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Dmitriy

Cheval, you're the first with that observation, which is somewht surprising if it's true cause I hang out with the Angels a lot and my roommate is squired to Thorfinn...

So, when are you coming back home to .. interface..?

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

http://history.westkingdom.org/Year36/Photos/MC17.htm

I'm on the left with the spear, wearing everything minus the helmet.

I am using a cooler vambrace now, and I had to return the baldric (it's a symbol of Queen's guard here in the West), but the rest is the same.

Fire away!

-Dmitriy Shelomin

Dmitriy

Dmitriy

I don't know how you guys can stand fighting on a full stomach.. I usually eat some fruit, maybe a few oatmeal cookies (it's always the right time for oatmeal cookies!). *Maybe* an omelet with OJ and toast or something, but only if I am seriously hungry. Steak and spaghetty? Gross.. http://www.armou...

Dmitriy

Ugo rocks.

That is all.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

I've been sort of wondering about the forearm protection rule -- does it apply if you have a shield?

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

There is also one in Brian Price's book.

-D

Dmitriy

Sigh

One day

Dmitriy

Ha! I actually have something to say about it!

Did anyone see Blade 2? I love how they incorporated armour bits (the mail shirt being the most visible) into the pack's costumes.

Dmitriy

Steve, those look great!

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

If we were supposed to have suffered such a griveous wound, we couldn't sit there for 10 minutes turtled up trying to smack the other guy in the eyeslot, could we now? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif The whole legging thing is artificial, accept it. Morgan -- I just don't like to stop unle...

Dmitriy

Uhm those aren't byzantine, they's Russian

It's Medvedev, "Archaeology of USSR" series

Good stuff

Dmitriy

SCA.

Being the best among that crowd would make me lethal with a toothpick -- while the weapons and some techniques may not be historical, the understanding of "the fight" would be unrivaled.

Dmitriy

Unbelievable luck... good for you!

Dmitriy

Slowly going to your knees can take the fire out of a fight. I fight in simple cops (hidden) and our practice is in an asphalt-covered parking lot -- which mean my knee's been pretty hurt a few times, once from dropping onto it after getting hit mid-flight, the others from moving around on my knees ...

Dmitriy

Okay to clarify.. Russians reenactors. Some of them portray Poles. Some also portray Russians, Vikings, and Western knights.

Dmitriy

You are looking at pretty much the roughest reenactors there are... these are Russians, they are crazy.
They are fighting with speed and force.

Broken fingers are commonplace, blood and major injuries happen on occasion.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Alas, no documentation for face mask helmets during the time and place you portray. The closest is Sutton Hoo, which is way earlier, and the Nomadic helmets, which are way later. Check out these 2 sites for helmets: Halvgrim's site, http://web.missouri.edu/~rls555/RUSH/helms.htm -- great overview of...

Dmitriy

Krag,
I came up with a hat pattern that way.. you're not the only geek on the block

Dmitriy

By complete chance I met a man today who has a substantial collection of medieval coins, mostly Russian and Lithuanian stuff I believe, with some other bits and pieces (he actually collects paper money, and coins are of no interest to him; he just sort of happens to have them the same way a viking a...

Dmitriy

For those who didn't read Gethin's post too carefully -- Parlan is IN THE SCA, he's Gethin's knight, and recently stepped down as Prince of the Mists. He's a companion of the Company of St George (you know the one, the oldest tournament company around). I don't agree with him though, with all due re...

Dmitriy

.. or perhaps it's the picture quality. Mocs are better; they are not glaringly modern. They can be modified to provide ankle support -- or, if you need lots of it, wear a brace underneath, it's way better than shoes anyway. As far as my prejudices go, I wear plastic legs myself -- they are well hid...

Dmitriy

Gaston -- will you be at Crown? I would like to take a look at your padding.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Umm bad footwear , plastic knees, plastic elbows, plastic gauntlets, a bit of white something or other sitcking out the side of the helmet, all painfully obvious. Nice mail and tunic, helmet not bad as well. Portrayal recognizable but flawed. What was your point? Sorry if this is harsh, but you did ...

Dmitriy

Hey, I am eastern EUROPEAN thank you very much. western snob http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif Btw -- back to the original topic -- I went looking through WK and society standards and it looks like finger gauntlets have to "bottom out" on the rattan or have padding -- whatever that means. On...

Dmitriy

I dunno, Alail gave me the "rider of Rohan" vibe at 12th night. All that long flowing hair, the circlet, the mischive in the eyes... http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Here's a pic of him, for those who need it: http://www.keradwc.com/20020105_west12/_2002_001_06a.html (he'd be the male on t...

Dmitriy

My fighting ain't that great I assure you, but thanks for the compliment http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif . If it's sucha big secret, I can give you an e-mail of a guy who could translate it for you who isn't in the SCA.. e-mail Tim Stridmann at norse @ narod.ru (get rid of spaces...). Tel...

Dmitriy

You know, some people would be able to read the results if you wrote it in old norse, as well..

a much smaller segment of the population, but some..

What are you writing?

-D

Dmitriy

Oh, and leg wraps are made of herring-bone twill wool; haven't heard of leather ones. Sorry ...

Dmitriy

I think leg wraps that go that high up would look even more conspicuous then a pair of visible knee cops... As far as baggy pants go -- they don't actually need to be as baggy as people tend to make them. I can wear my hidden legs under a pair of jeans and still be comfortable. Just make sure the kn...

Dmitriy

West: The Order of the Silver Mantle This honor is given by the Crown on the recommendation of the members of the Order to those who serve as consistently good examples of well-accoutered fighters. The Order of the Noble Manor The Order of the Noble Manor will be given once per year, at June Crown, ...

Dmitriy

Smooth side out, rough side in is correct

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Dmitriy

Aren't they the same thing?

I think the difference people find between the two is a fairly new distinction...

Dmitriy

Indeed. I have a cut on my thumb from a chisel, making a chest; my friend is even worse off -- he was making decorative hinges, heating metal and bending it this way and that, and managed to burn himself with a red-hot piece of steel -- right on the belly! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/eek.gif

Dmitriy

Well, I'll either be in Ireland, or at the symposium

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