The Armour Archive

Gerhard von Liebau

Very nice looking! I like the blued surface, if you'd call it bluing... Darkening, however you want to put it:p Makes a nice contrast from the trim and cross!

Good job, once again, Hal'!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Actually the clothing would fit you fine. I was thinkin' about it later, and realized that it probably wouldn't be too bad. But still, I don't have the money for it! *Sigh* my next $2,000 or so will be sucked up by a little bit of finishing projects for my three Bronze Age kits, the rest of my Vara...

Gerhard von Liebau

Many people have commented on how much they like the bargrill on this helmet? Might I ask why? Do people like the shape? Do they find it to be more "period" aesthetically? Oops, I read the question wrong. Sorry! I actually don't like bargrills:D I thought he asked about the visor... -Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Four. *Doesn't feel like asking why.* If I had $250 and weighed about... 50 more pounds, I'd grab the garb. Very nice lookin' stuff, with the proper aged look to make the difference between the usual "Faire-going Reenactors" and "Living History Reenactors". Alas, I have about... $20 to spend in cas...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Orc, That thing looks worth $40 or so to me! If anything, I'd encourage you to take the neck-guard off. Even if you found a historic example to base it on, that particular guard still looks ugly! One option you could go with for the aventail would be to leave the cheek-pieces, and even drill som...

Gerhard von Liebau

Yeah, on that note... I collect pictures in image folders on my PC of helmets from all over the internet, and Erik's Wenceslaus, Coppergate and now both of these images are in my "Others" folder in the front. With a couple more nice helmets like these, he'll have enough to have a full folder to hims...

Gerhard von Liebau

Being completely honest, after all of my wanderings through the World Wide Web, I've never seen a more beautiful globose face-plated klappvisor bascinet in all of my travels!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Rah! Lookin' good, Hal'! Can't wait to see it all assembled! It'll be mighty pretty, that's for sure.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Orc, I suggest ripping the cheek guards and neck guard... Then, getting an aventail for the back of it. It would make a nice 4th-5th-6th century Germanic spangenhelm, after that!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

I really enjoyed the film and found I could easily forgive the innacuracies and just be entertained. Cheers, Tim Here, here! Especially the second time! The first time I was really tryin' to look at all of the armor and stuff, to find the inaccuracies. But, after I'd done that, and got to lay back ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Works better with the period at the end of the URL, Captain Bligh. Yeah, ummm... *Runs for edit button*. What did you say? I think the whole thing about shiny armor not working in movies is a load of bull. Seen Excalibur? Why would any director want THAT movie to make theirs look bad? There is a li...

Gerhard von Liebau

Very nice looking! It's too bad Lewis got a job for the next several months. He notified all of those currently looking to get something from him that he was only going to take about one commission a month for a while! I'd love to get another helmet or two from him, because his prices are so nice an...

Gerhard von Liebau

Although Albion has a good variety, I believe they have very few helmets left that aren't size "large", and have slowed shipment on a lot of their Indian products... So, you may not be able to get one of their migration helmets in the proper size!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Wil,

Here's a good thread on original Chinese Bronze Swords...

http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread ... genumber=1

And here's one started by Stud' himself, that he was obviously to lazy to look up...

This is particularly about the Ebay blades.

http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread ... rds+bronze

Hope those answer any questions you had, Wil!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hacksaw, thanks for the links and advice. I am a very enthusiastic reenactor, and wouldn't just "jumble" together an unhistoric set of armor, though. I'm carefully choosing what to buy so that WHEN I buy it, I get what I want. What will I do with $500 of budget armor after I buy my nice outfit? I'll...

Gerhard von Liebau

No problem, Tim. No offense taken! Here's a blurred picture of the Pass Lueg helmet, being aproximately dated to the Trojan War era, but being from rather far away (Germany). Best example of the era, for sure, that's metal, at least! The whole thing is very embossed, mainly with dots, and a couple o...

Gerhard von Liebau

*Cough*

And of course, no one links to MY greaves... Sheesh...

www.bronze-warrior.com/mycenaean.html

I should boot you bums from the BAC for that...

