The Armour Archive

To think I was hardly a year old when you people were doing this... Already it's history! Great shots, inspirational in a very stern, get to the point kind of way that you don't see these days with all the novelty and conspiracy. I love it.

-Gregory-

BdeB wrote:'89 was one year before I found the SCA. I was 16.

I can't belive that I have acctualy been in the SCA 4 years longer than you.

1989 was the year that I found the SCA. Of course, it would be years before I was old enough to do anything other than help other people into their armour--I was twelve...

Leo Medii wrote:

Nissan Maxima wrote:That was the MSR. Medieval Studies and Recreation. Differing ruleset. Western Armour Only, Amoured as Armoured, you could basically ignore shots to plate, unless they knocked you over, Hardened leather was about what you would take now in the SCA and skin or cloth was touch kill.

You are kidding right?

This would have been right up my alley when I was 18 and healed fast!

Is that still around? Johno say's I am bad for the SCA and this sounds like it might be fun.

Anybody who says you are bad for the SCA, is misinformed.

I'm amazed Johnathan does not think you are good for the SCA, as you two have very similar ideas on many important issues. Anyway, I don't want to derail the thread.

Even though it is partly about me even though only a photo of my armour is featured

Richard Blackmoore

Maeryk wrote:and his hair.. was perfect...

Nah, he's not drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.



do like seeing these sort of photos though. makes me wonder if I'll be healthy enough to fight in 2029, when I'm into my 50's... :/

You guys make me regret having found the the SCA at 44. So many years I could have played....

The more poignant and intense the good times become then...


Glaukos

Great pics. I think I ran into some Acre guys in 91 at a demo in Virginia Beach. Was interesting watching the live steel fights.

Yeah I started in the SCA in 89. I knew about it in 86, but the group there said they didnt do any of the fighting, and well wasnt interested, so went back to playing D&D for a few more years till I ran into Kane at a practice in Charleston, SC in 89.

89 - the year I first found the SCA down in Trimaris. Wasnt known as Kenwrec back then....

Gotta love the old pics. I cant wait to see the presentation that Dr. Strong is going to do at the MidRealm 40th year anniversary - 40 years of armour in the SCA.

B. Amos wrote:

BdeB wrote:'89 was one year before I found the SCA. I was 16.

I can't belive that I have acctualy been in the SCA 4 years longer than you.

And yet, if I was you, that would depress me!

Nissan Maxima wrote:

AvM wrote:

Leo Medii wrote:Johno says I am bad for the SCA

Johno wrote: People who don't care for any of the originators values and the rules of the list are killing it. A slow and painful death I tell you. I've been watching it for a long time.

Uhh that was in a reply to Maeryk and never once did I say that Leo was bad for the SCA.

Come on guys drop it. It's nonsense.

Your ALL bad for the SCA, now find me at Gulf Wars and we can play. In a friendly fashion of course.

By the way, WAY cool pic. I would like to see more old pics like that in one thread like: early American medieval fighting or something like that.

Thor.

mayb he meant bad like... you know the 80's bad....

Bad-ass maybe?

I don't know "bad" is some one elses interpretation of what I say. It's still nonsense though.

not going there...

BdeB wrote:

B. Amos wrote:

BdeB wrote:'89 was one year before I found the SCA. I was 16.

I can't belive that I have acctualy been in the SCA 4 years longer than you.

And yet, if I was you, that would depress me!

Ooph. Felt that one up here.

About how many members does Acre have?

More pictures.

Domnall wrote:About how many members does Acre have?

More pictures.

mmm... Roughly 60 - 70 paid members, I think.

I'll post some recent pics after work.

maxntropy wrote:

BdeB wrote:

B. Amos wrote:

BdeB wrote:'89 was one year before I found the SCA. I was 16.

I can't belive that I have acctualy been in the SCA 4 years longer than you.

And yet, if I was you, that would depress me!

Ooph. Felt that one up here.

Max, feel free to drink heavily until the pain goes away. I believe Amos is riffing on the fact that he has been in the SCA his whole life, spritly young buck that he is!

OK - I just counted the membership from the Directory - ACRE/MSR had 131 paid members as of March. I know for a fact that more folks have re-uped or joined since. Plus a lot of people who come to events but don't pay their Membership fees. (Rhiannon, Galvyn's Wife)

Josh W wrote:1989 was the year that I found the SCA. Of course, it would be years before I was old enough to do anything other than help other people into their armour--I was twelve...

1989 was the year I turned 4, and learned how to flip people off. It was not a big hit at my mother's church.

This needs done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWovzUEe4l8

lmao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOZH0y7VxE

Got some pics from a recent Acre event to post up.

The first one features myself on the right and Sgt. Adamo (o' he of the spiffy helm) on the left.

The second shot is a pic of Hempstead House out on Sands Point. This is the site where we held this year's Fall of Constantinople event, a five hour res battle and the tournament where these pics came from.

The third one features Sgt. Adamo again fighting his knight, Sir Roderick the Red, one of the first knights of the kingdom. Also featured off to the left is another of Acre's original knights come back for a visit to see what we were up to.

And one last gratuitous pic of my daughter helping daddy out with his helmet visor.

Ask Roderick sometime about our fight on the beach in Brooklyn. It was in circa 1885. I am pretty sure he is still mad at me.

Nissan Maxima wrote:Ask Roderick sometime about our fight on the beach in Brooklyn. It was in circa 1885. I am pretty sure he is still mad at me.

I feel like there must be a great story there.
Especially if it was, indeed, in 1885!

Adam

You ever see in the movies, when a villian kicks sand in the face of the hero, how he just shakes it out of his eyes and fights on?

Real life, lots more screaming, gasping, rolling around on the beach in agony and futile clawing at the faceplate of the helmet with gauntleted hands, and profuse apologising. Oops, sorry man. No, really.

Oh, and Roderick was king at the time. You know the expression "out of favor"? Thats how you get there.

You know, we haven't fought on a Brooklyn beach in seems like forever. Or at least not in the 10 + years that I've been w/ the group.

I wonder why that is?

Nissan Maxima wrote:You ever see in the movies, when a villian kicks sand in the face of the hero, how he just shakes it out of his eyes and fights on?

Real life, lots more screaming, gasping, rolling around on the beach in agony and futile clawing at the faceplate of the helmet with gauntleted hands, and profuse apologising. Oops, sorry man. No, really.

Oh, and Roderick was king at the time. You know the expression "out of favor"? Thats how you get there.

Frieman's quote about Nissan Maxima, and i am paraphraising "Nissan is a good man. He just not a nice man."

'89 I was... 5

I was beginning my training dismembering GI Joe's and whacking trees with sticks. Fairly certain I had an old cooking pot for a helmet., handle still attached of course.

Murdock wrote:89?


i was 14

I was born.