Kit with Cervellierre

Ned Chaney · Post by **Ned Chaney** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:13 pm

Has anybody put a kit together yet with one of these.....

I would very much like to see some pics if anybody has. I'm going to put a kit together using one of these (No Alcy....NO Crazy Ed's armour fire sale in your immediate future!!!! :lol:

) and although I have some ideas of a direction to go I'd love to see what someone else has done.

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:48 pm

i want one

but i want a bretache on it

Leo Medii · Post by **Leo Medii** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:02 pm

WMA had a sweet one...

white mountain armoury · Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:32 pm

I sold my one with the bretache, right now the paint is drying on my replacement, very similar to what you posted although mine has a slight back point, a much smaller face opening and a much larger aventail.
It should be done tomorrow, I can snap a pic at practice on sunday.
Mine also has vervelles and everything under the maile is a cage.
I would like another bretache but am building one for a lady in my household so I figgure it would be best to have something different.
Hers should be pretty cool as the bretache will be on a hinge so the whole face will swing down.
We are outfitting almost the entire household circa 1350. I think there is like 12 of us, should look cool.

Leo Medii · Post by **Leo Medii** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:38 pm

We are outfitting almost the entire household circa 1350

Yum. You are my hero.

I am moving to 1351. The black and brass stuff you did for me is the basis for it with greaves and the maille.

Yum.

Mafia.

Johannes · Post by **Johannes** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:39 pm

I am actually toying with redoing this with a bretache for myself at the 30. Feels right somehow as the English Captain to see if I can suck up a face thrust and die!

James B. · Post by **James B.** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:49 pm

I am working on a Romance of Alexander kit (clothing and armor) for the 30 come 09. It is cool to see so many folks doing that era of the 14th c now.

Ned Chaney · Post by **Ned Chaney** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:49 pm

Lemme 'splain how I'm envisioning this kit and see what you guys think. This fellow would be a poorer noble (third or fourth son) who caught the nationalistic fervor and went off to France with Edward III. The kit will have a Cervellierre similar to this one w/mail. No body armour other than a padded jack, gambeson, what-have-you. Leg armour will be gambiosed cuisses with steel poleyns, and either carved cuirre-boille greaves, or steel ones. Arm armour will be steel coutiers and steel shoulder cops. That's it for what will be visible. To meet standards I'll be wearing modern rigid armour underneath the jack, gambeson what-have-you. I'll be making the cuisses, and jack, gambeson what-have-you myself, but I'll be looking to somebody on here for the coutiers and poleyns. I REALLY REALLY like those blackened coutiers with rondels WMA has been doing. Maybe poleyns from Windrose. Whatchall think?

Woops! Forgot gaunts. Wisby-style finger gaunts.

white mountain armoury · Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:56 pm

Leo that sounds excellent, will you have a black helmet as well?
Johannes, that sounds very cool. Although your current helm is pretty sweet as well.
I love seeing people drop back to the mid 14th cent.
My wife is sewing me new gamboised cuisses and Vitus put my new rondell scabbard in the mail, and I still have my iron bar so I am all set.
Just need to help the rest of my peeps to get their stuff in order.
Eadric has been hard at work with me, we have almost finnished the complete reconstruction of his kit in 1050.
I still have to make his helmet, we are drawing upon this
<img src="http://www.whitemountainarmoury.com/images/random/crecyhat4.jpg">

Leo Medii · Post by **Leo Medii** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:04 pm

Leo that sounds excellent, will you have a black helmet as well?

Depends on where I fell in the que for it!

Selling my bascinet is kicking me now since I hadn't fought in the replacement and it didn't fit well when I did! I have the japanese harness that was for special occasions, but wasn't planning on using it full time.
I just got a job working midnights at a gas station two nights a week (avoid day care) to get the two helms I want to replace my well loved bascinet....
Being an armor whore hurts!!!!

white mountain armoury · Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:22 pm

Leo Medii wrote:
Leo that sounds excellent, will you have a black helmet as well?

Depends on where I fell in the que for it!

Selling my bascinet is kicking me now since I hadn't fought in the replacement and it didn't fit well when I did! I have the japanese harness that was for special occasions, but wasn't planning on using it full time.
I just got a job working midnights at a gas station two nights a week (avoid day care) to get the two helms I want to replace my well loved bascinet....
Being an armor whore hurts!!!!

Sure but you wanted a black mac bible helm from me, thats not exactly CotT material. Is it a different shape you are after now?
Edward, your kit plans sound good but I feel it needs body armour. I think the armour arms and legs seem a station above a simple padded cote.
A cote of plates is easy and would be correct, my wife sells them as kits

I also dont feel a kit from that era is complete without mail.
Although a livery cote would hide the fact that your are not wearing armour on your torso.
If accuracy is your goal though you should have body armour.
A cop would be a correct choice
If you like those black cops I have a set that has a little bit for rust comming through the blackening, I would let you have the set pretty cheap, and they are 1050 and weigh nothing.

marcus the pale · Post by **marcus the pale** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:24 pm

Look Here

And don't miss the full kit pics halfway down the thread, it has awesome written all over it. I'm working on something similar.

marcus

white mountain armoury · Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:29 pm

Its a nice hat and nice kit !!!

Leo Medii · Post by **Leo Medii** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:34 pm

Sure but you wanted a black mac bible helm from me, thats not exactly CotT material. Is it a different shape you are after now?

I really like the black and brass knees you made, and am thinking of going that route with my 1351 harness, germany. The leather with studs on the legs and the knees, blackened greaves and adding blackened vambraces and rerebraces tied to the black rondels you made over the TI maille with a blackened simple spaudler...
With of course and heraldic surcoat of the Edwards arms (whom I am portraying at this years 30, William Edweards of Cornwall). With perhaps a pembridge helm, or something fitting for 1351. I see via effigy that it's a pretty turbulent time in helmdesign with stuff all over the map.

I am more concerned with looking like I "am there" at 1351 at the COTT. My SCA future is this deed once a year.

Ned Chaney · Post by **Ned Chaney** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:49 pm

I would let you have the set pretty cheap, and they are 1050 and weigh nothing.

I'm interested!

white mountain armoury · Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:56 pm

I will PM both of you (Leo/Edward)

Cet · Post by **Cet** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:59 pm

A cote of plates is easy and would be correct, my wife sells them as kits

She does!?- are they on the site? I will send people

white mountain armoury · Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:58 pm

Hey Cet, they are not on my site but should be soon, I am dragging my ass on my part of the deal the pdf on assembly.
I was speaking with her just a little while about it and she will have a price shortly.
I will shoot you off an e-mail in the morning. nedd to chat with you anyway.

Cet · Post by **Cet** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:01 pm

Cool!

Johannes · Post by **Johannes** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:54 pm

I'll send people your way, as well.

Effingham · Post by **Effingham** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:57 pm

Leo Medii wrote:Being an armor whore hurts!!!!

No, no.

You're an armour JOHN.

Effingham