Also, Tim, the likely date for the Trojan War (leaving the argument about the Dark Ages out) would be about 1200-1150 BC.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Bamos, the reason is simple: Armor. The armor that the people in Charlemagne's time and area would wear would be either: A. No armor. B. Mail and helmet. No plate at all, no documented lamellar, etc... I don't even think we have sources for aketons or other quilted armor from the era in Western Euro...

Gerhard von Liebau

I personally want the whole look with the mysterious leather near the top, so I'm sticking with the "Varangian Bra" approach! I can't find Steve's article on it right now, but, it's on his site, somewhere... m Mine'll look like D's at the moment, but it's going to be for over mail, on my living hist...

Gerhard von Liebau

Definitely won't be goin' to Estrella this year! Hopefully next year, though... I still won't be able to compete in battles, by that time, though.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

It depends on if you are talking ferrous metals and nonferrous metals, as they each use a different gauge system. Okay, that makes sense. Timothy has it right, just, well, not for Bronze or Brass... Meaning I also had it wrong, just, well, for stuff other than that type of metal! Heh... -Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Yeah, Viking has the proper email address. I've talked to him no fewer than four days ago using it.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Look here... Can't find a better page, at the moment.

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=86&step=2

20 gauge is .032"

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

If 16 gauge is .05", which I believe it is, wouldn't that be incredibly thin metal at .008"?

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

So true, Hew. I actually don't plan on doing a lot of the feasting, etc... It would drag me into those despised politics more! And waste more of my time... My livinig history kit will be completely non-SCA affiliated, and for Reniassance faires and similar events, and nothing more. I just think it w...

Gerhard von Liebau

Its a Roman Sassinad Cav helm made my Adam Berry m with a custom nasal. Awesome. I love Adam's work! Due to my budget, and havin' done previous work with him, I've decided that I'm going to have my helmet done by Lewis Moore. My first lamellar kit had leather ptruges laced to the kilbanion: m Attac...

Gerhard von Liebau

Looks awesome D.! I'm just starting my Varangian SCA kit (workin' on finishing my Living History kit, too, so it'll take a while!) and I was curious what you got the inspiration for the helmet from. I'm personally planning on using a concentric helmet with a full face aventail to hide my bargrill an...

Gerhard von Liebau

That, a 6 pack, and a condom will get ya crashspace at Pennsic! Why do I sometimes feel as though I'm getting into the wrong "Noble" sport, here? Haha... Thanks, Gregory. It would probably be okay for your personna if you came from Sweden or traded with folks from there. You might be better off wit...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Timothy,

If you think that that might be useful for a Varangian personna, and you don't have anything to do with it after you make the second one, lemme' know! I really, really like that!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Thanks for the replies guys! I've actually considered being a 'loner' after I get into the SCA, for some time. Myself and my friend Justin probably wouldn't find time to make our way to Fresno every weekend for our practices, and although I'm sure we would sometime, we'd probably primarily work with...

Gerhard von Liebau

Being 5', 11.5" tall and weighing 155 pounds is very good, I'd think.

Granted, I don't LOOK that big, because most of my weight is in my legs..! I'm a track runner, so it saps my arms some... Haha.

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Geoffroy le Armeurier wrote:
Morgan wrote:Does this make my axe look big?

ROFLMAO

Okay you two whipper-snappers... I'm sure if you were there at the time of the photo's birth, you wouldn't be laughing so much...

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Appease yourself by planning to do the other kits later. In a few years, when you have your fighting skills developed and are perhaps earning a better salary, start showing up in a different exotic kit each war---you know, like an annual event. Hey Timothy, That sounds like a pretty good bit of adv...

Gerhard von Liebau

and stainless to boot

Don't you mean stainless down to the boots?

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

This helm will not be painted, it will be polished trim and blue steel.
That is what I mean by color.

Ah, okay. That too makes sense to me! I think I'll paint mine, as I don't want to take the time to blue the steel... I'd start today, if I had the metal

-Gregory-