Results of Classical Japanese Battle

raito · Post by **raito** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:30 pm

Well, we had it. After the bridges and Champions stuff.

We had a total of 6 persons there. Nissan and I headed up the red and white. I was pretty fried by that point in the week, and I seem to have deleted the email where 2 of the guys sent pictures, so I have no other names than Akira Minamoto, who I already knew.

Nissan got the 2 guys who had contacted me earlier. Surprisingly, both looked better than their photos, because they had worked on pieces before showing up. Very nice. They had gone the same route I had, using ringmesh.com's stuff for their kote, and painting it black. Nissan had added some very nice ikada and elbow bits to his kote along with mail, and I'd added haidate and mail kote (having given up on the new dou and the kote paltes the previous week). Koha didn't fight because his kabuto isn't quite right for combat yet, though he got a lot of compliments on the rest of his kit.

I got Akira and the other guy who saw it on the schedule and showed up.

We were pretty relaxed on the requirements as it went. So we reviewed the rules, and went at it. Pretty much everyone was using pole weapons.

Nissan challenged, and I counter-challenged with a (brief) statement of my lineage. He got one shot in on me, and I backed out of engagement to clear my head and pick a target. We ended up in 2 2 on 1's -- poor Akira ended up on his own and without a head, as did the guy we double-teamed. There was another inconclusive clash, I think, then we broke engagement again. I ended up catching Nissan with his hands high, grabbed the haft of his tetsubo, and let my compatriot commence with the head shots. I cut off his head, though it was removed from the field before I could get back to it. This left only one left for the red, who we dispatched.

I took 2 heads, and lost one (Nissan's). My other teammate took the other.

At the end, there were weapons lying all over (I dropped my armor piercer after taking Nissan's head, ebcause I needed to get back in quick).

Anyway, we had more people watching than playing. The watchers weren't in armour.

Murdock has video.

I'm unlikely to make Pennsic next year, but I'd still like to see this continue (if only to see those people who say it needs to keep happening show up). Any takers?

Nissan Maxima · Post by **Nissan Maxima** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:19 pm

I'd like to thank my retainers, Sir Monos of Aethelmark for escaping with my severed head so that my enemies could not display it in the capital and Lady Eleanor Fairchild for singing my death poem over my corpse.

Dishonour stains the field
Bodies lie everywhere
Bacon on the wind

Also my brave troops who in the tradition of commanders from all time,
I have forgotten their names.

Effingham · Post by **Effingham** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:29 pm

Damn, I'm sorry I couldn't make it to Pennsic this year.

Wanna try again next year?

Effingham

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:11 pm

working on getting the vid on Photo Bucket

getting pics on

Saburou · Post by **Saburou** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:50 pm

Really sorry I missed this. Thursday was way over-scheduled and there was an obligation I had. Maybe next year I'll make it to this, and some of y'all can come with your perfect kits to Warriors of History so I'm not the only Jap. (hint hint)

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:57 pm

Baron Alejandro · Post by **Baron Alejandro** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:03 pm

Everything starts small.

SirCathal · Post by **SirCathal** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:26 am

those kits rock. I am so doing a samurai persona as my second persona. Im doing crusader with a twist right now. I am doing crusader but with saracen armor ... scavenged from my fallen foes.

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:29 pm

Photo bucket hate video file

say too big

me yell at compooter but it not listen

me get rock

Effingham · Post by **Effingham** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:31 pm

Baron Alejandro wrote:Everything starts small.

Said the actress to the vicar...

Effingham

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:43 pm

Hi,

Maureen will be fighting next year (possibly our only chance to go to Pennsic in the near future) and her Samurai kit is that of an obsessed A&S person who lived in Japan. I love her, but she's crazy (she married me, that's proof).

Oh, and we've got a bunch of saki to give out.

-Aaron

Christophe de Frisselle · Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:25 pm

Murdock wrote:Photo bucket hate video file

say too big

me yell at compooter but it not listen

me get rock

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Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:36 pm

Thats Nissan in red right?

If so Nissan can I get some pics of your shino and tekko (or just pics of kote in general)

Im making similar arm protection but an interested to see how you did yours

Also what do you wear on your hands

I see red tekko but i cant tell if the black on your fingers are gloves or finger gauntlets

thanks for your time

BobKnight · Post by **BobKnight** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:49 pm

Murdock wrote:Photo bucket hate video file

say too big

me yell at compooter but it not listen

me get rock

lol.

Thanks for making my day. :wink:

Nissan Maxima · Post by **Nissan Maxima** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:25 pm

Halvgrimr wrote:Thats Nissan in red right?

If so Nissan can I get some pics of your shino and tekko (or just pics of kote in general)

Im making similar arm protection but an interested to see how you did yours

Also what do you wear on your hands

I see red tekko but i cant tell if the black on your fingers are gloves or finger gauntlets

thanks for your time

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:31 pm

Thats really cool Nissan
Is it just the mail that 'connects' the shino and tekko?

Nissan Maxima · Post by **Nissan Maxima** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:44 pm

Theuy are not really attached at all. The leather gloves have a long cuff that tucks into the forarm pieces. the forarm pieces nest in the "socket" of the gauntlet cuff.

They are very flexible and comfortable and marginally safe.