Pictures of me in my first kit

Bartok · Post by **Bartok** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 8:00 am

I finally have some pictures of me in my SCA armour! Thanks go all round for the advice I got and the wonderful articles and patterns people have posted here.

<A HREF="http://kericmason.tripod.com/armour.html"TARGET="_blank"

>My Armour</a>

The armour was made between September (a few weeks after my first fight practice) and November (my first event) except the helm which was finished in March or April due to time constraints.

I hope to eventually fix/replace the attrocities. Real life priorities will put that off for at least a couple months...

Bartok
SCA: Gilbert the Short

[This message has been edited by Bartok (edited 06-26-2002).]

Steve S. · Post by **Steve S.** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 8:28 am

Looks great! I am a big fan of sugarloaf helms myself!

Steve

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chef de chambre · Post by **chef de chambre** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 8:43 am

Hi Bartok,,

Very cool. That is an excellent first effort.

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Bob R.

Joe Skeesick · Post by **Joe Skeesick** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 9:07 am

Just for the record... I see absolutly nothing at all.... can I have some of what you all are smoking?

J

Jean Paul de Sens · Post by **Jean Paul de Sens** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 11:50 am

Why are you guys fighting on concrete when I can see grass nearby?

Kerrigan · Post by **Kerrigan** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 12:01 pm

Janos, I think that you already have it. lol

Kerrigan

Dmitriy · Post by **Dmitriy** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 1:51 pm

Hi Bartok,
Nicely done! I was going to gently suggest some changes, but you already hit all of them on the webpage -- so, good job!

Your friend Ivan is more along the lines of my expertise anyway.. do you have better pics of him? Looks like he has a good Mongol kit going (doesn't look really Rus, but it seems to be a WELL done mongol kit)

-Dmitriy Shelomin

Lienhart Fischer · Post by **Lienhart Fischer** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 1:55 pm

I got a picture of Gilbert too
<a href="http://www.slave-one.org/ironwolf/practice/gilberttim2.jpg">
Right here</a> I really like his armor in general, but his helm is extra sweet
-T

Bartok · Post by **Bartok** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 2:17 pm

Thanks Steve

The sugarloaf is the coolest looking helm IMO. I've just had a new guy ask me to make him one too even though his friend was urging him to get a bargrilled helm

Bob, thank you.

Janos, I can't explain why it doesn't work for you. I've reloaded it a few times, it seems fine

Jean, there were a few reasons. It was cold and raining that day and the biggest patch of grass was hidden from the building by bushes. So we used the parking lot with its greater visability to attract attention. Since the ground was wet, the grass could have been torn up and that would have made the owner surly...

Dmitry, I'll check with Ivan if he has some more pictures of himself and pass along your compliment. He's been in for years but is just discovering the joy of authenticity. Any reccomendations you can make would be appriciated. As for my own kit, I'm glad it looks like I know my flaws! Far better to know now so that I won't miss anything and waste time and/or money...

Torr, you would have to have a picture of the practice where I forgot my boots wouldn't you

I don't tend to wear my tabbard or hosen at practice, just for events and demos. I think I might have to revise that policy for the Distant Shore practice since it's really public...

Bartok
SCA: Gilbert the Short

Dmitriy · Post by **Dmitriy** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 2:29 pm

Bartok,
Give him a link to the Red Kaganate (in my sig), I think he'll find that there's lots of stuff he's interested in on that site.

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Bob H · Post by **Bob H** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 5:44 pm

Excellent! That's very impressive, and viewed with your comments shows you've put some heart AND research into it. Thank you!

I was fairly proud of my first kit and the fact that I waited until I had it until I did more than "taste" fighter practice. Your first kit fairly shames it.

I can only imagine where you'll be three years, then ten years, from now.

Again, outstanding job.

Owen · Post by **Owen** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 6:09 pm

Nice looking kit.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Lynxicanus · Post by **Lynxicanus** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 7:27 pm

In a voice strait from Full Metal Jacket:

How tall are you Private???

Nice kit. I esp. like the helm.

eoghan_mw · Post by **eoghan_mw** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 9:06 pm

Very nice. Well done.

Bartok · Post by **Bartok** » Sun Jun 30, 2002 7:13 am

Dimitry, I've passed the links along to Ivan. He's delighted that you like his kit

Bob Hurley, thank you for compliments. I suspect you're selling yourself short or underestimating the flaws in my work! Congratulations on making armour for your first time too. I'm begining to think newbies get armoured up faster if we have to make armour before we get to do more than practice out of armour. It keeps us hungry as opposed to figuring we can borrow often enough to get our fix. Though to be honest I prefer making armour to fighting!

I've read as much as I can, it always seems there's more to learn and refine. I need to live near a better library or become fabulously wealthy to buy more books

Owen, Lynxicanus, eoghan_mw; Thank you

Bartok
SCA Gilbert the Short

PS I'm 5'2", fear me, fear me now.

Otto von Teich · Post by **Otto von Teich** » Sun Jun 30, 2002 9:40 am

Looking great!.I wish my 1st kit looked that nice...Otto

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Sun Jun 30, 2002 4:16 pm

SPIFFY!!!!

Very cool a newbie looking that real!!

Gaston de Clermont · Post by **Gaston de Clermont** » Tue Jul 02, 2002 4:46 pm

Yeah, your first kit pounds my first kit into the ground. An outstanding job!
Gaston de Clermont

Morgan · Post by **Morgan** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 4:28 pm

Yeah, just ask JP...all those northern boys prefer fighting on grass.

Konall · Post by **Konall** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 5:27 pm

Good job, doing it right the first time is a great way to go. Damn man! Your first kit is nicer than my current kit, and I've been doing this for over a decade.

I usually wear my first ugly prototype, or whatever half assed thing I quickly cobbled together, until it falls apart from old age and abuse. Then I quickly patch it or make myself another crappy something to "just get me by until I can do it right". The problem is I never seem to have the time to do it right for myself, only when working on stuff for others.

Guess I need to start making armor for my own use, but if I did it your way I'd already have it.

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 11:33 am

Sharp!