The Armour Archive

Livia Tasia

and what of the rest of us that can, and do, fight from our knees? what about us? i understand your situation and im sorry you have a bad knee. just seems unfair when someone says "i cant therefore i dont think you should be able to". you prefer it as being bested (kill is such a strange ...

Livia Tasia

Wow, thanks for the link to the guide - just what I was looking for.

You don't happen to know of a similar link for actually building the shield itself do you?

Livia Tasia

Thanks!

What did you edge yours with?

Livia Tasia

I can't fight from my knees - I have a bad knee and so far I just haven't been able to figure out how to maneuver on my knee without killing it. So I yield the fight.

I'd prefer it was just a kill.

Livia Tasia

My period is early Roman - which the round shield doesn't even go with - but when I have tried out other shield styles, the round is what worked best for me.

I have a beautiful oval shield but it's super heavy (made of metal) and I just tire to easily with it.

Livia Tasia

What kind of material can I best use to make a lightweight yet very sturdy round shield?

Tasia

Livia Tasia

I didn't know that some guys treat women fighters any different until I went to a couple of events outside of my Baronies. My two Baronies (Stromgard and Three Mountains) are pro fighter, regardless of if you have dangly bits or not. When I went to other events I heard from some of the other women s...

Livia Tasia

Thorstenn is correct. There was a female fighter several years back in this area that went to fight in another area because they hit too hard. She wanted me to go with her and I told her I wanted to be where the real action was. That was a great letter. I agree about Iron Rose too. I was told a long...

Livia Tasia

Thanks guys! So if I go to a bowling alley and get bowling wax, I just apply it to the helm and keep applying it each time I use it? Sorry to ask a really dumb question, but what is silicone and where would I get that? Thanks for the padding ideas. My current helm is padded with a combination of sof...

Livia Tasia

Sorry if this is already a topic, I still can't figure out how to use the search and get what I'm really looiking for. Do you have your helm padded a specific way? Hard foam, egg foam? How do you have it layered? I am getting ready to pad my new helm. It's blued and it was suggested that I get some ...

Livia Tasia

Olaf (or anyone else)

Does the chain maile pull on your helm? Does it make it harder on your neck?

All of your kits look great, before and after.

Tasia

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Livia Tasia

You don't get much more badass than this... Duke Sven winning Crown (An Tir).

Livia Tasia

My sword arm, pretty cool outline of the guy's sword.

Livia Tasia

Thanks Syr Finn,

That's kind of what I was concerned about, offending my opponent by them maybe thinking I considered myself on their level.

Not that I've had much experience legging or taking an arm, but hey, good to be prepared.

Livia Tasia

I've been reading Sir Caedmon's Individual Fighter Drills and I had a question for you guys about loss of arm and leg while fighting. If you leg your opponent or get an arm, do you give up yours? Are there instances where you should or shouldn't? If you did leg your opponent and you also fight from ...

Livia Tasia

Myth? But what can be done? If I call a man a cheater, I am a just whining. And who does not despise a whiner? So I hit every one too hard and now I am a menace. I haven't read all the replies yet but this struck a chord with me. I know that sometimes what the person watching sees is different than...

Livia Tasia

For those of you that need to fight with a knee brace: 1. What kind of brace do you use - one with the metal sides or just a velcro wrap or something else? 2. What style of knee cops do you use with the brace? Did you find you needed to make one knee larger than the other to fit your brace comfortab...

Livia Tasia

My pattern is based off the fighter's from around here, many of theirs are the same shape but they have different adornments. I just want to make sure those areas I get hit are covered for now until I get enough skill to move my shield around to where it's supposed to be. Once I get good enough I co...

Livia Tasia

It's very fierce looking!

I'd love to see the look on the face of a fighter that sees you on the field without having gotten a close up of that helm!

Livia Tasia

Josh your armor looks really good from the backside. I haven't seen the type of armor you wear on your calves - that go all the way around. I agree - that is a great picture. Nissan your amor is wicked! I imagine it's very intimidating!! One of our guys here in An Tir just made a helm that sort of r...

Livia Tasia

I've seen those in pictures before. I've heard they were comfortable. I see a lot of fighters use greaves. Is that more for decorative purposes or do they have a purpose in working 'with' the leg armor? My persona would have only used greaves as far as 'leg' armor. Thanks for all the suggestions eve...

Livia Tasia

Yeah! That second picture is the one I was trying to find! You had posted that one before. I hope this isn't too forward but you don't get hit in your butt cheek at all? Or are just able to block it? That spot hurts when you get hit. Which I do a lot because my shield isn't where it's supposed to be...

Livia Tasia

I'm also thinking I might not have enough padding under my current legs. I just have a small 1/4" piece of closed foam under single thickness saddle leather. But then, they are based off what the guys here use. So, perhaps like you suggested, using both. The biker shorts looks like they'd be comfy f...

Livia Tasia

your pattern is exactly laid out like mine Wulfe. I like the style of them!

Thanks for all the input, I'll see about some tassets and look at the strapping from my new belt. I'll try and get a picture of it and post.

Livia Tasia

My scar looks like your except my incision is horizontal to my below my knee instead of vertical and I have 'bolt' scars above and below my knee.

That must have been so painful to go that long!! You've got to have a high pain tolerance level!

Hope things feel a lot better now!

Livia Tasia

I don't use greaves. My current legs are a very basic style, saddle leather, some foam on the inside. I'm just looking to see what other styles are out there. I made a new belt per Sir Cedric's design of the c-belt and the legs hang a bit 'funny' now. Meaning, they literaly hang rather than form fit...

Livia Tasia

Ave! I've been trying to do searches through the site on leg armor pictures. Many of your legs are covered in fighting pants or other forms of garb. I'm trying to get some insight on different kinds of leg armor to see if a different style would work for me. If you have good pictures of just your le...

Livia Tasia

I had the hamstring - which must account for the fact that is has seemed to take decades to heal. I wear a pretty thick brace to fight in, however, I haven't managed to learn to fight from my knees in it. At practice, I yield the fight. I read somewhere, either in the SCA Marshall's book or in our o...

Livia Tasia

Thorald be careful with getting back into it that soon. My surgeon (ACL/meniscus) was on the conservative side and it was over 9 months for me to even be able to walk up my stairs comfortably. There was some problems with infection in my lower leg after the surgery but he was adament about no side m...

Livia Tasia

Trystan are you a Browncoat too?

Livia Tasia

I gotta figure out how to move my hips. I think I was too concerned about the fact that I wasn't moving my feet that I disregarded the fact that my hips are what generates my power. Well, I put bells on my boots so I could hear them moving, I suppose I get a belt with bells on so I know that's movin...

Livia Tasia

Yeah, I meant shield foot forward - that's how I always fight. Which a lot of people call goofy foot here. It's a term of endearment I think. I have tried, really tried to make sword foot forward work. I'll ask tonight more about it. For some reason, I cannot generate power from a sword foot forward...

Livia Tasia

I looked up 'turn shoes' and I can see how you would be on your ass in them! I was walking around tonight doing some practice - one thing is for sure, it will strengthen your calf muscles doing that.

Livia Tasia

Unless I don't understand the concept, it sounds exactly like how I stand (not in the picture that's posted in the other thread). I'll get a picture taken of what my stance would be in front of an opponent tomorrow night. I'm shieldside forward, swordside back with my toe pointed away from my oppoen...

Livia Tasia

Thanks, looking back to Monday night, that makes sense as to why I wasn't getting a lot of power. I'll see if I can get it figured out Thursday night and let you know!

making a round shield

helm padding

Taking/Keeping the Advantage

for those fighting with a knee brace

Leg armor pictures