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Lucian Ro

Will drop her to $450 for another day or so but then it's off to Ebay.

Thanks!

Lucian Ro

Unfortunately, I have to let this helm go. Financially, I'm having issues right now and seeing that I have have two other helms, this one has to be sacrificed. It was made by Sir Brand of West Coast Armoury. It's satin stainless and made for my 23-1/2 melon, but has room size-wise either way. It's l...

Lucian Ro

This is dire, dire news, Adam. My thoughts are with you and yours.

And my helm rocks, thank you.

Lucian Ro

Lol, I like how this became a "Nissan Appreciation Thread". Great pictures, folks. Keep 'em coming.

Lucian Ro

Just a tip; might want to get a new host, as myspace is blocked at work for many people.

Lucian Ro

Well, we have best kits, best lamellar, best weapons, inspire new folks Pennsic pics so how about your favorite melee pics?
I used to have a ton on my other computer, but unfortunately it crashed.
Share the wealth!

Lucian Ro

Lucian, have you not seen the huge website of effigies? Indeed I have, Eff, but I have a hard time discerning if something like this below a surcoat or maybe more of a jupon. I ask because I honestly don't know. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/Leonthas/Westerley20Waterless20Church20Sir20.jpg

Lucian Ro

Now surcoats, were they still in fashion at the 1350 timeframe or had they become an anachronism? If indeed they were still in fasion what style were they?

Lucian Ro

Geez, that was quick.

SgtUlrik got ahold on me first for shield and boss.

Failing that, GrumpyMacBastard you have dibs on the shield and AaronCarter has dibs on the boss.

Thanks folks.

Lucian Ro

I have a new, undrilled aluminum shield blank from By My Hand Designs. It measure 36" x 23" with a 6" center hole. Not sure of the thickness. It has a 2-3 degree curvature, from what I recall. I'm looking for $45 + shipping. An new, undrilled aluminum center grip shield boss from Boka...

Lucian Ro

Lucian, thanks for the great deal. By the way, did you ever use the elbow strap? Oddly enoguh, Tally I put it on there and never really used it. I had it 'riveted', as it were, with Chicago screws but it never really added to (or took away from) the fit of the bazubands, so I eventually went withou...

Lucian Ro

The best results would likley come from removing the grill and starting it from scratch. Sorry, that's what I was implying Adam, lol, I wrote this right after I woke up. I was hoping to remove the original grill and have two other grills made for it; a removable klap visor and removable bar grill.

Lucian Ro

Ahhh, what pretty bazubands. He who made them must have been a stand-up fellow, a true purveyor of ... oh, wait, nevermind. It was me. Hi Tally. Hope they fit well and you're enjoying them? The inside of the elbow was indeed padded with the adhesive foam from Windrose and worked splendidly. I remove...

Lucian Ro

I had a house member recently just pull out of the SCA altogether, which is damn unfortunate, but it put me into the possession of a stainless bascinet with a welded on grill that fits me perfectly. My question is how hard would it be to have someone make a removable grill and a klap visor for it? A...

Lucian Ro

Definitely going to be chainmail. No pics yet but you could base it off of WMA's deisgn or Madd Matts, as I think they are both very similar.

Lucian Ro

How do you do it?
I'm in the process of purchasing a kettle helm but I am unsure of how to correctly size and fit an aventail to to the helm.
What measurements would you need to take, per se?
Anyone have any hints?
Any how-to's?

Lucian Ro

Leo Medii wrote:I hope the captains ban SCA butt banners for the deed in future.

Care to enlighten the ignorant on "butt banners"?

Lucian Ro

Just a little bump, as there are a few hours left on the bazubands.

Thanks in advance, folks.

Lucian Ro

Do we know whom the Captain of the English is yet for next Gulf Wars and/or Pennsic?

Lucian Ro

I know this is an old thread, but in an attempt to make Combat of the Thirty worthy kit, I thought it only proper that I arm myself with a nice rondel dagger but have a couple of questions: a) Was it 1-1/4" or 1-1/2" rattan being used and just planed down? b) Are they 2" washers with ...

