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RenJunkie

That sounds good. Maybe I'll go for the barely-can-afford-gentleman-status-ranker or something...lol How about town soldiers? Would a cervelliere worn as a "secret" work? Or is the hattage of the time totally not gonna work for that at this point? Anyone know of any good websites or books ...

RenJunkie

audax wrote:~head explodes~

Picks up pieces of Audax's head and gets the superglue.....

CHristopher

RenJunkie

Man, I wish you'd do hats like that (I mean really like that, it's the shizzNITE) but in a size about an inch bigger. Hey, us big headed guys need affordable, yet fly lookin hat lovin too. Get one of them equipped with a perf plate for fencing, and I'd be all set. Well, not all set, but at least I'd...

RenJunkie

Sorry Irish, was just shortening Landskechts. It's a big long word to type repeatedly....lol. Just let me know what you need to send the doublet pattern. We were just fighting with one last night, trying to size it up. I'll be in fear of my life if I do it too many times...lol. Sizing down will be m...

RenJunkie

I wanna be a soldier in the Electorate of Saxony, from the Marienberg area 1520-1555. Mercenary soldier of lower rank, beginning what he hopes will be an upward climb thru the ranks to.....well to whatever a mercenary can climb to starting from the bottom. Also, a common non-mercenary soldier from t...

RenJunkie

Lol..ooops... It was supposed to be La n dies. Not ladies....my bad... It was just some background on the idea of the personna I am thinking of portraying. Only question i that is, would the huntsman's outfit Dweezle is showing work for a poor soldier of fortune before he got to the fortune part. It...

RenJunkie

Yeah, I like the Vasa sword too. there's just something about that particular Saxon sword. The simplicity and elegance just strike me. Arms and Armor also makes a Vasa rapier. Tho, I'm not gonna be able to get there for a bit....lol The link to Costumes.org, I can't find the Germans for the period I...

RenJunkie

What does one do with the ends of the cords? I mean when you're done lacing a row, or lacing 2 rows together. How do you finish up with the end of the lace? And if you just use 1 lace for the whole front or back, still, what do you do to finish up with the ends of your cordage? Thanks, Christopher

RenJunkie

losthelm wrote:an artical that showed up on another list just this morning

http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/fireandsteel/swim.htm

Awesome.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Cool, thanks, Mark.

So, for Portuguese, probably Venetians, and doublets like everyone else?

That's not too bad....

thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Well, the sword is 1560, but I think it was probably around a bit earlier. It's so refined in its form, I doubt 1560 was that type's first production year . So for the 1520-1550 frame, I should probably go with slashed hosen? Or the same cut of hosen only not slashed? What did they wear for pants 15...

RenJunkie

Mercyful fate.....

I just can't say anything. They are too awesome for my meager grasp of language......

Just........augh...<melts>

Christopher

RenJunkie

Not hard to learn? I have enough trouble with Spanish...lol

Maybe someone who understands the language should make some scholarly works in English...yes?

What sort of toned down German? In my other thread looking at Saxony, would that work? Like the pattern here:

https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/r ... &p=62&w=21

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

Big huge puffy arms, it seems. Here's a link to the sword that got me started looking at being from Saxony: m From there I did some research on 16thC Saxony, and got pretty hooked. Especially when I found out how rich the mines were. Not sure about rank and such. Who would have carried that sword? I...

RenJunkie

Dweezle, you do the most fantastic 16thC Germans..... Ok, I've been doing research, and I'm going with a Saxon soldier from in or near Marienberg. between it's founding as a city in 1523 and 1555. Just to avoid confusion, it's not related to the Teutonic Order's Marienburg. My Marienberg is near the...

RenJunkie

Other option I am toying with is the under-represented Portuguese. Again, just looking for softkit info. I know I'm not giving a tight range. I'm sorta planning on seeing what's what for the century, and then pick the one I like best. So anything from any part of teh 16th works for me right now. Tha...

RenJunkie

Looking for advice on putting together a good Kit for the rapier field. Maybe Schwartzreitter. Maybe Saxony. All parts of the century. Trying to decide between this and Portuguese and just gonna go with the look I like best. Whatever decade and whichever country that be. Just looking for the softkit...

