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Glaukos the Athenian

Please check your PMS and email.

Thanks!

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

Lucas, See me at practice tomorrow and I'll show you again the torso and shoulders I got from O'Quinn. It is awesome, super light and very protective. And in a pinch it does not look too bad uncovered. For legs Sir Corby's setup cannot be beat, but you need to use the same type of coverage on the le...

Glaukos the Athenian

Some decline to submit... Thermopylae 480BC

Sometimes who is the savage and who the civilized one depends on who wins....

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

Alcyoneus2 wrote:Then submit quicker!

[img]http://www.talonsvcs.com/villagegallery/troiani/dt_cowpens.gif[/img]
Some decline to submit.... Cowpens 1781...

Glaukos the Athenian

This thread is a perfect example why a bunch of people who are poorly read in a complicated historiographical problem should spend their time reading about the subject instead of argueing with other people who don't know enough to really help you to understand whats going on. Brent, since I actuall...

Glaukos the Athenian

I can't say anything about using felt, but I once used thin foam... to create the shapes you want, you could layer the foam up, and unlike felt, it won't absorb water and get heavy or moldy.... just a thought... Hm.... sounds like an excellent idea what type of thin foam did you use?. Pray tell me ...

Glaukos the Athenian

Ok, I am about to test this one, but I thought I'd share my working theory. Many people like the idea of a dished, strapped round shield. Especially if you like Hoplite or late 15th century representations. The issue is that size and cost are a limitation. Our Tuchux cousins use to great effect the ...

Glaukos the Athenian

Greetings,

I just saw a great art motif that I was hoping to add to my new round shield:

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1766 ... ion0ek.jpg

How does a non-artist transfer this onto a form that can be passed onto a shield?

Thanks!

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

Once put it that way, I can surely agree with you; but I am not so sure the point was made as clearly before. Rowan I think I need another set of eyes on what I wrote. Because, in my mind; that the Spanish saw the natives of the new world as savages, He defined them as 'natural slaves'. Or it could...

Glaukos the Athenian

Forgive my intrussion, but -perhaps colored by my background in archaeology as opposed to history- I was under the impression that the denomination "Dark Ages" does not come from the lack of intellectual development but rather from the lack of historical records. People did not all become ...

Glaukos the Athenian

The Good Baron believes that because the Spaniards could sail to Mexico and had a suitable quadruped to domesticate and technology to beat sheets of metal around their bodies, it made them morally superior to the Mexica.... No. That is not what I have tried to convey. So apparently I need to work o...

Glaukos the Athenian

Norman, Disagrrreement mit ze baron is not allowed, especially if he veels strongly about somezing.... Really, you make a good point. I had only objected to the original use of the word "savage" to describe the Mexica. The Good Baron believes that because the Spaniards could sail to Mexico...

Glaukos the Athenian

blatant and unmitigated greed at having an entirely new world to conquer... Really? (sorry) it would not be the first time religion and policy bowed down to greed. One of my concerns above was the use of the word "savage". The Mexica were clearly a "state". I.e. a reasonably hom...

Glaukos the Athenian

True on most accounts. I will try to address what I meant in a silly rush on the other thread. First I am guilty of a cardinal sin of the Archive, which is allowing myself to take a thread in a completely different direction than originally meant. My apologies to the posters and original repliers fo...

Glaukos the Athenian

Going all hoplite... Wanted to do it since I was 9 years old... but it took a while... Experimenting with broad/leafed weapons (not sure if will take them to the field except as experimental.) Much effort is being put into putting together a kit that will look as historically correct as feasible whi...

Glaukos the Athenian

It was pointed out to be that i DO get carried away in my anthropological approach, so I will Leopold, give my fighter's approach, tempered by barely not being a novice, and being a little bit older: Start out with standard weapons and get good with them first . Hitting the list with a scythe or a w...

Glaukos the Athenian

â€”Bernal DÃaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain Rowan, You should know very well that Castillo was arguing from a point of view of a community within the Spanish, a point of view that ended up being argued in front of Philip II himself. One view claiming that they were barbaric savages, and...

