The Armour Archive

Amanda M

Feel free to share as you like. Since I can't travel around and teach right now video is the next best thing.

Amanda M

I have to have the Girl Kill You shirt.

Amanda M

I am very smiley, generally. I need someone to interact with to be that way though. :/

Amanda M

I made an unpadded arming coat from the same pattern a friend helped me fit for a 14th century fitted dress. Mine laces in the front. You definitely want to go with natural fibers like linen on cotton, and if you have someone near you who has more sewing experience, they can probably help you with p...

Amanda M

Somebody a while back suggested I film a silk banner making tutorial and put it up on YouTube and I finally got around to it. I'm still editing the videos in between other projects, when I have time, but here is the first installment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64skzLn6Gh8&list=UUcGI9zdgF7Mn_01G...

Amanda M

Midwest Tents, Panther Primitives and Tentsmiths are all reputable. You might be able to find someone selling one used as well through ebay, facebook, craigslist, etc.

Amanda M

What kind of tent are you looking for?

Amanda M

If you want to make tweaks you could probably take the straps off and trim the leather a bit for a better fit. Also, if you curve the top and bottom it will give you a better shape around the wrists. The first vambraces I bought were too long and not tapered enough and generally just did not work. I...

Amanda M

Girl Kill You. Don't change it. It's great the way it is.

Amanda M

Pretty damn good for a first kit to be honest. Three things stand out to me. Stand up straight! Your vambraces are a little fat at the bottom. Could just be a strapping issue or too much material down there but more taper will give you a better fit. More cone, less tube shaped if that makes sense. A...

Amanda M

All work and no play. Paramedic school sucks.

Amanda M

Ha ha. I love the spear god and girl kill you shirts. X)

Amanda M

I got one of these from Historic Enterprises. Found in all classes of people during several hundred years of the middle ages from what I remember.

http://historicenterprises.com/hat-medi ... ath=99_118

I wear mine in the heat of the Arizona desert.

Amanda M

Keegan Ingrassia wrote:
Isabella E wrote:ASL varies regionally too.
H-uh...so there are different dialects of ASL? It makes sense, but still...surprising!

So I'm given to understand, people have different accents!

Amanda M

InsaneIrish wrote:He can't read lips, know "some" sign language? How does he communicate normally?

I lot of deaf people don't know ASL, and according to a friend of mine who works with an interpreter because one of her students is deaf, ASL varies regionally too.

Amanda M

owen matthew wrote:Tease! I want to see your paintings!

I'm working on one for Max von Halstern right now but it's still in paint by number stage.

Amanda M

Do they come in different sizes?

Amanda M

My new one is stitched and riveted leather straps.

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Amanda M

New teardrop. Just needs clear coat.

Amanda M

I have seen people take a painter's canvas tarp thing without the plastic and put grommets in it, then make poles and ropes for a day shade. It had a configuration like this:

Amanda M

I have never done that, but I totally would for somebody who wanted it. :P It would be pretty cool to do a later period manuscript piece for an award with that theme. I've done lots of little battle scenes for martial awards though. I'm working on filming a series of silk banner tutorial videos. The...

Amanda M

Pm me or email me at silkbanners@gmail.com

Amanda M

I live in the desert, but even sitting in occasional humidity, being wet from sweat, sitting in the grass, etc and in the bottom of a bin and generally abused I've never had mine develop even a spot of rust.

Amanda M

That's pretty much what I did to make my patterns. I used old jeans and taped them up tight to make the pattern for my cuisses, then transferred them to poster board. Here is a thread with some info and step by step pics. http://www.createforum.com/thegirlsclub/viewtopic.php?t=1218&mforum=thegirlsclub

Amanda M

The biggest thing with plastic imo to avoid pain and lots of bruising is adequate padding underneath. Whatever you get, try padding the under side of the plastic with either padded cuisses or glue a couple of layers of wool or felt to the back of the plastic. My experience with unpadded plastic is a...

Amanda M

He does. I have a pair of his gauntlets in stainless. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff347/isabellaevangelista/mykit/th_gauntlets1.jpg http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff347/isabellaevangelista/mykit/th_IsabellaE_Spring2011.jpg My only complaint really would be that the cuffs on mine were a li...

Amanda M

Malcolmthebold wrote:Good idea. I could chip together a donation of magic cards also. Pm me mailing info.

I have a box of cards sitting around doing nothing. Let me know if you are gonna send some. I will bring them by to you.

Amanda M

I wrote out a whole thing on why I am not a weeny and the suck it up attitude but I decided to say this instead. It's easy to dismiss people. Easier than getting to know them and understanding who they are and what is going on in their life. I used to spend a lot of time bitching about stuff in the ...

Amanda M

There is a lot of special snowflake crap in the SCA, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying there isn't. But telling somebody they should go find another activity to do is a bit over the top. However there is really no medieval solution that is going to make any sense with most people's personas anyway....

Amanda M

I have no problem being outdoors. I am out of doors all the time. That's kind of a crap thing to say. I just like trying to avoid the headaches that I am prone to through little fault of my own. If people can deal with all the modern bs that is at any given SCA event, I don't see why sunglasses are ...

Amanda M

I've tried the hat to make shade thing but it doesn't work well enough for me to not wear sunglasses. If I have even a ghost of a headache lurking (which is more days than not) standing around squinting for a few hours is enough to make it worse.

Amanda M

I'm just home now. Thank you very much!

Amanda M

You will get my sunglasses from me when you pry them from my cold dead hands. Spending an event with a raging migraine sucks.

Amanda M

I made a poleaxe using a method like Sir Vitus' except with some stiff foam in the center because I didn't have a ton of leather. Still hits like a truck. I think some people have made hammers with the same kinds of methods. I think one of the things that makes the biggest difference in the appearan...

Amanda M

Yep.

I'm driving up this afternoon to deliver it.

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