection of interestin...

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Thanks, that is very helpful. Date of death is specified as the August of 1413 for the man (Arnould de Saint Seine) and May of 1415 for the woman, for whats its worth. I'm going to bump the stated dates of both to 1430 for now. Apparently this slab still exists but it is in extremely poor condition.

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None of the 1500+ monuments/effigies I have seen display this feature. Practically, it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense since one could just flip up the visor instead of going to the trouble to remove one pin and let it hang to the side ... I haven't seen any SCA examples either but the Interp...

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I just added a couple more effigies of French women ranging from 1416-1421 if you want to check those out as well.

James: Are the tassets what makes you think 1430+, or other elements as well? I'd like to correct the year and know what to look for in the future.

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I have not seen any points on the germanic effigies of the period in question. Whether this is due to points being hidden or otherwise obscured, or simply a lack of detail, I can't say. The sample size is reduced quite a bit because it was apparently common to eschew solid arm defenses all together.

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Found the top left guy. Unknown effigy from Kloster Heilsbronn in Bavaria c 1350.

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Wonderful, thanks again. Made my day

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Thank you!! I was hoping you'd stop by and take a look. Both are added now - found a great photo of Otto but only a barely adequate one for Bernhard.

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... And found!

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Sadly I don't know the source. These selected images are part of a larger collection of drawings of German effigies (the rest which I have already matched to an effigy on the website), and all the drawings have been a fairly good representation, so I feel like the accuracy of these remaining can be ...

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I'm curious, how do fighters with a weight and/or height disadvantage fare against equally skilled opponents?

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Hi Chris - I have run across references to that book but I haven't had a chance to view it myself. I requested it at the Library of Congress but they were unable to find their copy, so I would definitely be interested in obtaining some scans.