The Armour Archive

Rev. George

Well the beefier visby is just a hair thicker that 1.5" (1.72 to be exact)

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Rev. George

sigh... Feels like i'm still in CAD classes... LOL [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/pics/armour/bplate.jpg[/img] I did this plate minutes ago I based it upon this scan: [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/pics/armour/plates.jpg[/img] PLATE # 12. I made it a lil wider, but i thin...

Rev. George

Admittedly those drawings are based upon my mental picture based upon some of what had been said in the other threads. I dont have a copy of thordeman...(though i'm ameanable to gifts...LOL)

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Rev. George

I wasnt doubting he had seen sources, I just wanted him to objectively consider his sources. I will say that I'm pretty damn sure that there was very little 100% cotton cloth in northern europe. I tend to believe that the mediterrainian area would probably have more of a chance to use cotton. (i als...

Rev. George

Old school bricks were pretty damn fire resistant (look at old chimneys) the newer bricks have holes in them which may account for the problem, also there may be an issue with the method of making them. Most of your newer homes with brick chimneys have firebrick liners (you dont normally notice, due...

Rev. George

Norm... I up;loaded it to the university... see if you can see this: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~cavender/armour/lammelar.jpg I also did a More robust wisby type plate... [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/pics/armour/meaty.jpg[/img] For norm: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~cavender/armour/meat...

Rev. George

DONE.

If you dont see an image with a black background, hold down your shift key, and hit reload (or refresh if you dont use netscape)

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Rev. George

Well they are to scale... but gimme a bit, and I'll dimension the drawing...

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Rev. George

Your right, it does look awful weenie... It really shows that caridos drawings aren't to scale... (i mean come in, it's not even an inch wide)
Now if you guys wanted, i can do a larger "wisby" style plate

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Rev. George

well guys, i went ahead and cadded the most popular designs here's a jpeg of the designs, [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/pics/armour/lammelar.jpg[/img] here's the DXF file, for those of you who have a cad program, like autocad. http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/pics/armour/lammel...

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Rev. George

Something to remember when researching things like this is that 'cotton' was a form of wool cloth at the time. Was it? How have historians arrived at this ascertation? Are there records of women using wool to make "cotton"? Or is it pictorial evidence? Or is it merely someone supposing that it woul...

Rev. George

I dont see where it would be a real problem... it just modifies the final bout of an otherwise normal crown tourney. Of course I can see the "winner" being a real prick, and being nasty to the "loser's" side. I can also see duke sir rhino not having a whole lot of support during the battle. As an as...

Rev. George

I reccomend the history channels special on william wallace (i think it was a "histories mysteries"). Seemed kinda cool, and listed many of the problems with the movie adaptation.

My favorite real life wallace bit:
Skinning the enemy commander and making a sword belt from it.

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Rev. George

The way I had heard it was the hard rubber ones... more of a "twhack" ...BUT I've never seen it done, and i do agree "ouch"

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Rev. George

And if you want silk... look here: http://www.dharmatrading.com/silk_fabrics.html On the topic of wool...its not as uncomfortable as you'd think, depending on weave, thickness etc. I'm not sure on this one, but i think cotton was used in some locales near the mediterrainean. Of course I'm sure that ...

Rev. George

I think some people may be missing the point here. Getting the plates stamped only makes financial sense if we order a LARGE amount. otherwise the chap who wanted 900 chinese star scals will have to pay the several thousand dollar die fee, and then get the plates for 10c per. of course his price per...

Rev. George

My guess would be to take the distance between side holes, and divide by your biggest body measurement (this is how many per row) then measure between the top/bottom holes and divide by the verticle distance you want to cover. multiply the two figures. that should be a rough estimate.

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Rev. George

I would say yes. From my understanding 18 GA SS is the equivilent of 16 GA for dent resistance. with an appropriate subarmalis, you shouldnt get hurt unless you fight "Duke rhinocrusher the weeble slayer" regularly.

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Rev. George

You can buy an additive, forgot its name, to add to your wax that helps keep it from melting at lower tempatures.

Stearic Acid. Also known as stearate flakes.

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Rev. George

Pretty damn sweet looking to me.
ESP for our "newbie"

I might extend the brass on the side, and mabye do some embellishment on the cheeks...but that's it (for me)

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Rev. George

well as to planning for the shrikage due to stuffing there is a very simple realtionship. The most you can stuff a channel results in a circular tube. this circle is formed equally from the fronting and backing. thus the fabric used must be equal to the sum of the half circumfrences. of course, we t...

Rev. George

I dont mind Cadding it...

Also...
SOFC does it for a living

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Rev. George

Mayhap you could suggest that they at least do an online flyer>?

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Rev. George

Murdock...kingdom webpage says S&M has been cancelled.

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Rev. George

Clay, i think you mighta missed something... these arms are supposed to be removable, much like doublet sleeves. My guess would be an occasional lace run through the maille and thru the undergarment. this would prevent the afforementioned "bunching" and would be almost invisible to the naked eye... ...

Rev. George

To be honest, for the type of fighting you do (and this is totally based upon my opinion) I'd say get the thickest stuff you can. here is a place to get 15/17 oz 20-22 sqft sides for 80 bux. http://www.TWLeather.com/twlstar.htm If you want to go thinner, and dont mind it not being terribly period, t...

Rev. George

<i>The White Scarf Treaty has to do with recognition of rapier awards, so it doesn't affect the KSCA/MSCA distinction. Does Meridies have 'Dons'? (White Scarfers?) Just curious. </i> That's a big NO. The reason I tossed it in was that its another fighting award that isnt available. (to be honest, we...

Rev. George

Should I be updating my virus scan???

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Rev. George

[img]http://www.routiers.org/scawarr1.jpg[/img]

this the kind of chap your talking about chef?

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Rev. George

only other one i can think of is

"georgia department of transportation"...LOL

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Rev. George

SHHHH... we arent supposed to bring that up...

Actually the way *I* understand it is that we are all supposed to be the children of nobles. thus in the aristocracy. if we want to aspire nobility, you can do so, and be granted a "patent of nobility" from the king

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Rev. George

Cut them in half along a diameter. now stagger them up the plade, on on the left, one on the right, etc. tape up well.

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Rev. George

Hey Rev, do you do banners and if you do what is the pricing? Yes, in fact I do. As to pricing, it depends on what you want. a pennon bearing the arms: argent will obviously be cheaper than a standars bearing the kingdombadge of meridies, and the arms: within a bordure pean, gyrronny argent and gul...

Rev. George

If its made of cloth, use a small wood chisel to make an X. this keeps the gomments from pulling out.

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