A gratuitous DIG ME post (pics)

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 9:22 pm

Here are the most recent photos of my harness. I would like to say it is a specific recreation of a documentable piece, but I cant. I am just trying to up the anti in my region. The harness is a very broad interpretation of a late roman cataphract, the helm is by our very own WMA and the hauberk is from Ziegler Metalgeweb in Germany.
I have very quickly optimized four pics.
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You can see more here: Crown Tourney These were taken at the fall Eastern Crown Tourney, and are all very large, so be warned. You are gonna want a high speed connection for them. Comments are welcome.

<i>A wee bit later...
Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww I just looked at these and the crunching I did was awful, I'll trim em up a little more carefully and get better quality tomorrow. Assuming nothing majorgoes wrong and I am left alone for a while...</i>

[This message has been edited by Thaddeus (edited 01-17-2002).]

Sasuke · Post by **Sasuke** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 9:28 pm

I can't get the pictures to load

Sasuke

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Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 9:30 pm

There comin Sasuke, I was having an ignomoment.

Sasuke · Post by **Sasuke** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 9:32 pm

Hehe, sorry I just get impatient when it comes to my armor porn

Sasuke

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muttman · Post by **muttman** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 11:06 pm

looks cool to me. I can`t wait to hit you next Sunday!

Brodir · Post by **Brodir** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 12:38 am

Looks fantastic, very inspirational. I want to wear my mail shirt in combat, but I'm still playing around with what I'm going to wear underneath. What have you got under the hauberk? Doesn't look like much!

Again, great stuff. If you need a new shield boss, I know a few sources

Broðir

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 9:19 am

John...first you have to get past my buckler o' doom.

Brodir, Thanks. I wear a great mucking belt of 12oz leather, which covers from the short ribs to the hips, basically a hands span (thumbtip to pinkytip) My shoulders have abs plastic spaulders (heat formed) which point to the aketon/gambeson. Legs are covered by my mkI gamboised cuisses, which have abs splints in pockets and the knees are sort of cobbled together at this point. Essentially they are heat formed simple knees attached to standard knee pads. But I find them a little light weight for anything beyond stray shots bouncing off of my shield, trees etc...

JJ Shred · Post by **JJ Shred** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 8:28 pm

Looks pretty good, actually, following the rules you are going by. I'd lose the boots and try to find something that resembles turnshoes, with added rubber/treaded soles if you wish. They should be more ankle-high, those look too obvious & are too tall. Behouman (sp?) makes some really good "SCA" style boots, Patty has a pair to ride in with rubber soles.

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 11:31 pm

Bascot, Thanks. I have the leather in my shop to make a pair of turn shoes. Maybe this weekend will be the one after more years than I care to count lugging these supplies around with me. Those boots are left over from my Caidan days, when I first started I distinctly recall being told no blue jeans, no fatigues and no combat boots. So of course everyone wore engineers boots.

chef de chambre · Post by **chef de chambre** » Sat Jan 19, 2002 12:54 am

Looks very good Thaddeus,

You know, you should chat with Matthew Amt, I would be surprised if he doesn't have connections to get a pattern for a Late Roman military boot, to go with the rest of your impression.

Of course, if you are interested in turnshoes, Craig has a pattern. Then we could get you into hosen, doublet, jack or brigandine and sallet - then you would look truely magnificent!

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