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Baron Conal

yeah. I guess doing it solo is out of the question....

Oh well..

Baron Conal

I've got a new linen arming shirt. It's not based on any particular period arming clothes. ( padded arms and shoulders only, body not padded.... more on that below ) The linen was prewashed and dried in the dryer to 'preshrink' it before it was sewn. I've got a pair of Matt's tulip shaped vambraces ...

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putting hinges on today and packing for shipping.

Baron Conal

Cian of Storvik wrote:No. I got what he's saying. If there were no rattan in the hole, I could see it collapsing in on itself if I put enough force on it.

-Cian

didn't mean to second guess you ..... but it's not made out of wood
so I'm not an expert.....

Baron Conal

Odo of the Abbey of Saint wrote:Dammit Conal, you are killing me. Email sent

Odo

umm.... sorry.... kinda

thanks!

I was reminded that I did not put in a size.

36" long seat. 48" for $10 more

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it is supposed to be a 'simplified SCA 10 foot rule protable affordable stong enough for a overweight fighter version kinda inspired by this bench' bench [img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/Chair%20pictures/a456-1.jpg[/img] ( not this bench just this basic concept ) I tried to r...

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this is what I'm worried about.....

Baron Conal

interested in this also!! Pommels too.... hollow or solid? with less weight in the cross guard would you want more or less weigh in the pommel? What gauge are they? (14ga nevermind ) Have they been play tested for durability? The 'sides' of the hole would be the only place I would see a failure happ...

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Derian le Breton wrote:
Baron Conal wrote:Simpler earlier period versions can be made also....

What time period is this style (as pictured) documentable to?

-Derian.

they are not documentable.....

but they are not a bag chair either

Baron Conal

$60 Pine bench sale (unfinished yellow pine ) buy two benches or more for $50.00 each ( plus any shipping ) ( pictures of benches previously made... this would be a made to order item sale .... ) http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/PineBenches.jpg You can't see it very well but there...

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a photo of Sir Walter Hohenkligen's
belt...

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I've seen this bed.... It's very impressive.

He is right the photos do not do it justice

whoever gets it will be very happy with it.

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the photos are taken at an angle because if I go straight on the flash reflects too much. That has distorted the image a little. I've noticed that some of the less precise artistic styles of the middle ages are a little harder to get 'right'. The finer points of what makes the images look like that ...

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My wife and I have bought spices... That said, we have passed up spices ( that we were out of ) because the merchant that had could not answer questions about how they had been stored, how old they were and did not want to answer where they came from. Later we saw him packing up and the spices and t...

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productive day.....

touch ups and final details are about all that is left....

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Gosh I feel like an underachiever now.....

thanks for sharing!

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started image on front of the chest....

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I've made a quick re....re..... a ...ummm' Here is a first try at reworking the drawing... please feel free to comment on whether or not it has the right 'feel' and look .... http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/greenchestdrawing.jpg I've modestly covered the woman's lap but left her ...

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SyrTheo wrote:Where is this chair / bench from Excellency?

Prince EikBrandr

It is in the Swedish Historical Museum
in the Medieval section. The card reads "Pew
- KungsÃ¥ra Church, VÃ¤stmanland. 12th century".

working on more pictures.....

Baron Conal

COOL thanks!!

let me offer a little more....

what I'm trying to do is recreate this scene in a matching style
to the other images.

and we need to woman to be clothed.

Baron Conal

SyrTheo wrote:Where is this chair / bench from Excellency?

Prince EikBrandr

I wish I knew, it's a picture I found very early on in the SCA before I got into the habit of taking better notes....

I can ask on the woodworking list I'm on... maybe someone there will know

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Ernst wrote:If you want to match time and style of the given images, it might help to give their source?

Images were sent to me, I do not know their source....

waiting for an answer on that, I was hoping someone might recognize
them anyway...

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He bought something from me and paid very promptly

if that helps....

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I need manuscript images showing two knights jousting and showing a woman riding ahorse.... They do not need to be the same image, I can redraw and mix parts of various images but they do need to match the time and style of the images here... http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/manho...

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more on the first end....

and the other end.....

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In stock is good for new guys to get them on the field quickly. Quick turn around is good for guys upgrading their kit. If they are replacing parts they already have they can be more patient. ( within limits that I feel you pretty much always met ) Your prices are/were fabulous. A mix of all would b...

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trying for more detail....

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Percevalnotpercy wrote:This is looking good. This is even more incentive for me to find an image for the front.

Danny

I'm looking also, but not seeing anything that is
jumping out and saying paint this!

Baron Conal

I'm having trouble finding an image that fits my needs Looking for suggestions.... Go to m and look at the images for the Julius Calendar and Hymnal, the Anglo-Saxon Calendar, and the FÃ©camp Psalter. Julius calendar is giving me 'page not found' I registered and still not seeing images.... the Fec...

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Good Baron.....what does the chest itself look like? before I painted it, it looked like this... http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF2032.jpg one end of the chest , in progress... http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF2045.jpg

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GREAT links guys!
thanks!

see: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=91827

I'm having trouble finding an image that fits my needs
Looking for suggestions....

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Painted in progress Green chest with these images on the ends http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/manuscripts/medieval_manuscripts/medman/A/K30/K30f3r.htm Not having too much luck finding something in the same style that I like for the front of the chest... Anyone have suggestions?

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Conal, Pics and prices, s'il vous plait ? Rowan I guess a picture would help.... http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/Chair%20pictures/12f0-1.jpg I'm not publicly stating prices because there is some variation in the cost of the wood and I try to keep the prices as low as I can..... ...

picking location for points

Re: Pine Bench Sale!

Conal's Pine Benches

need help finding image with specific subject matter