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Dmitriy

Ugo's stuff is on boing-boing now...

says someone else made the heels, though.

-D

Dmitriy

Ugo!!!! Freaking Jenna Jameson? Seriously?

You suck monkey balls. I mean that in a creepy way.

-D

Dmitriy

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/colle ... nd=&page=1

Dmitriy

that's a great face -- very much like the polovetz helmet on redkaganate (did you use that helm as a reference, or just a happy coincidence?)

Good job
-D

Dmitriy

I think I speak for us all when I say:

mommy.

-D

Dmitriy

Touche.

Duke Rolf was inspired by Lady Rhodry ferch Arianwyn.
Duke Hauoc was inspired by Countess Ginevera da Ravenna.

Dmitriy

Here's a photo from a crown in 2003:
http://history.westkingdom.org/Year37/Photos/MC33.htm

This device is regularly placed in the center of the field at Crowns, but normally its use isn't formailized like it was this time.

Dmitriy

Duke Rolf victorious over Duke Hauoc (who was using the tinies heater ever, barely bigger than his palm -- as King Radnor put it, "An inspiring performance. So much Hauoc, so little shield.") Viscount Titus in the semis. Duke Henrik von Havn entered the lists, to much admiration. Lady Bolverk (Knigh...

Dmitriy

We were forced to use the parking lot -- you will notice the lush grass field in the background, which was the actual event site. Sadly, due to abnormal amount of rain, it was so soggy the property owners didn't want us tearing it up.

-D

Dmitriy

Martin posted some videos on YouTube

Mists Coronet Finals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCFpHrCC ... er&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJZtxdj- ... er&search=

Crown Semifinals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgbqvsBN ... er&search=

(and a non-fighting video, for balance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akvr92sC ... er&search= )

Dmitriy

I want to womp a few Belgians, too

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Klaus, when and where are you moving?

-D

Dmitriy

We are in complete agreement!

Flyrod poles that bend around corners do suck!

glad there is a concensus.

Dmitriy

Good luck Rod!

Congrats Johannes, that's a heck of a good product line and customer base.

-D

Dmitriy

I come down on the unpadded polearms sucketh side. I will leave safety alone as any weapon can be used unsafely, some do have more potential though.... Like ones where all mass is concentrated at the very end of the weapon, that one needs to swing hard enough to move people in order for them to not...

Dmitriy

To make a unpadded polearm that therefore mimics a "real weapons" handling characteristics only requires buying 1.5" rattan, shaving down the sides of the handle area (which also helps with flat/edge orientation), and then leaving the head unshaved. Whala! Balanced properly (i.e. head heavy), good ...

Dmitriy

A fighter with two swords kind of knows that if you have a spear, that's where you are going, so if he's good, you are not getting that thrust, he has a cross-block prepped and ready. Feel out which arm is most likely to move, fake thrust to center, hook around to the blocking arm that is now moving...

Dmitriy

Good stuff, guys.

I'll have to dig out my (unpadded, just like Sir Corby likes them) polearm and practice some more.

-D

Dmitriy

Hal -- do you want a website?

Cause I am sure there are plenty of website-maker on this board who'd love to make one for you.

Dmitriy

no way! A non-viking???

Dmitriy

I won 2 Coronets wearing a welded mail shirt (first time around, with steel lamellar, second, just a kidney belt).

No Crowns yet . Closest I've gotten to that is quarter-finals -- but the mail had nothing to do with that, just plain old lack of skill

.

-D

Dmitriy

Nice work, Hal!

Dmitriy

Chris Gliman is aka Sir Gaston, and posts on this board.

Change the topic to include his name, he'll chime in.

He might even have diy kits for sale.. there was talk about this earlier.

Dmitriy

That is gorgeous work, thanks for sharing.

Dmitriy

I was one good blow short of sending you that email

Dmitriy

.... dang it....

Dmitriy

www.zweihammer.com sells kits that let you build your own gauntlets for a fraction of the price.

I made his website, and he's made some of the armor I wear, so I am biased -- but do a search on the archive and you will see that zweihammer has a great reputation.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Anyone got a photo of Sir Giffith?

Dmitriy

Nice back cut, Corby.

Dmitriy

Ustad is good, but not that good..

Lutr as a wildcard, Bardolph, Palymar, Finn.

Dmitriy

I have a pair like that made by Erick Helmschmiedt (photos www.zweihammer.com in the "other projects" gallery). They are made to fit, and do not spin or open up the back of the elbow. I really haven't had any problems with them. If you are concerned, a hidden plastic rearbrace may work for you -- I ...

Dmitriy

oh I was just saying that i was in contact with him *after* march 1, which is when you said you stopped hearing from him.

Dmitriy

I got a couple of shield bosses from him in late march, no problems, great speed & communication

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=57645

Dmitriy

That quote is about calling blows, not about throwing them.

It is sad, however, that the KEM decided to move the knigdom in "lighter than everyone else" direction. Is there a reason stated?

Dmitriy

Guys, putting together a helmet from a kit, and patterning, cutting out, deburring, etc, all the parts yourself are two completely different things. That's why Zweihammer's kits sell that well -- the cost is a fraction of what you would invest into making the pattern, etc, yourself. A lot of time an...

Dmitriy

Corby, your post on the top 10 mistakes in Oldcastle and Bellatrix totally cracked me up. You know, every time I start reading the oldcastle manual (although I haven't tried in a few years), I get the feeling that he and Paul are talking about more or less the same thing, it just comes out different...

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