The Armour Archive

RenJunkie

Welcome, Lemarchand.

That's sounds pretty cool. Reasonably plausible even.

A fella could get used to that...lol

Christopher

RenJunkie

WEll, if you think of a modern inner-city non-gas house.. how much fire does one generally see in daily use? Inner city? I think they've all seen lighters. Everyone in the world is familliar with fire. Everyone has seen someone light a cigarette, a house burn, someone cooking on gas, a candle, or s...

RenJunkie

That's helpful. It looks like you did layers and then quilted, as opposed to stuffing batting into tubes. How thick did you make it? Also, how thick is the aventail liner? It looks kinda fluffy, which I imagine helps it to move better, and am not sure how to get fluffy with batting. The aventail lin...

RenJunkie

How large is it? Dimensions-wise?

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

So, you're looking for something sub-LH quality, but good enough to look right to all but the most knowledgable? I can do it. Obviously price varries depending on what hardware, and how intricate the design is. Carved, stamped, tooled, it all makes a difference. I'd love to give it bash. Christopher

RenJunkie

You mean "Is that fire real?" isn't a stupid question? My fight director at faire was warning us about stupid people, especially stupid drunk people. At a faire many years ago, he was wearing a peascod with a center ridge. Man comes up to him contending that the armour wasn't real. The exc...

RenJunkie

Ba-Bump

RenJunkie

Bumpity

RenJunkie

Assuming the rings at the standard 3/8"-ish ID. This is regular bascinet camail. Ballpark figure, I know numbers will vary depending on a million little details.

And would there be a dramatic difference in number between round and flat rings?

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

I've been contemplating getting a 10kg (20lb) bar of steel, attaching a handle and taking it to some displays. If any stupid questions as to the weight of a blade I'll hand over the pig and tell them to go swing it. I'll give $100 to anyone that swings it more than 1 minute. Brilliant. Christopher

RenJunkie

Man, that statue is the shizz-NITE! That is gorgeous.

Very cool pics. Thanks.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Don't try to dye them. Acryllic paint is your best bet, just make sure you spray it down with Super Sheen or something after the paint has dried for a day or two. I doesn't have to look like ass-ass. I need to post pics of my youngest stepson's armour I made for Halloween. There's not a drop of dye ...

RenJunkie

I can do either one. I started with belts.

Just show me the model you want to base them off of. Specs, color, etc. Whatever you want.

I miss making full bore belts instead of just armour straps...

Christopher

RenJunkie

During the stunt show my first year at the Ohio RenFest, me and one of the other guys were on the dock-shaped stage that sits against the front of the pirate ship, doing our hawking for the show, and our opening lines. This kid walks up after the show starts, right to the front of the stage, and say...

RenJunkie

Looks to me like an onion top with a bevor.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Hey, Adam, are thos plates with rivets on each edge, or just running up the middle of the plate?

Thanks,
Christopher

RenJunkie

OH MY GOD!!!

DE CALMONT, PLEASE PLEASE MORE AND LARGER PICS!!!!!!!

Ok, I've calmed a bit.

Close ups of all the individual bits if you have them. That is sooooo close in the general plan to what I plan on doing.

Oh, that's hawt.....

Christopher

RenJunkie

I've found that even getting a little lighter helps. When I get down to my goal weight, it'll be like I've taken off a fanny pack with 60 pounds of lead ingots in it, and I think I'll be a lot less likely to injure a knee or ankle. From my personal experience (I dropped from ~275 to ~195 over 8 mon...

RenJunkie

Where do I get it? Is there a special type of close cell foam? I assume I can snag it at Walmart. Other than being 1/2" thick and closed cell, anything I need to know? I want to do a period liner, but I gotta find out if my new lid fits my head. I figure foam is the fastest way. Thanks. Christo...

RenJunkie

Go for manica on the arms.

Ok, that would cost a crap ton, but still.

I wouldn't try flesh colored bazus. Flesh color seems to be really hard to make look right.

I know, not helping with thighs, but...

Christopher

RenJunkie

Brown would be ubiquitous, I should think. But I think any color found historically would work. Some reivers had castles and full harnesses (for show, they'd get in the way on raiding). So I imagine you'd find all colors depending on the prosperity of the reiver. But brown and black always work. Chr...

RenJunkie

That's slick, Alejandro. I eventually wanna do one of those for my fencing outfit.

Bout how wide does the mantle of that run over the shoulders?

And are you keeping the lacing or going with buckles?

I like the embossing.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Thanks for the pics, Dura. My grill is more substantial that yours is. It's 1/4" square stock. But I think I can get away with something like what you did. I've never lined or strapped one before, so I'm not terribly sure how to get it aligned so that it winches down the way you describe. After...

RenJunkie

I've got the GB linked to my desktop. The Forth armoury Liner page too. Does anyone have that great big pic of Walter von Hohenklingen above, but high enough to show his face? Please say yes. I have a gorget to wear, so I can go with really light padding. In fact version 1.0 may not have more than 1...

RenJunkie

The Hadi pattern opened fine for me. Under pattern library; under leather.

Anyone have any pics of this finished? I been kicking around the idea of making them since I can't afford gaunts.

Christopher

RenJunkie

I've made a coue scabbards. Did it all worng, but it looked....ok. I'd love to know the right way to do it. I'm assuming you're still at Albion? How aout one of those vacations you guys offer only I could do the scabbard making making instead of swordmaking? Or if you're not still with them, could I...

RenJunkie

That's good work.

PM Sent.

Christopher

RenJunkie

I'm talking about padding under the maille. I was asking if it was done, and it looks like it was. My first camail is gonna be padded with no maille. I can't afford maille at this point. I have to build hard and soft kits from scratch. All I have now is the hat, a gorget, and raw matierials for the ...

RenJunkie

I love Adam's stuff. But he doesn't have any pics of the type I need for this. He's got camoflaged grills, but none on a bascinet with a camail. That's sweet, Dura. You don't happen to have bigger pics of it? And maybe a profile shot? It's Mad Matt's low profile grill. Looks like it holds about the ...

RenJunkie

What about the light sparring gloves at revival.us?

This padding issue seems to be a pain in the butt.

Christopher

RenJunkie

What about a pre-Tudor reiver?

Christopher

RenJunkie

That's hawt, Halv.

You lucky Northman, you.

Christopher

RenJunkie

Good God, man, you're good at this.

If I come up there, would you teach be to do that?

Christopher

RenJunkie

Cian, that sword design is killer. How do you come up with your chapes, and hilt parts?

Christopher

RenJunkie

Paul the Small wrote:Shvanstucker? Doesn't that mean....never mind, I don't want to know.

Seriously, I feel like a rank amature now.

Ever see Young Frankenstein?

Think Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks comedy, and that oughtta tell you what you need to know

Christopher

How Many Rings in a Camail?

Stupid Close Cell Foam Question