The Armour Archive

Gerhard von Liebau

And here's a wreath. I had no idea what I was doing, but it worked. I'm going to let it dry for a couple of days then splash it with white paint. I assume I'll be making a lot of these...

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-s ... 3282_n.jpg

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

That description is pretty much ideal, if it were earlier, as you say. I plan on layering it along the entire circumference as I press it together, so in that sense it should follow this 'traditional' method. The use of plant matting for added rigidity was expected. Roots are obviously out of the qu...

Gerhard von Liebau

You read a page on targets on the SCA archery page and you feel you can make any sort of comment on the information available to us? If you want to shoot at a dirt pile find a pile of clean dirt and shoot at it. Its much less work with the same result. Actually, I read an article discussing various...

Gerhard von Liebau

He is doing ground breaking stuff... Sorry, that made me laugh... I suppose this is rather ground breaking. I'm not discouraged by the idea that my mound might not be perfectly accurate - I doubt it's possible for us to be sure of any recreation of a butte with what information is available to us. ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Thanks for the information, folks! I've decided that I'm going to build an English style butte , using a mound of earth some 4' tall and covered in grass (eventually) and having handmade grape vine wreaths for center targets. I can do all of this from my yard, as of this moment, so it should be a re...

Gerhard von Liebau

Talked to a pal of mine who's much more into archery than I am, and mentioned that I want a period archery target to go with my exquisite Jaap Kopperdrayer longbow. Since I do early 14th century, he was quick to show me this image from the Luttrel Psalter (c. 1330). Is this a pile of dirt? That's wh...

Gerhard von Liebau

A very excellent setup, Mikael. The work of your crew is continually progressing, and of particular note is the refined incorporation of plates and the crispness of the decorative etching. Congratulations on the fine product. I hope to be able to see it in person sometime!

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Slick. Reminds me of the snake dagger from Conan.

Gerhard von Liebau

Have you considered getting in touch with the Flickr user THoog? He has thousands of pictures he's taken of armor in several museums, seems to have got a bit obsessed with it over the last few years. He does throw in this caveat: "I've been contacted a few times by parties interested in publishing p...

Gerhard von Liebau

There might be a couple pics you'd consider in my album from the Kunsthistoriches, photos taken in April, 2006.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45665351@N ... 612075258/

Cheers.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Just to throw it out there, the piece in question looks like it's from the late 3rd-mid 4th century CE, considering the garb, accoutrements and style of carving utilized.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Look up Byzantine armor. They were all Byzantines by then.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Still having the trouble of them diggging into the top of my foot, soo i am gonna try to strech them out with a form.. I just wedged some softballs inside the section that is digging in.. Fingers crossed that it helps !! The problem is probably not that they don't fit, it's just that the top isn't ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Very awesome, Zachos. As always, though! How does a thunk on the shoulder feel during one of those tournee fights? Seems like you don't have much up in that area. Gosh, I really need to get my armor together, although I can't say I can come close to competing with the likes of so many here in qualit...

Gerhard von Liebau

Yeah, I personally wouldn't doubt if we're seeing something that was popularized after heavy helms became introduced to Outremer... Fabric being worn over metal whatevers.

Or a stoned artist.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Yes, portraits of real people had real items in them... We're all avid enthusiasts of arms and armor here and frequently observe artwork portraying historical implements. When we tell you that little etched designs placed upon the gilded brass borders of a suit of armor were typically random, we're ...

Gerhard von Liebau

From what I understand of the artistic license available to an armorer and the consensus among historians regarding symbolic representation in etching or other recurring, 'decorative' imagery, I would agree with Baron Alcyoneus's assessment. It is unlikely that anything of significance is being port...

Gerhard von Liebau

There were quite a few of these children's harnesses in the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna, AU. I was both surprised and impressed by the quality of them, considering they probably only fit the original owners for about a year or so, max... Then again, the upper crust was quite frivolous then, as...

Gerhard von Liebau

This article is based largely on one he wrote in 1984 about Danish Bronze Age Swords: Krieger und Häuptlinge in der Bronzezeit Dänemarks. Ein Beitrag zur Geschicte der bronzezeitlichen Schwertes. "The paper outlines a methodology for analyzing use wear/damage and resharpening on Bronze Age swords, a...

Gerhard von Liebau

From the 30 ... this is pretty much my melee kit as well but swapping out the helm to Cervelliere ... oh and the helm lining is tubed linen and tight packed horse hair which works pretty damn well. Just an FYI ... Excellent kit, Iain. Do you have any real steel weaponry to pose with? I'm sure you c...

Gerhard von Liebau

Dan Howard wrote:It is all leather

Ha!

Gerhard von Liebau

Thanks for sharing, Enrico. Just x-posted to the Bronze Age Center.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Saw some of those progress pics on Facebook, James. Looks sharp. What sort of paint scheme are you after for it?

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

During the First Crusade, it's reasonable to assume a lot of non-Norman influenced peoples were still using traditional round shields. By the late 12th century, I'm afraid, Norman 'chevalier' mounted tactics and armament probably dominated most of Europe, including Scandinavia. The advantages of lon...

Gerhard von Liebau

Cultural influence from Germany to Hungary - yes. Cultural influence from Hungary to Germany - no (other than the very fringes of the Empire, i.e. Bohemia, lower Austria). Goodness me, even inside the Empire you have to distinguish between the regions (Austria/Tyrol vs. Swabia/Bavaria vs. Franconia...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey, I've just investigated picture no. 6, and in turns out it is showing John Hunyadi, a military leader in the Kingdom of Hungary (which is in Eastern Europe, not in medieval Germany). The two bordered each other against a great expanse... The Kingdom of Hungary was very closely tied to Germany, ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Was it a world power, no. If you consider the Angevin Empire under Henry II and the power struggle created in the West by his dominating career, I'd say that England became a major player in international European affairs forever after... Even if his sons were able to dismantle his continental work...

Gerhard von Liebau

I hope the one on the bottom mainly has clothing in it! Ha.

Nice chests, though. That's an elegant way to save space.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

True, I don't spend much time reading through inventories or archeological reports, it's simply not my interest. But last time I checked, this was the Armour archive, not some dead-serious forum that requires people to do in depth research on a topic before they dare to post about it. You're correc...

Gerhard von Liebau

This may actually be one of those rare times when it actually makes sense instead of some strange perception thing. There is a population explosion around 1500, it generally takes place earlier in most regions of the continent then in England. If I remember correctly you find it as early as 1480ish...

Gerhard von Liebau

Oxford & Cambridge. The earliest building still around from either of these institutions dates to the mid-15th century. I don't think we have a clue how fancy the architecture was on their early buildings, which were also considerably later than the institutionalization of the universities, which w...

Gerhard von Liebau

The idea with multiple pieces was so that the armor would fold up neatly for storage.

Why would you go with quilted rather than leather? The only Greek evidence for light, quilted cuirasses comes from at least a hundred years after Marathon.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

I wouldn't consider this armor to be up to standards for historical events such as Marathon 2014. Those fellows put a lot of effort into making their kits of high quality - this is SCA armor.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Hell, I could make you matching leather greaves, bazubands and demi-gauntlets down the road, if you'd like.

Gerhard von Liebau

Effingham wrote:It occurs to me that you could really screw with archaeologists by dropping those off in random wooded wastelands in tthe American north east.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake%27s_Plate_of_Brass

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