Glaukos the Athenian

Diomedes, is THIS a jungle? [img]http://spaceguide.hit.bg/images/Civilizations/glaven%20hram%20Tenochtitlan.jpg[/img] Notice a first hand account by a Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a Spanish priest coming with Cortez: when we saw so many cities and villages built in the water and other great towns on dr...

Glaukos the Athenian

I would say Nissan is not defeated at all. While my training was NOT on Mesoamerican cultures, calling an Aztec warrior a savage is like calling a hoplite a savage. While we can see the differences on the cultural structure, the complex and sophisticated Aztec culture that produced the "Flower ...

Glaukos the Athenian

That is whay you need a class 3 license to post.... Darkwolfe, your choices look cool indeed, but for a first helmet, you may want to consider something with more vision and air until you are comfortable working out in armour... If you are going for the later styles, it is hard to beat Ironmonger's ...

Glaukos the Athenian

Hello, I am trying to add some extra safety features to a couple of helms and it ocurred to me that a thin layer of foam on some areas where one usually does pad cold be helpful. (eg a broad nasal, cheek plates, etc.) I usually wear an excellent chin cup setup with 2 d rings inside which ties under ...

Glaukos the Athenian

Christophe de Frisselle wrote:Nice.

Alittle alteration and it could be this sword

That is Sir Jean D'Alluye and his Chinese Jian sword at the Met!!!!

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

Any Greek blades?

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

Well, I can no longer impose on busy people, so I am hoping that someone may have a decent tutorial on building a crest-box to attach a crest to a Corinthian helmet. I was able to find at our holiday faire (like a needle in a hay-stack) a very nice, brand new crest removed from an Indian helmet ( m ...

Glaukos the Athenian

Disturbingly enough I am close enough that I could make that happen..

Do you have blank material for shields Aaron?

I can bring mead, and pick up beer for the masses as well..

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

The rattan is a single piece split and wedged open to give it a more broad bladed look. You, Sir Angus, are an expletive genius. That is the way to make a leaf bladed Xiphos!!!! http://dualityentertainment.com/mike/hoplite/hoplite1.jpg I need to learn how to split rattan like that.... Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

Maciste!

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

(wink)

I mentioned this before. The guy is tops in my book, with Icefalcon, Eric and a few other guys that will just bend over backwards to ensure you are happy, and safe in the field.

As I said before, there are some people you simply cannot go wrong with.

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

You can also soak em in Ethanol and stretch them wearing em. You can use the indigestible kind, no problem. Also, you can stuff the shoes with ethanol soaked newspaper or kitchen towels before wearing them. Beware sparks! You can get a bottle of Sion Geist Half for the shoes, half for yourself.... ...

Glaukos the Athenian

Leather boots? Soak them in water, then put on whatever socks you're going to use, and go hiking in them. They'll mold to your feet. Then let them dry, oil them well, and treat your blisters. But you'll have boots that fit like they were made for you. An additional trick from the French Foreign Leg...

Glaukos the Athenian

I am looking for largish (2 inch) conchos for leather shaped like Medusa Heads. Do you have anything of the sort somewhere?

Somehting like Phalerae but a tad smaller,

Pls. let me know.

Thanks!!

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

Vladimir wrote:I thought it said Halberd's head.

Admit it! You killed Halberd!

I thought about the terrifying effect of putting Hal's head on my shield would have on my oponents.... maybe turn them into stone!

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

audax wrote:It's not a tumah...

This is why this woman rocks...

Rowan

Glaukos the Athenian

The arthritis, does it burn? Right below my right pinky toe, on the outer edge of the ball of the foot, I get a burning pain in that area. That is where I broke my foot doing a board break, once. But yeah, I need a check up for sure. Initial onset for me, in the foot, felt like I was stepping on a ...

Glaukos the Athenian

Thanks!!

Found them 4 bucks cheaper here....

http://www.bijoucreeksports.com/servlet ... tor/Detail

Rowan

Winterfell to the courtesy phone

Round plastic shields and a possible solution

copying art onto a shield

thin self adhesive foam?

Looking for helmet crest-box tutorial.

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WTB: Medusa head conchos for leather