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by Baron Alejandro
Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:24 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Scimitars
Replies: 159
Views: 3900

Cold pumpkin pie and hot coffee. Best combo ever.
by Baron Alejandro
Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:45 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Scimitars
Replies: 159
Views: 3900

What's your favorite kind of pie?
by Baron Alejandro
Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:38 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Scimitars
Replies: 159
Views: 3900

I like pie.
by Baron Alejandro
Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:16 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Valor XXX stories, pics, please
Replies: 33
Views: 834

Adhemar, you're far too humble. ;)
by Baron Alejandro
Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pump-up music
Replies: 50
Views: 929

A friend of mine turned me onto this as good pump-up music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj9_yW8tZxs
by Baron Alejandro
Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:14 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Missile Balanced Combat Sport Melee Venues
Replies: 12
Views: 412

Ohboy.
by Baron Alejandro
Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:16 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

I seriously want to be Randy Packer when I grow up.
by Baron Alejandro
Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:47 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

Steve -SoFC- wrote:
The Black Prince of Wales, he does it for me. :)

Steve


:shock: :shock:

:lol: :lol:
by Baron Alejandro
Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:37 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

Johno wrote:Yes accidents only happen in my fantasy land.


And behind shields on that unarmoured elbow.

Steve -SoFC- wrote:Neither one jives with my idea of the Middle Ages.


Good thing the governing documents say 'and Renaissance', then! :D
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by Baron Alejandro
Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:31 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Greaves
Replies: 35
Views: 942

Let's bump this to Design & Construction!
by Baron Alejandro
Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:52 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA & knee fighting
Replies: 30
Views: 1050

Did someone say tacos?
by Baron Alejandro
Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:49 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pennsic 09, Who are these guys?
Replies: 34
Views: 1328

InsaneIrish wrote:Calontir offers both options, tube and no tube at Lilies war. They have for a number of years. Update your info.


Uh. <s>They</s> We do?
by Baron Alejandro
Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:46 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I did some evil horse stuff! Eeeevil!
Replies: 79
Views: 1563

Alex Baird wrote:The SCA EQ folk in Caid do javelin throwing from horseback all the time. Usually at a target on a haybale.


Derian le Breton wrote:I believe I saw it in An Tir too...

Mounted archery as well, for sure.

-Derian.


Must have pictures. Must!
by Baron Alejandro
Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:30 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Sutton Hoo
Replies: 70
Views: 2863

HOLY FRIJOLES
by Baron Alejandro
Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:08 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I did some evil horse stuff! Eeeevil!
Replies: 79
Views: 1563

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME THAT FIRST PIC OCCURRED WITHIN AN SCA CONTEXT Well done my friend. We too had a weekend of playing with the Tool of Oppression. http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Captayne/Rodspear2.jpg http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/Captayne/Rodtrophyhead2.jpg
by Baron Alejandro
Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:22 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What do I do now?
Replies: 15
Views: 516

If I get a vote, I vote that you set yourself on a quest appropriate to your persona, in which there is a high chance that you will fail.
by Baron Alejandro
Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:42 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: What to use to protect mild steel.
Replies: 32
Views: 754

Either <a href="http://www.restorationproduct.com/">Renaissance Wax</a> or I go down to the bowlin' ball alley and get bowlin' ball wax. Aside from that, elbow grease.
by Baron Alejandro
Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pennsic 09, Who are these guys?
Replies: 34
Views: 1328

Strange to think there are kingdom rivalries (personal - yes), but I can't even imagine someone (much less a whole group) having a grudge against an entire kingdom or going to the effort of playing dressing up like that. Have you <i>been</i> to Pennsic? From the pictures, I thought it was funny, bu...
by Baron Alejandro
Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Self Hypnosis into the “Voidâ€
Replies: 28
Views: 465

Mushin is achieved by repetition, but zen meditation cultivates mindfulness of the here and now, and pushes you towards a state of existence in the now. The end objective of zen buddhist meditation is mirrored (ha, ha) by that of the study of the sword. The mind must be like water, like a mirror, n...
by Baron Alejandro
Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:34 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Inspire New Guys - the Interviews! KENWREC WULFE
Replies: 56
Views: 8893

The interviews continue! Kenwrec Wulfe <img src="http://www.ravenslake.com/assets/images/officers/Spring09kit2.jpg"> Round One Ok, first off, tell us about your rig. We'll get the technical stuff out of the way first. The whole deal. Head to foot, skin out! German, latter half of the 14th century wa...
by Baron Alejandro
Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Inspire New Guys - the Interviews! KENWREC WULFE
Replies: 56
Views: 8893

