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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It looks more convincing than the costumes in many multi-million dollar blockbuster movies. (I'm looking at you, Russell Crowe!)

Perfect. Now you need to find a movie somewhere where you can be an extra in the background. :lol:

Wow! You would have been great in Monty Python and the Holy Grail! :D

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.

Alright, it made me lol! Mission accomplished! :D

I'm really tempted to do something similar and see what the security here at work does when I show up.

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!

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

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:

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.

Ah, but you really want to be a Fench Kniggit, like me!

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