Name (and photo?) of SCA Cap-a-Pie Fighters?

white mountain armoury · Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:19 pm

Ahm, head to foot folks, no greaves no sabatons, no cap a pie

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:27 pm

Yep.

I looked at the pictures from the Warriors of History Tournament in 2006...and I look like Charlie Romeo Alpha Papa.

The mail gussets will be added as soon as I sew up the new arming coat.

No matter how far you go, there is a bit farther you can go. It's a journey, never a destination.

Tired and walking up the trail,

-Aaron

BobKnight · Post by **BobKnight** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:29 pm

need sabs and greaves.. also need to wait for Al to start on my B+Bs. getting there. one part at a time.

Bruhn Engbrecht · Post by **Bruhn Engbrecht** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:45 am

aaron, i have a question what does your complete harness weigh in at?

im thinking around 70ish? you must have some crazy stamina.

AaronCarter · Post by **AaronCarter** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:56 am

I'm working on Sab's. Other than that I'm in.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:01 am

Bruhn Engbrecht wrote:Aaron, i have a question what does your complete harness weigh in at?

Iâ€™m thinking around 70ish? You must have some crazy stamina.

80 lbs, but I'm reworking a lot of it and adding the mail gussets. Itâ€™s not up to my standards yet, but itâ€™s getting closer. My first suit was AWFUL and while the next five or so were better, it was a scary evolution.

I do have "some crazy stamina" though.

If I wasn't in the SCA I would be doing triathlons. I run, bike and swim most every week. If Iâ€™m in an area that the SCA isnâ€™t around, I usually do road races.

The odd thing is that the armour does weigh a lot when I lift it in the boxes, but when I wear it itâ€™s like the weight just all but disappears IMO. Iâ€™m not really any faster without it. And when Iâ€™m missing a piece (like the sabatons or whatnot) it feels odd like the weight isnâ€™t distributed right.

I also just sort of feel better wearing the armour. I can't explain that one. Once the suit is on, I'm having fun, regardless of the outcome. I might be doing horrid, but I'm having fun.

With respect,

-Aaron

Hedinn · Post by **Hedinn** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:21 am

Aaron wrote:I also just sort of feel better wearing the armour. I can't explain that one.

-Aaron

I agree with that one. Its like its a superhero suit or something. I just feel different in armor. More outgoing, more energy, and I tend to smile more.

olivier · Post by **olivier** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:12 am

Bleddyn De Caldicot wrote:
Sebastian K wrote:
Bruhn Engbrecht wrote:I am not 100% sure what cap a pie means, by reading threw this post i'm assuming its full plate kits. But why call it cap a pie lol? (im not a member of the SCA... yet, meaning i am very clueless)

Is is French for "Head-to-Foot".

Does it? thought that would be "tÃªte au pied"

Bleddyn - it's an Old French form from vulgarized Latin (caput > cap ; pes > ped/pied/pie)

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:05 am

Hedinn wrote:
Aaron wrote:I also just sort of feel better wearing the armour. I can't explain that one.

-Aaron

I agree with that one. Its like its a superhero suit or something. I just feel different in armor. More outgoing, more energy, and I tend to smile more.

I am smiling under my armet.

Josh W · Post by **Josh W** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:51 pm

Here's my kit as of late:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8 ... 1338672644

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8 ... 1338672644

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8 ... 1338672644

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8 ... 1338672644

I know, I know--I don't have the sabatons on in these photos. I don't have all the side and rear tassets on either. But this is how I wear the harness usually, and it's how they were often worn historically.

adamstjohn · Post by **adamstjohn** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:58 pm

OK, for the purpose of this thread, please define cap a pie.

Sabatons? Rerebraces? Gaunts?

AdamL

Chris Gilman · Post by **Chris Gilman** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:48 pm

(EDIT: Sorry, missed page 2)
capâ€“aâ€“pie
Variant(s): or capâ€“Ã â€“pie \ˌka-pə-ˈpē, -ˈpā\
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle French (de) cap a pÃ© from head to foot
Date: 1523
Only 3 seem to be
Others included here are by definition, NOT Cap-a-pie.
no greaves and others no sabatons or canâ€™t tell.

Myself Pennsic 2003

and

Wolffram Mikosevaar · Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:27 am

Wow......that is.....excellence!

Wenzel · Post by **Wenzel** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:50 am

Holy crap, that Max suit is *awesome*!

Bruhn Engbrecht · Post by **Bruhn Engbrecht** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:03 am

ive always been greatly inspired by that max suit, if i may ask who is the armourer?

Chris Gilman · Post by **Chris Gilman** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:18 am

Robert MacPherson
"Mac's Max"