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by Effingham
Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:46 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Hey Dmitriy - need a Russian title translation
Replies: 3
Views: 62

Halv, that's not Russian -- it's Czech.

Historic forces of Czecoslovakia, vol. 1.

(or Historical Czech Forces, vol. 1 -- take your pick.)

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by Effingham
Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:23 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Quick question on curiasses from the 14th century
Replies: 4
Views: 229

Wow!!!

What an incredible site that is! (And how cool is that -- all the Wisby suits in one place, neatly remade!) I don't commonly go crazy with exclamation marks, but... wow!!!

Juhani, thanks for that link!


Effingham!!
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by Effingham
Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:16 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: My plastic japanese armor: made from barrels :P
Replies: 30
Views: 971

i have read something in the past about how early armour from that area used hardened wooden plates,


Second or third century, yeah. No later, though.


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by Effingham
Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:07 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Helm just finished, Valsgarde inspired
Replies: 33
Views: 1564

Brand:

That is a majorly sweet piece of helm porn. :)
by Effingham
Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:21 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Yorii Hojo Festival 2005 - A re-enactment / full contact
Replies: 26
Views: 561

Kendo bugu is NOT armour.


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by Effingham
Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:29 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: A fancy cotte for a king
Replies: 53
Views: 2878

I'd like to respond to the work, but I'm too busy drooling and babbling incoherently.

DAMNED fine job. Holy moley!


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by Effingham
Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:58 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Yorii Hojo Festival 2005 - A re-enactment / full contact
Replies: 26
Views: 561

If you could go, would you wear plastic armor or would you risk damaging your authentic bamboo armor? This is Effingham's health-care provider. He wanted us to respond. We found him sitting in front of his computer drooling and slapping the keyboard with a hammer, mumbling something about "damned b...
by Effingham
Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:51 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: weird occurrence
Replies: 64
Views: 763

3. If I dont register my CoA I could wear a cow jumping over the moon, and since it is not registered it wont matter.. Not that i would mind you.. But in some kingdoms, the lack of registration will keep you off the awards lists -- or in others, it will keep you from getting awards SCROLLS (since, ...
by Effingham
Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:13 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Dads diagnosis, Dementia and tumor under left lung
Replies: 7
Views: 168

I'm thinking of you, Aaron. Good thoughts, good vibes, and my prayers are with you.

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by Effingham
Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:07 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Yorii Hojo Festival 2005 - A re-enactment / full contact
Replies: 26
Views: 561

Nah, it's just a "aw, man, lookit all the fun they're having over THERE!!!" kinda thing. ;)


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by Effingham
Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:52 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Yorii Hojo Festival 2005 - A re-enactment / full contact
Replies: 26
Views: 561

Aw, MAN!!!!! :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:


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by Effingham
Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:17 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: an inverted demicrescent in chief!?! or: heraldry problems!
Replies: 11
Views: 160

PH34R J00R M4D L33T 4SC11 P0\/\/3RZ!


Just FYI:

Diet Coke passing through one's sinuses is no less painful than regular Coke.

Just thought I'd let ya know. :)


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by Effingham
Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:40 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New to armoring
Replies: 15
Views: 267

Im 5'9" with a 30 waist, so Im damn close to the pattern


Okay, I have to hate you now. :)

You have the perfect body for a sendai do, an armour I would kill to be able to wear.


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by Effingham
Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:16 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Elven Armour
Replies: 25
Views: 957

You forgot the blue suede sabatons and the bell-bottomed greaves... :)


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by Effingham
Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:35 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Horns on a Zunari Kabuto
Replies: 4
Views: 222

More often than not the horns were carved of wood -- but anyway, there's a usually a flat metal prong that sticks out of the side of the helmet, and the horns have a bracket to receive them.


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by Effingham
Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:08 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: weird occurrence
Replies: 64
Views: 763

Pegasi? Pegasim? Pegases? I don't think there would be a plural of Pegasus because it's a proper noun - the name of the winged horse that sprang from drops of Medusa's blood after Perseus slew her. It would be like forming the plural of "Zeus" or "Chiron" Agreed -- but the heraldry-inclined (and ga...
by Effingham
Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:09 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What would you say this is?
Replies: 10
Views: 449

That our a doublet with studding


What's that in English? ;)


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by Effingham
Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:08 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: My new soupcans.
Replies: 6
Views: 327

Armorbug, thou suckest.


That's a sweet soupcan cop you have there.


