The Armour Archive

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With a perfect treb, you want a 100:1 weight ratio for CW to ammo. It depends on the beam ratio. 100:1 is ideal for a beam ratio of 5:1, where the payload end of the arm is 5 times longer than the counterweight end of the arm. The rule of thumb (known as "phsstpok's Rule") to use is mass ratio = 20...

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Just as this thread was falling behind, I came across this:
From http://www.geocities.com/lyanna96/otherpics.html
[img]http://www.geocities.com/lyanna96/pics/plate.jpg[/img]
The caption reads "A funky set of armor"

I can't even tell what it's made of.

What disturbs me more is that guy's 18thC (?) kilt.

Hew

Some of the Mandrake weapons use EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) foam. A thin (1/8" or so) version is sold as "craft foam". See m - Heh, they even show how to make a crested greathelm with 1/2" thick EVA. As it happens, Mandrake sells it as "5# EVA Architectural Foam" for DIY weapons - m - it's not cle...

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[quote="Wyrm"]Looks like its curve upwards, in fact its pretty obvious that thats how it is when looking at his already made spaulders on the same page so I will do it that way, ...[quote] That and the way it shows where to punch the rivet holes for the straps, which are on top in the phot...

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Yesun Tege wrote:... but is not incredibly heavy?

Well, you need a fair amount of mass to absorb the kinetic energy. If you had an ultra-light-yet-magically-undentable helm (great for protection against sharp or pointy blades), all that energy would be dissipated by your head and neck.

Hew

Not a stupid question. It seems somewhat arbitrary, as far as mechanical function goes.
On this 15thC pattern by the same author - http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/s ... on_sinric/ - the curved edge looks like it's on the bottom.

Hew

Have a look at "Silk Road Designs", starting with "Rigid Domes
" (helms) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus ... ge13b.html
and "Helmet Side and Back Defenses" http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus ... ge13e.html .

Over in the Armour: I want to be a... section, there's a "I wanna be a STEPPES WARRIOR" thread: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=43577

Hew

Google to the rescue: m ca. 1210-1220? Hodenc, Raoul De. Le Roman Des Eles : The Anonymous Ordene De Chevalerie. John Benjamins Pub Co., 1983. Click Here to Order via Amazon Books. Two texts which date to the early 13th Century. They are probably the oldest items that are more treatise on chivalry t...

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I even found one that looks like........an armadillo! m It could be a badger or something as well. Maybe it's a dog in armour. http://www.ptak.org/splats/02.09.iowa_wisconsin/im001804_hotr_dog_in_armor_9286.jpg That would seem to be a combat dog. Not long ago I spotted an image of a dog in armour, ...

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It's supposed to be a game. If you're not having fun you're not doing it right. What he said. And the other way around too. "If you're having fun, you're doing it right." I die frequently and quickly, mostly from having little regard for my pretend personal safety and lack of practise, but it's sti...

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Alphonse wrote:We did the demo in conjunction with the local cinema for the opening of the Kingdom of Heaven...

Any excuse to beat on your friends, right?

In http://gkeller.photosite.com/KingdomofH ... N0514.html - Is that a madu he's got there, on the left?

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D. Sebastian wrote:Here's a few of my peeps, though I'm not in this one:
[img]http://www.hausvdk.com/galleries/Pennsic33/P33-0591_IMG.JPG[/img]

Heh. For a second there, I thought those chair backs were some kind of outlandish haute-piece or batwings or something. Didn't seem likely.

Hew

Well, some tools can do for both. - Jigsaw for cutting - measuring tools, like calipers and dressmakers' tape measure, set squares. - an anvil-like object and hammer to hammer rivets (whether real rivets or 2-part "Rapid Rivets". - some leather working tools for making straps and hinges (even just a...

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One more thing. 8. PERIODIC TESTING OF PROTECTIVE GEAR: Kingdoms shall require all gear to have been formally tested (including fabric and mask tests, as appropriate) at least once every two years. Compliance is the responsibility of the individual fighter. Any protective gear may be formally tested...

