The Armour Archive

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Cet wrote:"Mine may be too simple for the CoA and if so, I'll make adjustments as necessary. "

This is a common perception, perhaps so common that folks usually don't even try submitting simple stuff. I thought the same but mine sailed right through without a blip.

I'm hoping mine will do the same.

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I bought a butted shirt last week. It arrived in about 3 days. It's too small so I have to return it but that's not their fault. I ordered the wrong size.

Good merchant, excellent service. I'll shop with him again.

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So why does no one watch the fighting anymore? Well for your average Scadian who has been to several years worth of tourneys it is all too easy to forget how rare and awesome is an exhibition of arms is. I mean come on! there are two people, in armor , beating the crap out of each other with sticks...

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They seem to think gold would be a better metal than argent (more visible on the battlefield) Perhaps or on sable is slightly more visible (see test results at m), but argent on sable gives you all the "metal on colour" contrast you need to register. They said to give the original arrangement a sho...

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That wasn't what I was referring to as anachronistic. My apologies, then. I took your earlier "ahem" to be something along the lines of a holier-than-thou, I'm-more-authentic-than-you tone, which I now clearly see was not intended. Again, my apologies. No worries, just my irreverent sense of humor ...

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Really, the SCA should have a clergy rank system of some kind that always tryâ€™s to control, manipulate and undermine the power of the Kings and the chivalry. In my dream SCA, the knights are knights, the laurels follow the structure of medieval guild masters, and the pelicans are all clergy. Mult...

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other folks with more complex and (ahem) anachronistic heraldry. Isn't that a bit unfair, when complex heraldry is perfectly period (ie., pre-17th C), and the CoA requirements for two clear differences between registered arms is forcing people towards more complex devices? - Martletman I don't see ...

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Greetings spearweasel and fellow Ansteorran, My knight and I have practiced the dark art of plastic armoring for a while and we used 3/8 thick ABS. For Japanese I'm thinking smooth side out to emulate a lacquered finish but I am by no means an expert on Japanese armor, so take with a grain of salt....

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I posted this same question on the "I want to be a Viking" topic but im going to put it here also just in case nobody answers the other one......did Vikings (and other dark age peoples) use leather body protection (if they couldnt afford mail), and if so, what type would they have used (besides lea...

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Greetings spearweasel and fellow Ansteorran, My knight and I have practiced the dark art of plastic armoring for a while and we used 3/8 thick ABS. For Japanese I'm thinking smooth side out to emulate a lacquered finish but I am by no means an expert on Japanese armor, so take with a grain of salt. ...

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Ballock daggers were known in Outremer in the late 13th early 14th so he should give it to me.

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Personally I have stopped wearing my colors as much as I once did. I really am starting to feel that all the household tabards (notice I wrote tabards not nicely made outfits) make the SCA look too much like a medieval football team than anything really medieval. Unfortunately, most people's concep...

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Torr of Mercia wrote:Dalewyn made me a set of foam hardware to make the chopper, it looks really good and hits nice too.

-T

Well, let's get him over here. I'd personally love to see pics and the construction method.

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Salut William,

Check this out: http://www.companyofoutremer.com/sir_bran/chopper2.gif

and http://www.companyofoutremer.com/sir_bran/chopper1.gif

I can't presently find them on the Company of Outremer site ( http://www.companyofoutremer.com/ ) but that's where I originally found them. I figure you can use these as guidelines and then make whatever mods you think necessary.

I hope this is of help.

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Ironmonger is a good source for inexpensive entry level bascinets.

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Do a google image search for ouroboros. You'll get a lot of hits and hopefully you'll find something you can use from that.

Regards,

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Edit: I just did an image search for Midgard serpent and got a bunch of hits there, too.

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Specifically ones heraldic colors. How compelled do folks feel to wear their heraldic colors in tournaments? Always, only for crown lists, when the mood strikes, etc? The reason I ask is that in period, it seems that knights/squires didn't necessarily always have surcotes, jupons, etc in their color...

