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Thomas H

I thought everyones browser showed the smaller verison first then had the option for enlarging to uber detail? HOw about, i try and compress them all into a .zip for one download?

Thomas H

Well, i'm scanning at 600dpi. anything lower and the quality just isn't the same. its a very old scanner and quality is not so great.

Thanks Destichado

Thomas H

I put up a scan of the accompanying text for the italian arms.

EDIT: i tried to shrink the files but tis not doable. if i choose a smaller scan, the detail just doesn't come through. if i could send them to someone to resize, that'd be fantastic.

Thomas H

Sorry, i'll try and resize them later today.

Thomas H

Yes, they are HUGE, but you can't fault me on them being worth it.

Thomas H

Finally got off my backside and got the scanner working. I decided i'd prioritise and scan in a catalogue to test how good it was . I picked out my R.T.Gwynn catalogue and 2 or so hours got me this> m There will be more as i scan later on. Trust me, these are large files, but worth the wait. NOTE: I...

Thomas H

Well, i'm at the RA for 4 days starting friday so i'll snap a few pics. i can't say i ever noticed one other than the large renntartsche on the gothic tilting armour.

Thomas H

Here is a superb image from a catalogue i have that not only shows superb craftmanship but the 'carrying handle' in all its glory

. Scanned from the christies arms and armour auction 1991, back when armour and weapons were cheap-relatively

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WARNING: large file. http://home.armourarchive.org/members/h ... hammer.jpg

Thomas H

So, you're taking the plunge into something less Barbaric

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Thomas H

You have a thing about making people go into corners don't you?

. Show old Grimmy a few wodocuts and the odd bit of painting and he'll soon see your point of view. floppy hats work too.

Thomas H

Wow, The gascgoines look good. Then again, only the best for the man in the floppy red hat

Thomas H

Bah, lancastrian filth

. Usurping is much fun on a hot summers eve

Thomas H

I've seen Oxy acetylene used by a few people, armourers and welders and from what i saw, it's a good all rounder. barely any time at all to get a good yellow heat on 14g., if you have a gas saver thing, you hardly use much gas.

Thomas H

Updated.

Thomas H

I don't suppose anyone has a clear, lagre image of how the plates are layed out do they? The one on Craigs' site is good but the layout is skewed by the fact that it is taken when the brigandine was finished, if you get me.

Thomas H

If only it were that easy

Thomas H

Not my labelling. once they're all up, i'll rename them a601,2,3 etc.

Thomas H

is that it? i've got most of my hard drive there (feel free to have a look everyone, its all history related). Great thanks to the AA space though, saved a lot of my HDD when it dies last time.

Thomas H

Added more goodies, those pauldrons are really somehting, aren't they.

Thomas H

Updated.

Thomas H

tried that before with others, it's slow and annoying, the thought of doing a couple of hundred is daunting, at best. I could compress them all so you just donwload the whole thing?

Thomas H

An arming or heavy weight wool doublet should suffice according to Craig Nadlers' site.

Thomas H

Ok, thanks, i'll Email him and see what he has to say. Just been cutting out the plate patterns and you just don't apraciate how many there are until it come to snipping them all out. Props to you and all who have made Brigs, it's quite the undertaking.

Thomas H

When tinning the plates, is a forge welding flux like Borax suitable or would i need something else?

Thomas H

Unfortunately, my resizing software went walkies.

Thomas H

Well, one i 're-hosted' from the my armoury site, makes them easier to acess if they're all together.

Thomas H

your welcome, tis naught but a couple of clicks. Wonder what my AA space tots up to now? 1 gig, 2???? i have lots more images

Thomas H

muhahahaha, PORN.
http://home.armourarchive.org/members/h ... %20photos/

NOTE: more added as fast i recieve them.

Thomas H

Cool, thanks for that. i've only ever seen it n a Time Team context

Thomas H

Yeah, i've seen the Brig in the RA (i only live noe town over) though i've never taken a close up shot or been close enough to get a good measurement. Could you please e-mail that image to thomas.hayman@gmail.com if you have a spare moment? it makes it easier to view. I've seen the companie of St ge...

Thomas H

Bob, are you able to supply a close up image of a head and/or measurements so that i could make my own nails please? i was thinking something along the lines of a stamp that slid over the nail head (i have some the perfect size) similar to how coins used to be minted. EDIT: i can't speel tew sayve m...

Thomas H

All this talk of Brigs makes me want to start on mine

Thomas H

We (the AA) could all go to vienna for a big armour trip sometime

Thomas H

To carbon date don't you need a sizeable chunk taken out? or is that dendrochronology?

Thomas H

That's most likely Zweihammer.

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