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Benedek

Sasha_Khan wrote:Since so many of the extant examples are either geometric or floral patterns, my first thought was to use the cross of Calatrava with some complementary bits to fill in the background - based on your location...

You sir may just be a genius, I hadn't even thought of that.

Benedek

You are not required to display arms on your kalkan -and as an Osmanli ghazi , it behooves you to show those poor, backwards Franks some flash and style... I will have plenty of flash when this whole thing comes together, LOL. I guess all these suggestions lead me to my next question. How do I go a...

Benedek

heraldry as we know it is european, not ottoman, which will be a large historical stumbling block. SCAwise, check out the heraldry primers on sca.org for rapid prototyping of heraldric charges, go here: m and it will autogenerate pretty pictures for you. I agree it will a bit of a stumbling block, ...

Benedek

I will be receiving my new shied here shortly. It's a 26" round domed with a center boss on it. It will also come with a piece of canvas for me to cover it with. I want to paint it, I'd like to come up with something for my heraldry, but I have no clue where to start. I don't know yet if I even...

Benedek

That thing is too sweet. Endless numbers of uses.

Benedek

I need pics of Ottoman maces. I've got an idea that may work for an SCA mace that should turn out pretty neat, but my collection of images on these is fairly slim, can anyone help me?

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Benton

Benedek

If you sandwich the plate between two pieces of fabric then you will need a washer to keep the fabric from being ripped up by the peened end of the nail. I would suggest, though, that you really don't need the nail to go through the liner. If you put the nail through the outer cover, then the plate...

Benedek

Okay so its: 1.) Drill hole in plastic 2.) place nail on table 3.) push nail though fabric 4.) put plastic on fabric, nail though hole 5.) push nail though fabric (sandwiching the plastic in fabric) 6.) snip end off of nail (i have some strong bolt cutters somewere) 7.) Ball-peen hammer to top of n...

Benedek

Randy W wrote:found 5 NEW magazines for the M14 - No Change in price

You know....I'd probably rather be water boarded, than see this sale and not be able to act on it.

Benedek

Isabella E wrote:Available for a limited time only so I don't get my dept in too much trouble. I wish there was a free video host that would let you password protect something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v= ... Ua20zCXhwA

Wow, it looks like most of the guys in there winced when you took that shot.

Awesome.....and then some.

Benedek

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Benedek

Alvar, you look great for first kit. Better than many people who have been fighting for years. Have you considered using a heater as a shield? You seem to be putting together a 14th century style harness and the round shield doesn't seem to fit. But he's also got a Morion on order, to me it appears...

Benedek

Really well done.

Benedek

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Benton

Benedek

Good to hear it stayed local, I may have to see if she'd let me take a look at what they did for a nasal. I hope she starts fighting so that it doesn't go to waste.

Benedek

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Benedek

meinhard115 wrote:Many moons ago...

Before that it was a Stop sign.

Did you ever put a nasal on that helm? Whatever happened to it anyway? Just curious.

Benedek

I really thought the hip tosses were friggin' awesome.

I may have to drag a few friends to the back yard and work on these techniques.

Benedek

So with all of these techniques, will any of them affect the finish on an already blackened maille shirt with some oil still on it?

Benedek

It also appeared the axeman was wearing jeans and no leg armour......no wonder he waited in the wings and came swooping in for the 'kill'.

Benedek

I love the shovel face. I think adding some brass accents, or even finding someone to weld a small finial or topper to the top would go a long way to eliminating the spun top look. It would draw your eye to the vertical and not the horizontal where you can still see the lines from the spinning. my ....

Benedek

Jestyr.....not problem at all. Good looking out though. As far as what time period......I've seen very similar ones latter half of the 15th cent and on through even 1700's in Mughal armour. I've got some work of my own to do for my new kit. I need to split the front of my blackened maille shirt and ...

Benedek

They are very nice. Are they for SCA use? If so, I would be a tad concerned that they won't cover the sides enough. They are for SCA they are deeper than they appear in the photo's from other pics I have seen. Him and I discussed this very issue, they should be ok for combat but I won't know for su...

Benedek

I've commissioned a set of bazubands from Jolly Knight. He sent me progress pics and I'm anxiously waiting for them to arrive. I'll post a proper review when they get here.

Now on with the armour pRon.

Stainless steel with brass trim and stainless maille hinges.

Benedek

If you're trying to keep it under $15 a person you should have no problem. I recently did a dinner for New Years Eve, 4 course meal surf and turf, mango shrimp, caesar salad, and even cheesecake for desert. The bar owner was expecting to turn a profit, so we charged 24.95 per couple. She made minimu...

Benedek

That's why I wasn't going to bill it as a "feast" per se.. but as a Ball. But I know how you feel about feeling bad about sending people home wanting. I wonder about putting forward a full feast spread, but sort of in a buffet style, people can serve themselves when they want, as they wan...

Benedek

Tapas are very period, but using the best ingredients for Tapas is what makes it great. At this point decent veggies (in bulk) are hard to come by and expensive now. Beef is period and is still very inexpensive at this point in time, same with pork. The problem with finger foods is that they are not...

Benedek

Hors D'ourves are not more economical...by any means. For the same time/effort/cost you buy a couple of whole roasts and feed many more people to satisfaction. I've done catering of and on for a long time. Anything you can get in bulk will save you money. First question is...how many people are you...

Benedek

Hors D'ourves are not more economical...by any means. For the same time/effort/cost you buy a couple of whole roasts and feed many more people to satisfaction. I've done catering of and on for a long time. Anything you can get in bulk will save you money. First question is...how many people are you ...

Benedek

Glad to see you back in the saddle again.

Benedek

If we (in the SCA) all moved from baskets to guantlets, would guantlets not be over represented then? Especially given the wide cultural expanse of the SCA. I don't think so. Gauntlets fit more into the SCA period than baskets do. Of course we'd also have to count in how many persona's wouldn't hav...

Benedek

First of all, I owned that model helm, and it is awesome! I love Shamrock's stuff. Just in doing research in the marketplace, shamrock helms are slightly more expensive than comparable stuff elsewhere. Secondly, I have never used anything except mild steel armour, and never had much trouble with up...

Benedek

Nothing else?...hhmmm...I'll still have to keep looking I guess.

Benedek

I was more referring to the leather lamellar, I should have noted that.

Benedek

http://www.travisconn.com/armor/armor.html

Take a look through here for some idea's on Mongols.

Where to start Heraldry

Ottoman maces?????

I'm impatient so I thought I would share. (Bazubands)