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I can't for the life of me find this article on the AA with the search function. I was wondering if someone would point me to it. I'd like to link it to the Girl's Club. At one point I saved it as a document but I wouldn't upload it or something without permission to share.

Edit- Found it.

Isabella E wrote:I can't for the life of me find this article on the AA with the search function. I was wondering if someone would point me to it. I'd like to link it to the Girl's Club. At one point I saved it as a document but I wouldn't upload it or something without permission to share.

Edit- Found it.

so post it silly

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... r+thy+self

What a great article!

It is! I get so sick of hearing how looking like ass is some sort of unjumpable hurdle for x y or z reason.

Isabella E wrote:It is! I get so sick of hearing how looking like ass is some sort of unjumpable hurdle for x y or z reason.

Could not agree more. $10 in linen and a few hours with a sewing machine cure a whole lotta ills. It doesn't have to be perfect to be an improvement - and doesn't take much training to learn enough of the basics of sewing to get going.

Isabella E wrote:It is! I get so sick of hearing how looking like ass is some sort of unjumpable hurdle for x y or z reason.

Glad you like it, although I was being a tad flip, considering I wrote it.

Owyn wrote:
Could not agree more. $10 in linen and a few hours with a sewing machine cure a whole lotta ills. It doesn't have to be perfect to be an improvement - and doesn't take much training to learn enough of the basics of sewing to get going.

Dude, where the hell are you buying your Linen? Cause, if you an cover your body in $10 worth of Linen, TELL ME WHERE YOU BUY IT I WANT SOME!

Cheapest I have found is basically $5 a yard.


Cotton on the other hand.

Jestyr, did you ever post that article anywhere outside of the Archive? If so, can we have a link? I'd like to make sure it makes its way somewhere onto the East Kingdom wiki. Lord knows the East needs a fresh POV on such things.

I can convert it to a pdf and host it if need be.

Never did publish it further. I'm not really sure of other venues that I could submit it to. Suggestions would be very welcome.

Before I do, I want to add one more section like Blackoak did showing how ugly armour can be underneath. I keep meaning to have someone take photos of me as I getting into armour, but it always feels like I am rushing and don't have time.

Hosting isn't a problem (I own a web and graphic design firm). lol

I have also been toying with the idea of building a website dedicated "living medievally", which is NOT intended to be 100% accurate, but rather a collection of articles that help people with the little things that can add more of the appropriate ambiance. Sort of like GreyDragon, but more of a repository for people to write articles. I'm just tired of the pickle barrel, popups and camp chairs, but I also know that people need help, ideas and inspiration.

InsaneIrish wrote:Dude, where the hell are you buying your Linen? Cause, if you an cover your body in $10 worth of Linen, TELL ME WHERE YOU BUY IT I WANT SOME!

Cheapest I have found is basically $5 a yard.


Cotton on the other hand.

Yeahhhh... Two yards of 60" linen pretty much does cover me... Was not thinking as I was writing about others with more copious measurements.

(My current armor used a heck of a lot more than that, mind you, but I was shooting for a much higher level of authenticity than the basics. Three layers of heavy linen for a COP shell, two layers for gamboised cuisses, more for tunic, more for surcoat... But I still think most folks could do a LOT of armor kit improvement with just two yards.)