The Armour Archive

RoaK

Here's a good one... while not a question it was defiantly a funny experience with the mundane public... I was resting out of the way at a public demo after fighting when three boys come up to me on their bicycles. They stood there looking at me for a bit like I had just got off a UFO or something. ...

RoaK

Here's mine, like the others it buckles up in the back and has a ring and cord "support" system that lifts the plates after they are buckled up.

RoaK

audax wrote:
RoaK wrote:"quare subsisto iam" it shall be...

Thanks

nunc cur desiste is better

So be it, thanks.

RoaK

Good read and great post... I like the idea of stepping offline when fighting and I'll have made sure I'm doing that. I love great sword, for some reason it's only style of fighting that feels natural to me and seems to flow for me... when I fight S&S I find myself having to think and fight one ...

RoaK

The Clovenshield Axemen's Goon Squad local union 666 use that type of thrusting head combined with the regular thruster on the end and they get great results all the time...

RoaK

Agh yes, padding and attaching gloves to gauntlets: the bane of every heavy fighter... Like above get some mouse pads and cut them to fit behind your gloves. Sew them on at several points around your gloves... Another option is use heavy welders gloves, as they are thick enough to supply the padding...

RoaK

Sir Robear is epileptic, hence the no hits to the head ruling from his doctor. He called that helmet his "birdcage" and yes, as Sir Gaston noted, he did eventually replace it with a fairly nice great bascinet. Hilmr, what're ya doin' stalking Caidan chivalry? So the great bascinet was att...

RoaK

It's how you can keep fighting in this game after your doctor tells you that one more good headshot that compresses your neck will leave you either dead or paralyized. Seriously. It's a great workaround to a limiting problem, and I'm willing to call it an aviary/great bascinet and be done with it. ...

RoaK

Looks like he has a bird cage over his head.

RoaK

Yup it's HDPE. Thanks for the link! My first suit was HDPE barrel armor. Seriously consider tying together it with nylon Para cord... Once you tie and melt the knot a bit with a lighter itâ€™s pretty much connected for lifeâ€¦ A glue joint on the other hand will always have that threat of failing w...

RoaK

Yup it's HDPE. Thanks for the link! My first suit was HDPE barrel armor. Seriously consider tying together it with nylon Para cord... Once you tie and melt the knot a bit with a lighter itâ€™s pretty much connected for lifeâ€¦ A glue joint on the other hand will always have that threat of failing w...

RoaK

I understand folks are saying Arnica helps make bruises go away, but how does it really do that? RoaK, I thought it was the Saxons who won. We were the side facing the pavilion, without the two dukes and an earl. I was having too much fun to be really paying attention to the score, though. Oh, we w...

RoaK

I've always thought a thrust to the face from a single handed weapon should be a good stout shot... (about what good spearman hit us with in the face). This type of shot requires good aim and technique. A dinky it-tag touch shot is BS and should be considered incidental contact (well for me anyways).

RoaK

Behold, Murdock, plage bearer of Nurgle....

Do what your body (and marriage) can stand...

RoaK

Here we go, this might answer our question. In a nut shell it would appear there was no types of tax as contracts were agreements for service and pay was exactly that; pay to the merc company for services rendered. Since we don't really take loot for a defeated enemy in the SCA (to any real degree) ...

RoaK

*if you ticked him off enough, you >could< be suspended or banished I disagree to a point; one can only be suspended or banished from the SCA for doing something mundanely bad like continually hurting people by doing stuff outside the rules of the list or some other bad behavior. One can not be sus...

RoaK

If not, why not? Do you consider yourself part of the Kingdom or are you a group outside of the SCA? Thanks! D. Gotta ask this question of you. Why is it part of the kingdom or Outside the SCA? as opposed to Part of the kingdom or not. This division of mindset comes, from my observation, prevalent ...

RoaK

*if you ticked him off enough, you >could< be suspended or banished I disagree to a point; one can only be suspended or banished from the SCA for doing something mundanely bad like continually hurting people by doing stuff outside the rules of the list or some other bad behavior. One can not be sus...

RoaK

Sounds like an idea that could make the game a bit more interesting. One problem would be that some merc households are spread over more than one kingdom (like Clovenshield) and that could cause some confusion. I'm sure something could be worked out. Tax us all you want; we'll just increase prices t...

RoaK

Yeah, I know the feeling. I'm recovering from a serious game of Oger Ball we played at Candlemas this weekend at an event... The Danes beat teh Saxons by the way... Do what I do; drink excessively for the next two days... ... Really though, there's lots of good advice in the above posts... some of w...

RoaK

"quare subsisto iam" it shall be...

Thanks

RoaK

I'm a bit confused: are we talking about a thrust to an unprotected face or a thrust to a face protected by draped chain? See the pictures below ... and yeah like duke logan said, trying to shove a sword into a live pigs face would end up being even more... eventfull... than slaming a pig on the hea...

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If we are taking bets on this ( and I hope we are) I bet its hard to kill that pig. Let me tell you a story... At a long ago Pennsic war people who will not be named decided it would be swell to bring a pig, kill it onsite and cook it. What could possibly go wrong with that? So this real life karat...

RoaK

An SCA recruiting poster if I ever saw one...

RoaK

Greetings, I'm kicking around the idea of eventually painting my Kettle. I know it's period to do so but I wanted to show my idea here to get some input and I need a translation. It's going to be red and black (my colors) halved with the brim being red and black reversed with the dome... anyways I'm...

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The Church. Yeah, that's what I was going to say. I agree, aside from a few monks, a priest or two and some crusading orders the church is strangly absent form SCA play. Any thoughts on why this is? Wouldn't you just love to see 4 or 5 Popes at an event blasting everyone's souls to hell for not fol...

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Nissan Maxima wrote:A more painterly skull

I like the grrrr woof helm for it's cool looks and being historic... I'd cast a vote for that one if I had a say.

...but, you know, I just can't just shake the notion of you looking like a SCA super villian in that other helm...

Perhaps get two face plates made?

RoaK

Yes she is... How'd you know?

RoaK

Is that the one where you go across your chest to your left shoulder and you sword blocks the left side of your head?

RoaK

Oh and here was the problum....

Me fighitng Nissan at Pennsic. I was useing a smaller center grip shield here but still... DAMN!

RoaK

Hereâ€™s some proof for you new fighters practice worksâ€¦ This year (on the pick up field) at Pennsic I was getting hit in the leg allot because I was raising my shield up way too high to block shots to my head. Anyways I swore to myself to fix this. I've been really working at blocking shots to my...

RoaK

Kettles and bascinets (with optional solid face rather than bargrills) Could you do kits with a tutorial to put it together? I deal with college students, and can put out $75 each or so, and help them put it together. I front the $$ and they take the helm home when they have paid for it. 've moved ...

RoaK

Hey my first helm was a AC/B conical...

It served me well but now I've moved on to a badassed WMA Kettle...

RoaK

24x36 curved heater. Okay, just out of shear morbid curiousity, what is wrong with 24x36 curved heaters. I'm curious, because that's what I use, mostly because somewhere along the line (even before I started fighting) I picked up that a 24x36 curved heater was how a shield was SUPPOSED to be made. ...

RoaK

Like Hal said be sure to clean the surface of all oils and dirt and then sand it with about 80 grit sandpaper so the surface is rough. this makes the paint stick better to the surface. If you skip this part your paint will crack and chip off the helm/shield or whatever. And that's not counting being...

Re: Hey Mercs

Need something translated into Latin

Re: Most under represented culture/persona in the SCA

Hey, practice does get results... imagine that!