The Armour Archive

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Few experienced fighters would have tried iit on purpose, and none would have done it at the rate (sloooow) as this guy did. Just amazed me. I think this really highlights what Silver was saying. He was concerned with protecting life and limb from every kind of opponent while we train to give the b...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Dunno. I found her after the battle and was introduced to her as Her Highness. I recommended Her Highness to Their Majesties' Trimaris and Their battle commander. Their Majesties recognized the entire shieldwall in Trimarian court on friday. We have an award called the "Lion d'Or" which is for the ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

What software are you using? Is it Pinnacle? That software has a nasty quirk of wanting to render the video each time you burn a disc (taking hours) rather than simple copying the image repeatedly (taking minutes). There is a solution. Render one "master disc". Then download DVD Decryptor or some ot...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

<brag>I spear dueled the Prince and King of Trimaris at the same time in the center of the mountain pass. HRH was quite free in his opining about hired stick-slingers. Not long after, I disarmed one of their Sirs, yet then guarded him until he recovered his spear and left. Are you sure that was me?...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

In a simple unmarked Trimarian tabard, in a simple squire's belt, the Princess of Trimaris showed valour. That's my baby!!! I was very proud of her that day (even more than usual) and also of the rest of the Trimarian shield wall in that battle. They, and a few Darkyard guys filling holes (great jo...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

This deed shames me. I need to get back in the spirit. You are too hard on yourself. I'll be sitting down soon to write out our saga. I want to get it to paper while it's still largely fresh in my mind. The short version: By most accounts the Passage was a huge success. Baldar and I expreienced the...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

We finished yesterday. Baldar finished at about 2:30 and I finished at about 6. the first two days were slow because we had a hard time scrounging up oponents and it was very hot. Luckily the second two days were better and we each did over 500/day sunday and monday. My last 11 fights with Cuan were...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Hagan Von Hesse wrote: When you say proper technique on the wrap, how could I be doing it incorrectly?

LOL.

So many ways....
Alaric, you want to try and explain?

Gaston

(Wraps done wrong are the fastest route to tendonitis)

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Don't worry about the pell being stiff enough for you to get feedback on power, just make it nice and soft. Poor technique will hurt you fast but even good technique will hurt eventually if you hit a hard pell with power. Carpet alone is insufficient padding but it makes a good outer cover. Most peo...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Brilliant. As an SCA fighter we have a phenomena that few are aware of and even fewer understand. In my group it tends to go by the unflattering term "goob factor". That is, when you have a top fighter, a "mega-duke" if you like, then the least skilled fighters will usually win almost as many bouts ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Lets not replace "SEM-bashing" with "knight bashing". The SEM didn't put this out to the knights. Someone "leaked" it to the knight's list because he/she was very concerned that this was going forward on the 15th and wanted an opportunity for wider commentary before then. The standards commitee (whi...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

That guy looks familiar.

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Did you apply the silicone to the rawhide while wet? I'd like to know if you can stick it this way. What kind of silicone?

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Marcus has the answers as far as #3 (I tend to ignore that sort of thing ) I've never used or even seen a harbor frieght shear, but .032 cuts pretty easily with a B1 or B2. I cut .072 with a B2 but that was probably tempting fate. Holes are easy to punch. I think you can easily get away with less th...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I know the landskinect (sp?) camp followers sometimes had very full skirts that were cut off at the knee, theoretically for ease of activity.

Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

There are several rules that make no sense, but the saddest to me is where the rules about gorgets got translated into Redneck. I prefered the older English version. Call me ethnocentric. " The neck [color=red]( Add the circumference around the larynx and cervical vertebrae ADD to include the Ã¢â‚¬Å...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

On the one hand... Were I His Majesty of the Midrealm (and Sir Vitus attended this war) I would place them side by side in the battle array with instructions to guard one another's flanks, as well as mine. And on the other.... Shit. I'd tie their wrists together, give them both sharp knives and clea...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

The only thing i can say, is that a breast designed in that way, will fail in it's main purpose: deflect blows toward the sides. This will bring a lot of them just in the middle. As the husband of an "endowed" fighting woman, I have to say that the "monoboob" seems to be the only thing that works. ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I'd probably buy her comic book. At least the first issue.

