The Armour Archive

Hew

Also, if you use canvas the same colour as the field of your arms, it doesn't need painting so you don't get your arms scuffed up as badly. The rest of your arms painted on will stick better too. Excellant idea. Even if you used white canvas and Rit dye (the same colour as the field) before paintin...

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In the SCA cuts to the head are fatal. I can hear when the blade strikes and call it as good. I then let my partner tell me if it was not a valid blow (flat or not enough of a draw.) Ah. Varies by Kingdom. Society regs: A. Blows are struck by: thrusting with the point of the blade (thrust); sliding...

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Calling somebody out because of a silly internet argument is pretty dumb. I suppose you think it would be dumb to defend a master's thesis with boxing gloves instead of, say, reasoned arguments demonstrating familiarity with the subject. Some of those university professors are pretty slow with thei...

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Two man enter, one man leave! This is how me and my freinds fight: One on one, each man armed with a sheild and shinai (home-made) Unarmoured, no helmets. Full Contact. Fight until surrender. Are you out of your mind, or are you just young, without any children of your own? (Having children tends t...

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An excellant introductory site, great selection of photos, and representative of my own conception of what goes on in the SCA, so it must be right. "Its kind of "full-contact Ren Fair with better garb and fewer pirates." Yeah, something like that. And, I'm glad to see Natasha's still there. No, real...

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Herzeleid wrote:And spikes... big, nasty spikes. I want spikes. Yah, pointy spikes...

Nah.
Repousse scales, some fangs, and a forked tongue.

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It sounds a bit like the thing about how many hoofs are raised on an equestrian statue dedicated to a Civil War officer, except that Snopes sez there is no pattern. - m What a coincidence... further down that page, it has this: [quote]This type of statuary lore is neither new nor unique to equestria...

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Heh. My wife found my copy for $5.00 at a Salvation Army Thrift Shop. Mint condition. She didn't even know it was a sought-after item, she just thought "Gee, maybe he'll like this one, it's got pictures of armour in it". http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/download.php?id=1137 http://forums.armou...

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who says helms dont look right without more armor? I beg to disagree. Cheers, Leo [image: m ] Yeah, it looks nice, but... I can't see exactly how close the mesh goes, but I think I'd object to the nasal sticking out (both above and below the visor) as having the potential to trap blade tips, especi...

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1. What got you into armoring? Siege Engines. If I want to become a Siege Marshal, I need a Heavy auth. For that I need armour. Soon, the interest in armour overtook the interest in Siege. My first project, though, was a buckler for Rapier Combat. 2. What do you most enjoy about the process? Concept...

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how do you do this? i'm thinng on greaves and vanbraces, i can't do it with out altering the shaping and with out leaving hammer marks I have a similar problem with bucklers, in the transition between the umbo and the flat part. The only thing I can think of is to make something like a saddle stake...

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So, what's the story on the crossed legs on effigies? Most "sources" mention that it is thought that it means the knight either went on crusade, or died in battle, or both, but they don't claim it's the real deal. See renderings of effigies at m Is there thought to be a connection with the Tarot car...

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While not a proper blackening procedure, you can get a really cool effect by heat blackening a dished piece (before or after planishing) and jumping straight to #600 grit sandpaper, #1000 grit, and then buffing compound on a wheel. It comes out with this random-looking polygonal pattern of spots of ...

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Halberds wrote:I experimented with some leaves with veins in em, but the time was to great.

How about one of these?
http://www.centaurforge.com/trlv.html or http://www.saber.net/~jere/tools.html or some of these Leaf Vein Tools.

Hew

If sandwiching two 1/4" layers together, would it make much difference to add a third layer of, say, a 3" wide frame or border around on the back? I'm thinking it would help make it a bit more rigid without adding a lot more weight overall. I'd bevel the inside edge so there's fewer splinters, maybe...

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Why not go ahead and throw on a helmet with a peascod breastplate? That would probably look great. Or would that be illegal? I don't think it would be illegal, as such, but probably not a good idea. I was at a practise where someone decided to try wearing a solid steel breastplate (I forget why, ju...

