The Armour Archive

Saritor

Chris - GSMBristol wrote:This doesn't seem to be the norm, but it is a neat little tidbit.

Essex did something similar in the latter 16th Century, too, when he changed his people over from blue mandelions to russet cassocks (made of silk, IIRC? No wonder he bankrupted hisself!).

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Actually Kieran they are two very distinct types of footwork & stances. It wasn't until after I figured that out & changed my stance that I started to see improvement in my heavy fighting. Depends on the footwork you're taught, which is what I was getting at. Period footwork for "fenci...

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Sending a pm about the Tudor and Jacobean Tournaments. (As in, where do I send you money?)

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Murdock wrote:how the F--K did we all get this old?

Sheer dumb luck allowed us to survive, in many cases.

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Simon/Jim wrote:Work on changing the footwork...

If they learned proper footwork to begin with, it wouldn't be an issue which style they were using.

Sir Conrad (now King of...

Dammit, Simon...that freaked me out for a minute. "Conrade did what?!" Then I realized you meant some other Conrad.

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DukeAvery wrote:To those who wrongly think that basket hilts are for pussies...I cordially invite you to ... pound sand.

You could just convert to being English instead of hanging out with those Germans of ill-repute in Atenveldt.

Saritor

bigfredb wrote: A 12 Foot buckler, just how big are you?

But only 12" wide.

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And, I'm no herald, but my device* is "chevronelly" rather than "chevroney". Chevronelles being little chevrons. Parker treats chevronny and chevronelly as the same, unless I'm specifying a number, then it seems to default to chevronny. They probably could use a steeper slope, b...

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If you're Irish or Hiberno-Norman (Welsh gone native), you can stretch the tail-end of the lifespan of the sugarloaf by a decade, maybe two.

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Konstantin the Red wrote:And it's chevronny inverted.

Yeah, yeah. I'll go back and fix it.

Good thing we register the image not the byline.

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Please note that I have in no way conflict-checked any of these devices, and they could still fail. It's essentially checking against gyronny and three black objects, with some permutations to make sure it's clear, but I haven't got time to conflict check right now, and your herald (or some bored so...

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Those are so awesome. How are you making those images? I searched for hours the other night trying to find sca heraldry generators and found nothing but garbage and porn. (Don't ask. I don't know how typing Heraldry generator: SCA can produce porn in a search result any better than you) Dude, I've ...

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Tomburr wrote:"Gyronny of eight Gules and Argent, two goat's heads erased and addorsed, and a Thor's hammer Sable."

Okay, that one gets my (admittedly unsolicited) vote. Hawt!

Gyronny and barry are both pretty cool, with gyronny being my favorite of the designs thus far.

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Paly:

Barry:

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Chevronny inverted Gules and Argent, two goat's heads erased and addorsed, and a Thor's hammer Sable. http://www.lsrinc.org/images/aa/aa-test2.gif Gyronny of eight Gules and Argent, two goat's heads erased and addorsed, and a Thor's hammer Sable. http://www.lsrinc.org/images/aa/aa-test3.gif

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Something like this:

Chevronny inverted Gules and Argent, two goat's heads erased and addorsed, and a valknut Sable.

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That's going to be SUPER busy as a device.

How about splitting the ideas in to a single device and a couple of badges?

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Nissan doesn't even look like he's wearing face protection!

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Windrose.

Sir Stefhan.

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The whole deal that some people find thrusting un-chivalric is a can of worms I don't want to even think about opening ! I'm a fencer, so it had nothing to do with being unchivalrous, just that he'll default to thrusts and not throw "cuts" if he's got the tip to rely on. I don't entirely ...

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I presume by your usage of "fencer" rather than "rapier fighter," that your friend comes out of the sport ("Olympic") fencing world. The northern Outlands has a lot of sport mentality fighters that have some Olympic background, but "fencer" is probably just g...

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Gauntlets are the hard issue. Those cost a bit more. Hence the sword-and-shield route. It's much more cost effective IMO. What size are his hands? I might have a pair of clamshells I can sell for cheap that need a little work (a strap added, and a couple rivets replaced at the finger). I'll even do...

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I have tried to fight in a nice pair of late 16th century shoes I scored from Wetland however they are simply to slippery and do not offer proper toe protection so Iâ€™m going with boots for now although I do want to see the buckety style referred to by Bob. Those may get added to my future shoppin...

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Excellent points. I'll hand him one of my pollaxes and see what he thinks. And ask him to borrow a shield from one of the other fighters and get sword-and-shield work from someone who is good at it. Standard Outlands Fencer Conversion 1010 is to hook them up with a 6-9' spear and start training the...

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Give him a sword and shield so that he can blend into the rest of the community better, practice with the buckler also of course but starting someone off as an outlayer might not be the best for him. The Outlands doesn't necessarily have a strong shield wall culture/mentality, and I half wonder if ...

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Aaron, who is it? PM me, if you feel more comfortable. I might be able to make a few suggestions, being an Outlands fencer first who started to cross over later.

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I fence in shoes, but I'd not fight rattan in them. I've fought in my shoes (Revival Chivalry Elizabethan block shoes and 14th C ankle boots) before, and don't really have a problem with it. Not sure how I'd do in melee with them, but for single combat, I just have to make sure my pace stays true a...

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I'd seriously look into shoes. Unless there is a need for boots, shoes seem to be much more common in artwork even for the upper classes. Part of the reason I went with the boots is what Bob mentions below, and also the reason I mentioned the demilancer stuff above. The leather of the boot adds som...

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I drew it assuming my dog collar gorget will be hidden under the helm however I do have a nice steel gorget on my list of "To Buys" along with a nice 16th century hanger i saw here a couple of weeks ago. As for gauntlets I'm going to stick with my black Torvaldr pair for now as they look ...

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12. Consider a nice gorget - yeah, I know you don't need one with the Burgonet, but it looks nice. Better yet, consider an Almain collar - that's about the only way I can see keeping the spaulders as drawn. Bob, you scare me. Depending on the way the helm comes out and the size/height of his neck, ...

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Going for something along the lines of a border reiver? I seem to recall you were going for Scot-in-Spain...you'd be more likely influenced by the Spanish styles (morion, peascod b&b, etc) that way. For the border reiver/scottish burg look, you'd need a gorget to go under that, as well. The jack...

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Thaddeus wrote:Hmm. I see a plan unfurling in my head. Dangerous things these plans.

Any cunning plans unfurling involving Leo and the Priory fill me with gleeful fear.

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RatangeI wrote:Wonder if we'll have volunteers to be the charity "symbol" next year heheh

Probably a lot fewer once you explain the whole banner pole thing.

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DukeAvery wrote:But don't listen to the "Imperial March" over and over before melees unless you want to end up in marshal's court. lol

If you weren't so insistent that you could force choke that shieldman across from you, maybe you could have nice things...

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Yeah, it's a little late. My research leads me to believe buff-coats become relatively common right round the death of Elizabeth (remember I'm decidedly Anglo-centric). We know they were worn by the Trained Bands of London in the first quarter of C17, and cavalry were issued them in ECW. You can se...

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