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Drogo the Clueless

Thanks for the information. So far I am just dipping my toe back in in the water. Trying to remember what is what. I may try to make it to Pennsic in the next year or two. First goal is lose weight (down 16 pounds so far) and be in fighting form by next Gulf Wars.

Drogo the Clueless

I have been out of the loop/SCA for a long time and am thinking of getting back in. If I were to do that, who should I contact to obtain some armor? Is Master Knuut still making chain mail? Looking to recreate some of my old armor, which was mostly made by White Mountain Armoury, who no longer makes...

Drogo the Clueless

Meet the Lorica, a new suit of high-tech armor named after the armor worn by the Roman legions. It's made from a blend of lightweight, flexible materials and comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, a point-of-view camera, a microphone and 52 pressure sensors that send data to an external compu...

Drogo the Clueless

Edward has first dibs on the stand. UlrichvR has second dibs on the stand. Lord Kiaus of the Barony of Roaring Waste in the Midrealm made this stand for me. You can most likely contact him via legiodraconis.com. I do not have the plans for this stand. As for the clothing, SI-Armoury beat everyone ou...

Drogo the Clueless

Continuing on with the theme of cleaning out my SCA closet, I am selling off some of my finer pieces of garb (and and armor stand). First up is one of my favorite men's cotehardies my wife ever made me. It is made from a faux velvet and finished with gold buttons. Nothing says luxury like this outfi...

Drogo the Clueless

As of right now, it looks like the helm and possibly the decorative pieces are still available. If you are interested, send me a PM.

Drogo the Clueless

Still waiting on word about the helm and decorative pieces.

Drogo the Clueless

Another round of PMs sent out.

Information update: I misspoke about the weight of the coat of plates. Earlier in this thread I stated it was 19 pounds. According to the scale at UPS it is 12 pounds. As of right now I have 2 prior dibs on this item. If it does not sell, I will update this thread.

Drogo the Clueless

Crisspie13 wrote:I am intrested in the helm, if it is still up for sale let me know =), I pay first!

Did you want the whole set or just the helm? PM with a shipping address (zip code) and I will get you a shipping quote while I am at UPS today.

Drogo the Clueless

Update on what is sold and what isn't. Sold Gryffinclaw - stainless elbows and spaulders trimmed in red Shipping address received - Yes 9602thomas - gorget Shipping address received - Yes Cuneglas ap Niche - Mild knees, elbows, and spaulders Shipping address received - Yes Woodstock - Shield/Sword H...

Drogo the Clueless

The gorget there is one of my early ones, one of the first 100. Looks like its held up quite well. Pretty cool to see one from years back. I have had this gorget for close to a decade and it has seen some heavy use. You would not have guessed that from looking at it. It has been one of the very few...

Drogo the Clueless

Woodstock you can have the device, good to see it get some use. As for the rest please PM your address and I will also get you an exact shipping quote tomorrow morning. To Dougal, I do not have that basket hilt anymore. Not sure where I got it from, but it was just plain mild steel spray painted wit...

Drogo the Clueless

To bigfredb, I wear a 40" jeans or a 42" dress slack and the C-belt fits me fine, with enough holes and slack to go an inch or 2 in either direction. BTW a little plug for Pitbull here, these are the best method I have ever used for keeping my cuisses in place even with a set of metal knees on them....

Drogo the Clueless

Here is what I have currently sold/dibs on according to my timeline: Glaukos the Athenian - Sabatons Gryffinclaw - red leather trimmed stainless elbow cops and spaulders 9602thomas - gorget Cuneglas ap Niche - mild steel soup can knees, mild steel elbows, and spaulders Gypsy - first dibs on helm and...

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Need to do family stuff now. I will sort through the replies and PMs by no later than tomorrow afternoon.

Drogo the Clueless

I have stopped playing in the SCA due to the general life issues, work and such. My loss is your gain. I now have a serious glut of armour on my hands that I am not using. A set of strapped mild steel shynbaulds from Mad Matt. They fit me great and I am 14" from center of the knee to the ankle bone....

Drogo the Clueless

Well this is what I was able to get together for the CoTT. I was in desperate need of some maille. This is me with Mad Matt, the armourer that made my gauntlets, shynbaulds, and sabatons. Matt you rock. http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk134/dpkrause/Pennsic%2040/Pennsic4057-1.jpg http://i279.phot...

Drogo the Clueless

Cost + effort > fun + enjoyment Events are becoming repetitive and stagnant. I have no polite way to say this but there are some very socially inept people representing the SCA. Solutions: Fewer, but higher quality, events. Filter who gets to recruit. I admit, this coming Pennsic will most likely be...

Drogo the Clueless

Here is what I have so far. This is a slightly different kit. One that I am putting together as an experiment. I need to find my fancy belt, adding a fancier surcoat, and I am getting a poleaxe from Sir Vitus. Feedback would be appreciated. Will it be good enough to fight in the CotT?

Drogo the Clueless

Well I finally have this kit mostly finished. Need new belt and lots of chainmaille, but it is getting there. My wife is going make me a snazzy fighting over coat to replace the all black practice one. I put this kit together partially as an experiment to see what could be done on a modest budget in...

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Dibs on a templar banner if still available.

Drogo the Clueless

@Leo: Are you going to be at Pennsic this year? I was hoping to get some polearm training from you.

Who else should I be looking for some polearm training at Pennsic this year?

Drogo the Clueless

Check out Mad Matt for the gauntlet. They are actually mittens gauntlets made to look like scale finger gauntlet. I have a set and they are bomb proof.

Drogo the Clueless

Thank you for all the recommendations. I did pick up the Desmond Seward book to start me off. I will probably pick up the Peel Affinity at Pennsic this year and branch off from there.

Drogo the Clueless

Now that you mention it.. yes that. Been so focused on getting the 14th century stuff together, it tends to be at the forefront of the brain.

Here I am in the latest clothing made by my wife:

Drogo the Clueless

So what is the proper funerary rites for a 14th century French gentleman?

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I admit that I had no clue (go figure) as to where to post this. Thought it would get more traffic here vice in the off topics area as many people avoid that area.

Drogo the Clueless

Thank you all for the input. Time to get researching.

Drogo the Clueless

Agreed not in court... would be cool if I could make a production of dying on the battle field and have my body carried off followed by an in camp funeral/Irish send off. The only problem with that is it would probably freak out the marshals and others on the field when they hear someone died.

Drogo the Clueless

All good advice.... maybe I can work something out to be done at this Pennsic. Hmmm... time to make an effigy of Drogo?

Drogo the Clueless

Over my life in the SCA my persona has changed quite significantly, mostly thanks to my wife and the AA. I have gone from the genericelt, Dan the Clueless to Drogo D'Auvilla the Norman Crusader. Now I am firmly entrenched in the 14th century and the name Drogo doesn't quite fit. I have completed som...

Drogo the Clueless

Looking for suggestions on books to read about the Hundred Years War. I am not a hardcore researcher, just want to get a good feel for the war and the life in that time. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Drogo

Drogo the Clueless

Any links to pics and video available yet?

Drogo the Clueless

I can't wait to see pics of the harness, Leo.

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