The problem is that for every six people I ask to interview, maybe two respond. So I get discouraged. But y'all are right, I'll keep trying. I've got a great person in mind.....
by Baron Alejandro
Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: The Armour I Would Love to Have
Replies: 73
Views: 2728

I seriously thought long & hard about some of those heavily laced harnesses. But then I read accounts of the lacing getting wet, and rotting, and stinking. And I thought to myself, "Samurai should not reek'. So I'm going with this; <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2326/2338680513_fc...
by Baron Alejandro
Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:39 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA and Knee Fighting- Do I have To?
Replies: 99
Views: 1636

Re: SCA and Knee Fighting- Do I have To?

Lorccan wrote:No, and no - as long as you're clear about your reasons.


I've never even had anyone ask my reasons. "Good!" "Ok!"
by Baron Alejandro
Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:29 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat Archery "Arrows" that are Legal in ALL SCA
Replies: 73
Views: 851

Leo Medii wrote:Don't like getting shot, pay damn attention to the entire field.


Plain and simple.


Like CA or not, there is enough crying about it to fill the dead sea.
by Baron Alejandro
Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: craziest weapon or armour stories you have heard
Replies: 192
Views: 7734

He sold me some colonial silver.
by Baron Alejandro
Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:55 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Getting good at a quick sprint
Replies: 16
Views: 502

Isabella E wrote:It's part of p90x so I've been doing it once a week. It BURNS us!


Preach it, sister. I hate rockstar jumps.
by Baron Alejandro
Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:52 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Getting good at a quick sprint
Replies: 16
Views: 502

Jon Barber wrote:
Kilkenny wrote:Sounds like plyometrics time to me. US Olympic volleyball team used a contraption they called the Russian Jumper, I think. For developing explosive leg power.


Yup. Plyometrics will work for what you described.


....as well as making you pray for death.
by Baron Alejandro
Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: craziest weapon or armour stories you have heard
Replies: 192
Views: 7734

Re: tanks for nothin

I had a blond kid (early 20s) in a surplus trench coat explain that he had been trained to use a sword by an Iraqi Ninja Master. He went on to explain that these desert ninjas used their mad sword skills to cut all of the barrels off the US tanks which is why the US lost Desert Storm so completely....
by Baron Alejandro
Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:06 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: craziest weapon or armour stories you have heard
Replies: 192
Views: 7734

Dante della Luna wrote:I once heard the good baron alejandro say that he could win any challenge by throwing a sheep for distance (not accuracy).


Durn tootin', hippie!
by Baron Alejandro
Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:32 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: craziest weapon or armour stories you have heard
Replies: 192
Views: 7734

I once had a squire tell me, with a straight face that "Medieval armour didn't really work and that's why we have the SCA." I couldn't even say anything - I just made the face. I also like the one that says that all samurai armour was made out of bamboo, was totally useless (which is why s...
by Baron Alejandro
Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:55 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Show us your kit ...Fall 2009
Replies: 406
Views: 39457

Sweet mother of pearl! What in blazes is going on in AU? I keep seeing all these mind-blowing rigs down there!
by Baron Alejandro
Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:48 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I like combat archery
Replies: 62
Views: 1102

But the whiny pants are so darn comfy! They must be, or certain people wouldn't wear them day-in and day-out... -Derian. Dude, <i>seriously.</i> I'm not just talking about this thread, but it never ceases to amaze me how people <i>fail to realize</i> that this board is read by large contingents of ...
by Baron Alejandro
Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:19 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Show us your kit ...Fall 2009
Replies: 406
Views: 39457

Jose Cabrera de Castilla wrote:My kit hasn't really been evolving, so I'm still dressed a-pretty much like this:

Image


NICE!!!
by Baron Alejandro
Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:11 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I like combat archery
Replies: 62
Views: 1102

Sir,

And you don't whine incessantly in front of the entire Knowne World here on the Armour Archive? :twisted:
by Baron Alejandro
Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:48 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: pics of the greaves I make
Replies: 33
Views: 896

Audax, Nice work! Two comments, if I may. The greaves seem to have a couple of 'nicks' in the finish. I don't know what's causing that, but if you're wet-forming them it might be happening then. I have found that rubbing the nick will usually work it out. Second, you should get Gina Carano to model ...

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