The Armour Archive

Eamonn MacCampbell

Dayaaammmm....

Those are really nice...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Andrew Young wrote:

Eh, Im not scared of the mafia. Its the jamacians that freak me out.

All that voo doo and what not.

Did I mention that I have dreadlocks, wear brightly colored clothing and say "mon" alot....

I'm one of the white brothas...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Hi Fulke You raise a really good question. I want to keep the cost down to a minium so Im not sure if it will be a super hard (yet not brittle) resin or fiberglassed with cloth. The carving is really deep on the front which may make traditional fiberglassing a bit tricky. ...getting resin down in t...

Eamonn MacCampbell

You also might want to contact Sir Bartholomew here in our Kingdom...He makes some pretty spiff ones. Also, you might ask Sir D'Houd(He's there in Boise as well) to see if his Squire still has one for sale...I'm not sure if he sold it yet but he may still have it...It's one of Barts crossbows.. Just...

Eamonn MacCampbell

ah, but 13/14th century irish really *did* armor up like a lot of other northern europeans - or they were the kind of conscripted soldier that didn't wear much in the way of armor at all, which isn't exactly useful for SCA combat. My understanding is that the well to do Irish were about 10 to 20 ye...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Trying to find out what type of armor a 13/14th century Irish/Scottish knight would wage war in. Any links or just a talking point or two would be great. You might want to take a look for this subject in the "I Wanna Be" threads....There is a mass quantity of info in there on this and oth...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Anyone have any story about this??All I found was some pictures..

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/1800-year ... iotancient

Eamonn MacCampbell

Gwen, Thanks for announcing the dates for the jousts in 2009. I came down for the Tournament of the Phoenix and had a great time! I found that the trip was inexpensive enough that I'll be bringing my wife and boy down to the next one. Alan Your Grace,....Need a peasant to carry your things....

Eamonn MacCampbell

http://aiden-groundpounder.smugmug.com/photos/295843780_f2BKA-L.jpg http://aiden-groundpounder.smugmug.com/photos/295843789_aak3p-L.jpg Dude, great minds and all that. I was JUST looking at this bed again yesterday, working out the dimensions and hinges in my head. Holy cow....I have never seen tha...

Eamonn MacCampbell

One thing to know, is that to work them, they will need to be annealed. Otherwise, you will not be able to form them, even with a sledgehammer. What I do is use an old BBQ grille to heat them and burn off the reflective material. I average 500 degrees (according to the thermometer on the grille) fo...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Eamonn, I would love to mess around with retired street signs, the problem is finding them. Go to your local/county road and bridge department...Sometimes they will let you have some....Also you can find them if you look in the recycle places....I'm kinda lucky this way with the small town I live i...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Been posted before, but here is Estrella a few years ago. http://www.globaleffects.com/Temp/estrella3070.jpg Chris...I must say sir...I have decided that I don't like you....While you have been polite to me in the past and answerd e-mails from me about past armour...I have decided that it really is...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Randall and gents Thanks for writing back. Specifically I am looking at the possibility of recreating these at our shows next year. A Wager of Battle was also called Judicial Combat, Trail by Combat etc ... The period and place is specifically Northern Europe under English control and obviously Eng...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Since this is for LARP, why not just go with retired street sign...Cheeper and quit effective. I use it for SCA heavy combat on my elbows and vambraces...One small dent in the flare on the elbow is all I have received...Should work fine with what you are doing..

Eamonn MacCampbell

Now that is a real good way to come up with something usable...I like it...And yes..I HATE planishing as well....

Eamonn MacCampbell

Andrew Young wrote:I will be sculpting several as well. Im working on one at the moment....a well known 14th century "german" effigy.

Enjoy!

Drew

PLEASE tell me it is Walter Von Hohenklingon......

Eamonn MacCampbell

It's Cistercian . The Hospitallers, by the way, follow the rule of St. Augustine and originally wore a red habit with white cross. Audex...Can you show me a site or a book that confirms this??? I was under the impression that the Red/White combo came about in 1259, and they wore the black before ha...

Eamonn MacCampbell

well the only way around leather getting wet in weather conditions is to not wear it but you can make leather water resistant by covering it with bee's wax. that is were maille and plate armour have the leg up on leather armour. with the maille and plate armour all you have to worry about is keepin...

