The Armour Archive

InsaneIrish

I will give you $20 for it.

InsaneIrish

Ahhhhhh, Tbob

Sorry for misunderstanding you.

InsaneIrish

Thats cool TBob. But if you look at the pictures of the "stick trebuchets" that started this thread they plainley use steel tubing and sheet steel with modern welds and carriage bolts. Basically a modern equivalant to a medieval machine that would be more at home on Junkyard wars instead of a mediev...

InsaneIrish

http://www.legionxxiv.org/trebuchetpage/

Personally if you are going to use this thing, I would like to see it made in a period way. The welded steel is not period.

Interesting idea, but personally when you start using modern technology and materials you defeat the whole purpose.

InsaneIrish

seyc wrote:3) Someone in full plate would always win aginst a "fop" with a rapier.

THEY WOULD!

actually I wouldn't say always, but I sure wouldn't want to bet on the Fop!

InsaneIrish

skutai:

I am SURE Roderick will appreciate the fact that you took such a good picture of him!

InsaneIrish

I think there is BIG difference between "centering your self", "focusing", "gathering your Chi" or as we say in Calontir "flipping the switch" and fighting at a higher level than being able to summon some mystic force and knock someone down with some kind of Kenetic blast. I believe every culture ha...

InsaneIrish

every weapon must have a <b>1 1/4"</b> diameter!

simply put, Golf Tube arrows don't violate our safety standards.

golf Tubes aren't period? Neither are bargrilles we have both for safety purposes.

InsaneIrish

------ During the first fort battle I got hit be a crossbow bolt almost immediately. Since there was no regen on the defenders side I decided to defect to the besieger side where I fought through several regens. ------ Cheers, Tim I have to ask a couple questions: First, what did you KING think of ...

InsaneIrish

I am sure this has been asked before but what are your weapons made out of? I looked on your site but it gives no info on how you make them or what they are made out of?

InsaneIrish

If I were to start making Youth combat helms I would find a source for cheap 18ga Spun tops. I know, It is sacralige to even speak it, but how much do you want to spend on a helm that the child could possibly out grow in a year? I would get a few different sizes of spun tops. Then rivet an 18ga skir...

InsaneIrish

Keidale of Rose wrote:combat archery rules! golf tube arrows suck!!

Wow, with such a great argument like that, I can't see why everyone would be swayed to accept combat archery.

InsaneIrish

Chan:

Why are you using a side strapped round shield?

A center punch round shield or heater shield would benefit you much more.

Also, is your starting stance of having the sword down one you learned from your research or one you adopted as practical?

InsaneIrish

I would love to see some of these videos, and as I am sure has been brought up before, if you switch to QuickTime or Windows Media Player I am sure you would get a better response. Not many people still us RealPlayer. It has fallen out of favor.

InsaneIrish

Interesting, Your Game is kinda SCA meets LARP meets Boffer fighting. It would be interesting to play at one of your tourneys. Your groups looks alot like PoD's group "The Salinas Swordsman" in the pictures. Your fighting style is similar to. Although you pad your weapons and PoD's group does not.

InsaneIrish

My theroy to the popularity of the wrap shot is this...in the rules of the SCA one can not truely displace your opp shield. You cant kick it, push it down with your elbows, or just plain old rip it outa thier hands. This has led to a secondary means of shield displacment. And because in the trainin...

InsaneIrish

http://pennsicindependent.com/book/view/55

InsaneIrish

http://pennsicindependent.com/node/view ... 91d897dc5b

InsaneIrish

If we all must meet the same requirement than lets all just fight greatsword and be done with it. LOL, you should move to Calontir We had a greatweapons only Crown Tourney recently. Not only was it one of the cleanest tourneys I have seen in recent years it was also one of the most fun to watch. I ...

InsaneIrish

Well done Geoffrey

A truely noble pursuit. And a great way to support our troops.

This gives me an idea, could I have your permission to use this same format in my kingdom? If I can work it out that is? Due credit would be given of course.

InsaneIrish

Are you selling or Bragging?

If selling then how much?

If bragging......I hate you.

InsaneIrish

Sounds like to me that you want to be a Tuchux.
God speed

InsaneIrish

We have this convention in Calontir. I asked this question not to long ago and got this answer from someone who's opinion I respect. The reason for measuring in such a "non consistant way" is to make it as consistant and fair as posible. ie, by measuring the shield in this way each combatant is pret...

InsaneIrish

Halvgrim wrote:Sorry Guys
I dont normally check email on the weekends (my hoe connection is just too slow)

Halv

You have a HOE connection

Who is it?
How much do they cost?
Is it by the hour or can I lease to own?

BTW, how much you asking for that helm?

InsaneIrish

In Calontir, if you hang it out there be prepared to loose it. I am a lefty, so arm shots are part of my bread and butter. Sure I would love to get nothing but kill shots, but when you are facing a guy with a huge heater that covers him from eye balls to knee joints, sometimes the arms are the only ...

InsaneIrish

nicely done! Just add something else to my "to make" list.

BTW, Halvgrim did you ever come across anymore info on the Gokstad backpack?

Do you know any suppliers of bark or bent wood? Not premade stuff but the raw material so that I can make it into what I want?

InsaneIrish

Actually you are both correct. with leather that weight it will hold its shape but be brittle. It should work for costume armour but be prepared for it not to many seasons before it begins to weaken or break. And no you can not water harden after Wax hardening and I don't think you can do it the oth...

InsaneIrish

Yeah, 1/4" steel, heat roled and painted to match the old mailbox then mounted on a welded 3" concrete filled pipe THEN covered with 1"x4" pine veneer to cover it all up so they don't know.

InsaneIrish

Are you looking for outside armour? Or something you can cover to look period? If the covered route is what you are looking for, then the lammallar will work fine. I have seen effigy's of knights will greathelms in CoPs. Perhaps wrapping the lammallar in canvas to make it look like a CoP is an optio...

InsaneIrish

Now I'm supposed to believe that CA is unsafe, but the aforementioed behavior is acceptable? From the sounds of this we should BAN Heavy fighting in the East and Atlantia, it is way more dangerous out there obviously. If these Kingdoms have fighters that cannot control the force of their swing sure...

InsaneIrish

Yes, Vellum was more common and MUCH cheaper. Since it was made from animal skin it could be made alot easier than paper.

InsaneIrish

Gorm: 1. I should have added another sentence stating something like this: No one expects to get hit when they are standing 4 ranks deep on a bridge battle. Unless CA in imployed. 2. Yes I have read TtH's drafts on CA. Yes, I have commented both positively and constructively on them. Yes I am aware ...

InsaneIrish

Following this train of logic, only fighters with like weapons should engage on the field. After all a 12' pike certainly has an advantage over a man on the sheildwall. I have been killed more than once by the pike I never saw coming. And what about a sheildman and pikeman chasing down a lone Duke ...

InsaneIrish

4) No Tuchux may rock chuck. I don't want to hear "How many rocks could a Tuchux chuck, if a Tuchux could chuck rocks" even once at Pennsic. Rock chuckers should be encouraged to 'get a life' and do something 'appropriate to the nobility of Medieval Europe'. Though the mere mention of such a thing ...

InsaneIrish

The reason I said they were not legal had nothing to do with the fingers. As far as I can tell the fingers are great no problem there. It is the knuckles and back of the hand and wrist that will not pass inspection. There is no rigid protection there. Scale is not considered rigid. Now, if Sir Victo...

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