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m A. HEAD AND NECK: i. The front and top of the head must be covered by rigid material to below the jaw line and behind the ears. Standard 12 kg fencing masks are known to meet this standard. If built to this standard, fencing helms are also acceptable. ii. The face must be covered by either 12 kilo...

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I started a thread a little while ago that asked that (among other things).
"Crossed Legs - several questions" - http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=44915
Might be something there for you.

Hew

Ceramite wrote:It could be an old banana.

But banarnas are not indigenous to the region. <monty_python>Are you suggesting that banarnas are migratory?</monty_python>

Hew

I don't see any reason you couldn't use two (or more) sizes. Little ones (half size?) for tailoring around curved surfaces and edges, and big ones for everywhere else.

Hew

And the best part is that we'll (again) have royalty whose names are easy to pronounce during toasts.

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... i just need something, anything, that would meet sca regs and be big enough to fit over my 23 1/2 inch noggin and my glasses, wich is the really hard part. Glasses - Is this for SCA combat? The Society Armour Standards say: [quote]2. Eye Wear: a. The lens of all eyewear shall be shatterproof in...

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I'm curious about that purple shield in the middle carried, I think, by the guy in blue. It looks oddly curved, (anticlastic curve) almost like one of those jousting shields.

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Jay Sabath wrote:...should be shoulder to shoulder and chin to crotch...

I've read that, but does the width include spaudlers?

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Broadway, Just for the record, I am 47yrs young. I started heavy just over a year ago. I may or may not EVER win awards or recognition for my efforts. I'm not even sure how many good years of fighting I have ahead of me (hell, who does?). I fight because I LOVE it, the skill, the commraderie, the F...

Hew

I wonder what the rivets are supposed to do, besides making it harder to polish?

Hew

Yeah, I kinda like the punch work on the pauldrons and the unusual tips on the arm lames.

Hew

from your statements on straps it sounds like you are planning on strapping it to your forearm and not using it as a center grip. An "X" strap for the grip, and a wider single strap with a buckle, 2/3 of the way towards the elbow. I'll be using the plumb line from the corner method to find the angl...

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So, there are a number of threads and web sites about how to bend and laminate a shield, but a few points are missing in all of them. - Why curved? What's the advantage, other than looking a cooler than a flat shield. Is it supposed to give a bit better coverage (by wrapping around the body a bit) o...

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Here are some sizes. From Cariadoc's Miscellany - The Perfect Armor http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/armor_fig_5.gif As near as I can make out, "his" lamella is for a klibanion (Byzantine body armor). What will it take to make your klibanion? The one illustrated contains about 180 lamellae with ...

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Have a look through "The Sword & Buckler Tradition" m - in four parts. There are quite a few bucklers shown with what appear to be decorative elements (lots of repousse?), but the construction details are not easy to make out. Some day I'm gonna make me one with a face, like this one: http://www.the...

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Sasha_khan wrote:When one of our guys does it, we get to point and laugh...

Until they lose their temper?

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Hmm the only semi insulating jaw covers I could think of that would thake the hammering these will se would be made from Ti---are there others you had in mind Hew? Hmm... hammering wasn't specified in the design spec. That could be tricky, since a lot of candidates are ceramic, granular, compressib...

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Yeah, it occured to me after finding all those hinge images that all of them depended on the barrel not coming unbent. For the DIY hinges to fail, they would either have to shear the pin in several places, or tear the barrel, or pop the rivets before they come apart. It would be like butted maille v...

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Ah. "Cone Grinding Wheel" is the magic phrase. Now I gotta find one this side of the border, but at least I know now what they're called.
Any of Type 16, 17, or 19 would work for me.
Thanks.

Re: spaulders question

Re: An effigy question

Re: Pics from our little Demo

Re: need a begginers helm.....as cheap as posible

Heater Shield - Get Bent

Re: Here's the thing to remember...