The Armour Archive

Nissan Maxima

Raitos samurai scrap will just be winding up so there will be guys in armour at the fort. I may still have a fight left in me for him.

Nissan Maxima

She does look like she could kill a man with her guns.

Nissan Maxima

So sorry if I got your red lace panties in a twist with my suggestion, but so far, I've not heard anything better come from you. Owynn, How did you know?...Have you been peeking in my window? It wasn't realy an insult, more of a gentle jibe. It just seems naive. Like Duke Edmund observed, the guy w...

Nissan Maxima

Owynn,
The inside of your brain would be a great place to visit. I bet its full of puppies and butterflies. And Ice, I've been on the side of the East when you were a royal. Your song was different then.

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audax wrote:
Animal Weretiger wrote:Wow. The SCA is the new Meg.

Huh?

Family guy joke.

Nissan Maxima

To put this in perspective my little war cost me approx 1500 real life bucks to hire filthy mercenaries.

The budget for Pennsic must dwarf that.

Nissan Maxima

I have been paid goods and services that represent "significant' monetary value to put Clovenshield on the field for Pennsic.

Kings want to win.

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Mercenaries can exist because Kings care who wins the war more than they care about anything else. (Except being Kings) This year I am not fighting for a King but rather for Gabriel, of Gabriel's landing. (A wonderful neighborhood pub) I am doing this to thank him for his service in Iraq and for com...

Nissan Maxima

I'll take the suneate.

Nissan Maxima

I had Lasik as well and was surprised that it fucked up my fighting for about 6 months. You see it turns out that people had been swinging sticks at me! Very distracting. I got over it eventually.

Nissan Maxima

A bastard sword with crossguard and pommel milled from acetal. Made as a gift.

Nissan Maxima

Last night at practice this big goon comes up and says he would like to try this hitting people with sticks stuff. Well we suited him up in some crappy loaner gear and I sent him out to play with my boy Notch. And this new guys just beats the living shit out of him. Turns out the "new guy"...

Nissan Maxima

Yes and yes. I sent a picture of it to my friend and it brightened his day.

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I'll take one in fat bastard size in black. See you at the war.

Nissan Maxima

Heheheh.

Great video Kenrick. It is a blast to have Master Einar back again. I missed that guy.

Nissan Maxima

The siloflex swords can be a little light. If they weigh less than you are used to, build up tape on the striking edges till they weigh what you like.

Nissan Maxima

I know of one guy in the SCA who fights so much he uses solo flex becouse his sticks last 50% longer than regular rattan from the abuse he puts his weapons through. He has no problems I know of with people not taking shots from his weapons. But then he might be the exception to the rule. I am this ...

Nissan Maxima

Yes thats true. You also have to take blows that land on scabbards etc. Seems reasonable to me, you just have to keep awareness so you don't ignore a shot that lands on that crap.

Nissan Maxima

Over the years I have broken about a dozen other peoples fingers. [snip] If your hands aren't worth 75 bucks you need to re-examine your life choices. I'm thinkin' I'd be re-examining them 'long about the second time I broke someone else's hand. bad troll, no weevilly biscuit. Its OK, lets examine ...

Nissan Maxima

My bowcase rides on my left hip and my quiver rides on my right. In our combat I fire my arrows, case my bow and if there's anything left alive I draw my saber, unsling my shield and go kill it. Pretty simple. SCA seems to make such an occurrance way hard for no reason I can comprehend though. Have...

Nissan Maxima

I recieved the scabbard Sir Vitus made me that I intend as a gift for one of my guys.

It is, as is everything else I have ever had made by him, excellent.

Nissan Maxima

Sorry to hear your bad news.
I want to mention that I gave a pair of your aluminum gauntlets to one of my guys as a prize and he was thrilled with them. If you make those as part of your wholesale biz I will buy more of them.

Nissan Maxima

Over the years I have broken about a dozen other peoples fingers. Every one of them in some form of hockey glove. I bought one of my men a set of Sir Brand's aluminum guantlets. Really decent hand protection. They cost all of 75 bucks. If your hands aren't worth 75 bucks you need to re-examine your ...

Nissan Maxima

I don't think it would be a problem. Also, you want to find and talk to a Tuchuk named Xenon. He lives in your area and fights in a chair.

Nissan Maxima

It is that time of the year again. Many of us are looking towards the great Pennsic War and are practicing our melee skills. What melee units are looking good in your kingdom this year? In the East, we have had a long history of great melee units but they are always evolving, or eroding. This year ...

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Thanks for the compliment Nissan. Coming from the commander of another fine mellee unit I take that as a special honor. It is what it is. We (Clovenshield) do OK, but we are not big enough at 25 guys to dominate a big battle by ourselves. We can be a nifty force multiplier and make other units more...

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No offense intended, but I do not thinnk of Calontir as a great Mellee unit. Maybe back in the day, but not anymore.

That big shield wall is nice on a bridge, but lots of guys have that now. And in the open field I do not see a lot of aggression or mobility.

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Not in my kingdom, but then I don't have a kingdom. The Tuchux are the best mellee unit out there.

Nissan Maxima

One of the most effective weapons I've seen for a smaller/younger person is a crossbow. There was a lady at Gulf Wars this year who was less than five feet tall and very petite who was one of the most amazing combat archers I have ever seen. She would sneak around and inbetween the larger fighters ...

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See the thread Master Magnus and the Challenge of the Couter And Challange of the couter update? For my part, I would be gratified if someone would publish an image of the Couter itself. Although perhaps ordinary folk like myself aren't supposed to see it . . . Another thing I should like to see is...

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The Clovenshield National Anthem Howled offkey by drunks to the tune of Scotland the brave. (preferably played very badly on out of tune pipes.) Slaughter the bloody heathens. We'll fight for any reason. Long live House Clovenshield, and all of the lands belonging to us. Broadswords and axes swingin...

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He made my kabuto except for the face. Except for the not in the business anymore part, you could not ask for better.

Apparantly I kill armourers. I have three pairs of gauntlets and a helmet that are about the last thing the respective guys did before retiring or dissapearing.

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In SCA combat the penalty for getting hit in the leg is that you must then simulate oral sex on your opponent. So, let me get this straight. When you leg someone, you desire that they beat their helmet repeatedly into your crotch? When I get hit in the leg, I consider myself bested. The whole actin...

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Maeryk wrote:Yeah.. no one in their right mind would ever fight with huge horns on their helmet.

Of course not. That would just be silly.

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In SCA combat the penalty for getting hit in the leg is that you must then simulate oral sex on your opponent.

Re: Great Melee Units in your Kingdom