The Armour Archive

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Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NO more Dark Victory armour, please. YOu can make something like that yourself for alot less money and probably make it look better. It is not a great kit unless your goal is to look like spanked ass. Seriously, cheap does not have to mean hideous. Look at Stonekeep. Look at ...

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Has anyone painted the SCA as re-enactment?

Just asking, I've been through the thread and I don't see that anywhere.

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Calling people Nazis is pure jackassery. It's a douchebag thing to do. It's only purpose is to chill any dissent or discussion, because no one wants to be a nazi. It's pure chickenshit. YOu have failed at rational discourse and are now screaming Nazi like a little bitch. Everytime you do it, you are...

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So how does one go about making a rhomphaia? AND... Is there anytthing 2handed and bladed that is not an axe in either Scandanavia or Byzantium in 9th-10th c.? Because I have a bastard sword of about 5ft length but I do not think it would be period for me. Thought's? -Ivan At one point in time, the...

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He has other shoes besides the Viking styles off the peg. Frankly his stuff is Medevialish, not true Medieval. Nothing wrong with that but you can probably find more suitable footwear for your period at revival clothing. Less exoensive, too. I don't know about that. A good pair from both sellers wi...

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I like that break down pole with copper tubing.

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I have a couple of gorgeous banners made by our own Isabella E and want to display them at events. What do folks find to work best for this purpose?

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Ti = titanium

Try Ballistol. As far as discoloration, that's going to happen with mild steel mail, pretty much no matter what you do. Rust is just a fact of life with mild steel.

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If you can draw a picture of what you want, I may be able to make it from hardened leather.

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Ti has it's own place on the Periodic Chart, so it has no other elements in it. If it is a Ti alloy, then it may have other things in it.

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Tancred wrote:Anyone? is the visor legal with the gapping at the jawline? Would I have to modify the visor in some way?

If you attach a camail (as you should for this type of helm) then it is SCA legal.

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If you are encumbered by your armour it doesn't fit right, no matter what the material. You could make Ti armour that didn't fit right and it would be an encumbrance.

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He has other shoes besides the Viking styles off the peg.

Frankly his stuff is Medevialish, not true Medieval. Nothing wrong with that but you can probably find more suitable footwear for your period at revival clothing.

Less exoensive, too.

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Today I wore a linen tunic over it. Our wenches will be making me a linen Deel to go over it though, just gotta get it made. I'm also gonna get some shoulder cops from that mercenary tailor and point them to the Deel. Could be a good look. Audax, thanks. I'm just glad to be able to stand among warr...

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Couple of thoughts. The title of this site is "Armour Archive" and not "SCA period Nazi happy fun time day camp". If you ARE a period Nazi.. you should be ignoring the bargrills on helms anyway. You know.. pretending it ain't there. So if you don't like the grotesque, zoomorphic...

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Freaking badass.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/ratangei/newarmor.jpg Well I got the armor put together with help from both Ratty and Keah. Thanks wenches, you rock It fits like a glove, lets me move, and most importantly is up off my sternum. I feel real good about this stuff. Cant wait to try it out tomorr...

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I think some people are way overreacting. I can't see where they thought he was trying to 100% justify his idea as being historical rather than just inspired by some interesting late period pieces. I think it's a cool idea and he should run with it. If it were Ugo posting such a helm would people r...

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I think some people are way overreacting. I can't see where they thought he was trying to 100% justify his idea as being historical rather than just inspired by some interesting late period pieces. I think it's a cool idea and he should run with it. If it were Ugo posting such a helm would people r...

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Well I wasn't Audax. I said it would be custom because I am going to make it. I said that I would hope some of you would forgive a somewhat "fantasy" appearance if you don't recall. I didn't claim it to be historically accurate but merely a custome piece of functional artwork that would f...

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Planning to do SCA heavy with this particular helmet, but I'm entirely for authenticity; unfortunately, my sewing skills are pretty much nil. If there are any available, I might be a pre-made liner, or perhaps hire someone to do the job for me. Regards, Jim Knowne World Treasures sells a padded lin...

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I'm just wasting my time, aren't I?

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It's just the plural of chevalier. Knights. I know, but what is it advertising? -I.I.S. Well the clip is from a documentary called "Chevaliers". The blurb next ot the clip simply says "Here, in better resolution, a cinematic trailer of the documentary production Chevaliers (Knights),...

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Looks pretty good.

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It's an onion top bascinet, most likely found in the Holy Roman Empire in the 14th century. Splinted arms and legs are a possibility, with a coat of plates for the torso protection.

What are Kinslayer arms?

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IvanIS wrote:OK, Tell the clueless one.

I know what chevalier means in french but what is "Chevaliers"?

Other than that, it was way cool and I wanna do some!

-Ivan

It's just the plural of chevalier. Knights.

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No doubt that's true. a lot of different gauntlet designs out there. The good ones I've used had close overlapping plates and hard articulation in the thumb. Finger gaunts are probably not on his list yet, unless he's just a well monied new guy, since they run $500-$1000 a pair. I'm gonna work on a ...

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Whitley, PM sent.

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You can face metal gaunts with leather but you'll probably run into problems getting around the articulation. The lames on gauntlets are close fitting so putting leather on the lames will interfere with their movement. Torvaldr makes hardened leather gauntlets and I'll be adding some to my product l...

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Did the arm shot that inspired this occur while you were wearing your new gambeson? Were you wearing less protection, the same, or more when you took the blow? We'll it's more arms shot's , than shot but yeah I was wearing more protection as I never actually have worn a gambeson that went all the w...

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A simple leather vambrace should be plenty low profile. YOu could get some spring steel splints and add those on if you wanted some metallic protection.

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Well, my problem is that I would like to do some SCA heavy combat, but I don't want to have the visible bars that it requires. Can anyone help me out with an alternative? You could pretend the aren't there since they are just safety gear. Many many helms were worn open faced. As mentioned by others...

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