The Armour Archive

Saritor

Those are some pretty awesome boots letting you levitate around the field like that, too.

Saritor

Suzerain wrote:Any idea if they ship to the civilised parts of the world?

Yes, but they'll let you ship overseas to the UK, too.

http://italicapress.com/index143.html#A ... ping-33869

Saritor

Happens at least once a Pennsic that people hear about, probably more than that.

Saritor

Baron Alejandro wrote:Boy, eat a chee'burger!

Was he the guy on the left, or the right in that picture?

They're both about the same size.

Saritor

Uh? We have tax records from Rottweil in the 15th century, if nothing else. So its existence as a place is not in question, which means a locative surname can be registered. Maybe the herald is somewhat inexperienced and just looked for evidence of "von Rottweil" as a surname that someone ...

Saritor

For an early period kit go to your fabric store and buy a piece of wool. Brooch it and you're done. Or Irish, all the way up through the end of period. I've got a lovely red brat for 16th C Irish. I don't do it any more, so I'll likely get rid of it...but it's damned warm, and a ridiculous number o...

Saritor

Until some combat archer decides to use night arrows, and then you're screwed.

Saritor

I changed mine after the 9000th field herald decided to read the card as "Karen".

Mine was even the Anglicized version of Ciaran.

Saritor

Piers Brent wrote:Can you post an image or describe how you put yours together. Or you can just PM it to me.

I bought them from Krag a while back, but I can't find the post. I'll dig them out and pm you some pictures in about an hour.

Saritor

So... oftentimes I'm overwhelmed with just how cool my barony is... I posted this to the local e-list trying to get some folk to come over and fight with flaming rattan... and this is the first responce I get back... from my Baroness... Dante, if you haven't already gone out and done so, you need t...

Saritor

We'll make sure its wet or something. See... this is the phase where folks start overthinking shit, and start watering down a really cool idea! There will be hoses handy! Come on! No, no...that's more like a "choose your targets wisely" sentiment. Forewarned is premeditation, or something...

Saritor

Dante della Luna wrote:So, I suppose it really could shoot flaming oil into your face.

Probably a bad idea.

Might save Agnarr time with the whole helm-lighting idea.

Also, that closed-cell foam folks pad their helms with? Like polyester, it, too, becomes flaming blue napalm.

Saritor

Try something like these: m Someone here bought them and put some ABS plastic plates in with the (removable) padding. They also come with hard plastic over hips and coccyx. (And they're on clearance, so cheap! ) I fight in them with just the padding, and for the most part it's not bad, but the plate...

Saritor

Jeff J wrote:I hear he was also a pirate.

Good God, man...what do you think he was?! Scottish?!

Saritor

Lol.

I'll tell my gf she took too long to decide.

Saritor

Mot even that much, if I did a Castilian....rusty maille shirt and a simple helm. But I'm working on a Lant Roll pike outfit, and may be talking to some folks who want to do a LH-grade Trained Band, since they've been salivating over the Gardiner's Company stuff. Now, if only I could convince them t...

Saritor

Dante della Luna wrote:I gotta buddy that juggles fire, I'm gonna talk to him about what will last a long time, and burn real good while its being whipped around in the air.

Alejandro suggested napalm, but I think you could get away with gas and styrofoam.

Saritor

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Saritor

Oy! These paintings should be placed in a vault and all evidence of their existence destroyed or otherwise suppressed, and the paintings held there for at least another 400 years or until people get the idea out of their heads that this is "historical precedent". Might take longer than 40...

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Saritor

So my question here is, for those of you who do fight in the minimum, how is it? Do you find yourself on the receiving end of a ton of unarmored blows (chest, shoulder, hip)? Do the pads underneath on the unarmored spots take a good bit of the sting out of the shot? I fight in pretty close to minim...

Saritor

Jess wrote:I do get black residue on my face sometimes.

Thought that was just from smiting evil.

Saritor

Violen wrote:Um, did you even read your own tag line?

I think that has more to do with the armor, horse and full contact jousting thing, not SCA prowess.

Saritor

They probably weren't good warriors though since they all got themselves killed right? Depends. 1. Did they meet with Philip II a week or two beforehand to discuss important safety issues and arrow type and quantity allowed for the combat archers? 2. Did they, in fact, have swords that were on fire?

Saritor

I thought about ordering the gorget, but I have a couple that are serviceable, and I don't like the coverage on the gorgets. (Coverage on me, specifically, that is, not generally.)

Saritor

I ordered a perf plate mask from Terry Tindill at That Guys Products a while back. Terry makes excellent masks that I've seen on quite a few folks, and I gave in just after Estrella and ordered one. I received it today and am lamenting that I won't get to use it RIGHT FREAKING NOW. On the Frieman In...

Saritor

Aaron wrote:What if they were on unicycles. Would you film it from a unicycle?

Don't be ridiculous, Aaron.

...Leo would obviously want to joust from a unicycle with a flaming lance.

Saritor

Ordered, and forwarded to a couple of email lists.

Saritor

Hell I don't care if you and Daunte were to burn each other up with flaming swords. All I would ask is that you film it and post the link to the youtube fail blog after so I could see it and laugh. How exactly does this relate to failblog? Are you assuming they'll set themselves on fire and run the...

Saritor

Leo Medii wrote:Woooohooo! Long distance running if the BEST STYLE EVAH!!!!!

Huh. I thought he meant "high alcohol tolerance", an ancient and noble Irish martial art.

Saritor

How is this relevant to the conversation about rules designed to keep folks playing fairly, safely, and with the interest of not significantly injuring their opponents who might not be "warriors"? I understand some folks are weaker than others which is really all I get from your explanati...

Saritor

Piers Brent wrote:So basically what your saying is that its evidence for Scottish Samurai, although I don't see a Katana.

Left hip. Clearly a rare basket-hilted katana.

Saritor

marcus the pale wrote:FWIW I used a butted shirt for two practices and had 3" holes in each armpit.

Tough moths out your way.

Saritor

Not necessarily going to help you develop a pattern, but Meyer's fechtbuch is ~1573, so right at the beginning of your time frame. Not soldiers, necessarily, but civilian clothing for martial endeavors...and high-quality plates.

http://www.thearma.org/pdf/JoachimMeyer.htm

Saritor

Something like this, then?

Re: Fighting in minimum armor

Re: Fighting in minimum armor

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