The Armour Archive

jester

Two last little updates about this. 1) I can't find my files. They may be on the broken Toshiba in which case I'll eventually recover them. But since I got contacted by someone who can do laser/water cutting I don't want to wait that long. So I'm going to re-create the files. Which is actually prett...

jester

Gotta love the German obsession with games. http://www.ole-hendrik-design.de/der-kuenstler/requisiten-fuer-zdf-terra-x/ This site has another re-construction of the tower. Two baffles. This google book link has a nice picture of the tower. I believe the original only had two baffles. I've been looki...

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I believe that a nicely done, laser cut tower with Gothic tracery would be a salable item. Mac I agree. The laser I have access to won't cut metal. The plasma cutter I have access to will cut metal, but it won't handle the finer details and I think it would take hours to clean off the slag from the...

jester

So, looking at Edgar's reconstruction, I see that he has one baffle and then the exit stairs. http://members.chello.at/preinfalk/index/edgar/WT/lot3.jpg But, when I look at this image of the Bonn tower I think I am seeing two baffles. I see a baffle directly behind "HOSTIS", the rivets of which are...

jester

Mac wrote:Thank you, Jester! I feel much better about these now.

Have you read the article by Corbett?

Mac

No. But I've watched the YouTube video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qG9s4SRI14

jester

http://members.chello.at/preinfalk/index/edgar/Wuerfelturm.html http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=06D763737F5F3E727A8B0AE01DD6CAEF.journals?fromPage=online&aid=7253636 http://enifpegasus.blogspot.com/2012/09/aquae-flaviae-balneario-termal-romano.html If anyone has bette...

jester

My wife saw one of these about a year ago and demanded I make them. I made a design and made a test piece using the laser and some cardboard but I couldn't get the plasma cutter to do a decent job on the details. I shopped around for quotes from waterjet places but never got any responses. If I can ...

jester

See link above. I'll charge people printing costs if they want me to give them a paper copy, but they can have the info for free and print their own copy.

jester

Hrolfr wrote:I have until March 15th to make and learn a couple of these. There is an event "It's all fun and games" coming up!

I suggest Emperador/Ludus Angloricum. That's a simple and fun game to play and it spans a lot of cultures. Pareia de Entrada is another good one that fits the bill.

jester

Do you have any interest in later period tables games? Some years ago, I did reconstructions of a few Elizabethan period games using the rules described in Cotton's Compleate Gamester and Francis Willughby's A Volume of Plaies (both Restoration period, but the games are attested to earlier). Shoot ...

jester

PDF File here

jester

As there is always room for improvement no project is ever finished. For a given value of 'finished', however, this one is done. I test printed the booklet last night, made some minor corrections this morning, and called it done. For now. I've got a bunch of upgrades in mind. I'll post the PDF onlin...

jester

Arise from the dead thou shade of discussion! Arise!

http://www.academia.edu/2135669/Organiz ... ing_Houses

jester

This has been a very interesting little project. It really ballooned out of proportion to what I intended. I was just throwing together some rules for myself and then I thought I'd put them into a little handout that I could give people and then I started finding other resources and reading those an...

jester

Quality control, aka my lovely wife, insisted upon some changes. I re-drew the example boards to make them easier to read (square rather than triangular points, thinner lines, actual black pieces rather than the confusing crosses, added arrows to indicate direction of play). I re-wrote the rules to ...

jester

Halbrust wrote:Tagging in so I can see the updated version when it's finished.

Any criticisms or suggestions? The modern version of this is meant to be very simple and clear. I want people to pick this up, pick a game that looks interesting, and start playing within one minute.

jester

Jester, we in the Compaignye du Chalis have played some variations of backgammon that look a lot like some of these. We will have to try them at Crossroads in Time this June! Thank you! I'm about to double the size of the booklet with documented 14th century games (one of them called The English Ga...

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Google Document Here This is a draft document. I've amended it since (but that document is offline right now) but the writing is substantially the same. What I'm interested in finding out is: Does it make sense? Could you play the games I am describing in this booklet? My plan is to make the bookle...

jester

A shaped leather case such as those used for carrying wax tablets is perfectly period for her and there are surviving examples in the Met.

jester

Karen, I've got to dispute the Time Traveler's Guide. I own it, I've read it twice, and I'm reading it again right now. (Sort of, it's my I'm awake with the baby at 3am, still, book.) It's got some errors/generalizations in it that make me question the rest of the material. I would far rather recomm...

jester

Let the planning commence! I will be there this year. I don't know if I'll take the bus down and bachelor camp for a couple of days or if I'll bring the whole family for the whole shebang, but I'll be there.

jester

I've done the five of polo-sticks (above)... So, what distinguishes this as a five? Is that a stylized numeral? Numbers and card backs (designs on the back of the card) are all Renaissance or later innovations introduced in Europe (so far as I can tell). You are expected to know the number the card...

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Playing Cards 101: To learn more about this subject you need to look at the World of Playing cards website and Andrew Pollet's website. The origins of playing cards are unknown but there have been a lot of structures built upon some shaky evidence. The earliest known playing card (as we would recogn...

jester

Been wanting to do these for a long time. It's not complete and it's far from perfect but I'm pretty happy with the progress.

jester

Ah the Free Companies. The gateway drug to the 14th Century. Welcome to your new addiction. I'll sell you a 14th Century Mafia sticker when you're ready. "Dat's a real nice bascinet. Be a shame if anything was to happen to it. "See, there was this one guy, didn't take the protection plan? Well, now...

jester

The idea for the company we are working on is amorphous right now, My wife is a fan of Pirates, and i am a fan of mercenaries, but if it goes one way or the other it will still be fun. Currently we are just floating ideas and see what we like. I'm thinking that the armor/helmets, and weapons and ge...

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The Devil's Broker: Seeking Gold, God and Glory in 14th Century Italy] A nice little book about the free companies in Italy, particularly the one lead by Sir John Hawkwood. I didn't get all the way through it, but what I did read wasn't bad. I enjoyed the Devil's Broker, but I came away with the im...

jester

And now trying to be helpful. Look up the Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner as translated by Lady Goodenough. It's available free on the web. Somewhere around page 300 he begins to talk about Frey Roger de Flor and the Grand Catalan Company. Not the first free company by any stretch of the imagination, bu...

jester

Ah the Free Companies. The gateway drug to the 14th Century. Welcome to your new addiction. I'll sell you a 14th Century Mafia sticker when you're ready.

jester

With Mold Max you mix your two liquids, you de-gas in the vacuum chamber, and then you pour. No need to keep it in a vacuum while the mold is curing. Some people try to overcome the bubble issue by pouring their mix into the mold box from a height (several feet above the box) and pouring to one side...

jester

I've done it without the vacuum as well. I found the difference in quality was significant.

jester

Steve S. wrote:Do you use the vacuum pump when making the mold or casting the actual parts?

Steve

Making the mold.

jester

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/970931_4622542841576_857988886_n.jpg I did these using Mold Max. I had two molds and I alternated between them to keep them from getting too hot. I also used talc powder to help protect them. Ignore the patina, please. I hate it, but the customer demande...

jester

A quick and dirty *possible* fix for your issue is to hold the mold about 30 degrees off vertical (face down, back up) when you pour the metal. But, with soapstone molds, pre-heating the mold and heating your metal to a higher temperature are the way to go. You're using a propane torch to melt the m...

jester

Mold Max. But you'll need a vacuum pump to de-gas the mix.

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