The Armour Archive

Brian W. Rainey

JT wrote:You are gonna want smaller versions (both pixel- and file-size) on those.

You'll also want thumbnails of the photos.

Get broadband, you cheap bastard. I just found those online... they are from another attendee.

Brian W. Rainey

In my best runway announcer voice....

Here we see our model Stanley properly clothed in an early 16th century garniture by Robert MacPherson and beautifully accessorized in etched borders with applied gold by Mary Anne Hansen:

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Brian W. Rainey

well were still collecting them all in one place. ill be bringing my pictures and hopefuly ingrid will bring hers up to talbots on fiday so we can combine them with the video that was shot. Im guestimating mine at around 200 pics. --kiyohara Talk to me on Friday. The www.armourguild.org site is ava...

Brian W. Rainey

Magmaforge wrote:pooh. I missed it too.

Not for lack of being invited....

Brian W. Rainey

To be honest, there aren't really any online or published resources for accurate mail. There are LOTS of places that will help you make modern-looking riveted and/or "dress-up" (butted) mail. However, none of this really passes as historical. There is, arguably, only one person who has actually spen...

Brian W. Rainey

I wish I could help you, JT.

I only approach from the South.

However, if you give Rick Lenz a call at Centaur, I am sure he can give you some assistance. Tell him I sent you. I PM'd you his number.

Brian W. Rainey

I'm all aquiver in anticipation! Or would be if I wasn't so tired and busy. But I'll be there with pants on! As requested. Pants on, pants off.... it's all good. See you all there! We currently have about 24 people registered.... but I guarantee that there will be at least 50. I don't think we have...

Brian W. Rainey

You could get this video that contains fluting:

http://www.armourguild.org/videos.php

Brian W. Rainey

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Brian W. Rainey

Templar Bob, Have you dealt with the person you provided the link for? Do you know if he has his stuff readily available, or if there is much of a wait? Or do you know of anyone who has dealt with him? Albrecht I spoke with Joris the other day. He mentioned that he is still making rivetted mail too...

Brian W. Rainey

Ugo wrote:Your work is beautiful.... Why are all the cool people on the other side of the country Dammit?!

Feel free to keep in touch!

Because nobody in their right mind would want to live in Cali... maybe?

Absolutely beautiful work, Kerry!

Brian W. Rainey

I want to see this article. The article will be online content for the Armour Research Society in the near future. I believe. Dan has done some great work and has some very valid new theories on an old and infrequently travelled subject. It was at my suggestion that he took the article down. I felt...

Brian W. Rainey

There is a page on myArmoury.com with some pictures of suits and associated names.

Not sure where, though. I was banned some time back.

Brian W. Rainey

silverjump....

Come to the MAG session on Saturday the 29th.... ALL of your questions and armouring dreams will be answered by some of the best in the business.

http://www.armourguild.org/magreg.html

http://www.armourguild.org/MAG2005.pdf

Brian W. Rainey

starting off with chain maille is a good thing to do, and when you get to plate, start by making a pair of spaulders (there's a great tutorial on them on arador.com) I am not sure why people suggest this. There really is no relation to making mail and plate. Two entirely different skill sets. Do wh...

Brian W. Rainey

Jay Sabath wrote:*OK he's VERY talented but we don't need him to get too big an ego.(Hey Gruber)

John Gruber with an ego... I do not think the world could handle him if he went and found himself an ego!

Excellent work John! Keep it up!

Brian W. Rainey

Alexander Caithnes wrote:Too bad you can't attend Bob. I was looking forward to meeting you.

This guy and and the garniture he's etched and gilded to will be there!

[img]http://frontpage.velocity.net/duane/mag2005.jpg[/img]

Duane

That's not very nice Duane..... teasing people like that.

Brian W. Rainey

I figured it was time to let a little bit of information out of the bag. The Armour Research Society will be holding its first annual Conference on October 22nd, 2005 . The Conference will be held in the Rubloff Auditorium of the Chicago Art Museum . For the first time in history, the Armour Researc...

Brian W. Rainey

Thanks JT!

I would recommend attending this session if you are local. For that matter... even if you are not!

