Something to consider, what if you limited visible pieces of plastic to black or earth tones and no larger than 3x3 inches? This allows the overlapping coats of plates and japanese lamellar, but gets rid of the pseudo-plate plastic?

On Halfswording, The identical technique (blocking while holding the blade of your weapon) is absolutely no diferent than the same block with, say, a 4 foot two-handed rattan mace or hammer. It's no more dangerous whatsoever. The problem (in this limited case) is that the Marshals can't get past the...

Greetings, I'm not trying to critisize here, but I have a question. After the 9 failed to kill the 3 a couple times, did the 3 come over and read them the riot act? Part of teaching melee is teaching them how to put thier game faces on and become rabid (but chivalrous) weasels. I have been in this s...

I'm looking for some conical spangen patterns or possibley a good norman style. The idea is to go for an Outremere style of mixed norman and saracen. I'm trying to make new armour taking the most attractive elements of each, the helm of course is the most important element. Anyone have some good web...

Greetings,

One wonders why, if somone is willing to go to the trouble to build plastic legs, then paint or cover them, or make a pair of pants, why they didn't just make steel legs? Scrap steel costs nearly nothing and the amount of work is about the same. I've built both.

In Service,

Sir Dan