The Armour Archive

Amanda M

Hehe that's a great pic of the daisy of doom. This is my favorite Sir Corby pic though. Badass.

Amanda M

I think what I will probably do is build pockets in my arming coat to accommodate some shaped and padded plates. That way they will be hidden by the jupon or whatever I am gonna wear anyway and I'll be able to remove them to wash the garment and won't be adding extra fabric or material to the kit ov...

Amanda M

Yeah but she gets cool bags and stuff in the bargain. Congrats on your AoA's by the way.

Amanda M

That's for just the 12" x 6' simple pennon. The little ones are $10 a piece. I was originally thinking of selling a package of the 6' pennon and two little ones for $45 since that's what you can get out of a piece of fabric but I can do the little teeny ones separately if I have fabric scraps t...

Amanda M

Me too! The scary thing is because of the Archive I know tons and tons of people's arms and their kits just by sight.

Amanda M

I know someone who used heater hose for the splints and they work great apparently.

Amanda M

So, armored gambeson with hidden plates it is.

Amanda M

If I had to sew by hand I'd never make anything. I fail at fiber arts.

Amanda M

I don't know where you guys find this stuff, but it's really helpful. Thanks.

Amanda M

I have tried for years to find a seamstress to kidnap and hold captive with no success.

I have sewn myself to the machine before though. It surprisingly didn't hurt much at all but it makes people cringe when I tell the story.

Amanda M

That makes sense. I just have tons and tons of nice buttons sitting around...

Amanda M

Thanks, will do.

Amanda M

It's hard to say exactly where a headache like that comes from but my money would more be on the angle of mild concussion. A headache is the most common symptom of a concussion. A helm that is too light or not padded right isn't going to offer you a lot of protection against your brain sloshing into...

Amanda M

Hey, you're right I never noticed. That's an idea too.

Amanda M

Thanks!

Amanda M

I am one of those people that needs instructions written for dummies on garb.

The only thing I am wondering though is whether or not things need to be constructed differently if you plan on using buttons instead of lacing.

Amanda M

Separate price on just the 12" x 6' pennon is $25 each so long as the design is kept simple.

Also I have to order the silk for this new size so it's going to add a little bit to my delivery time, but not much. Luckily Dharma ships very fast.

Amanda M

Shipping today is Gethin and Don Alexendre's banners. I'm wide open for pre Pennsic deliveries if anybody wants to order.

Amanda M

Yes. They're made the exact same way the big ones are, just smaller. I can do it but things have to be rearranged a bit to make them fit on something that small. The best way to do it would be to do it like this one that I did for a friend. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff347/isabellaevangelist...

Amanda M

Basically everything. >_< Since I'm shifting to the 14th century I need girl clothes and clothes for in armor. Unfortunately I have no idea how to make the dresses so I am stuck waiting for people who are gonna help me to have free time. Isabella, I have step by step instructions for creating a 14t...

Amanda M

Hmm. It is the only picture of anything like that I've ever seen but it seemed like the perfect solution to the butt/hip protection problem. >_<

Amanda M

Here's the direct link: m The top one with the ermine is one of my regular sizes. It's the 8' standard and is $120 including shipping and design work. I have tons of pics of other banners of that size on my photobucket account. The one below it is the skinny 12" x 6' pennon I am seeing if anyon...

Amanda M

Well, there are times where for my job I have to drive in a brick on wheels for miles and miles down cruddy, bumpy roads that are more like riding trails. I want to minimize the bum trauma so I can go to work and the guys don't laugh at me.

Amanda M

I think I just copied the wrong link. Stupid photobucket gives you 4 of them for different things. *fixes it*

Amanda M

I want to still be able to sit during the awkward learning portion of picking this sport up again. I hate the ass wrap to begin with.

Amanda M

Mostly I just want to protect my ass.

Amanda M

I am working on putting all the elements of my harness together now that most of the parts are done or being worked on. I saw this here on the Archive when someone posted it, but at the time I didn't ask the questions which I'm now mulling over and I was hoping some of you guys might have some ideas...

Amanda M

Great! Needs sabatons.

Amanda M

I'm not sure much can be done about the face thrust with the spear thing to make it more safe. I don't think you can really compare the two blows in terms of safety though because they come from a very different mechanism and the force on each is not applied in the same way or from a similarly shape...

Amanda M

Basically everything. >_< Since I'm shifting to the 14th century I need girl clothes and clothes for in armor. Unfortunately I have no idea how to make the dresses so I am stuck waiting for people who are gonna help me to have free time. So I have to make a bunch of cotehardies, some braise, chausse...

Amanda M

You only have chain covering your face...not a full face helm. Have I mentioned in this thread that I think "maille standard" is stupid, and the the mail drape (note, roughly the same as your gut protection) over the face allowing "lighter" shots to be counted doubly so? I'm wit...

Amanda M

Ten bucks I guess. I never really thought about selling the small ones by themselves. I've been just making them out of leftover bits of fabric but I can order a scarf from Dharma that will make 2. *shrug*

Amanda M

I'm whittling down my queue and it's mostly cleared out now. So if anybody wants to place an order for delivery before Pennsic let's talk. Also I had a request from a friend to make a couple pennons for their equestrian activities so I thought I would see if there was any interest in them. These are...

Amanda M

Excellent Photoshoppery.

Amanda M

The what's in a name discussion is great, but I'm more interested in the nuts and bolts of this stuff myself. How it was worn, with what, etc etc.

How to interpret this? CoP skirt thingy.

Isabella E Updates and new banner type interest thread.