Eamonn MacCampbell

It's Cistercian . The Hospitallers, by the way, follow the rule of St. Augustine and originally wore a red habit with white cross. Audex...Can you show me a site or a book that confirms this??? I was under the impression that the Red/White combo came about in 1259, and they wore the black before ha...

Eamonn MacCampbell

So how about some pictures of the new place...We won't truly believe this move without pictures to show show us you're new beyond studlyness shop....

Eamonn MacCampbell

He was here and I think I can safely say that good times were had by all. I could believe that..Lemme see, Duke Sean, Sir Thorvald, Jamuka...and probable you were there somewere although I didn't see you in the vid...But I was looking..... UNfortunatly, I haven't fought since early Sept....Been bus...

Eamonn MacCampbell

That was some quick fighten...Got to ask, after looking at some of your other vids...When were you in Artemisia??? I recognized Thorvald,Jamuka Duke Sean and a couple others in the background...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Well, I stand corrected...Thank you Doug and Cian for the info. It's always nice to learn more....

Eamonn MacCampbell

Thanks K-Red...I had that one as well bookmarked but couldn't remember what the title was...So I posted the BT one......

Thanks for the memory check....You is such a stud....

Eamonn MacCampbell

eljungrande wrote:what i need is how to make the entire shirt i have more than enough on how to make the links and now how to form sheets...but how do i tailor the shirt?

Probable not the best...But it should give you an idea...

http://www.bladeturner.com/pattern/hauberk/hauberk.html

Eamonn MacCampbell

ok you missed the point...alaskans are a different breed of people...especially those that live in the towns and villages. Well, I know some folks from that area...in fact I even lived there as a kid...Many fine members here on the AA are also living in that state... Somehow, I don't think that sma...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Though my persona is still fluid and unregistered yet, I've given serious thought to portraying a late 12th century templar. However, after reading historical material about them, I decided to switch to a more generic crusader. The problem lies in that I already produced a tabard in the style of a ...

Eamonn MacCampbell

So...is the cross I put on the tabard appropriate for a Third Crusade generic Anglo-Saxon crusader? You can wear whatever you want....How accurate you want to be depends on you. If you are looking for accuracy...I would say no...There is so much evidence for the others both Latin, Formy, and Paty.....

Eamonn MacCampbell

salt tanning provides a harder more rigid piece of hide...also they would have had access to moose hide, and bear hide...bear hide is very thick and smaller caliber bullets have trouble getting through...arrows could get through bear hide but normal bladed weapons could have difficulty...oh and wit...

Eamonn MacCampbell

ok for the earlier dates you could think about maille and wearing caribou hides...while the hides prolly were not worn for armour they would have been worn for warmth and protection from the elements...and if tanned correctly could have been resistant to blades, and possibly arrows. It would take a...

Eamonn MacCampbell

D. Sebastian wrote:
Donal Mac Ruiseart wrote:
D. Sebastian wrote:Hairs on my bottom,
I stand erect in a bed.
Sure to make a nun cry.

Or maybe - an onion?

Onion.

Wow, did I have that one wrong....I thought D had snuck in an "R" rated riddle....

Eamonn MacCampbell

I watched the whole series last Sunday...Really neat program. And yeah...I wish I knew where I could get the whole thing on DVD. Toby Capwell is in one of the episodes, and it really gives a decent behind the scenes to the whole battle.

Eamonn MacCampbell

When you seen Walter von Hohenklingen? http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_ufarm_2.jpg I. Stewart...To be honest, I have always wanted to commission a faithful reproduction if this suit. I find it to be the sexiest late 14C armour set up there is...And now thinks to you(you bastage... )...I ...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Cian..I believe that would be a "Latin cross". A Latin cross has the vertical leg longer then the horizontal arms like a lower case "t". The simple cross catholics wear on chains are latin crosses. "Patee" comes from the french word for "paw", meaning that th...

Eamonn MacCampbell

Just a quick question Aaron...How come you don't let him fight SCA Youth combat???I have my daughters armour almost ready.....The rules don't require it ,but I think it will help want to keep her in the game if she looks like the rest of the adults...And before anyone jumps me about the weight conce...

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