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Walter S




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PostPosted: Tue 14 Sep, 2010 5:42 pm    Post subject: My 13th century lol-kit         Reply with quote

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 Big Grin

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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PostPosted: Tue 14 Sep, 2010 6:31 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

It looks more convincing than the costumes in many multi-million dollar blockbuster movies. (I'm looking at you, Russell Crowe!)
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PostPosted: Tue 14 Sep, 2010 7:28 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Perfect. Now you need to find a movie somewhere where you can be an extra in the background. Laughing Out Loud
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JE Sarge
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PostPosted: Tue 14 Sep, 2010 9:02 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Wow! You would have been great in Monty Python and the Holy Grail! Big Grin
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Sam Gordon Campbell




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PostPosted: Tue 14 Sep, 2010 10:50 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Reminds me of something I made for a school project in grade 6! Laughing Out Loud
Well, I must confess, I lol'd, and lulz were had.

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PostPosted: Wed 15 Sep, 2010 12:27 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Alright, it made me lol! Mission accomplished! Big Grin
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PostPosted: Wed 15 Sep, 2010 12:48 pm    Post subject: Re: My 13th century lol-kit         Reply with quote

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 Big Grin

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 Laughing Out Loud, 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

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Vilkas V.




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PostPosted: Wed 15 Sep, 2010 1:01 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I'm really tempted to do something similar and see what the security here at work does when I show up.
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PostPosted: Wed 15 Sep, 2010 2:12 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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!
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Ushio Kawana




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PostPosted: Wed 15 Sep, 2010 4:09 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hi Happy

I show you Japanese traditional culture. Happy
We can make a kabuto(Japanese samurai helmet) with only an old newspaper! (Aluminum foil is expensive!) Laughing Out Loud

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

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

I'm interested in Medieval Arms and Armor.
But... My English is very poor ><;
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JE Sarge
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PostPosted: Wed 15 Sep, 2010 6:29 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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. Laughing Out Loud

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PostPosted: Mon 20 Sep, 2010 7:38 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Mon 20 Sep, 2010 1:56 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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


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PostPosted: Mon 20 Sep, 2010 2:59 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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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