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MagnusofDregoth
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Post subject: The Armour Archive  Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:45 pm |
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Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:58 pm
Posts: 1187
Location: Winston Salem, NC
Started Fighting: 04 Jun 2001
Unit: Errant
Favorite Fighting Styles: SS,Spear,2S,Rock
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Hey, everyone, I figured I would get this in at the beginning. A site that has really, really great armouring resources is The Armour Archive. Go there. Bookmark it. Sign up for their forum. Read the posts, and post your own questions. I've learned a whole lot just from reading that forum, and the patterns they have (for most common European-style armours) are quite good as well.
People may give you crap for belonging to a LARP/boffer group, since many of the people on the forum are living history-types (who complain about the lack of realism in the SCA on almost a daily basis), but if you show that you're willing to learn and don't presume too much knowledge on your part, there shouldn't be any problems.
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Knight of Taurendor
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Mawr
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:19 pm |
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Someone sticky this post, please.
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"I guess what I'm trying to say is, the creationist booklet was to religious literature what tubgirl is to pictures of people having sex." -- Aria
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Forkbeard
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:28 pm |
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Joined: Tue Apr 22, 2003 5:46 pm
Posts: 5611
Location: Kung Foo Island
Started Fighting: 15 Jun 2000
Realm: Aquilonia
Unit: Western Uruk Hai
Favorite Fighting Styles: Just the Tip
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I have been usng the Armor archive foryears. I learned most of what I know from people on that message board. I highly recomend it.
Magnus is right about them being snobby towards our kind, though. Just don't tell them were your from or who you fight with. They don't need to know and wouldn't care anyway. Those people only care about one thing, armour.
FB
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Don't call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear
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RavenHeart
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:27 am |
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Location: CrannMeigeall (Fangorn)
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I'm on their forum and told them what I do, they have yet to give me a hard time...
OK well there was this one guy, but he was a tard that had no eyes to see that plastic armour sucks... and another guy defended me, so I didn't have to. Just goes to show that all "living history," "SCA," or any other group has their chodes, and their cool people as well.
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Swordbrother to Kinsman Oron the Wolf
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slippy
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:38 am |
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Location: the iron hills
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where does chode come frome i know someone who is known as da chord and he is cool.
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feeling proud is not as important as having friends around you.
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Faolan
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:08 am |
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Location: K-Town
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Saxon
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:30 am |
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Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:27 am
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Location: Portland, OR
Started Fighting: 01 May 2004
Realm: Whatever Portland is called this year
Favorite Fighting Styles: Sword and board or beer and drum.
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M.A.I.L
Maille Artisans International League is a great chainmaille page. I've been using it for some time. They have lots of patterns, pictures, and active forums with some very intelligent people in the field.
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Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, * - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
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Valas Hune
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:01 pm |
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Location: Rockin' the casbah
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Seriously Savage you can do most of the stuff the schmitthenner guys do yourself and save a boat load of money.
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Uruk Nation WAAGH!!!!
I have a rendezvous with death
The Baby Maker
Realm of Stygia
Chieftain of Stygia in the Western Uruk-Hai
Member of the White Skull
Founder of Valas' pub - Putting the orc in horc since Chaos wars 9
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Derian
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Post subject: Links 2.0 Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:07 pm |
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Joined: Sat Apr 05, 2003 4:20 pm
Posts: 5942
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Started Fighting: 01 Apr 2001
Realm: Nan Belegorn
Unit: Hellhammer
Favorite Fighting Styles: Sword & Board
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I'm trying to consolidate the links floating around here and replace the original links sticky. It'll be pretty bare at the beginning, so please don't hesitate to post your links here; I'll include them in the original post.
Armor Rules:
http://belegarth.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=14552
Materials:
http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com -- Leather, Tools, Buckles, Dye
http://www.theringlord.com -- Chain links, wire for chain, etc.
http://www.tangentcreations.net/ -- Lamellar Plates
Tutorials:
http://belegarth.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=24361
Patterns:
http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/katchu.html -- Japanese Armor
http://www.rhinohide.cx/tousando/yoriaku/index.html -- Japanese Armor & Garb
http://www.yamakaminari.com/ -- Japanese Armor (They provide patterns for plastic SCA armor, but it can translate to leather/metal)
http://armourarchive.org/ -- Lots of patterns, mostly European in nature.
http://arador.com/main/index.html -- Lots of patterns as well as general armoring articles.
http://www.midrealm.org/kith/kith/lacing_directions.pdf -- Lamellar directions.
Vendors:
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Kirethorn
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Post subject: Another handy site Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:03 am |
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Enderonimus
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Post subject: Re: Links 2.0 Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:07 am |
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moved to links thread. Good find Kirethorn! Any more, keep them coming!
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Embara Cayosin
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Post subject: Re: Links 2.0 Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:36 pm |
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Started Fighting: 02 Jun 2009
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i found this site for metal it selection is a little mor limited but it is easier to navigate and in my opinion has more reasonable prices than mcmaster-carr http://www.onlinemetals.com/index.cfm
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Loreat mrith tiichi - Die with honor
Valignat ekess vignar - Burn to Ash
lleisgar de lowan - Rise from death
Sieglatan wrote: it looks like you killed and skinned a tiny cow, and riveted the hide onto it.
Ignatius wrote: I love that he just got put in time out for a month!!!
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Valas Hune
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Post subject: Re: Links 2.0 Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:34 pm |
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Stumbled upon this site for some odd mats: chichesterSome stuff is spendy but other items dirt cheap.
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Uruk Nation WAAGH!!!!
I have a rendezvous with death
The Baby Maker
Realm of Stygia
Chieftain of Stygia in the Western Uruk-Hai
Member of the White Skull
Founder of Valas' pub - Putting the orc in horc since Chaos wars 9
VB proud
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