The Armour Archive

hey love this site . its was just what i was looking for. im from New Zealand and im the CO of a group here. The New Carthaginian Army.
were not quite sca or reinacters ( and barely ever serious. unless seriously silly) but we do enjoy our armour and our weapons.

after too many concusions i have decided i need a helm.
i recon i can make what i need in a helm from my head but some of the paterns on the site have showed me where i was going wrong. so its all good.

im still trying to find a patern for a helm like one from a japanise anime called "berserk" the helm in that is perfict for the battle conditions i am in.
keeping good periferal vison is a must you see as the numbers in many of our battles are never in our favour and you are oftern fighting 5 to 6 ppl at the same time.

otherwise the Sallet by Rainald is my next option. although i do have a concern over how badly the vision is impared by that particular type of helm. this may not be a problem tho.

hope i can learn alot from all of the more experianced ppl here.

Welcome aboard. Got any pictures from your group?

I don't see any safety reason why that particular sallet design couldn't have a bargrill instead of the face plate. You might try that.

Welcome Commander, This site is pretty interesting, and also can get a little addicting at times. I too would be interested in seeing photos of your group if you can, sounds like a fun lot.

http://paradise.gen.nz/~sloth/030905/html/030906af.html

reece would be me and the new carthage light marine infantry are pictured with the trusty treb "nikita".

http://paradise.gen.nz/~sloth/030530/html/030531a.html

dress uniform. chain mail epuletts. mine is 6 in 1 laqured copper the rest is 4 in 1 and my sargent not in the photo has 4 in 1 kings they are converted band uniforms. and still need alot of work.

kinda looks like Peter Jackson in the background of that pic......?

um ...no not pj. but a good kiwi nontheless

there are many good pics of us at the main site. but its not only ours and is also a student group called kaos. they are some of the weirdest ppl i have ever met. we fight them alot. its allways a good battle

I was being nosey- AGAIN. I looked at a lot of the pictures on the site. Do you know this "Tria" woman? She is a major Hottie in my opinion.

i know most of them......but as i met all of them properly at the 48 hour part.... well u see i was blind drunk and dont remember. if you think shes hot tho im sure she will be flatterd.

but realy if you like her then come to NZ.

can u believe some groups dont let the ladys fight???i mean if you cant tussle with a few cuties then whats the point!