The Armour Archive

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I believe that crest and eyebrows match the Valsgarde 5 hat. As such triangular forhead plates on a predominantly woven hat would be the go. Slat back woud actually be accurate for that hat. I dont think it had a ventail though - but atleast it'd cover the grill

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I believe these are somme of his:

I (and most members of my group) use his shields, they are good. Buy them

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plenty of armouries still going.

icefalcon
white mountain
hjalmr
audax
torvaldr
steel mastery
me

And thats just off the top of my head. I know there are plenty more.

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Jiri Lucius. wrote:I would say it is welded. Nice work Stanislav.

Either way its a nice hat.

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I'm also curious as to the gauntlets.

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OOoo

You raised that? Colour me impressed!

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they carry alot of stuff in store that isn't on their website. Staff are very helpful - I've sent managers scurrying around the store to pick me out bench grinders and vises when I had baby+pram (their stores are not wheelchair friendly ) - give your local store a call and I'm sure they'll give you ...

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Can buy them new from TradeTools Direct. They aren't on their website but I know my local store has them in stock.

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winterg wrote:I love Tom's belt.

I assure you its even prettier in person

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I'll throw in my reccomendation for Sir Florian here on the archive.

Wish I'd got a picture the last time him and his partner were showing off enameled pieces. Very pretty.

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yup its in a restricted weapons category, I wouldn't mind one of those though so I might have to look into getting a licence.

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Clinker wrote: Incidently, this is a bit too firm for helmet padding.

So tease it out a bit before you use it as fill so it isn't as dense.

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Black magic recommend kerosene for cleaning. I've found the higher the polish before you start the better the finish.

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And box #2 finally arrives xD Mea Culpa. It turns out I gave Hal my old street name, austpost honored our paid redirect on only one of the parcels but not the others so its taken quite some amount of dicking around to get them here. Frieman Index: Quality: 5 Value: 5 Shipping: 5 Timeframe: 5 Custome...

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<snip> that was one of the most amazing things i have ever seen. who are you? Batman? Its not overly difficult. I've seen people take a screen name and within 30min have satelite imagery of that persons house along with home phone, partners work, parents phone and address etc. There is a rediculous...

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Yeah....ryobi's work but not if you're going to be using them for anything other 5 minutes of grinding every other month....Nothing beats a good Dewalt, and they're easy to fix/rewire....now if only I could get my dad to give me back both my dewalt 8" grinders.... XU-1, Ozito, TradeTools own b...

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I'm not sure if all three are the same set of armor, The first one is the painting I'm basing the sculpt on. They look close enough. The part I can't find extra ref on is the "skirt"(sorry!) that straps onto the breastplate. He seems to have two on each side?, I can only find reference fo...

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Plays fine in KMplayer on Mepis Linux ... as it's an AVI file I'd have thought it would play fine in WMP, but struggle on an OSS player, rather than the other way round... AVI is a container format. It can contain pretty much any combination of video and audio codecs. Great video Jiri. Lots for me ...

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It should be pretty close to a hauberk for the kit your using. Soak it in vinegar overnight if its galv, that'll strip it right off however galvy maille tends to be weak as butter so dont be surprised if it doesnt hold up well to combat.

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So... anyone have any comments on what they would change? Shoes look good, the pointier the better I'll second the hourglass and hauberk comments. Whonew makes an alright looking pair of wisbys but they will look out of place on that kit, IMO not least because of the blue welders gloves. Bascinet l...

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I always wear mine in a bandanna.
I have fine flyaway hair although only to my shoulderblades so I'm generally only at risk if i lean in whilst drilling.

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last bump.

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I wear a hourglass behind my heater although not for SCA combat. I use a wooden shield and have noticed 2 things. 1. padding is probably required for an authentic kit but not using it does not appear to damage ones gaunts 2. shallow shields take a beatingbut it isn't unpleasant for the wearer. I str...

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Halberds wrote:Nada... they will just think you took it off a dead 14C mafia guy.

*grin* first thing I thought of I must admit

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you can also stack washers if you really need to. a loosefitting but wide washer under a tightfitting but smaller one will give you the best of both worlds but will cost you more. the other alternative is to grab some thin scrap sheet - I use 1mm zincanneal - and drill/punch your own washers and cut...

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Looking good Hal.

Don't suppose that box has made its way back at all yet?

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Your plan in general has my vote. You might do well do make gamboissed cuisses out of canvas and a couple of layers of batting, reinforced with 16 ga. splints in pockets, and hang soupcan knees off them. They would probably be easier and less expensive to make while still looking authentic than try...

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meinhard115 wrote:So, is it too big or too small with padding?

One would expect too big. 28" hat with 23" head. unless he's a fan of lots of padding.

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yup I can do similar decoration if someone wants it but it will cost extra Chris Gilman did something similar a while back only good and stuff I'm planning on replacingt he knees on those with raised brass and doing vambraces with raised brass elbows to match. Oh and a more subdued pair of splinted ...

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Nice, looks very cool. Dish those fleurs slightly on your next one and they will lay against the helmet without the gap. Again well done Thanks and I did think of that, AFTER they had been riveted to the helm. Ugh I hate those moments. Pedro Rawhide hammer shouldn't marr your finish and will help t...

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Sorry Velund, looks to me like most of those are visored sugarloaves.

you made a pretty hat though.

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I have more but it would appear my wife has stolen my SD cards. Will try and get them up later when she's home from work.

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WIP from a prettier cuisse. http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs224.snc1/7128_142934639289_756549289_2806469_4129665_n.jpg http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs224.snc1/7128_146217044289_756549289_2828632_5623236_n.jpg Pricing as much as anything reflects the cost of the leather...

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Kilian_the_warlike wrote:The only thing that sucks more than fighting a cleaver-weilding native narced out of there gourd, is fighting one who is on freaking fire

now that is sig-worthy

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you missed knees and elbows.

I like the idea of entry level armour that doesn't look like poo. I may not play your game but the idea of obvious plastic on a supposedly historic field does upset me so if you can help raise the general armour standards of the bottom end of the SCA more power to you.

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