The Armour Archive

Thomas H

i think you mean darivs(did i spell it right) site.
http://198.144.2.125/Armour/ItalianArmour.htm

Thomas H

this might be the only historical piece i have seen from Ebay in about 4 years. it's actually in quite good condition.

Thomas H

i'm in Bradford. it's only about 190 miles away.

there is somebody down that way but i can't remember his name for the love of me.

Thomas H

you say milk paint. how would one go about making this. is it durable? does it beat modern paint in terms of wear and tear?

Thomas H

on the other hand you could bolt some thick bits of wood together and make an artificial stump.

Thomas H

do you have a heat torch like a propane torch or oxt-acet torch. if so you could anneal the aluminIum so that it won't crack or crack so badly. a quick search for aluminIum annealing on google should work.

Thomas H

for those that can;t quite get their head around riveted(me) there is always flat butted maille. it looks like riveted and seems to be pretty strong.

Thomas H

is it a strong as normal wire or stronger/weaker.

Thomas H

i have made a small patch of the stuff and from a distance it looks as though its riveted maille. anyone else made this type of mail before? i just can't emphasize how cool it looks.

Thomas H

something to sell things through and maybe have the odd photo gallery and tutorial page.

Thomas H

i have a heater blank for you. i could paint it if you really want me to. only downside is. i live in the U.K so i'm not too sure abou shipping costs.

Thomas H

ooops. sorry chupa. told ya' i didn't know what Hal looked like.

Thomas H

i thoguth about making a dummy and tacking the pre-made plates to it and adding mail on each day til' it fits.

Thomas H

i was looking to build a shirt like this.[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/hayman/New%20Folder/29430.jpg[/img] does anyone have a clue as to where to start on a shirt like this. any pattern or detailed pictures/sketches. thank you very much for any and all info you can provide on an item li...

Thomas H

riveted would really finish that suit off quite nicely. i always wondered what those little hooks did on the sigismund suit. now i know

Thomas H

and under all that you wear a buted mail shirt/fauld.

Thomas H

so thats what you look like. you never know until ya meet someone.

Thomas H

that's your site is it. i thought it was one you were a member of.

Thomas H

you could go into co-business with me . seiously though. my site is up soon. you make i host and sell i get a small percentage of whatever you sell through me. this could really go somewhere. the small percentage could go towards hoting costs for the site. i wuldn't make anything. PM me and we could...

Thomas H

you are very much correct. i have always been lead to believe my previous statement. this is from the U.S copyright office. WHAT WORKS ARE PROTECTED? Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so lo...

Thomas H

yeah but still though. it's sinrics work. and it is definately from his pattern. it's almost identical apart from the fact that sinrics is much nicer

. it's actually only possile to copywright written material.

Thomas H

all i have to say is.http://www.larp.com/legioxxthat has just about everything you need to know.

Thomas H

i sit down and bend them over my leg just above the knee. what's the point in making life hard by using lots of dfferent pieces of equipment when you have a built in lame curler.

Thomas H

heat is not a problem as i probably have one of the biggest forges here. anyone else want to chip in? every little helps.

Thomas H

all i can say to this is. what the f**k are you on about?

Thomas H

right. i think i have this raising thing down. i have raised a few shield bosses and other stuff that is non armour related and feel confident to tackle a helm. i started on a corinthian helm but realised the amount of material i had wouldn't get much further than my mouth. i quite like the bascinet...

Thomas H

wow! i hope you don't mind me asking but why so cheap? just looked at your other listings and realised you were selling a whole kit? how come?

Thomas H

what period are you looking at rocketmike. 14th century is very popular with a lot of pieces which can be made on the cheap if you look hard. read the essays and ask lots of questions.

Thomas H

ya know it's bad when you have to

twice

Thomas H

how much would the dishing form be on its own. i have been looking for a cheap form for a while now.

Thomas H

$7.00

Thomas H

i have a picture but it is of my first ever buckler. it isn't very nice or round.

Thomas H

talking of AAoTMK. i just bought a copy for Ã‚Â£7.99 at my local waterstones

. jealous

Thomas H

err.

Thomas H

what are the dishing forms made out of.

flat wire butted maille.

indian maille shirt

raising a bascinet.