Lucian Ro

I'm definitely interested, but have some questions: I've seen examples with later period gambesons (could be an SCA-ism) where the armpit and inner elbow were cut out, allowing for better heat dissipation, can you folks do that? I should be able to dig up some pictures for better explanation if you ...

Lucian Ro

Lamellar and shield boss gone, bazubands still available.

Lucian Ro

So, I just prices shipping a 14-pound suit of lamellar to Canda, in the smallest size box possible. The quote: $42.20! Is this normal? I went with ground too, nothing fancy. I'm pretty damn shocked to say the least. And having recently had something shipped here from Canada (thanks Matt!) it also se...

Lucian Ro

Off to get you folks shipping charges.

Ceddie, it's all yours, I'll seek you out this weekend.

I leave for Coronation tonight so shipping will be on Tuesday, due to the holidays. I and my Jeep, thank you.

Lucian Ro

Calder de Clairvaux wrote:Wow...ok those buzbands are beautiful.....
PM sent about both....

Thank you, Calder. The bazubands were my second attempt.

As for the lamellar, all the praise goes to Adam, they're his plates, I simply assembled them, lol.

Lucian Ro

Selling a WMA stainless steel lamellar vest, leather bazubands and a stainless shield boss on Ebay.

WMA Lamellar vest:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0299795815

Bazubands:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0299776715

Stainless shield boss:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0299793003

Leaving for Coronation later tonight so I won't have a chance to get to e-mail inquiries until sometime Sunday.

Thanks.

Lucian Ro

I'm in the beginning phases of constructing a 14th century brigandine and I've come across a few issues. - Is there normally a backing put on it or is it simply the top leather/canvas/suede/what-have-you and then the plates rivetted to them or are the plates "sandwiched" between two layers...

Lucian Ro

I'm having a hard time discerning whether or not the plates overlap on the Archives plans, for the 14th centruy brigandine it doesn't seem to but the 15th century plans seems to definitely do so.
Also, why are the riveted to the cloth on the bottom row instead of from the top?

http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/brig/14thBrig.jpg

Lucian Ro

Anyone selling brigandine kits? All I need are the plates, as I have the leather I want to use. Anyone ever attempted a variant in ABS?

Lucian Ro

After perusing many a Gulf Wars and Pennsic pic I noticed very few if any folks wearing klap visors for the battles. I would think that there would be vision restrictions but no more than a great helm, which I saw many of in the pictures.

Do you wear one for melees? Why so/why not?

Lucian Ro

If you made full plate arms, we'd be talking, my friend.

Lucian Ro

Ah! Thank you for the enlightenment, Donal, much appreciated.

Lucian Ro

For those of us that bask in ignorance (me), might one give the briefest of descriptions as to what the Tenan of the Couter is? Is it, in the basest of terms, similar to a MVP?

Lucian Ro

Fair enough, I just didn't want to clutter up all these excellent retellings with my questions. Well, the Combat of the Thirty took place in 1351 if memory serves. So, are besagews acceptable within that timeframe? For our events sake, I assume clamshells are fine, but we are looking for more of a b...

Lucian Ro

If I were going to use dometop brass rivets to add decorative brasswork to knees, elbow, helms, etc, what size would I be looking for?
I was thinking 1/8" x 1/2". Or would 1/8" x 1" be better for peening down?

Here's the page I was viewing:

http://www.rjleahy.com/Store/rivets/brvr.htm

For Sale - early period stainless Praetorian helm

Favorite Melee Pics

For sale: Aluminum oval shield blank and shield boss

Adding a klap visor to a bascinet?

Fitting an aventail to a helm

Shipping to Canada - ow!

Selling - Lamellar/bazubands/shield boss

SCA - Brigandine Questions

WTB - Brigandine kit

Klap visors and melees

Brass riveting question