(I've bought exactly 2 comic books in the last 18 years, Dawn #1 and Dawn #2. I recently noticed there was text written in them and it's not bad. Bonus!

)

Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Gaston, I don't think your kingdom has picked yet?, am I wrong. Ronald No, I'm wrong. I coulda swore Baldar said we were with the Middle again (they've been such good allies for us at Gulf Wars) but it will not be decided until we get there and His Majesty will be making the decision in consultatio...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Shucks. Ansteorra fighting for East? I was hoping we'd get to fight side by side with them and own a bridge a la Pennsic XXX. That was perhaps the single most glorious battle in my memory, 37 Trimarians and a similar number of Ansteorrans not only holding the far right bridge but progressing within ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Since Pennsic is eminent, I decided to revive the announcement. Please come support our efforts and while your at it help Freman with his noble quest.

We've been trying hard to prepare and now the moment of truth fast approaches.....

Prince Gaston, Duc de Vieuxchamps

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I just checked off a big one today by finishing my new shield. The edging took forever (trial and error on using rawhide for the first time, mostly error)

Now, if I could just find someone to paint it for me before war....

Gaston
(Slack Prince)

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

James B. wrote:But I am talking about hardened spring steel not mild steel plates.

So was he!!

Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

HOWEVER, in order for the effect to be seen, you have to compare 16 ga steel with 6.5 ga aluminium, and who's wearing that? -+G Ummm. Me actually. I'm wearing .080, .090, and .125 currently in 6061. In Ti6-4, i'm wearing .032, but hopefully that will change soon. comparing .090 (very common) to 20g...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Hey George, Cool math! As much as I'd like to praise your work (since it supports my argument). Impact is a lot more complicated. There are a lot of factors involved besides just how much force it takes to permanently bend the metal. The physics of impacts are very complicated when you are talking a...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Pound for pound? I'd be willing to test that theory and put money on it. Equal weights of 6061 and 1045, both properly hardenned. Gaston So you think 20g aluminum will hold up to the beating 20g hardened spring steel does? I said "pound for pound". Since 1045 is 2.96 times as dense as 6061, you'd b...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

If, for some reason, I was wearing .08 T6 aluminum armour in real combat, I would be worrying about a bullet, musket ball, lance or heavy bolt penetrating the armour, not a sword cracking it. But I think I would be worrying about the same thing if I was wearing thin spring steel of the same weight....

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

One thing that has always bugged me is that we are supposed to all be nobles but you need an A.O.A. to put that Lord in front of your name. An A.O.A. should come with your membership card. Wrong. In the middle ages "Lord" was a very high rank indeed. If you want to go that route then its a knightho...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

It is a good picture and does illustrate what is needed to "feminize" the shape while still having exagerated muscles. The top and bottom peak of the rectus abdominus should be narrower and a bit smaller than the center to give that "less square" shape and there should also probably be some accounti...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/jul/HQ_E05189_Astronaut_glove_challenge.html I think maille is out... Steve It would seem that a master armourer would be able to make a valuable contribution in this area, though the whole pressurization thing would seem to throw a wrench into most of the desig...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I've got nothing to contribute. I just wanted to say that every time I come to AA I get a little chuckle reading the title of this thread.

Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Thaddeus wrote:....latchet closed shoes....

What are those?

And yes, those do look better than most shoes.

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Hey YRH, Frank was a big influence in my fighting. I had to get to that place when fighting him. It was self preservation. There are many names for it. Controlled agression. Whatever you want to call it. Odo I truly believe that the release of the inner ape is the best thing you can do to be good. ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Thaddeus wrote:Well the toggle boots are all wrong.

First let me say, "Looks great!"

Then I have to admit I did notice the boots didn't look quite right. I only notice because the rest is so cohesive. So what should the footwear look like?

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