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Gerhard von Liebau

Not a dished one. Impossible. Tell the Greeks that... You could use Matthew Amt's method: m Or you could do it like many aspis makers do theirs, and laminate boards together that are properly warped before being put together. Yes, it'd be costly... But it's far from impossible. -Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Vitus,

Can you PM me the details on your usual fiberglass covered shields? Or do you do them custom, generally? I'm doing a German impression, circa 1375. Need a good shield, and wanted some details about yours, knowing they're held in such high asteem!

Thanks!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Thanks J, If anyone can give me some contact information (via the internet) for Sir Orlando, I'd appreciate it. I believe Dan Houchins is getting a hold of Mac about information on the suit. He and I are formulating a plan, you coudl say... Still secret, since nothing is definite. Anyone who knows e...

Gerhard von Liebau

*This certainly makes me glad I live in the country* My dog pees on the fences and the grass, and my cats dig holes to do their dirty work in.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

'Ello folks, I've fallen in love with Mac's mid-15th century German harness. It's dated to 1440, and he took some liberties from the original effigy to suit his customer's needs. I want further information on this type of harness, and pictures of examples, if possible! Also, if I don't find a good p...

Gerhard von Liebau

Wow, this has turned into quite an informative thread! I'm glad I posted the picture... Thank you all, for the help! I really love the Maxmillian armor, but I'm still debating what I'll do for sure. Having a half harness would be fun for SCA, though. That's certain!

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Irish, No problem. Just wanted to be clear on what I'd heard. Budo, There was no stainless back in the day. They rusted back then, so in my opinion, MY armor should be able to rust, now. It is very useful for maintainance, etc... I have nothing against stainless for what it is, but for my own purpos...

Gerhard von Liebau

Insane, I'd always figured the Staunton helm was around 1315 or so. Can you provide reasoning for it being later? I really can't say which seems more correct either way, except that I've heard one thing and now you're saying something else. On the "75 Years of Great Helms" site: m The Staunton's dat...

Gerhard von Liebau

I don't get it, Hal. That's what he said. The piece is $17 USD, and has $170 USD shipping. It's 10 GBP and 94 GBP shipping cost...

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Oh, dear...

Any reason why 11 was chosen? The amount that'd fit on the page, I'm assuming?

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Thanks for the information, guys. I'll do some searching around to find a proper half-harness. Wasn't getting much luck on Arador, I suppose! I'm assuming they'd generally have more faulds if they were used without the leg armor. I've been talking to Josh Warren about it all lately, and he's been a ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hello folks, Browsing through Arador's gallery a while back I came across the photos from The Royal Museum of The Army and Military in Brussels, Belgium. Pictures were taken by Eli Steenput, to give credit where it's due. I was particularly fascinated by this very short half-harness in the Maxmillia...

Gerhard von Liebau

DV, I'd like to say that although I strongly feel that as a Medieval recreation group the SCA is lacking, your armor doesn't help it to become better. That's my opinion. But, in front of everyone, I'd like to say that I think you handle yourself very well for having to put up with so much crap from ...

Gerhard von Liebau

I'd have to agree. This has been an impressive buildup, and it's been very kind of you to share so much of the process with us, Patrick. I would venture a guess and put some money on it to say that I think this is THE most viewed thread on the Armour Archive, period. It's no wonder why, either! -Gre...

Gerhard von Liebau

Dieterick, I'm just getting into the SCA myself. I'm a young guy (17), and am putting together a nice, historic looking 14th century kit that'll cost me about what five or six of your kits would cost. I really respect the historic aspects of this "game" and everything about it that doesn't have to d...

Gerhard von Liebau

Considering I've never put on this kind of plastic armor, I can't say much about it, really. I can say that the effort one can make to put together a more historic rig over a period of several months/year seems very realistic and worth it to me. I'm 17. I don't work during the school year. I've only...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Hal,

Thanks for the pictures. Doug Strong posted photographs of most of that being done in his tutorial I picked up. I think that's probably going to be my safest guide!

