Any one know what this is?

Maeryk · Post by **Maeryk** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:27 pm

Personal, portable, thunderdome?

Brandr · Post by **Brandr** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:28 pm

The original prototype for the Robbie the Robot costume???

Claustrophobic person?

Amusing?

Baron Alejandro · Post by **Baron Alejandro** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:32 pm

Going straight off of memory, so I might be wrong. But I seem to remember that's a member of the Chivalry who has epilepsy - any blow to the head, and he has a seizure. So he had that cage built to fight in, and if memory serves, takes any blow to it as good to the head. I think he's from West? Caid?

bigjon · Post by **bigjon** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:35 pm

WOW!

If that's the case, that's really cool. Over comming the odds!

Magnus The Black · Post by **Magnus The Black** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:53 pm

Is that SCA? The sticks don't have any tape and the gaps in the bars are way more than 1"

Skutai · Post by **Skutai** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:00 pm

Looks like the canopy on a Ju 87 Stuka.

justmagnus · Post by **justmagnus** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:22 pm

Ha ha! When I first looked at it I thought it was a shot of some dude through a basket hilt.

bigjon · Post by **bigjon** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:24 pm

I'd like to see more pics if'n theres any more out there!
I could see where it could be through a basket hilt

Kilkenny · Post by **Kilkenny** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:11 pm

I've seen it, or another remarkably like it. I recall an explanation to the effect that the person could not safely receive impact to the head, although I do not recall why. I also recall that the person acknowledged blows to the cage as good.

It is SCA (or at least the similar one I saw). There's mesh in addition to the heavy bars. As to the lack of tape on weapons in the picture, how many people duct tape their hafts ? I don't see the business end of any weapons in that picture...

Gavin

Kilian_the_warlike · Post by **Kilian_the_warlike** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:13 pm

Well, i asked around and some one seems to recall that picture as an old piece that wa worn in the tuchux. they have the armour standard in their own group, that if you feel safe enough, then its fine.

Smilingotter · Post by **Smilingotter** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:22 pm

Skutai wrote:Looks like the canopy on a Ju 87 Stuka.

I was thinking a ball turret from a B-17.

Blaine de Navarre · Post by **Blaine de Navarre** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:30 pm

That is Sir Robear du Bois. He is epileptic, so didn't want to get hit in the head. He later replaced the birdcage (yes, that's what he called it) with a pretty nice great bascinet that also rested on the shoulders.

Sean Powell · Post by **Sean Powell** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:04 pm

Any chance someone has pictures of the helm he used to replace it?

Sean