The Armour Archive

Amanda M

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:You can never imagine how scary that sword of his really is...his photos suck. You have to pick it up...it's seriously frightening.

I'm sure they don't do it justice at all.

Amanda M

True. But there are several harder rings of cartilage that give your larynx and whatnot shape. It's those parts that worry me, so I wear a steel gorget. People can do what they want, but I don't want to be at a war hours from a hospital and get intubated and flown out because I took a rare but stiff...

Amanda M

Thanks for the info.

Amanda M

Got any instructions for that? I'm interested for when I go to make my own houpeland.

Amanda M

I wonder what you could paint something like pewter with to achieve a reasonable result similar to the painted plaques posted.

Amanda M

Holy crap Eldric. That's so freaking cool.

Amanda M

There`aren't even any bones in the front of your neck, and not much muscle. It's mostly soft tissue and cartilage.

Amanda M

That's pretty cool. I never thought of doing that.

Amanda M

That would be awesome underneath my bunker gear.

Amanda M

That's just sexy. I love the pattern of the breaths.

Amanda M

I am shamelessly stealing every pic for research purposes. Moar please.

Amanda M

Ahhh she's cute.

Amanda M

Thanks for the review, I'm glad you like it. If you have any questions or anything on care, drop me a line.

Amanda M

Unfinished maybe, but you did all the hard parts.

Amanda M

white mountain armoury wrote:Definatly Isabella, if you have one that is comfortable wear it by all means.
I sort look like fire hydrant so for me they are beyond uncomfortable

I have a skinny tick neck and like most people I have that omg my neck is being crushed! reflex when I get hit there. :\

Amanda M

Generic, maybe. But still nice clean lines and solid construction.

Amanda M

Thanks a lot for all the pics. I am going to be working on the masters to cast my plaque belt pretty soon so it gives me a lot of ideas and info on practical stuff on how they work.

Amanda M

I am gonna wear my fencing gorget underneath mine. I am wary about having just the aventail and I have a long neck. I don't find the gorget uncomfortable and it doesn't weight all that much anyway.

Amanda M

Well, we're not a very big group so making a huge structure is a problem, what with the setup, break down and storage. And there's no permanent storage on site at Estrella. I had some decent plans drawn up but everybody's biggest concern was wind, which at Estrella can be pretty common.

Amanda M

I think I recall that topic coming up before here and you still have to wear a rigid gorget of some type with c-spine protection. I could be mistaken though.

Amanda M

That's awesome.

Never occured to me to use uber magnets for that.

Amanda M

That's pretty freaking cool. How is it gonna attach to your helm?

Amanda M

The only reason in my mind to use plastic is price, I fight in this stuff, and since it's blue, I call it my battle thermos. Plastic does not pass heat. Say it with me, and think of Pennsic, "Plastic does not pass heat." I have the stuff in black and never had any problem with heat in it....

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It depends a lot on the event venue, but I can't remember spending more than 20 bucks for a fair sized non war event here in Atenveldt. The larger wars where you have 1k+ people can be a bit more though.

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I'll do some digging around and see if I can come up with some pics for example purposes.

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You must live in a terrible neighborhood.

Amanda M

If I were fabulously wealthy I'd just plop down some cash for something like that. I need to win the lottery.

Amanda M

Cool! Can't wait to see them. Just don't iron it. The resist can come off a little if you do. If you have any questions on cleaning it or anything feel free to email me.

Amanda M

Thanks for the review.

I'm glad it got there on time. You can pop it into the dryer to get the wrinkles out.

Amanda M

I'm a clutz and I'd end up in the chirurgeon's tent.

Amanda M

I was digging through your site today and found a number of examples of very similar garments with the same scale shaped dags.

Amanda M

Hmm. I have a bunch of tent canvas sitting around. I could probably put together a gate/shade combo type thing.

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Thanks. I am gonna look through it.

Amanda M

My Shire has been mulling over the encampment gate issue for years but we can never decide on a design and or course we procrastinate and nothing gets built. I had some ideas a couple years ago for making a nice gate painted to look like a castle gate or whatever but everyone's objection seemed to b...

Amanda M

The hidden pockets would be a complete SCAdianism. But they would be out of sight purposefully.

Encampment Gates?