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by Effingham
Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:33 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: weird occurrence
Replies: 64
Views: 763

A gryphon segreant (rampant for any other beast or monster) overall is going to be really the main charge, as he'll cover up a lot of the cross


Technically, dragons also seg, as do pegasusesuesuuesseii. "Segreant" is "rampant, but with wings attached."


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by Effingham
Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:27 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: weird occurrence
Replies: 64
Views: 763

Supplementary quibble:

The word is "heraldic."

There is no such word as "heraldric."

We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion.



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by Effingham
Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:54 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: pink armour guy thread?
Replies: 12
Views: 381

Pink armour is like haggis, haggis is ‘dare-ya-food’


No, haggis is documentable, socially acceptable, real, and well loved by many people. (It's actually rather yummy -- it goes great with mashed potatoes or somesuch.)

Pink armour is just WRONG.


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by Effingham
Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:12 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: pink armour guy thread?
Replies: 12
Views: 381

...not that there's anything wrong with that....



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by Effingham
Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:47 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: CoP shell
Replies: 15
Views: 402

Like I said my COP is double-sided. It has canvas on both sides.


How is that possible, unless the lining is not attached to the plates, or the plates don't overlap? If the former, okay, but odd -- if the latter, bad CoP construction.


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by Effingham
Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:18 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: My Kabuto
Replies: 13
Views: 454

No, not too narrow. From the full-front photo, it looks like the visor has a forward bend in it rather than a gentle slope.

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by Effingham
Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:55 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: My Kabuto
Replies: 13
Views: 454

In general, it's not bad at all. Helm is a good shape, the shikoro is right, and the faceplate/grill is really nice. Something seems off about the shape of the visor, though, but I can't tell without a clean side shot. The key thing is that you need a heck of a lot more lace on the shikoro and yodar...
by Effingham
Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:59 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What is the best wax to use to harden leather?
Replies: 22
Views: 381

Rabbit glue!
by Effingham
Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:32 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: why not to knock NON-historical armour
Replies: 40
Views: 1117

Now I definatly don't agree with whoever said that people who make fantasy armour are lesser people. You're wildly misrepresenting my position. People who make fantasy stuff and try to pass it off as the real thing, or who make total boguscrap and call it something it isn't, are the ones I'm talkin...
by Effingham
Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:42 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: why not to knock NON-historical armour
Replies: 40
Views: 1117

I am under the impression, that the general public (save a few) don't really care abotu being educated, they just want to be entertained, so fantasy armor works just fine for them Yeah, but what about the rest of us, who (1) should know better, and (2) should actually care ? I've long had a philoso...
by Effingham
Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:45 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: My Kabuto
Replies: 13
Views: 454

I have more pics but they're too large to attach on the board..


Whereas that one is too small to be of any use.... :(

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by Effingham
Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:34 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Viking Kidney Belt for sale
Replies: 7
Views: 360

Technically and artistically, it's very well done and will probably sell. On the other hand, it saddens me that this is what people with that level of talent are making, and what people who don't know any better are buying. I'd much rather see historically realistic and documentable styles and items...
by Effingham
Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:15 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: kusazuri attachment
Replies: 7
Views: 194

As opposed to what? What else do you expect to need? (Well, okay, to be fair, it's several SETS of pairs of holes... ;) )

There are alternative methods to attach kusazuri, but this is the basic method, yes.

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by Effingham
Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:13 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Face Grill à la Japonaise
Replies: 11
Views: 408

That's all there is... it's an infuriating "throw away" image. It's one of a dozen or so different variations on forehead armor -- pieces in some guy's private collection -- and it tells nothing about the period or provenance of any of the pieces. They're just "this is what was done to protect the f...
by Effingham
Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:51 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Face Grill à la Japonaise
Replies: 11
Views: 408

Face Grill à la Japonaise

Okay, I found one. Check this out:

Image

I'm pretty sure it's Edo period, but still.... Now we know how the Japanese would do a face grill for their armour.

Anyone want to make me one? :)

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by Effingham
Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:48 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Jewish knight, Samuel ha’Nagid
Replies: 5
Views: 244

<superman pose> My work here is done! </superman pose>

Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.



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by Effingham
Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:59 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Jewish knight, Samuel ha’Nagid
Replies: 5
Views: 244

Usually when we think of early knights it's William the Marshall or something. But Samuel ha'Nagid?

Hm.

Why is this knight different from all other knights?


Effingham :twisted:

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