WTB: cap a' peid suit of Gothic armor

Mongotzu · Post by **Mongotzu** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:40 am

Anyone taking commisions?

Mike

Errant Knight · Post by **Errant Knight** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:49 am

what does "cap a' peid" mean?

Kaos · Post by **Kaos** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:42 am

Main Entry: capâ€“aâ€“pie
Variant(s): or capâ€“Ã â€“pie \ˌka-pə-ˈpē, -ˈpā\
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle French (de) cap a pÃ© from head to foot
Date: 1523
: from head to foot <armed>

Dougal Forester · Post by **Dougal Forester** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:44 am

cap a pie....head to feet. Basically he wants to commission a full suit of armour. Custom fit....helm, gorget, breast and back,pauldrons, arms, legs, sabatons, and maybe even maille. If you ever have the chance, this is the way to buy armour.

James Arlen Gillaspie · Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:01 am

What's your price range?

Duke Icefalcon · Post by **Duke Icefalcon** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:00 am

We can make one for you.

gustovh · Post by **gustovh** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:37 am

I could do one for you as well.

I am sure that I could do one for you. Drop me a line.
G

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Luther Anshelm · Post by **Luther Anshelm** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:19 pm

Check out Anshelm Arms.

Mongotzu · Post by **Mongotzu** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:04 pm

Wotcher

If your interested in getting ahold of me please send me a line to mongotzu@sasktel.net. I'm having trouble logging into my private message function.

Mike

Odd · Post by **Odd** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:55 am

And the high end armourers cackled with glee, as visions of cars, boats, and their kids college funds danced in their heads..

Really.. James asking for a price range... made my wallet hide in a corner and pee itself. And I'm not even in the market.

knitebee · Post by **knitebee** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:08 pm

Odd wrote:And the high end armourers cackled with glee, as visions of cars, boats, and their kids college funds danced in their heads.

More like dozens of hours of design and research, then hundreds of hours of hammering, sanding and polishing. Such a harness is months of WORK with their reputation riding on each and every piece of it.

Keegan Ingrassia · Post by **Keegan Ingrassia** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:19 pm

Whoever does take this project on, would -love- to see a photo-journal of the kit's progress.

Randy W · Post by **Randy W** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:59 pm

Odd wrote:And the high end armourers cackled with glee, as visions of cars, boats, and their kids college funds danced in their heads..

Really.. James asking for a price range... made my wallet hide in a corner and pee itself. And I'm not even in the market.

I think it makes perfect sense, why waste hours of dialogue if you sell Cadillacs and he's buying a Hyundai?

It reduces the search to a certain group of individuals that will work within the price range without insulting the sensibilities of either party.

Cold Forge Armoury · Post by **Cold Forge Armoury** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:49 pm

We may also be willing to take this commission on. Please e-mail me at eltz_kempenich@yahoo.com if you haven't decided on anything and we can discuss details.

Otherwise, many excellent armourers have been suggested here. Cheers!

Wilhelm

horsefriend · Post by **horsefriend** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:25 am

Mongotzu,

E-mailed you.

alail/scott

St. George · Post by **St. George** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:16 pm

The thing is, if someone puts a budget up many of us can tell that person exactly what kind of armor they would get regardless of expectation.

The only variations on that are when they choose to order from someone who everyone knows has a much higher rate and odd delivery schedule (say performance or hammered wombat) than other armorers.

The other factor that plays a role is how much does someone understand what they are ordering? Sure they want cap a pie, but do they understand where creases need to go, or how large the cops actually should be? etc etc.

Expectation is the key. You want Jame's or Ugo's work you have to pay for it. You want to pay less, you are going to get less.

It's that easy.

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Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:26 pm

Expect to spend $10K on the average.

You end up working with the higher end armourers, expect a higher cost and a longer wait.

You end up working with the lower end armourers, expect a slightly lower cost, long wait and a crap-shoot on quality of the harness. You might get a fantastic suit for cheap (I got VERY blessed...). You might get what you paid for. Or you might never see the armourer again.

I would wait and watch the classified section here and pick up a used jousting harness that can be adapted. Some might be selling their suits to upgrade, or they might be too injured to continue, etc.... Go for a search for jousting on the classified section and look at what happened historically here.

My armet is beautiful and I bought it for a nice price here.

-Aaron

Otto von Teich · Post by **Otto von Teich** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:41 pm

If I could afford it, I'd be tempted to go with James Gillaspie. He knows his german gothic...probably better than anyone.

Mongotzu · Post by **Mongotzu** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:17 pm

I'm still in the market life has gotten busy.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I was looking at soem second hand stuff but unless my good twin brother is out there I might have problem getting the right fit.

Michael