The Armour Archive

MJBlazek

That's a great looking surcoat Scott! The only thing that would make it even better is a bit of tailoring around the shoulder area. If you look at the images, and the pics of them based of of Tashas pattern they all lat flat and tight along the shoulder line, and avoid the sort of square sandwich bo...

MJBlazek

Ice is a good guy, and a GREAT businessman. But I can attest from experience that sometimes when guys start making stuff for you Your Grace, they make you thier priority and let those others fall behind. Jackie from Shamrock has been working on a refurb of a hat for me for about a year now, and has ...

MJBlazek

The gnet from the east you are talkign about might be Woodwose here on the archive. I know he made a hand pavise for fencing.

MJBlazek

It is an extreame muscle tightness.
My wife thinks it may have been shin splints? I have never had them before, so I don't know what they feel like.
Could have been dehydration?

MJBlazek

I posted on FB that I need to be amore assertive.
Which I have been working on.
I have also been practicing more with other weapons forms. Mainly S&S.But
I do love fighting spear, and have learned from talking with people that I am not as bad as I thought I am with it.

MJBlazek

I agree that a picture or two of kits that are fit would help a lot of people. I know it would help me!

MJBlazek

I'm just thinking of a unit for field battles.
I fight spear in melee, it's what I do. It's what I love to do.

MJBlazek

Suited up last night. First time in about 3 weeks. But I have been doing some "light" workouts just to get myself in better shape to start doing some heavy workouts. Holy shit am I a pudgy pile of poop. I was totally winded the whole time.Today my left shin feels like wood, and my knee is killing me...

MJBlazek

Aww, the love...

MJBlazek

great if I show up next year I am going to have to come up with a new tabbard.. he's going to come shooting for me!!

MJBlazek

I think you are going to be hard pressed to find what you are looking for in the 15th century. But here are a couple of options where you might be able to hide it: http://armourinart.com/media/cache/original/89_large.jpg http://armourinart.com/media/cache/original/92_large.jpg http://armourinart.com...

MJBlazek

Besides that, I sent a quick note to Kade at Kade's Workbench on FB. He does laser cut scales. He quoted me $400 for the chest and shoulders and another $50 for the bracers.

Which is a pretty good price. OUt of my discretionary limit at this time though. Good luck!

MJBlazek

Get out of my head.
I posted this picture to my FB page yesterday.

MJBlazek

Glad you like it. I wish I had more time to actually do the calligraphy by hand! I am not a scribe or an illuminator by any sense of the word, but I tried my best!
So now to fulfill my ransom I have to know you and your lady's names and birthdays so i can have the cathedral bells rung for you!

MJBlazek

Was the pin two clasped hands? And the Scroll signed Alexander Clarke?

MJBlazek

AWESOME.
It was kind of cool to se my heraldry there, even if It wasn't me sporting it.

So, who took down Thunderwinde and got the Ransom?

MJBlazek

Wow, these would actually fit me.

MJBlazek

I would like to do this for you. As a gift from your Cousins in the Shire of Hadchester in the Kingdom of the East. Think of it as a gift of friendships between my Kingdom and your Principality. Send me what you would alike for a shield and the arms that are to be painted and when you need it by. I ...

MJBlazek

My jupon was there too! Ha!

MJBlazek

So I know the lower level guys would wear basically a helmet and a shirt and stuff, and the Upper crust would have the fancy chain... what about the middle guys? Was tehre padded armor of any sort of this time preiod?

MJBlazek

Probably just a trick of perspective, this is likely a classic Oakshott type XII or XIII blade. Edit: Which is not to say whether it is authentic or not. It might be just a cheap piece of metal made to look like a sword, but if I had to classify it based on this photo, I'd call it a XII or XIII. Fr...

MJBlazek

Nathan Hartman wrote:Principality...

But I like where you're going with that

Even EASIER to get them to do it!

MJBlazek

Have somone make you a fancy new Baronial shield!

MJBlazek

Gunther, I truly believe that you and John are good guys. But I really think you should try to distance yourselves from Brand on a purely business aspect. I know it is easier to say than to do in reality, especially when you are sharing a space to save on cost. But I really think that any associatio...

MJBlazek

if you can keep the brass polished you can pull off the gilded look without actually having to shell out the money to have it gilded!

MJBlazek

I actaully like the sound of that regiment.

MJBlazek

Anybody have any good drills for a Triad?

Either Spear, S+S, Pole or Spear/Spear/Pole?

MJBlazek

There is another store front like page WestCoast has been using to sell items via Facebook.. I believe its under the Armour Guild, or something of that description.. https://www.facebook.com/TheArmorGuild Theres a couple of other armouries on that group as well, Gunther, and another fellow with Thr...

MJBlazek

They do have the plaque. I wish it was bigger though.

MJBlazek

Someday

My good fancy armor has taken a back seat for a while. Maybe I can get back into finishing it off next year after the chaos of getting ready for the baby has settled a bit.

MJBlazek

Jan your kit really is top notch!
If I ever get my bascinet back from Shamrock, and finally get a nice pair of legs like the ones you have, we will be very similar!

MJBlazek

I fully understand that, I was just wondering if anybody had any input on quality and customer service.

MJBlazek

Nope.. we wan'ts it NOW!

If people can update what they are doing to thier FB profiles at war every night, than we can get an update on this!
I mean come on we are the most important people out there!

MJBlazek

Specifically fashion design.

Specifically historical fashion design.

I have a couple of ideas for an SCA Viking persona, (used on history with the SCA flare that we all know and love

) that I would like to get down on paper.
But I really can't draw.

Anybody willing to help?

MJBlazek

Klaus- Check these out- http://www.etsy.com/listing/154123615/g ... ome_active

http://www.etsy.com/listing/155010938/o ... ome_active

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