The Armour Archive

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All this bullshit to prevent a few people from doing asshole things in what is supposed to be honorable combat.

Can't we just snatch people off the field and tar and feather them?

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There is a section about not using nails for weapon construction, that might be what you are thinking... Where is that? That's what I was looking for... Can you quote it for me? I guess my question is, what is the difference between an upholstry tack, and a very small nail? (for those using upholst...

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Not at all... if oval it is, oval it is...

But, if I had some options... I'd prefer something different.

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Thanks Jeff.

But, I was kinda looking for an interesting shape... not so much round or oval.

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Anywhere in the range of early to mid 15th century... preferably Italian-ish...

What shapes and sizes were the centergrip shields of that era if there were any?

This will be an alternate to my sca heater shield.

Not interested in round shields/bucklers.

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I swear I had read somewhere that you couldn't use nails or staples in shield construction... But, when I went back and looked at the SCA rules, and the Atlantian rules, for shield construction I couldn't find that anywhere... Is something that used to be, or may be something specific to some other ...

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http://www.cafepress.com/armourarchive

That's it...

It does not in any way benifit the archive though.

I used all the money I ever made off of selling stuff there to buy myself the black AA baseball cap. I highly reccommend the cap.

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I do, but I don't recall the url. I haven't checked it in ages...

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Oh come on... Waldric has cycled through this what? Like 5 times since the archive began? Does really good for a while, then dissappears... then does really good for a while, then dissappears... rinse, wash, repeat... When I met him at Gulf Wars, he had nothing but shitty things to say about the arc...

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I'll keep that in mind next time I give a shit about your opinion.

Spuriusrex wrote:Dante - your behavior is entirely unbecoming.

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Sean of the Chipendales!

Lets hear it for Sean of the Chipendales everybody!

sean of the chipendales wrote:
Dante della Luna wrote:How about:

"If your reputation sinks too low, just change your name!"

Not very catchy... but it has a ring to it.

Really!? nice, real nice, and mature.

Sean of the Chipendales

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How about:

"If your reputation sinks too low, just change your name!"

Not very catchy... but it has a ring to it.

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I'm gonna have to focus alot of my time and energy towards raising a newborn in a few months... and hell, lets face it... I'm not doing a very good job running the AotM without a baby in my life as is... So... I am looking for a replacement. Please send me a self addressed envel.. er... Please PM me...

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Durasteel...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... I created the armour archive, so that I would never have to google anything, ever again.

Thank you for the insight though.

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Nuts.

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Giving it a week for the AA folks, then

That was a little joke right?

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A big thanks to Peter Fuller for the detailed pictures and drawings he sent me via email.

Thanks to everybody else too.

I believe I have exactly what I was looking for now.

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Thanks chef... I'll check the Osprey shelf at the local role playing shop and see if they have a copy of that one.

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Lets pretend I don't know what to do with that bit of information Durasteel.

Do you have an pictures of the back of the leg harness? Or perhaps a link to one?

For others who may not know which one I'm talking about, its this one:

[img]http://living-history.no/wahre/E193961_small.jpg[/img]

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I picked a 1' oak in my backyard, and topped it at 6'

It works.

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That's what I keep telling myself... as long as I keep getting carded for beer... it doesn't matter if I'm actually in my mid 30's.

WilliamThomas wrote:but damnit I don't look as old as Darkness
WT

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Does anybody have any pictures of the back of the Avant Armour?

Particularly the back of the legs?

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I'm amazed we don't have more heart attacks than we do. Maybe there is some insight there... maybe the fact that we don't have heart attacks can lead to new insight on heart disease. Perhaps all you have to do is eat alot of fatty foods and have two quick bursts of balls-to-the-wall excersize per w...

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Long term... stretch it out piece by piece, over the stretch of several years.

I have a closet full of really nice stuff that I'm saving so that it doesn't get beat up until I can put the whole kit together.

Rowan of Needwood wrote:Ok,

How in heavens do you guys manage to afford all this????

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He was there.

There can be only one...

I. Stewart wrote:
InsaneIrish wrote:They didn't really thrust with them in period, so why do it now?

How do you know?

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Well, that was just badass.

I wanna thank everybody who put the event on, it was awesome. I had a blast.

Fought a ton of people, and met alot of archivers...

Tons o' fun.

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Greetings Sir Vitus von Atzinger, I do pledge to seek you out two days hence, at the time and place of which you speak. Through trial-by-combat, and through discussion on the life of arms, I will try to distinguish which of the virtues you represent on this Saturday. I look forward to it. Till then,...

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I'll be there. It was hit or miss for a while, but I finally talked my boss into letting me off work tomorrow to drive up.

Now to get the hell out of here before he changes his mind again...

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About an inch of body fat works fine for me.

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Would anyone have a suggestion?

Learn to fight first, then worry about if your shield matches your armour.

If the man who is teaching you to fight, says fight with a heater... fight with a heater. Put your round on the shelf.

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Now that one is badass. Doesn't look the least bit theatrical.

Mucho killin machine there...

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They make it look costumey...

Like, now it looks like a sword for use in theater, instead of a sword made for killin...

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For applying to aluminum blanks, I like to soak both sides of my canvas (seriously soak the crap out of it) with white elmers glue. Then I smother the blank with elmers glue, and use a plastic putty knife with a really wide blade to smooth it out. Then I lay the canvas on the blank, and smooth it ou...

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I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that JT has stated before that there would be no armorer review board. I believe the reason had something to do with the archive not officially endorsing or slamming any armorer. As I said I may be wrong, but that is what I recall. Besides we already have a boar...

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et tu rev?

15th cent. centergrip shields?

(SCA) Shields and nails

AotM stuff...

Avant Armour (Glasgow)