The Armour Archive

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Saritor wrote: Though I did tusk the head or, so it's not technically proper.

Hmmm, true. But on the argent background the tusks proper (white) would be invisible.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

The emblazon of Saritor's design would be:

Per chevron azure and argent two hawk-lures Or and a boar's head cabossed proper.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Actually Or = yellow = gold
and Argent = white = silver

Those two tinctures are considered metals, even if they're not depicted in metallic style.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Baron Alejandro wrote:With respect to those who've posted before, don't make it an event, melee, or tourney.

Uh, 'Jandro, what is left? Especially if you say 'don't make it an event.' ?

Donal Mac Ruiseart

http://www.landsknechte.at/images/bb.jpg Is that line to the left of center....suggesting a folding or removable piece? The lines make me think of a gate-leg drop leaf. It looks to me that the section of the table containing the coins is hinged, as would be the leg section supporting it (and by ext...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Neither of the Keystone links worked for me. Is that firm still in operation?

Donal Mac Ruiseart

You know, something like the Man in the Iron Mask occurred to me, too.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Dilan wrote:And not always to the death!

Aye, was there not a custom in some cultures akin to the Plains Indian custom of "taking coup," where you got prestige for doing somehing bold like hitting your enemy with a bare hand or a non-lethal instrument?

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Eleven of the worldâ€™s top jousters met during the August Bank Holiday weekend to compete for the most coveted Queenâ€™s Golden Jubilee trophy. Reigning champion, Dutchman Arne Koets failed to retain his title against stiff competition. Brit Steve Charlton, Royal Armouries Museum jouster, was crown...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Hmmm, registered but apparently not active. I tried the deedsofarms URL and got 404'ed.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

My original group, the Shire of Nant-Y-Derwyddon (Meridies) used to put on an event, Boar Hunt, every year in the early spring. Such "hunts" were popular for some time in Atlantia also. In our version of the boar hunt the "boars" were armed with two maces, the hunters with short...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Y'know, that's good advice for just about any new craft project.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Heraldic crests do not have to be related to the owner's coat of arms. They often did, but it was not necessary. That said, your arms lends itself to that sort of adaptaion quite easily. To make the crest in the full form of the rampant wolf (facing forward) would be exquisite. But it would also be ...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

The use of territorial arms by rival claimants occurs more than once.

The the English Royal Arms continued to quarter the French Royal Arms until 1801.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Just a point of terminology: A hatband is a decorative band around the OUTSIDE of the base of the crown of a hat. (It may have had a practical function though, of keeping the hat from deforming over time, as I've seen those hats do.). A sweatband is a band around the INSIDE of the base of the crown ...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

It's the clean-ups after such encounters that make me wish we had lackeys or squires or whatever to scrape off the mud . . .

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Will the Marshal In Charge of Atlantia's upcoming Coronation please contact me; or if someone knows who that is, I pray you put him in contact with me or me with him

your servant aye,

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Been caught in the rain more than once amongst Atlantians, and could swear I saw steam rising from our armour . . .

Donal Mac Ruiseart

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QFT

Donal Mac Ruiseart

It's probably an artistic convention, but all the people in the illustrations cited in this thread look so glum! Even those sitting at what appears to be a feast look like they're at a funeral. They may be, for all that. The one exception seems to be the lady combing her own hair. She has a thoughtf...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

The fashions of that time were among the most elegant of all our period.

I favour it in my own garb, but my Lady Wife favours Elizabethan.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

The BudK catalog has some canes made by Cold Steel that are constructed of some very durable fiberglass. They're pricey, though. The City Stick goes for a little over $90 US. What looks like a blackthorn stick is actually molded polypropylene. It's about $40 US. And there's the Sjambok And a real as...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

We seem to have two different sorts of repair kits here. Alex and I are identifying what appear to be mostly personal kits to enable us to take care of our own harness and perhaps help out a friend in need. Brian and the Cap have extensive setups with which they could, I suspect, darn near BUILD a s...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

By St. Elmo, Cap; yours is a hard act to follow! My repair kit is in one of those military-style tool bags. It contains: Rotary punch Slipjoint or Channel-Lock pliers Vise Grip Utility knife Standard screwdriver Phillips screwdriver EMT-style scissors (you know, with the angled handles) Pruning cutt...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

When I was a Naval officer, I recall being taught that the modern sword salute - they vary in detail, but most involve bringing the sword up in front of one's face - was derived from a custom that began during the Crusades, when a knight or other swordsman would kiss the place on his sword where the...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

I recall reading somewhere that "brandywine" was first made by carefully boiling wine. The neutral stuff actually boils off at a lower temperature than the alcohol, so what's left is concentrated. I also recall one version of the Odyssey that mentioned that it was brandy that Odysseus gave...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Here is my inspiration.

My Lady of 30 years, Lady Wife for 27 of them, the Baroness Catherine de Bellefleur.

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Styling one as Tenan of the Couter indicates that one holds the Couter of Chivalry. The term "tenan" is a French-based word meaning "holder." The Couter of Chivalry is an elbow-guard whose possession (one ought not to say ownership) signifies that in the mind of the previous Tena...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

LOL, GMTA

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:I must admit that I also cannot stay with a Thompson piece for any measurable length of time.

Neither can I . . . they recoil like a jackhammer . . .!

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Good point. There haven't been any tavern-brawl events around here for some time, so that idea has remained nothing but that. I also had the idea to make a barstool with rattan legs and crossbraces, the seat a round piece of pllywood with a foam cushion. Purely for parrying; I'm pretty sure it'd be ...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:The weapon you speak of is named Tyrus. It is now famous.

This thread is useless without pictures . . .

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Ah, there goes Hakon, hamming it up. Well, somebody hadda say it! I had an idea for a bottle for a brawl scene. The bottom of the bottle (made of dense foam) would be a separate piece with a jagged edge that would fit onto the rest of the bottle, held either by a bit of double-sided tape or merely f...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Just the falx, ma'am. One wonders about those falxmen, though . . . wearing no armour, how many of them ever had a chance to get close enough to hit a Roman after being pelted with a couple volleys of pila ? And I can't help but wonder . . . those hurlbats look like how a halberd head might look wit...

Donal Mac Ruiseart

Thescorre, hm, yas, hm, seems I recollect that name . . . Thescorre, eh?

Queenâ€™s Golden Jubilee Joust

ISO MIC of Atlantia's Fall Coronation