The Armour Archive

Marvin

Great! Thanks losthelm.

Marvin

Hey Russ, could you send the pictures to me as well? If you did, I didn't get them (sometimes my spam filter does some odd stuff).

Thanks!

Marvin

I am very interested also. As I recall, we are similar in height but I'm not quite as svelte...

Marvin

Ron Broberg wrote:WWSVD?

What would Sir Vitus do?

Oh boy...

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Marvin

Jeez people, cut Artos a little slack. All he said was since he doesn't know what effect it has, please don't do it. He even admits to possibly being overcautious in his post. Lachlann, if you've got some rattan to burn, make an experimental weapon and take it to him. It's also probably a good idea ...

Marvin

Bringing this thread back for a quick update. Gabriella had her surgery last week and is doing well. Doctors found and repaired another small hole in her heart while working on the major malformation. She is expected to move to a step-down room today (Dec 21) if a bed becomes available. She will not...

Marvin

Ditto what Samuel said...

That really, truly sucks.

Marvin

Aphar Faire, 2 years ago.... During the Relics melee, I had found the 'Stone of the Holy Sepulchre' - basically a big honkin' rock that was sort of a resurrection point on steroids - you couldn't be killed or wounded while touching it. Smart ole me decides to sit on the darn thing, thinking there's ...

Marvin

Nothing to add other than "very nice". Wish I'd started out in stuff half as good.

Marvin

I believe the timeline calls for Fall 2005.

Marvin

Yep, Marvin, that's the one. How ya been, stranger? (Stranger than who I won't ask, because we KNOW...) Yep. That's what I thought. I remember thinking 'that's cool, but I bet it won't work in the SCA' and then I'll be darned if one of the guys didn't figure it out. I'm just not fast enough to pull...

Marvin

Probably worthless in an SCA context, since a shield would block it instantly, but a false-edge or wrappy shot to the back of the lead knee while buying space. Works really well on guys who haven't figured out how to break rhythm. Are you talking about doing that backhand like we discussed once? If...

Marvin

Holy Crap! I met him last February and I never would have guessed he had been that size.

Marvin

Dude, they run it most places.

Personally, I think the whole thing sucks. Tomuki once did me a huge favor when he was king of Calontir and I am forever grateful.

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out - somehow I don't think the whole story is public yet.

Marvin

What Baron Eirik said. By far the most common injuries around here are overuse/bad technique injuries. Learn how to do things properly and you can avoid lots of that. Oh, something I must be reminded of from time to time - take time to rest. You will have to push yourself to get better, but you can'...

Marvin

Smoley Hokes!

That review could use an editor!

Marvin

I'll be there Friday but not Saturday.

My kids have scheduling conflicts.

Marvin

Yeah, I got lucky. Mine didn't tear. Took an MRI to know for sure, though. Still hurt like the devil.

Marvin

The one that did it today was a simple cross body shot and it felt like when i got stabbed in the hand but in my shoulder. That's the one that got me, too. Felt like somebody stood behind me and popped me in the shoulder with the Rubber Band of the Gods. I got lucky in that the guy who helped train...

Marvin

I went from right to left for the same reason - shoulder. My bits of wisdom are: Do lots of slow pell work. This will payoff big time. Your footwork will take longer to develop than your sword work. You'll keep finding yourself turning intoyour opponent's blows when you mean to turn away. Frustratin...

Marvin

You missed a great one. You also missed getting to see me on one of my rare "on" weekends. I wish I could bottle those days and bring them back out somewhere more appropriate, say Crown List? The only bad thing was my van pulled a Bluesmobile. Flat tire, blown brake cylinder, vacuum leak and chatter...

Marvin

It's always a good time. The event is usually pretty small, but the site is absolutely wonderful. And the people are just top-notch.

I can't answer for the lady, but the more the merrier when it comes to the classes. She really loves teaching.

Marvin

Gwyneth and I are planning on being there Saturday and Sunday with the kids.

Bring the armor, it'll be a hoot!

Marvin

This was probably the best news I've had all week. Colin was the first fighter that ever tried to teach me anything other than how to get hit a lot. Many people that know us both say I fight a style very similar to him (though that's hardly fair to Colin ). It is extraordinarily gratifying to see hi...

Marvin

Firstly, welcome here and welcome back. That's a real doozy of a first post - If you would have thrown something in about combat archery I think you could have yelled 'yahtzee!" I only hve two comments: 1.) I think many of the changes you propose will occur at some point. 2.) I think the word you we...

Marvin

First - sorry for the delay in the response. I posed a question to which you responded and then did not follow up with an answer. My bad. The reason I have been so slow is that I am loathe to give any advice when it comes to fighting with two swords. My two sword fighting has recently been upgraded ...

Marvin

Nah... too dificult to dish. 16 gauge oughta do. At this point I am planning on being at Midsummer's, but probably Saturday only. I've got to see how the kids' schedule works out. End of August - September is very busy for SCA, school and soccer. Stainless 10 gauge, my friend? Valstarr P.S. Will you...

Marvin

Having recently become a left-handed fighter out of necessity, I can give you a few tidbits of advice from my ongoing project. The thing that helped me most was to do an awful lot of very slow pell work to get the mechanics right. It helps if you have a training partner to watch (especially if they ...

Marvin

Well, far from "Beat the Minstrel Day" Freiman did allright. Particulary after he shucked off some of his hotter bits of armor and went native Meridian style. I, on the other hand, feel like a side of beef after Rocky Balboa came through. Apparently, folks in Grey Niche have this thing for smacking ...

Marvin

Sorry to hear how your day is going. I used to be strictly a melee fighter. I'd fight tourneys once in a while more out of a sense of obligation than anything else. I strove for years to become the best shieldwall fighter out there and in many eyes I had great success. Then I fought in my first Glea...

Marvin

You are a funny, funny man.

I'm afraid the best I could manage right now would be somewhere between "awful" and "sad" - maybe "Awfully Sad." I was thinking about going just for the heck of it, but I'll leave the comic relief to someone else this time.

Marvin

Funny you should ask - I don't think I hit him at all this weekend. 'Course Brandr and Big Jon (my 6'9" squire brother) schooled him for a while. We also tossed him out there in out 7x7 melees. We did three open field and two ressurrection gate battles (lasting about 20 minutes each). All things con...

Marvin

Val, ole' man, I agree with you to a great degree. In a perfect world, we would take a new fighter, give them the basics of blow throwing, stance, range, etc over the course of a few practices and have them work out some at home before putting them in armor. And we would work out with them two or th...

Marvin

Oh, I remember that. I actually crawled to the bathroom the morning after a couple of practices. And people wonder how I developed my defense...

Marvin

Maeryk wrote:No dude. .we can still pick on furries.

Maeryk
(least i can..)

Yeah, I'd have to agree to that...