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Hmmm... Welding is out. No equipment, no skills. Same for casting. I had considered a lamp part, but these are usually in some awful fake brass colour, and the rest of it won't have brass anyway. Then there's all the schlepping around looking for the right-shaped part. (wait a minute - I know where ...

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So, how might one go about fabricating the pointy bit on the top of this helm, and attaching it? m http://www.samarkandia.com/images/produits/19.jpg It's gonna be for a friend, for costume only, not combat. I considered turning it on a lathe and tapping a thread in the bottom, but that doesn't seem ...

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"Ork armour" - from the Orkneys? frikkin "ninja pirate" armor with sparklies and frikkin "laser" beams attached to the helms NO! The laser beams go on the sharks. How many times do i have to tell you ... No way. Bears with laser eyes. See m (1.4MB) From m (in case the animated GIF doesn't load direc...

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Swap every \ (backslash) or "%5C" in the URL for a forward slash / and the links work. "So you want a Rapier Helmet?" m Other solutions.......... The "Leather Rapier Helm" to cover an FIE mask looks pretty good - vaguely like a spangenhelm/zischagge crossbreed. See m for photos and plans. Some marsh...

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Again, some leather armour that I'd be willing to wear. It looks comfy and safe. Verra nice.

Did your seal or paint the surface of the aluminum in any way? I'm thinking of oxidation rubbing off on a gambeson and leaving grey marks.

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Horradrick wrote:Those are Soup-can knees and elbows... though don't try to pass that off as a historical name...

How about "gomiti di Campbelli"?

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I've heard about these soup can elbows, what do they look like? " Since no one else has jumped in, I'll put in my $0.02. I think these are "soup can" elbows: [img]http://www.historicenterprises.com/images_store/products_medium/product_267.jpg[/img] Version for knees: [img]http://www.historicenterpr...

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I've had good luck with a 2 pound and a 5 pound cast iron dumbell from WalMart. Of course it took a bit of grinding, filing, and polishing to get a nice domed surface.

Oh, and discarded railroad spikes gleaned from the banks of a railway. A silversmith friend called them "spoon stakes".

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... or with a little bit more money buy a electric shear from Makita < they work very nice >. I've borrowed an electric shear from my workplace. I forget the brand name, but it wasn't some modern knockoff. It was fast, but I had better luck using my decrepit old Black & Decker jig saw. Easier t...

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Kniggit wrote:I hate myself, i never finish anything....

I'll see your unfinished hauberk and raise you a piece of 16ga galvy 6-in-1 that was going to be a byrnie and has been about the size of placemat for over a year.

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davidt: Darn. I wanted to show them to someone today, and now the pix are gone, 404, evaporated.

Could you still send them (the photos) to me by private message?

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Ooops - more stuff.

"Simple Quintain Construction"
http://www.duchytarragon.com/Building%2 ... intain.htm

Some discussion here: "Quintains and Jousting" http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... ain#180851

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Hmmm. Not much available, after a quick google. Assuming you want it for SCA Equestrian activities, there's this: m [quote]2. Quintain a. Equipment i. The Quintain, approximately 8Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ tall, heavily weighted at the base, with a shield firmly bolted to the right arm, and a sandbag filled with rag...

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http://www.gemstone.play.net/etimes/et9 ... #vervelles

Staples or metal rings which were attached to the lower edge of a helmet. Aventails and camails were affixed to helmets by means of the vervelles and a series of leather cords.

Tubular vervelles: http://www.gildedboar.com/klappvisier/id2.html (nice how-to, with pix)

Some more (not tubular): http://www.mandrakearmory.com/Merchant2 ... gory_Code=

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- Stretching and warmups beforehand, even if only for 5 minutes.
- Water.
- Ibuprofen

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Yup. Works now.
Looks great.

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This is what I get:

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Iohne wrote:Buy a pack of brass escutcheon pins at your local harware store, then just nip and peen!

Bingo. That's what I was thinking of. I spotted some a few days ago (and saw the name) in a hardware store that is not particularly large, so they should be easy to find.

Hew

That looks pretty cool, with the twist in the overlaps and all. With age and oxidation in areas like the crevices, the design will only become more obvious (in a good way). But ... isn't there a problem with the ends of the grille bars being (apparently) riveted to the inside of the cheek plate? m ,...

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Magyar helm - how to make the pointy top?