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Templar Bob/De Tyre

Alucard: Check with the Blue Pages in the front of your telephone book for your local Department of Transportation/Department of Public Works. They will likely have decommissioned aluminum signs available cheap or free. One of my dear friends on this board (Conrad the Mad) made his first SCA combat ...

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Look i didnt take any important signs, so get over it. And there is justification, i paid for them, my taxes paid for them! But you did make a good point the signs will probably be really hard to form. Im gonna try though and if it is i wont take any more. Besides im not a knight of chivlary, i don...

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Would there be anyone willing to put me and my friend Kevin up for Saturday night? I don't relish the idea of doing the drive up and back all in the same day....

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Kass: Mosulin (muslin) and Gaza cloth (gauze) that was made in the 12th and 13th centuries was of much better quality than what is commonly referred to as "muslin" today, and you state correctly that it was sufficiently expensive that only the very wealthy could afford it. Linen was cheaper and easi...

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Okay, very frustrated... I've attempted to e-mail the people who make [url]http://www.magicsculp.com]Magic Sculp[/url] , to no avail. I've even called the company in California to learn if they have any distributors in Indiana. I'd like to order the five-pound size, so I can get started...by I'm get...

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...I mean, for the love of all that is good, can these guys be serious? They saw it in a movie, liked it, made it, are selling it, and are saying it's "accurate"? Vikings wore leather tunics with star-shaped studs?! Artemis: ⋅ Yes, they're serious. ⋅ Yes, they're saying it's acc...

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Something that I've not seen suggested is this; wouldn't sponsorship by certain armouries and swordmakers make sense here? If one chooses to use their products, would it not stand to reason that one could be a spokesperson for, say Albion "Next Generation" swords, or by Lutel? I can see the commerci...

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Having read over the past week the pros and cons of ArenaJoust and ArenaCombat being bandied about, I've come to the following conclusions: ⋅ People will participate if safety is reasonably provided for. ⋅ People will participate because of the added incentive of a purse. ⋅&...

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Vitus wrote::roll:

Vitus:

You really do need to lighten up.

Templar Bob/De Tyre

Hush: Bad girl, no cookie! Bran: A "Tree of Charlemagne" tournament works thusly: You have a group of "Champions" grouped within a fenced area, with a "Tree". The tree has various small shields hanging from the branches--some have the heraldry of the "Champions", some have other items emblazoned. T...

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.....you mean in the SCA not in the sack! What Templar Bob said - and true, nothing says kill me! better than a dislocated knee! What Bascot didn't tell you: The ambulance got lost on the way to the hospital. While driving on some really crappy roads, the ambulance driver hit a particularly nasty b...

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I've had: Chipped teeth (poorly strapped great-helm) Chipped elbow (shot to elbow bottomed out the padding) Sprained ankle (fighter twice my size lost his footing and fell on me; I could feel the tendons ripping) Separated rib (from a too-enthusiastic spearman) Broken ankle (slipping on wet grass i...

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Edward:

Somewhere, I have an article on a tournament fence...let me dig around a bit, and I'll shoot you the URL.

Has anyone tried a "Tree of Charlemagne" Pas'?

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Brother Fjordhr & RandallMoffett:

Not a problem.

He'd have to be awfully gutsy to attempt to sell more items with people waiting.

Templar Bob/De Tyre

That doesn't change the fact that the last recorded date listing a post by courtjester himself is still dated October 14th. If you go to the thread in question , you'll see that. If you do a search under "courtjester", you'll also get a date index, indicating the last time he posted in that thread. ...

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Oh. Wow.

Words fail me. This is gorgeous kit.

Templar Bob/De Tyre

Hello, An odd way to introduce myself to the forum for which I humbly apologise,but if I can help in any way,please feel free to get in touch.For some odd reason that I cannot really explain,I sort of specialize in early period armour. On my website you will see several pictures of spangenhelms ,Ãƒ...

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Brother Fjordhr wrote:I am sure you have all noticed this by now. But, Courtjester apears to be back and selling helmets. In this very forum.

Incorrect.

The last date on the thread in question showing a post by CourtJester is October 14th, a full five months ago.

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As an aside to this subject: One of the more amusing items regarding the galloglas is the ordinance that states "The only penalty for showing up to muster without a helm is the galloglas' brain (heavily implying that if you're negligent to show up to muster for battle without one, you deserve whatev...

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There are certain requirements for participation that are not detailed in the announcement that should probably be noted. Participants need suitable armour if they want to joust , and should have insurance. Armour isn't required for the hunt games. Beyond that, you'll be allowed to do anything you'...

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Sinric Mailweaver's "My Past Armour Projects and Patterns"

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Sir Gaston wrote:
Templar Bob/De Tyre wrote:Sir Gaston:

Are you talking about Magic-Sculpt?

Bob,
I was wrong. It was Magic-Sculpt. The Devcon was a filled Epoxy.

Ahhh...Magic-Sculpt I'm familiar with.

I'm got the webpage bookmarked somewhere--I'll have to find it.

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I am still considering how I want to approach my shield for this Deed. I want a nice surface for gilding, but I would like some raised features as well. I am going to spend the entire year getting ready for this. It seems that the idea that Sir Gaston has is a valid one for raised charges. Dependin...

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Vitus: In a previous thread regarding the Gulf Wars Pas, you wrote: I have a Company that is planning a Deed of Arms for a year from this Easter- over one year away. We are called The Seven, and we plan on going all out. I myself will have gold leaf on my shield, plumes on my head and precious ston...

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Vitus: I'm going to try an experiment with the epoxy putty--I have two shield blanks in plywood, and will make a low-relief of Heartburn Kitty on one, and one with Hushgirl's heraldry on the other, then cover them both with canvas and gesso. Then, do field testing. If it works out, perhaps you'll h...

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It's a little early to get out an official schedule, but as things progress, I'm sure that we'll have a published schedule to send out. But, the summary you came up with looks good. PS: Talbot, remember to bring your B2 so I can refurb it with new bolts. There should be a class for the Care and Fee...

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Sir Gaston: I'll be eagerly awaiting the news on the gallery. Sounds like a good idea. On the "bas-relief charges": I was considering adding my charges that way by carving them in wood, then gluing them onto the face of my shield, then covering it all in canvas, gessoing, painting and other detaili...

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Sir Gaston:

Are you talking about Magic-Sculpt?

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Reference without base address.

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Master Geoffrey MacDhomhuill of GAA Armouries m That one has some similarities to one of the helmets displayed in the Mongol Invasion Museum in Hakata, Japan. Photos of that helm shows a front brim that's more "policeman's cap" shaped (that is, with a downward slope) than flat, like the one on GAA ...

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T Bob I cant get the pictures from the camera to the computer. It's a software problem. My wench figured out how to put pictures on the board here, I just cant get them out of the camera onto the hard drive. Thanks though, we'll figure it out. Good luck with that... The lose/tight lacing thing is g...

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You know, I already have 'scalloped' or 'bullet'-shaped lamellar, but I am not finding it as flexible as I had wished. Bob, or anyone familiar with lamellar for that matter, do you think this might have to do with the way it was laced or is it that certain designs of lamellar lend themselves to bet...

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Sir Gaston: I'll be eagerly awaiting the news on the gallery. Sounds like a good idea. On the "bas-relief charges": I was considering adding my charges that way by carving them in wood, then gluing them onto the face of my shield, then covering it all in canvas, gessoing, painting and other detailin...

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Animal:

If you can e-mail the pictures to me, I can post them from my Home@armourarchive account....

To Vitus - RE: The Deeds of the Seven, Eastertide, 2005

Re: RE: