The Armour Archive

Nissan Maxima

tool dip does not survive more than minutes.

Polycarbonate resin (Bar tops) makes the sticks really hard and heavy. People would die.

How about just staining thick shaped bare rattan?

Nissan Maxima

Does his appearance (including his station) affect your decision? Sure, Someone who looks like they may have done this before is more likely to not be dismissed out of hand. Does your own station affect your decision? Only in that my guys who are also dead are likley to be reforming on me. Also, I a...

Nissan Maxima

As stated above the mask (Somen) is attached to a street hockey goalie mask that has been modified. I put that on and then put the helm (Kabuto) on over that and then tie the two together with a chin strap. (When I remember) My last helm that I wore for 16 years just pulled over my head and my chin ...

Nissan Maxima

Horse hair kawari kabuto.

Nissan Maxima

The horns are kydex and if they really get smacked thay come off and then I have to find them and tie them back on. The mon is a bronze dome and is attached to the horns with a nut and bolt. It did not survive being kicked in the head during the Tuchuk tournement. Well it probably survived but I nev...

Nissan Maxima

John Gruber made the gauntlets too. They are modified cuffless wisby made out of 1050. I love them although they are a little beat up because I am a moron and block on my hands.

Nissan Maxima

Its more of an Elvis lip curl.
Thank you very much.

Nissan Maxima

Pennsic was the first time I got to wear my new kabuto and Somen made by Mykaru and gruber respectivelly.

Nissan Maxima

Ok. Yeah, I saw you guys in the woods. I was dead at the time though.

Nissan Maxima

The duece and a half is Clovenshield's. Random Wronghand bought it on the internet.

Nissan Maxima

Does being a moron and forgetting to buckle it count? If so twice in 33 years, no damage. Once I was charging a line of poles and a guy grounded his and I ran onto it with my face. That ripped my helmet clean off my head, chin strap and all. I just kept running but with my forearms over my face scre...

Nissan Maxima

I have forgotten his name but he is from Florida. Why?

Nissan Maxima

I loved the CA woods battle even though I broke my bow string after only murdering six. Next time, if there is one I bring a spare. My brother Random and my new guy Igneous shot literally dozens of guys. I swithed to spear and mace and had the usual terrific time. Here is what I loved best. Walking ...

Nissan Maxima

Note to self:
Remember to buckle helmet strap.

Nissan Maxima

I played combat archer in this one and heres how it looked to me. A bunch of guys spent the last fight of their vacation grinding across 87 yards on their knees so that I could shoot them in the face. *Whump* Have a safe drive home! I almost, sorta, kinda felt bad. It was also funny seeing a middle ...

Nissan Maxima

It was a great scrap. I had a blast. The East won because they came out of their res like they had a plan. We (The middle) came out of rez like we were fleeing a burning building. Also, having my banner get drafted into the fight was very cool.

Nissan Maxima

Sounds like a cool idea, I'm a war type guy myself. My advice is skip the non knight member thing, it just doesn't seem to fit and those guys would always feel like the junior varsity. Stick to the script. Also, make a banner so every one can see it go to the hottest part of the fray and have it be ...

Nissan Maxima

When he was making my stuff I called him using the phone number on the web site. Even If he is not there there is almost always someone there. Edited to add: I just called them and although Derek is not in right now I got an answer. I have nothing but good to say about the gauntlets I recieved from ...

Nissan Maxima

he delivered armour within the last two weeks for several of my guys.

Nissan Maxima

Yes Wulfe, he is right. The more white in any of these colors, the cooler you will keep your melon. That being said, most solar radiation is in the green band, so green should be a good choice. Best would be completely reflective, or knight in shining armor color. I don't know why you never see this...

Nissan Maxima

There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people who ask questions. When light is absorbed by matter, part of its energy may transfer as heat, that is, as like more vehement vibrations of the constituent atoms or molecules. If an object reflects the whole of the incident light without discriminatio...

Nissan Maxima

Ha! Jehan, I think our humour eludes some.

Nissan Maxima

If you are going to marshall wear your armor . Since you cant wear your helm get a hard hat.

Nissan Maxima

Akseli, If I hold the sword rigidly in my hand and strike the block it will move further than if I hold it loosely in my hand and strike the block, all other factors( sword mass, velocity and point of contact) being equal. Indeed, if I merely follow through my blow the block will move further. It is...

Nissan Maxima

Yeah Verily good squire Jehen,
Shouldst thou not offer succor and ransom to thy worthy foe after wounding him in the press? knightly mercy demands no less.

Actually in melee I do just leave them to die. But only after taunting them first from a safe distance.

Nissan Maxima

I have one in child size. I push it off of playground equipment to see it go splat. I have whacked it with a stick but it doesn't catch the peak reliably. I have all sorts of amusing visions from this information. Nissan smacking a child sized crash test dummy with a stick is funny, but there's jus...

Nissan Maxima

2004 NHTSA Hybrid 3 model. It has 2 accelerometers in its head and a force and a moment sensor in its neck. It is good for crashes but it just is not instrumented for the fast transient nature of whack in the head with a stick scientific inquiry. It would be ideal for proving that a heavy helmet is ...

Nissan Maxima

I have one in child size. I push it off of playground equipment to see it go splat. I have whacked it with a stick but it doesn't catch the peak reliably.

Nissan Maxima

Here is a resource for how thick a peice of aluminum you can dent by hitting it with your head.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:F- ... =clnk&cd=5

Those crash test dummies can tell youu what kind of an injury will be sustained, but not really how much KED was absorbed.

Nissan Maxima

It is more complicated. Sword velocity and attitude and mass are only part of the picture. The grip strength and style (tight vs. loose) and even the weight of the arm are important. As Gavin indicated Peters set up would be affected by extended contact of follow through. Thrusts against the bowling...

Nissan Maxima

I plan to be there and can teach some melee small unit stuff.

Nissan Maxima

Murdock,
There is also practice at ravenslake within driving distance of you on Sundays.

http://www.ravenslake.com/

You can give that 14th century pimp outfit a real workout here in the midwest.

Nissan Maxima

more of a hall, really. This is the passage to the courtyard.

Nissan Maxima

This is where I practice in Chicago

Nissan Maxima

Anyone have pictures?

Mykaru Kabuto Gruber Somen