The Armour Archive

Uilleag

I don't know of any historical precedence for an "antiquing" finish. My theory, based off of my work in the field is that unpainted or ungilded leather would have been sealed with oil. The leather takes on a slightly darker look, a lot like the rerebrace that I just reproduced. As leather ages it wi...

Uilleag

[I also think that heated embossing tools would scorch the leather, but having never tried this technique, I do not know for certain. I'm not sure of his name, but the former? Baron of the Steppes in Ansteorra made the leather jerkin in Janet Arnold's Elizabethan book using a woodburner to get the ...

Uilleag

Greetings all, I had hoped to have pics of the finished ailettes this evening, but I have made a critical error in the process. I attempted to apply the hide glue after I had painted the pieces. This resulted in a catostrophic failure. The pigments in the egg tempura paint run and smear when the hid...

Uilleag

The second ailette is finished being tooled and painted. Tomorrow I will assemble the bottom plate with the lacing strap, glue the tooled plates to the bottom pieces and then sew them together. <IMG src="http://houseofthewolf.com/progresspics/rcailettes4.jpg"> <IMG src="http://houseofthewolf.com/pro...

Uilleag

Wulfe, I'm firmly ensconced in the belief that both can be accomplished without sacrificing the other. I fight in a pleated wool liene, full mail hauberk and minimal leather harness. I am modifying it, so that my less authentic pieces are hidden or modified, but the core of my harness is my 25 lb ri...

Uilleag

OK, if you REALLY want to spiff these us, get your local illuminator to gild the gold bit. Now THAT would put the cherry on top! Strongbow If they were going to be gilded, that would have happened before I painted them....great idea, though. Gilding is reserved, at least by me, to reproductions tha...

Uilleag

The first one is finished being painted....need to finish tooling the second one and then paint it. Then they will be glued and stitched together.

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Uilleag

I re-read the information that I have, and I stand corrected, I did mean the 1200's, not the 12th century. I always get that stuff mixed up.

Thanks for the compliments, all. I hope that the client will be happy with them as well.

Uilleag

Here is a scary picture of me and my lady.....I normally wear 10th century Irish and she normally wears 7 - 8th century Norse.....

I am in 15th century Spanish and Ulfdisa is wearing 15th century German...

Uilleag

Mead Drinker, I don't think James, or anybody else is blatantly trying to poke fun at anyone. I've been in the SCA since carpet armour and freon can helmets were the norm. I've played in Dagorhir, (a fantasy based boffer sport), I have participated in one or two Markland events and a few Tuchux even...

Uilleag

Greetings all, Attached is a picture of a pair of 12th century ailettes. The First one is tooled, the second will be tooled this evening. They will be sized in hide glue stiched to backings along the edge and then painted with egg tempura paints. The whole will be sealed with polishing wax. The back...

Uilleag

Here's my thing. In order to fight well the individual needs to have confidence that thier harness will keep them from getting injured. (Bruises are not injuries, I'm talking broken bones and severe soft tissue damage to joints) The harness should fit properly so that moving in it doesn't cause chaf...

Uilleag

Drachus, I would recommend a combonation of rondels and ailettes. The ailettes will keep the side shots from landing directly on your shoulder and the rondels will help protect from the blows coming from over head. If these are made of water cased baked dried leather, you will find that they are qui...

Uilleag

Which is better. A long time ago there where waxed leather instructions from Cariadoc' Misallany, or some such. Then they changed and said water was the way to go. Now those instructions are gone and there are new ones. WHat is the consensus. I have to make a few sets of full arms with elbows from ...

Uilleag

Here are the pics of the finished vanbraces.

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Uilleag

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Uilleag

Chris G. wrote:As usual, some very nice tooling on the vambraces. Did you base that off anything?

The lynx on the vanbraces is a rendition of what the customer sent me. It is the main charge on thier device. It will be painted brown, with some of the detail colors thrown in, (red tounge, white teeth, etc.)

Uilleag

Greetings all, These still need strapped and the vanbraces will be painted, but wanted to show some progress pics. <IMG src="http://houseofthewolf.com/progresspics/tspauldrons1.jpg"> <IMG src="http://houseofthewolf.com/progresspics/tspauldrons2.jpg"> <IMG src="http://houseofthewolf.com/progresspics/...

Uilleag

I find the SEM's assertion that no two demos were alike to be based on bad information. I am quite sure that the side sword project in the midwest is almost uniform, at least in my region. There is little difference between how it was being done in the Midrealm and how it was being done in Northshi...

Uilleag

A. Norman's article also has both pictures, which is where I derived a lot of my information. Looking at the picture of the front, there is a large crack that runs verticly down the piece. I believe that this crack resulted in laying the piece flat. The piece of leather on the back is believed to be...

Uilleag

Hey Uilleag, Those look great! The color is very different for those! Are they going to get strapped before you send them to the client? If not, what method of attachment is going to be used? -Gregory- Thanks, Gregory. Yes, they will be straped in the morning, before shipping. I'll post pics tomorr...

Uilleag

Well, back to my regular job.

Here are some more shovel greaves, but this pair has been done in Oxblood.

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Uilleag

Crap.... I knew maille was going to be the answer......... I just dont have the funds for maille right now. I need to get squared away for Pennsic this year.... and maille (financially) just isnt in the cards right now. How about early 14th? Any thing transitional that could still be worn with the ...

Uilleag

Another option would be a cuir bouilli curaiss over maille.

Uilleag

Did you form that over a block of some sort? I have seen that technique used for purses and odd shaped things (like holsters) where it is basically press-formed between a positive and negative image of the shape. Magyar quivers looked like that, too.. only shorter, and if you check out the turkish ...

Uilleag

Yes, it's French or Italian, I think. I will need to dig through my notes to remember which.

Uilleag

Here are a picture of my gauntlets. I have been using a pair of these for quite some time with out hand injury.

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Uilleag

I have no idea, other than that is how the extant piece was shaped. I've never been much of an archery fan, my aim sucks!

Just showing my versatality.....kin make more 'en jus armour!

Uilleag

The original of this quiver was tooled, but the client prefered a plain one. Still came nice. I like the clean lines of this piece. It will be used for target archery. <IMG src ="http://houseofthewolf.com/pics/msquiver1.jpg"> <IMG src ="http://houseofthewolf.com/pics/msquiver2.jpg"> <IMG src ="http:...

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I used a LF A101, and a LF A101 that I ground down to 1/2 size for the really tight nooks and crannies. Curious.. when you grind them, do you re chrome them? or are you using stainless tools? Only reason I ask is one of my backgrounders got the coating chipped off and I soon realized I was busily p...

Uilleag

Actually Mead Drinker the rivets shuld not be round on my hauberk, and Thomas, indeed, they are not. They are rectangular wedge rivets.

Uilleag

James,

See the picture I have posted in the classified forum.

Uilleag

Did I say it was an 8-circle stamp? I used a LF A101, and a LF A101 that I ground down to 1/2 size for the really tight nooks and crannies. The finished back ground texture came out almost identical to the original piece. the details of the vines are a bit different, but I didn't have the extant pie...

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13th Cen Ailettes (Finished!)

Re: Wax or Water?

Tooled Vanbraces (painted and sealed)

Shovel Greaves (In Oxblood, Pics)

15 century quiver