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I'm trying to make a rattan dagger but I want something other than a rondel. Any ideas how to make a ballock or baselard dagger or perhaps even a misericord?

Also thoughts on making a rattan dagger look right/nice would be great as well.

Thanks all,

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Johannes wrote:Hereis a link to the Mandrake foam. We have it in stock.

Thanks, Johannes. Do we order off your site or Mandrakes or does it matter?

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Re: OT... it's important for every party to have somewhere for people to vomit. As for 300, I'll definitely see it. It's clearly macho eye-candy. If they can work in a car chase, exposed breasts, and some small-arms fire then it'll be near perfect! I bet there'll at least be exposed breasts.

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Me too.

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Not a copycat yet. You're who I got the link from. They aren't my first choice but they are the best ones I've seen that I stand a chance of getting into without a tub of crisco and a shoehorn. I saw some football ones that had good coverage areas but I would need to buy the pads seperately. Oh... ...

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Thorald Skegglauss wrote:Padraig Mac Oda
"Today IS a good day to die!" but I don't know the origins of it.

From 13th Warrior; great quote.

Worf said it all the time on STNG. I do believe it was also said in Little Big Man a few times. Have no idea who said it first.

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Ingvarr wrote:AJ, you might want to check these out

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/produ ... 7445320961

It goes to 2X which is a size lower than I normally wear but I have 2X Under Armour compression shorts/cup carrier that fit pretty good.

copycat!

I ordered these myself. Not 2X, tho.

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You only looked at the front page of the album mike? There are four,if you had smarts enough to look in the header. And what I was getting on your case about, was not about being laid up. I know you cannot help that. It was about a poor business practice-IE not using your resources to keep the busi...

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A few options: m m m And you can try hockey pants, though I think they make ones ass look big. It ruins the aesthetics of looking period. Also there are street hockey girdles, other types of football girdles, etc. These sorts of things and the padded shorts above work well for early period types or ...

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Jean Paul de Sens wrote:Regarding leg armour, the goal should be

1) enough that you don't get deep bruising
2) not so much that pain still doesn't reinforce

I.e., you want it to hurt when your defenses fail, but not enough to prevent you from going to another fighter practice later that week

JP

Exactly.

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Well said, Justus.

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My COP is made from galvy steel tie plates you get at Home Depot for @ $1 each. They're about 18 gauge, come pre equipped with numerous hole and are easily bent over, well, just about anything handy. They overlap at the top but not at the sides and i find it works pretty well to keep costs down, cus...

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Hello, I'm hoping someone has better sources for roman history available then I conveniently do. (Matthew, you out there?) To the best of my recollection there was a roman legion in north africa some time during the late republic period that lost an engagement and was captured. They were forced to ...

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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 ev...

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No harm no foul Audax. Tasia If I were you, I would go to a set of "lost viking legs" like these: m without the cop. Do a 360 degree wrap cuisse though. Then put the mountain bike shorts under them. Cover them up with some baggy pants and you are more inline with your period. The system of rigid ov...

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Audax, Please note: A) I did not go behind you. I said this where you can see it. B) You suggested she get a set of these and "forget about leg armour". In An-Tir, for a new fighter these simply would not be enough, by themselves. (unless they really like lots of deep bruising) I did say they would...

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If someone had told me at any point they were trying to injure me because I was a Tuchuk I would break a foot off in their ass. If anyone thinks it's acceptable to treat someone else like shit because they arent playing your ideal of the game then you're a fucking asshole. Period. I am in wholehear...

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Tasia, I would not suggest the mountain bike shorts posted earlier. In your/my area they are not enough armour for a newer fighter. Under something rigid they would be great but not by themselves. Ewan, She has nothing there at all right now The shorts provide her with something better than nothing...

wearing colors....(SCA)

rattan dagger construction tips?

Re: Need help finding a roman battle.