The Armour Archive

Nissan Maxima

If you die and are on the ground you have been demoted to terrain and I will walk on you. If you are piled six deep I will drive pitons into you and climb. Me? I get out of dodge as fast as I can even if it means taking a few more shots after I am dead as I run screaming out of the press like a litt...

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A painting I did of that helmet using my crappy photographs as source material.

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This helmet fron The GNM in Nurnburg is probably contemporary with the almain. My apologies for the crappy photo.

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Here is a print by Holbein showing a ritter wearing an Almain with full greaves Gauntlets etc, fighting a zombie.

Germans seemed to have a lot of trouble with Zombies.

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Get thee to:
http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/

All, and I mean ALL the answers are there.

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You guys are all a little too interested in my codpiece.

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[/b]Nissan Maxima[b] were you planning to wear greaves or red stockings with that? Are you attaching the knees to the tassets or wearing free floating knees? Where are you getting the helm from? You need a more appropriate cod peice with a flame motif to match. I want case greaves and cow mouth sab...

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Conal O'Rylan wrote:hotness man hotness. id say youd be the baddest looking mutherfluffer onfield. now what about the rest of your gear? gonna paint to match?

Yeah, baby.

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Nissan Maxima - are you doing the articulated legs (with knees) then rather than the long tassets? What sort of helm are you getting? Have progress photos yet? I am still not very confident in my fluting yet. I keep practicing on little items. It would be nice to do the "sun rise" fluting...

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Those Landsknechts sure did have a lot of problems with zombies.

This is the suit I am working on, but with a different hat.

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Landsknecht vs. Zombie

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Karl, Thats a nice almain. Where'd you come by that?

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My swords weigh 2.5 lbs. I am told I do not commonly hit light.

My real sword also weighs 2.5 lbs.

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http://honorblade.com/pics/2007/07-Penn ... arge-3.jpg

Has Louis de Leon and his banner the "red mumu of vengeance"

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Now that half swording is legal it has really opened up new possibilities for this form. I leg people and then step in and stabify em while I hold the blade and hilt.

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Ha! Wait six months, a new onw will turn up.

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Guy,
My new swords dont match my outfit. I am gonna wait to use the new stuff till I match. You'll just hafta put up with the same old stuff till then.

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Cet wrote:If I remember correctly Greadwynn was wearing a set of Mac's mittens at Aethelmark 12th night. Excellent gauntlets.

Greadwynnes and Alonzio's gauntlet (And I have a pair as well) are made by Grettr the slow, of House Clovenshield.

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Your squire Jehan has a set of finger gauntlets that probably work, if they are anything like the set Gruber made for me.

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I wont be at estrella but I want a gs type 4.

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Sorry man, Really. I would never intentionally hurt a lady. in the crowd I run in, calling me a "squire" is actually an insult, but I'm guessing by context none was intended. Find me on the field and I will make amends and / or give you a chance to try to take it out of my hide. I would ap...

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Cian,
I really dig those chapes.

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This is my Zveihander, "Schvantzstucker". Nissan, what did you use for the quillions? They look awesome. Might we get a closer pic of those? The quillions are turned down from 1.25 machine brass rods, tapped on the inside (towards the blade) with .5 in threads and screwed into the main bo...

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Ignoring or snubbing royalty is an asshole stunt. Indeed, it is exactly the same asshole stunt as ignoring or snubbing anyone else. I have never advocated nor engaged in ignoring or snubbing royalty. I have outright insulted or attempted to bodily injure a few, but that was on their own merits as as...

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This is my Zveihander, "Schvantzstucker".

He is 60 inches long and weighs exactly 6 lbs. Blade at widest point 2.5 x 1.5 inches.

Picture of boy and dog included for scale.

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I am not a subject of any king. I am occasionally a valued employee. That said, I provide a service to my local group in terms of training. I help the local army train, and my men serve as an "aggressor" force for the locals to train against. The local army (midlands) is in a pitiful state...

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I want those things if Leo doesn't. And if he does, where did you get them?

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MT, Let me get this straight. I can take my great sword and smash you across the eyeslots pretty much as hard as I want, and thats okey dokey, but a firm jab in that same place is not cool? We are not asking to take your head off. Just something not completely pussified. I have unfortunately done th...

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Or, wait patiently in your car till they leave the store, and then run them over accidently, crippling them. Now that will teach them.

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I'll send the kids over. Make sure I get em get back in time to fight.

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Okay, A review of the scientific literature indicates that it takes 7.2 kg of force to penetrate the skin over a human (cadaver) cheek with a blade with an edge radius of 0.10 mm. 7.4 forehead 8.6 scalp. From "resistance of human skin to puncture and laceration" McGuire, et al. National Be...

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I was reprimanded by my opponent. The second time, I was thrown out of the tourney for ten minutes. You got a "time-out"? BAAAA-HA-HA-HA! That's AWESOME! Couple of years ago I got a time out for 2 months in the midrealm. For the same style that earned me whatever reknown I ever had in the...

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Ha! If I fought now like I used to I would get kicked out of this game in a week. I know I sound like a snarly old fuck, but the fights I used to have with the artist curently known as Darius would put the local marshalate into an asylum if they had ever seen it. I miss the east coast. I miss the 80...

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If we are taking bets on this ( and I hope we are) I bet its hard to kill that pig. Let me tell you a story... At a long ago Pennsic war people who will not be named decided it would be swell to bring a pig, kill it onsite and cook it. What could possibly go wrong with that? So this real life karate...

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What did I just say? I clearly explained how I learn- by repetitive experience. If there are people out there who learn something from a one-off asskicking, then hats off to them. I am not encouraging or discouraging anyone from doing anything or not doing anything. I am an a-hole, meaning that fro...

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