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Patrick's got it right. Nate Bell is the king of the Celtic reenactor community! For God's sake, he owns more gear than most reenactment groups combined!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

I don't believe there is any evidence to support non-mail shoulder doubling on hamatas at this date, nor any other. There may be some tiny exceptions... I'll point out first that using that Osprey image to support your claim isn't a very good idea! Almost every picture Angus drew in those Roman book...

Gerhard von Liebau

Christmas! What's this!?

Don't be merry! Pound metal! Sew linen and wool! Cut and dry the leather! Bah, humbug...

Hey, have a safe one, everyone!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

I'm thinkin' of comin' down sometime during summer for a while, to the area, Eric. But, I'm actually four hours Northeast of L.A.! I live really close to Fresno. So, it wouldn't be to convenient, currently! Thank you for the offer, though! Be sure to post a picture of them when you're done! -Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Horradrick, Thanks for the suggestions. I bought one of the .PDF files of it. Hope my bank clears the $5.00 soon! Hal, That sounds good. Give me time to finish my first helm this vacation and figure out my funds. I should be able to pick up the kit from you. Jameson, It doesn't make much of a differ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Indeed, it is a bit early. But, I've very carefully considered my different options, and am going to do a couple of 13th century pieces first. The techniques likely used for construction weren't as perfected as those for the later pieces, and there's no dishing I need to do to the top piece, even li...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hello folks, My great helm project, which is a follow-up to the multitude of questions I was asking the other day, has begun! I completed my cardboard mock-up. It has several problems with it, and is a bit small overall. I'm not going to make a second, but am instead going to use the raw pattern and...

Gerhard von Liebau

I hope you are joking, Owen!

Just click on the image. It's a thumbnail to a HUGE image, 960 kb, dude! My computer almost melted while it was downloading...

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Alec,

That looks great! Be sure to post pictures when it's done, and try sizing them down a bit before hand. That took three whole minutes to load on my dial-up connection!

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Jacob, I sent the measurements to a single individual who I knew was really, really, really interested in them. I'll let it be Nick's choice whether anyone else gets them, since he got them to me. I'd rather not go posting them everywhere, because I don't know how the original measurer wanted them d...

Gerhard von Liebau

I'm going to the Sword Forum International, where you'll likely get much more help, faster.

http://forums.swordforum.com/index.php?s=

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Wow, Nick! What an inspiration! If my first helm turns out half as nice, I'll be very glad of it! Thanks for the measurements, once again! I hope you don't mind that I passed them on to Doug Strong, because he was very interested when he read in the other thread that there was some out there to be h...

Gerhard von Liebau

Okay guys, I've got it all figured out, now. First I'd like to say I appreciate all of the help I've gotten in this thread in just a couple of days! Wow, it's great, seriously. I got rare measurements for the real Black Prince helm, I have had multiple ways of doing different things discussed, and a...

Gerhard von Liebau

Do you need a site for the brass itself, or someone who works with it?

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

That's what I'm after, sir! Are you going to be making kits for that?

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Hal, Could you make the image any larger, perhaps? That's really small, but it looks a lot like what I'd be looking for. Also, do you have something using a pattern like that to show what it ends up like? By the way, could you PM me regarding a quote on the Black Prince helm shown up there, but ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Dougal, I've got that site in favorites. Thanks for the link, though! Appreciate the thoughtfulness. It is a good site, isn't it? I got the information on the Black Prince helm from Nick, and it's a little sketchy (literally) but really good. The central section of the helm, below the dished top pie...

Gerhard von Liebau

Awesome lookin' stuff, Dan! When I was reading your description of the set before the pictures loaded, I was thinking "Oh, God, why'd he do it!" But, it actually looks surprisingly cool together! Why didn't you convince him to get some segmentata-style pauldrons, though!

Cheers!

-Gregory-

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