[Ansteorra] Armor....what a pain

[Ronda Roberts]

On the contrary, I have all of my armor, all I need to do is put straps and 
buckles on the leg armor, fit the chin strap into my helm, get the sword 
ready, put straps on my gorget, straps on my pauldrons (sp?) and get my 
shield ready.  I didn't think that it would take more than a day to do all 
of that once I have all of my supplies I figured I would need like leather, 
buckles and rivets.  Then mebbe someone to drill the holes where I need 
them.  I have all the armor I need, its just a matter of getting it put 
together and made wearable.  :(

Sorry Commander Fox, don't look like this is going to happen anytime soon.


In Service to the Dream,
Muriel filia Donaldi de Skia
Barony of Bryn-Gwlad
The Silver Fox Squadron
Ambassador to Atlantia


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>From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
>Reply-To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
>To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,	Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Armor....what a pain
>Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:39:01 -0500
>
>   Muriel filia Donaldi de Skia asked:
>>I am searching for someone to assist me in getting my shield, sword, helm
>>and leg armor ready so that I can find a place to get authorized at before
>>Gothic Wars gets here.
>
>And then Jean Paul mentioned:
>>Also, Stefan's floregium probably has some good resources too.
>
>Thank you, Jean Paul!
>
>Yes, there are a few files in the COMBAT section of the Florilegium which 
>might be useful. I assume Muriel, that you are just trying to put together 
>some serviceable armor for now and that you will see about improving it 
>later. Even so, I thought Gothic Wars was coming up pretty soon. It can 
>take you much longer than you expect to get your armor together. It 
>certainly did me. If you are buying it, you will still have to strap it, 
>pad it and do various other things to make it serviceable. I certainly 
>wouldn't try to make a suit of mail before Gothic Wars. :-)  Maybe someday 
>I'll finish up the, currently sleeveless, mail shirt I started making 15 
>years ago. You may be able to get authorized in some borrowed or baronial 
>loaner armor before you have all of your armor completed.
>
>Anyway, here are a few files from the COMBAT section that I'd take a look 
>at considering your questions above.
>shields-msg      (103K)  6/16/05    SCA and period shields.
>Shield-Balanc-art (10K)  6/23/99    "How to Balance your Shield to YOU!"
>                                        by Master Sir Anluan Trelaine.
>W-T-Shields-art   (20K)  1/19/01    "War and Tourney Shields"
>                                        by HL Aaron of the Black Mountains.
>rattan-msg        (53K)  6/15/05    Working with rattan. Rattan sources.
>   (Even if you already have your rattan or you will be getting it from a 
>local source, some of the info in here on straightening rattan, or 
>intentionally curving it, shaving it down etc., may be of use)
>
>f-fighters-msg    (37K)  1/23/01    Protective gear for female fighters.
>gauntlets-msg     (18K) 11/ 5/96    Hand protection, gloves, gauntlets.
>gorgets-msg        (9K)  5/17/96    Gorgets. Neck protection for SCA 
>combat.
>helmets-msg        (6K) 11/ 5/01    Helmets. SCA and period.
>helm-padding-msg  (20K)  4/28/02    Padding your SCA helm. Period helm 
>padding.
>
>This is a good checklist for everyone to run through before they head off 
>to an event, especially one a long distance from home:
>armor-chklst-msg  (12K)  9/23/98    Armor checklist for SCA events and 
>wars.
>
>Here's a fairly new file to the Florilegium:
>SCA-armor-lnks    (11K)  6/11/05    Links to information on SCA armor
>                                        by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
>
>Stefan
>--------
>THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
>StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
>**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****
>
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