RenJunkie

That Bombard is INSANELY cool!! Yeah, feel free to shoot me a PM about the details of construction, please. SCA or no, ME WANT!!! I love the idea of a 16thC scenario battle ala COTT that allows gonnes. I think it'd be awesome to watch for spectators (assuming they were properly armoured for safety.....

RenJunkie

There are times when I find it really odd the way we in the SCA have of mixing our drive for historical accuracy with our passion for a mythic culture. Personally, I've joked (semi-seriously) for years about going out to the field with a unit of musketeers (arqubusiers?) with musket shaped polearms...

RenJunkie

Ohhhhhhhhhhh my!

That is two-fisted awesome! That is sweeet!

Christopher

RenJunkie

I also have been lax in building my kit. I have the Carlos model. Biggest reason for me, is I need a couple tools, as I use mine for leather, and can't re-polish the faces. So, I need to get a couple extra tools. I can do that now that student loans have arrived. So..... Hal, PM me about prices for ...

RenJunkie

Konstantin, is that the book with all the line drawings? I mean, it's all drawings. I know, it's that guy who was in that movie...If it is, I ILL'ed it once. It was great. How about funerary brasses and effigies? And period art from the region? Particularly interested since I'm going with and HRE pe...

RenJunkie

This

thread

is

AWESOME!!!!!

I now have even more options to choose from for the kit I'm putting together. Good eye, Eff!!!

Christopher

RenJunkie

Tasha, PM sent.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Your Grace, I think he's referring to the greater danger being in the unpadded mass of the rattan as opposed to the padded arrow.

Or maybe not

Christopher

RenJunkie

The thing that pushed me from the sports aspect into a concentration on authenticity was a chance encounter with a Civil War reenactor. I was on my way home from fighter practice and stopped at the One Stop for a sixpack, and just as I was going in, the CW guy was coming out. When he walked out of ...

RenJunkie

RenJunkie I talk about that on my page. The problem is that style is centuries earlier. It may be centuries off, but anything that satisfies the SCA rule on knees is going to be. This has the right flavor, a Roman feel to it. As opposed to Medieval style knees or modern sport knees. It's all going ...

RenJunkie

When I look at them I see a teeny shoulder cop, and one lame with an attached rerebrace bottom overlapping top. Reminds me of an inverted Almayne shoulder.

Anyone know where to get get good 14th, 15th, and 16thC Czech art and effigies?

Christopher

RenJunkie

No problem. We all do it.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Schynbalds with hinged kneecops. Hey, it's Roman. I've heard....lol. I can't remember what the style is. But the long and short of it is, a greave that covers the knees. Is't really a shovel greave (I know, you need 3 points), the knee section is held on by a hinge. Think it's from Trajan's column o...

RenJunkie

Ok, I'm feeling better, and the pics make a lot more sense to me now. Thanks for posting them.

Was this a common type of closure in the Middle Ages in West and Central Europe?

Anything authentic that can get a kit to stand out.....lol

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

So, would you actually take the other end, and tie it in like that? I'm not getting it.

Course, it's probably my fault right now. I have a sinus thing going on, and am all woozy...lol.

Should make better sense once my brain clears...

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

The thing about rapiers like someone (forgot who, please forgive me) metioned about force. Rapier guys are just not trying to generate uge amounts of force. It's mostly abot small, super-controlled movements. the more force you have, the less fine your movements get. besides, with a rapier being pri...

RenJunkie

To be fair, I believe he said any info on either the 13th or th Vlad periods would be fine. Not so much blending the two. He does have a seperate thriead for the 15thC : m What causes the confusion, I think, is when he says he's willing to accept the 15thC info in this thread. If I read it right, th...

RenJunkie

Really? On your way to Pennsic or something?

I've seen leather covered buckles, and....well it could work for her, but most I've seen look too much like a woman's accessory for the kid.

Unless you know something I don't (and you probably do).

Thanks,
Christopher

16thC Portuguese Softkit

16thC German Softkit NON-Landskekt