By then we will have more information on the ARS Conference. I think it will really blow your mind!

Brian W. Rainey

OK, I did a head count and came up with only 17 people registered.... I KNOW that there will be more than that. I would bet more than 50 have told me verbally. If you are going, please register. We do NOT want to ruin everyone's day by not planning for capacity. If we know ahead of time that a crazy...

Brian W. Rainey

Sasuke wrote:Is there still space available? It looks like I might be able to attend.

Chris

WOW! Sasuke may be in attendance!?

Sweet!

Oh, wait... you came down to the last one.... I forgot. Hope you can make it! Let me know if you need anything.

Brian W. Rainey

You are absolutely correct, Bob. That will show me to look at a picture for 10 seconds, eh! I have my suspicions that both of these hats (Armee and Doge)may have bee "retro-fit" to include a plate aventail, so to speak. Most surviving examples have a rear drape that is integral to the hat. However, ...

Brian W. Rainey

I registered a while back, but I didn't get any confirmation emails or anything. Is that normal, or should I be worried? lol I also never got an answer to an email I sent asking if there were any fees or anything like that. Christopher It is a webform.. no replies involved. I have a message sitting...

Brian W. Rainey

Here is just about all the info you would want to know about this helm:

http://www.arador.com/discforums/index. ... c=2482&hl=

I have recently heard that it may very well have been made of multiple pieces, rather than one piece as is stated inthe thread, I believe.

Brian W. Rainey

At an armouring day with the canton here, I was flipping through Poitiers 1356 by David Nicolle from the Osprey series (ISBN 1841765163), -GdS- Do you remember what was said about the piece.... the rerebrace is most likely a bit early to be in a book on Poitiers 1356. Seems about ~50 years out of d...

Brian W. Rainey

I will be there. My wife is cooking dinner right now... and if I don't want a long lasting feud I will eat it.

Then I am stopping for a case or two of Erdinger Weisbier and then I will be over.

Brian W. Rainey

Of course you are welcome. We're in the shop tonight. We'll see you there but you gotta bring beer. I'll restock the beer fridge tonight but we are getting low. see you after 6 I will not be there... I am headed up to the land of the frozen people. While I will miss all of you... rest assured that ...

Brian W. Rainey

This person will be revealed at the gathering. I apologize for making you all wait, but I can assure you it will be worth it. You will not recognize his name, but once you here what he has studied, you will be quite impressed. WOW! This must be super-secret and uber-cool. I don't even get to hear a...

Brian W. Rainey

:cry: Wulfe wants to know if he can come and play with you guys. As long as he brings beer, sure. However, it is not my shop. If he wants a formal invitation (which he does not need as he should be there every Friday anyways... %$@(^% slacker...) he will have to ask the formal host, the often imita...

Brian W. Rainey

Wulfe wrote:Wow - Asked Gruber and Brian a question individually and ignored by both....

There is not a questions directed to me in this thread... am I missing something?

There, you are no longer ignored!

Brian W. Rainey

On the design I'm not concerned with matching hinges and fans, just with fit and function, and I thank Brian Rainey and the ARS for lending expertise here. ......... In any case I am fully convinced that this Chicago-area armour-group is a very good thing for all of us (which is why I even posted i...

Brian W. Rainey

you ever notice how the armour pictuered does not look like it even should or does go together? just wondering, never scene this suit in its entirety the faulds dont match, the plackart shape isnt the same as the breastplate, the breastpalte looks more like a globose, the lancerest is too big, the ...

Brian W. Rainey

Mike F wrote:I'm inviting myself!

Oh sure, Mike. I see how it is. Ugo comes into town and you freak out.

I/Doug invite you down to play and we get the cold shoulder.... fine, be that way! I see how you are... only want to play with the important people.....

Brian W. Rainey

Brian W. Rainey

It might interest all here to know that the seller made good on the items that were misrepresented by providing the buyer a complete refund.

Apparently the seller was simply stating the descriptions provided by a now defunct auction house from back in the early 80's and had no bad intentions.

Armour Research Society Conference - October 22nd, 2005