The Armour Archive

Maeryk

And Scotty's accent is faked. He's not from Scotland at all.

At the risk of pointing out the obvious.. I knew that.. thats why I said it.

Maeryk

Maeryk

If you can get the black plastic barrels that are tapered top and bottom, and use some judicious cutting techniques, you can get nested lorica (think collapsable drinking cup) out of them with minimal effort, a couple of quick rivets and some old seatbelts! (and at least one suit I know of construct...

Maeryk

How long has it been since the site went "live"?

It takes a while to get "crawled" and get into the search engines just by existance.. not sure if you can submit directly to Google and get it catalogued.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Animal.. straight up kick ass! Very nice! YOu can always go the lucan route.. "fight the blur" (or why he doesnt fall for body twitch fakes.. HE CANT SEE EM!) same way I fight actually.. if I cannot SEE the stick it cannot HIT me. course.. I also tend to haft block thrusts cause I'm that attuned to ...

Maeryk

Not enough semi nekked women in chainmail!

Seriously though.. looks good and pretty much answered any question I might have come up with while browsing it.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Hence why bagpipes exist in two places.. Scotland and Italy.

*sigh*

Bet he tries to pass "merlin" as his name too.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Ok, I just have to know: WTF is a generi-celt, and what differences someone like you from one of them? modern kilt, fringie Potomac mocs, big hairy belly with no shirt, ridiculously large cleighmore, tam o shanter optional, and a really REALLY bad jimmy doohan accent. (for extra points, any referen...

Maeryk

Not only a Pennsic size event, but with many more ammenities. We were considering the use of our Lilies site in Calontir for a bid but were warned that the fact that we had no cabins, and not enough hotel rooms within close proximity meant that we would not be considered. And this is where I shake ...

Maeryk

Wonder who made the determination of what was "viable" and what was not? You kinda have to think.. with a crowd this far flung, etc.. it would be nigh impossible to throw something together.. how many of us have our travel plans set in stone for the next X years, with two weeks in august permanently...

Maeryk

Does anyone know this person?

Thanks

Maeryk

Maeryk

3-in-1? Motor oil? Grape Kool-Aid? Yeah.. its ancient. Hehehe..we had a chest freezer in the basement that ran on a motor like that.. motor, bolted to wood block, bolted to frame. Big belt from the drive wheel on the motor to a huge red (and pinstriped!!!!) wheel on the compressor. Had a stick..it ...

Maeryk

Bodhran.

Maeryk

Not as much puff and slash, but TONS of severed heads!

WOOOOT!

Maeryk

Maeryk

Jason is pretty much your hookup on pics and stuff.

He shot me one that has since become the inspiration for my kit.

Maeryk

Maeryk

I _LOVE_ that helmet.. and know several LK's who have variations on the theme.. (myself included..) tho we tend more towards the 1530-50 range. GO FOR IT! It is definately close enough for SCA purposes, and a heckuvalot better than a generic spang with puff-n-slash! Make sure you post pictures of th...

Maeryk

My guess on how that pouch was made is that its two thick front and back pieces, and a thinner gusset around it (kinda like a modern purse.. ) and then the flap is going to be another heavy piece. I made one much like that once, based on a drawing from some russian source that someone handed me, and...

Maeryk

I think metal dust tends to be of a large enough size (at least from grinding operations) to be too heavy to "float" like a wood or plastic dust would. It falls pretty fast.. and thus very little chance of inhalation. Not sure about Aluminum however... I know I worked in a shop with tons of open gri...

Maeryk

Why would it be so bad to reward those who invest a bit of their own money into making the game look better? Why do we have to inject modern notions of populism into the question at all? In all honesty, to me its not about how it _looks_ per se. Not all people in the period we cover fought in shini...

Maeryk

This is why I oppose the "plate as proof" solution to the whole question of CA on the field. It opens a door to Armor as Worn in a non one-on-one situation and given the fact that we have enough calibration and attitude issues already, I see Armor as Worn as a slippery slope... The whole "money" th...

Maeryk

We've been having problems in other areas, especially at interkingdom events, with people claiming "plate".. when that rule isn't in effect and a lot of times when they weren't even wearing plate. Basically, it was causing problems.. and the opinion of most of the KIngdom marshals (KEM and KDEM's f...

Maeryk

You'd think people would be honorable and only bring the best to the field. Unfortunately, it's not. I think 99.999% of the time they are. But I dont want to be at the back end of that miniscule "they arent". Also, it could conceivably be a true "oops" in which we discover a new way for X type of c...

Maeryk

I'm not sure I'm understanding the force aspect of the arrows. I mean, I can take a gut shot full force with a spear and someone's weight behind it, but I can't be hit by a flying rubber ball with a stick attached? Seems like the spear is more dangerous than the arrows, IMHO. As long as the arrow h...

Maeryk

hope i didn't come across that way. i don't actually wear body armor and it's embarrassing when you have to be told about the arrow that killed you. just like to have something with a little more authority. any of the AEthelmearcians* here can tell you i don't expect to be hit -that- hard. No no! y...

Maeryk

What area are you looking at? Germans definately had pavises at that point.. the gunners hid behind them, but I see almost no evidence of personal sheilds in any of the drawings of the late 15's, let alone into the 16's. (or hell.. the early fifteens for that matter)

Maeryk

Maeryk

Tess the Huntress is the Society Archer Marshal, I have read her new revamp of rules and while she has modified them to exclude the "nuclear arrow" there is still NO rule about hitting with suffecient force. ' I can understand and accept that. I dont want people carrying around 100 lb bows just cau...

Maeryk

Who is likely pissed off at the Society Earl Marshal for ruling that archery shots have to hit like handheld weapons, and has choosen to sell off his gear instead of trying to shoot people in the nose all daylong. Does this mean the "nuclear arrow" is gone? I'm not sure I get the drift here.. whats...

Maeryk

ahh.. gotcha.. I tend to use the A100, and hand fill where i cannot get it with the pointed end of a shaping spoon I have.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Are you using a flat for the background, or a stipple tool? the photo LOOKS like a whole buncha little dimples.. and I have a round tool taht does that nicely.. wondered if that was the tool.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Anyone know if Tanczos Istvan is fighting this year?

Maeryk

Maeryk

You can soak em with one of the water-repellant products designed for gun-socks and use them to wrap armor, guns, weapons, etc.. some civ war guys I know used to hoard old military blankets for that very reason.

Maeryk

Maeryk

I would suspect the more important question is "why would they need it". (Sorry for the tangent.. but..) In the time and age we are thinking of, I would suspect it would be more "at midday" or "at dawn" or "at dusk" than "At 4:35, please show up for a meeting..." Time was probably a hell of a lot cl...

Maeryk

talun

Is that Talun the Bastard? Or some other Talun?

Maeryk

Maeryk

Same idea as tanning, but it uses alum. Tanned furs usually lose the hair in a lot of species, (especially deer) because the follicles get loose and the hair falls out. Some species (due to their hair shape) will actually tan and keep their hair. Tawing is a slightly different practice, but alum shr...

Maeryk

I know the guys who do civ and rev war stuff do this for their guns: Get old wool army blankets.. spray them down with this water-dry stuff.. I totally forget the name.. but its used in gun-socks sometimes, then sew gun sleeves in the blankets for the guns. Seems to work really well for that purpose...

Maeryk

lemme noodle around with the wood I have, Ultragotha.. I'll see if I can replicate that, and let you know what I think it's worth.

(May be a week till I get to screwin with it tho.. company is sending me away over next weekend)

M

From another thread.. "new" combat archery rules?