Posts: 86 Location: Czech Republic
Tue 14 Sep, 2010 5:42 pm
My 13th century lol-kit
For giggles I made myself over course of the summer a 13th century spearman lol-kit from any material I could find. I thought I might as well post it here so you can too have some laughs at the tin-foil nasal helm and knitware-
maille chausses :D
Posting it into "Let's see your harnesses" might be a tad too much, so I put it into off-topic.
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Posts: 297 Location: Indiana
Tue 14 Sep, 2010 6:31 pm
It looks more convincing than the costumes in many multi-million dollar blockbuster movies. (I'm looking at you, Russell Crowe!)
Posts: 466
Tue 14 Sep, 2010 7:28 pm
Perfect. Now you need to find a movie somewhere where you can be an extra in the background. :lol:
Posts: 845
Tue 14 Sep, 2010 9:02 pm
Wow! You would have been great in Monty Python and the Holy Grail! :D
Posts: 678 Location: Australia.
Tue 14 Sep, 2010 10:50 pm
Reminds me of something I made for a school project in grade 6! :lol:
Well, I must confess, I lol'd, and lulz were had.
Posts: 396 Location: Germany
Wed 15 Sep, 2010 12:27 pm
Alright, it made me lol! Mission accomplished! :D
Posts: 643 Location: Minnesota, USA
Wed 15 Sep, 2010 12:48 pm
Re: My 13th century lol-kit
Walter S wrote: |
For giggles I made myself over course of the summer a 13th century spearman lol-kit from any material I could find. I thought I might as well post it here so you can too have some laughs at the tin-foil nasal helm and knitware-maille chausses :D
Posting it into "Let's see your harnesses" might be a tad too much, so I put it into off-topic. |
After I had a good :lol:, I thought "humm, not a bad idea you have there". I'm thinking about the children in an area school who have a "medieval day". This would be a great little kit that they could make in class prior to medieval day. :cool:
Posts: 15 Location: norcal
Wed 15 Sep, 2010 1:01 pm
I'm really tempted to do something similar and see what the security here at work does when I show up.
Posts: 487
Wed 15 Sep, 2010 2:12 pm
Actually, you know the sad thing (in a good way) is that what you made up out of aluminum foil, duct tape, and carboard looks a lot more authentic than some of the expensive stuff for sale. I mean this: the common foor slogger didn't get expensive gear. The clothing was all hand loomed, so it was course and scanty. Weapons were cheap and good enough for the guy holding it to give his life for his country (Dulce et decorum....). In fact, the more I think about it, if you had substituted equally apalling stuff that was authentic 13th C. manufacture, I'd think you had a pretty good kit!
Posts: 146 Location: Japan
Wed 15 Sep, 2010 4:09 pm
Hi :)
I show you Japanese traditional culture. :)
We can make a kabuto(Japanese samurai helmet) with only an old newspaper! (Aluminum foil is expensive!) :lol:
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How to make:
http://kids.nifty.com/handmade/paper/event/13/
Also we can make a
Shuriken(Ninja weapon) with only an old newspaper!
Shuriken is one of the weapons which the ninja uses.
Shuriken:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuriken
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How to make:
http://shuriken.hayahide.net/f/index.htm
p.s.
These are one of the Japanese famous "origami".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami
Posts: 845
Wed 15 Sep, 2010 6:29 pm
Kind of reminds me of this post by Nathan C. awhile back on SBG. I laughed so hard at these photos, I cried my eyes out and nearly busted my spleen.:
Funny thing is that the armor does not really look
that bad - given it's cardboard and duct tape. :lol:
Posts: 2,698 Location: Indonesia
Mon 20 Sep, 2010 7:38 am
Wow. I actually want that cardboard harness. Or maybe I'll make one for myself. Cosplayers have been doing it for years with fantasy armours, and it might be nice to crash one of their events in such a cardboard . . . um . . . "historical" suit the way I've been doing with soft kits all this time.
Posts: 68 Location: West Yorkshire
Mon 20 Sep, 2010 1:56 pm
Ah, but you really want to be a Fench Kniggit, like me!
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Posts: 643 Location: Minnesota, USA
Mon 20 Sep, 2010 2:59 pm
Frances Perry wrote: |
Ah, but you really want to be a Fench Kniggit, like me! |
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now go away or I shall taunt you a second time. |
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