The Armour Archive

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Yah Matt, your light kit is probably approaching my full harness in weight.
Now given your preffered armor - its down right sporty.

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I call Master Knut and give him my measurements. A few weeks later a small heavy box shows up at my door.

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Sounds like fun to me. I would suggest a specific battle or historical tournament, not just an 'all mail battle' that way there is some culture and history for people to chew on as they prepare.

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http://www.bicolline.org/

I gotta learn to speak french.

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Aaaagh, and now I have the plague! Pot helm and mucus... cant wait.

Remember the tourney starts an hour earlier this year. 11am.

Also be advised we are competing against Disney Princesses on Ice for parking, their first show is 10:30 am so expect the parking garage to be full by 9:30.

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The battle of Haversfjord. Find something to make ships out of, define a ship as 25' long and 8' wide at its widest. Ships are rafted together to make a killing field. Access to the enemy ships is across the bows, so engagements are at and angle. The sides of ships act as a low barrier, so either no...

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I usually dragoon Olaf into marshaling. He is a good sport.

I will be there and try to fight the whole thing. Last year I kept getting interrupted for business.

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But they are all so clean!

Great stuff. Check out "The Life of a Knight, 1171 1252" Same groups, many of the same armours are photographed several times in there.
Gwen has this book http://historicenterprises.biz/book-the-life-of-a-knight-11711252-p-588.html?cPath=103_142

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How about sheets of wedge riveted and tailoring kits, or the component system the GDFB tried and seems to have fizzled on.

Or stainless steel flat wire and wedge riveted.

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Greenlander.

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That's brilliant!

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Somewhere I think I have seen a faceted (think fluted) barbute like helmet, 15th century time frame. It had very eastern european influences. Maybe Master Magnus will chime in on this one. Or some of the czec armourers.

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Really really want!

Robert whats the best way to get there from across the pond?
Heathrow and then thumb it? Or is there a local airfield.

I am wondering what BA will think about the weight of my kit and how much that will cost me.

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Great googly mooglies!

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Ooooooooooooh cotehardie....

must resist buying more clothes from tailor...
feh sleeves are too short anyway.
Curse you and your proportional anatomy.

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Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

750 seriously?

Who has the really really want racoon?

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He's dead Jim.
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Happy end of a long and happy day.
Ursus even was nice enough to take two pictures because I was looking... ahmm, well... thoughtful in the first one.

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I dont know... I am rather partial to my own action figure.

Master Magnus' isnt bad either, but its very limited edition.

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now, i would like to see us get away from the stupidity that is engagement and allow striking from behind. i dont get the mindset that makes someone think that being hit from behind is any different than being hit from any other direction. which, by the way, we already allow so long as your unit is...

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Congrats to Edward!
Most excellent news.

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Mine fail the 'budget' part of the equation. But they are available. I will be putting together a couple of pairs in different sizes soon. These will be in hardened 1050. I am contemplating a stealth pair for a possible Norse kit I am thinking about building. (Having hauled out the Viking/Scandihoov...

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think geek has a fantastic hero prop model of the type I phaser.
want....

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Thanks for the feedback guys.

I will try refining my design, and timing myself on a production run. These took me quite literally forever to get finished.

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I have evidently priced these too high for general interest, so what would you pay for these? I am not committing to selling these at a reduced price, although I may if it seems reasonable. I am curious as to what folks think a fair price might be. Size: Extra Large to Large (Built on an extra large...

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Saritor wrote:Those are some pretty awesome boots letting you levitate around the field like that, too.

Nah that's a single rotor hover Duke there.

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Also what time and where.

My kit could possibly be thought of as 'Norman' but would be veeery late, being from around 1250. It is a bit generic but is locatable to northern Europe.

I suspect you are interested in the armors worn by the vavasours during the period of the Conquest of England?

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Sold to Cellach pending receipt of payment.

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Rolland I have one other interested party ahead of you so far.

If he decides not to buy it it's yours.

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Yes as I mentioned above the seizing is coming undone, the core of the string appears to be fine. I will see if I can shoot a better picture here shortly.

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This is a target bow.
I suppose if you wanted to you could switch out the prod for a lighter stave and use it for combat archery. As is, no this would likely drive the fiberglass shaft through the safety head of the bolt.

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Big Badda Bump......

Chicken good!

WISBY Gauntlets: what would you pay