2012...Show us your kits

[Sir Wilhelm]

Picture from Crown this past weekend

Kit is great. That helmet is SICK! Who made it?

[Amanda M]

My guess would be Aesyr Metalwyrks.

[zippy]

Picture from Crown this past weekend

Kit is great. That helmet is SICK! Who made it?

that is definitely a Donnghal helm (http://www.facebook.com/AesirMetalwyrks) the cutouts are Laura Wise I believe. Donnghal is making some of the coolest dark age helms for the SCA right now

[Amanda M]

I agree. Looking at his stuff on FB lately makes me want to build an early kit.

[ThorvaldR Skegglauss]

I agree. Looking at his stuff on FB lately makes me want to build an early kit.

come to the dark side Isabella, we have cookies.

[Antonio]

No you don't, Thorvaldr. Or rather, you do, but they lack..... chocolate. Come join us in the C16th, Isabella. We haz chocolate =

[white mountain armoury]

Isabella will likely stay in the one true century where she belongs

[MJBlazek]

I always thought it would be awesome to go to pensic with 3 or 4 kits from different time periods. Start the war as a Roman, end as a Landschnekt!

[Amanda M]

If I could afford to I would probably put together 3 or 4 more kits just because. But I really want to get my 14th c kit dialed in for Deeds and things first.

[Jan]

I always thought it would be awesome to go to pensic with 3 or 4 kits from different time periods. Start the war as a Roman, end as a Landschnekt!

One year I remember Sir Gaston walking into our camp to "visit" in a different kit almost every day. The one based on the "armor of mirrors" (or something along those lines) was quite stunning!

[white mountain armoury]

I always thought it would be awesome to go to pensic with 3 or 4 kits from different time periods. Start the war as a Roman, end as a Landschnekt!

I used to switch kits often, maybe that's why so few folks know me

[MJBlazek]

I always thought it would be awesome to go to pensic with 3 or 4 kits from different time periods. Start the war as a Roman, end as a Landschnekt!

I used to switch kits often, maybe that's why so few folks know me

Nein Hochmeister, it's becuase you havent been out much in the past 10 years!

[white mountain armoury]

I always thought it would be awesome to go to pensic with 3 or 4 kits from different time periods. Start the war as a Roman, end as a Landschnekt!

I used to switch kits often, maybe that's why so few folks know me

Nein Hochmeister, it's becuase you havent been out much in the past 10 years!

Id say past 5 is more accurate, its either fighting or armouring as I can not do both any longer
I have stakes for sale on the classified section so it looks like I am beginning to make a choice

[MJBlazek]

Id say past 5 is more accurate, its either fighting or armouring as I can not do both any longer
I have stakes for sale on the classified section so it looks like I am beginning to make a choice

I only give a hard time cause I miss seeing all you guys.

[brewer]

No you don't, Thorvaldr. Or rather, you do, but they lack..... chocolate. Come join us in the C16th, Isabella. We haz chocolate =

...and tobacco, and whiskey, and the Reformation.

Bob

[white mountain armoury]

No you don't, Thorvaldr. Or rather, you do, but they lack..... chocolate. Come join us in the C16th, Isabella. We haz chocolate =

...and tobacco, and whiskey, and the Reformation.

Bob

And queer pants that look like a pumpkin

[Ingvarr]

I don't have any stills of the new kit yet, but this is its inaugural day. First time fighting in it, many parts of it less than 24 hours old.

video

I'm the fat guy in the sexy ass kettle helm.

[Antonio]

And queer pants that look like a pumpkin

Do these pants make my butt look big? Come on now guys, you can be honest with me....

[sergeant@acre]

Adam Berry, Post up all the kits you had..they belong on this type of forum anyway... inspire the people!!

[white mountain armoury]

Adam Berry, Post up all the kits you had..they belong on this type of forum anyway... inspire the people!!

Thanks, but non of them meet my current requirements of "worthy"
I am putting together what will be my last "kit" when complete I will think about posting it.

[leekellerking]

<whimper>

Ditto!

[brewer]

No you don't, Thorvaldr. Or rather, you do, but they lack..... chocolate. Come join us in the C16th, Isabella. We haz chocolate =

...and tobacco, and whiskey, and the Reformation.

Bob

And queer pants that look like a pumpkin

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I'm more beautiful than YOU.

[Varukh]

Just finished the Plague Dr fencing getup tonight. Going to Debut it at this coming weekend's event. I'm ready to try it out.

[Mega Zenjirou Yoshi]

Just finished the Plague Dr fencing getup tonight. Going to Debut it at this coming weekend's event. I'm ready to try it out.

Dayum!
Just, damn!

[Varukh]

. Thank you.

[Effingham]

I must admit there is a part of me that thinks that, cool as it looks, the Plague Doctor outfit is more suited to Comicon than an SCA event. I know, I know. It all comes down to this: Do I believe this is something people would have made to wear? For FIGHTING?

[Varukh]

Well not necessarily made for fighting, but it covers the anachronism (fencing mask) pretty well in my opinion. And who is to say a plague dr didnt get caught up in a fight at some point?

[Antonio]

Indeed, we know doctors had swords in the 1540's, since the remains of one was one of the finds in the 'Barber Surgeons Cabin' on the Mary Rose. Now, that may be purely an affectation, or in relation to being on a fighting ship (where plague masks wouldn't necessarily be), but still....

[Varukh]

Well. There are also accounts of plague dr's being abducted and held for ransom. You would think with these types of things happening, some dr's (lose term seeing as quite a few plague drs were not drs at all) would take protective measures against such unsavory individuals.

[brewer]

It occurs to me that the outfit is well post-SCA-period. Very cool, and I hope you stuff the beak with ambergris and laudanum. But you should know that it's VERY 17th century. Still, I'd rather see that than the crappy pseudo-cavalier and awful, half-arsed "musketeer" sh!te which predominates the SCA rapier field; that sh!t never existed AT ALL.

Again, well done, and know you've got a kit ready to go for any 1660s English reenactment you might want to do.

Cheers,

Bob

[Antonio]

Well, whilst the 1656 engraving is well outside 'Core' SCA, there are still Kingdoms who claim the end point is 1650. So, local Anthropology may play a part.

Personally, I want to encourage a shift to Helms generally, or helms concealing masks (the 'Best Dressed Fencer' contest run by Countess Anna von Urwald is well worth a look at for 'ways of dealing with the mask issue'. Let me know if you want the link).

[Varukh]

I've never been one to turn down cool links.

[Antonio]

I'm afraid it's hosted at the place of evil....

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 611&type=3

[Varukh]

spiffy!

[Antonio]

A lot of different approaches (and yes, I appear).