The Armour Archive

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Well, mainly my teacher, Rhya, squire-sister to Ulag who is squire to Baldar... I fought Ulag this weekend and had a throughly enjoyable experiance.. I also learned a few things from his style and choice of gear, things i hope to have incorperated by Gothic... I was a man-at-arms to Ryah back in th...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Duke Baldar of Trimaris and (sir?) Gaston from this archive are allowing me to use their grimms on the field until the 13th, so I am going to try to be finished by then. I think I am allowed to use it after that too, but they will need to be using it then, and I would like to be out of the way. Yea...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Maybe so but there is no ceiling fan in the studio to be inadvertently taken out (you know we've all done that at least once ) Hey that ceiling fan was a bit starttled but otherwise fine. My ceiling on the other hand always seems to have at least one "skid mark" on it somewhere.... Nothing wrong wi...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Why not try to wet the leather with the same or similar solvent as what is in your adhesive. Jim Hrisoulas uses acetone to wet leather for the sheaths he makes. Maybe you could wet the raw hide in acetone apply your adhesive and wrap the shield. Then the rate of evaporation would be similar if not ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Oh, I forgot to mention the rawhide I have. It's not bright white like the chewtoys or stuff I've seen in Tandy. I got it from Sir Geoffery who works for Mid East Imports. They got a bunch of 65" diameter rawhides because someone wanted them for Taiko drums but then only brought a few. I got a good ...

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I need some help. I'm exploring rawhide as a material for shields for SCA. First I want to use it for edging but after I get some experience I might try facing a whole shield with it. So I know how to shape it, but I also want to glue several layers together. Is there a way to do both at the same ti...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Hey. I'm definitely staying out of this thread!

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Wow, that school is almost as big as my living room.

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I truly believe that the release of the inner ape is the best thing you can do to be good. This doesn't mean lose control, but to unleash holy hell upon your victim in the best of possible circumstances. I want your f-n lunch money! Odo You've been hanging out with Kalim too much, Your Grace. Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

www.bokalosarmoury.com . GA032 (he calls them Moric, not me) box style gauntlets. about $113 with shipping. aluminum. safe. Good. Tough. Regards, Jonathan Blackbow Yeah, Bokalo actually crushed a pair of Moric gauntlets flat to make a paper pattern from them before I told him all he had to do was a...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

If you are loking strictly in terms of usefulness and safety, I enjoyed using the Trimarian box style aluminum gauntlets. Alaric The originals were called "Morric Gauntlets" after their inventor. I'm glad to see you guys calling them something else since the real Morric gauntlets haven't been avail...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I saw Andreas has something similar for sale at his site. Any chance you have a link for Baldur's site? I checked google but well, no luck. Firstly, It's BaldAr, not BaldUr. As in Duke Baldar (surrently king) who also brought us Baldar Blunts, and Asgard APDs, and the first fiberglass spears (I sti...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

You guys apparantly made a good impression on him, too. (I'm sure the castle helped.) His wife tells me he wants to fly back for another event when he's not in Germany on duty.

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Of course it's staged, it's a film student's project. Just take it for what it is and lighten up. The video is kinda fun in a "kung fu theatre" style with the snarly looks followed by cut aways of armor bits going on and then the big clash. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to create visual inte...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

You not gonna do SCA heavy in that are you? Not strong enough. I got one just like it in stainless. About 5 lbs. Not nearly thick/tough enough for rattan but it'll make a great light weapons helm once I finish altering it.

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Do this: Clamp the piece in a vice so it is nice and secure with the edge you want to roll accesible. I would use a couple pieces of thin wood in the vice so the teeth dont mar the alum. Take an old pair of piers and grind the teeth off them. heat the alum, with a common propane torch and use the p...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Here's me on the right facing Count Yoan on the left in crown list.

http://houseasgard.com/photos/05tmtcl/fiona_186

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

In any event I think it's safe to say that calling this injury "not uncommon" with no information other than what is in the news article is inappropriate. Those of us not there or party to a lot more facts have no basis commenting on the severity or whether it is unusual. My best wishes for a full r...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

The one I had didn't last very long because one of the cutouts had a slight overcut that was a weak point and it tore. As long as the holes are round ones they seem to hold up well. The ones I've seen were cut from solid neoprene rubber sheet, 1.25" thick. As a good substitute, you might try Brian P...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

You can aneal it, but then you will not likely be able to re-harden it and your hilt will be ruined. As Frederich said use a gentle radius edge and hit it with a hammer, working slowly. Make sure the edge you use is smooth and somwhat polished or you will end up adding unwanted texture to the outer ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

"serious but stable". In hospital speak that's more than a few stitches... I'm not sure the statement "This injury is not uncommon, I see head hits most training sessions I go to. Its part of the game, and a lot of people would frown upon the attention this is getting." really makes sense in light o...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Are you guys reading something I missed? The article in the link doesn't seem to give many details about the severity of the injury and thus how can you compare it to other injuries?

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Sir Markus, you have a private message. Since it's been a few days I figured that, like many of us, you might rarely look at the little notice in the upper right corner of the page.

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They look cool (definitely SCA) but in 16 gauge SS I suspect they weigh a ton.

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

McMaster-Carr sells thick 100% wool felt in two different hardnessess used for padding and vibration dampenning of power tools. It might be a bit denser than what you need but it's the right kind of felt and comes in different thicknesses. Also, some saddle pads for horses are felt and it seems to b...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

rameymj wrote:NO! The laser beams go on the sharks. How many times do i have to tell you ...

Ummm, can I have frickin sharks with frickin laserbeams on their frickin heads? Because after all, I believe every creature deserves a hot meal.

Fahzha?

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Jean Richard Malcolmson wrote:Nope, not boring, but to me it sounds like y'all wear an awful lot of armor.

Heh. That's the look I'm going for, an armoured knight. Though actually you have more protection overall than I do except on your thighs, but that's kind of an "Ansteorra thing" (I wouldn't understand

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

and wait until you see the new grill. Wow, you get satelite on that thing? In all seriousness it sounds very cool. I should tell Baldar he needs one, or better yet send him a picture--it would make him nuts. Markus: That's all the padding I use, except as I mentioned the rectangle that wraps just a...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Padded gambessons are rare down here in the swamp, I don't wear one. I do wear some 5/16 foam under the last 3" of the vambrace. I never wore padding under my rarebrace before but I'm going to add some because these new Ti ones sting a lot which the Al never did. I'll have to ask Geoffery how long a...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Oops. Somehow I left out the link

http://vieuxchamps.com/photos/garmor

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Here are pictures with captions just for Markus! This should give you ideas about what I might need and what might work from what I already have. I'll get measurments you asked for tomorrow. I took three online tests tonight and have one more tomorrow, got to get some sleep). Gaston Edit: Feel free ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Took some pictures in the setting sun. If I can pull my princess away from Age of Mythology long enough to get her to host the pics, then I'll post them here...

Was that logan ebonwulfe or Logan of Seaforth? I better be careful not to be more difficult than logan

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Your generosity is much appreciated (and his). I told him I'd call you (pretty sure I still have your cell #) We had the talk before about my dented vambraces and afterwards I was convinced it must be CP but then I rechecked and the piece was clearly marked as 6-4 with the ASTM and everything from T...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I've never used CP before, everything I have is 6-4.

Does CP hold up well enough for cops? How thick should it be? Should I heat it to move it?

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Before I make another order from titaniumjoe, anyone got a line of where I can get it cheaper?

Gaston

Glue tech

Hey Markus