Roz gets armored

Well, lets see, where did I leave off?

Teri and Vickie came up to the Bryn Madoc fighter practice, to off-load some of Carlwyn's armour. I am now the proud owner of an almost complete 14th century harness. I will post pictures as soon as I get them taken.

From Teri:

A Pig Face Basinet. The helmet was just about covered in stickers (and I did not get before pictures). It is very nice Stainless, with an optional bar visor. Getting the stickers off was a bear, and in the interest of ongoing maintenance, I put a brushed finish on it, using a green Scotch Bright pad, and some mink oil I had in the leather box. I want to try and pick up a riveted camail for it at Pennsic, but that is just about at the bottom of my priorities at this point.




Complete Leg Harness. The legs are a very nice set of stainless/aluminum. The knees themselves are Stainless, but the demi-greaves and the cuisses (is that right?) are aluminum. They were pretty banged up and scratched, so I have put the brush finish on them also.



A nice aluminum heater shield. It has Carlwyn's arms on it (which I cannot bear to paint over), so I am making a cover for it, which I will paint with my own arms. Gwyd had some light weight hose, which I am using to replace the old green hose. It is a bear to slide on. There are some bad spots on the edge that I need to bang out, so that the hose will go on the rest of it.

From Vickie:

A pair of mild steel half gauntlets. These were also showing wear and tear, so they were also brush finished. They needed the leather straps replaced (they had stretched), and some of the brass rivets are ready to blow, but should get me through the Tourney. I will make sure I also have my repair kit on hand.

Kidney protection. A pretty substantial belt, made of black drum plastic. It has the attachments for the legs, but in truth it is still a bit small for me. While I have lost 40 pounds since Gulf Wars, I may not have lost enough weight by the tourney for it to fit. I will more than likely have to make a C-belt.

Leather arms. These are a bit short, and need work to make them wearable for me. I may go with a quilted gambeson, with arming points rather than these arms. Only time will tell.





A gorget. The cuibolli gorget died (shattered/broke in half while demonstrating how sturdy it was), and this stainless one saves the day. Just a bit tight, but if I re-do the padding it should work quite well (it is quite thick).




You will notice that chest protection is conspicuous by its absence. I have the plastic lamellar (I unfortunately need another 200 plates) but that is totally unsuited for the rest of the armour. The pile of Baronial loaner gear ended up at my house when our tenant moved out (I did not even know, it was down in the lower shed). I spoke with the Baron, and he said to pull out whatever I can use. Aside from the ton of pads with plastic guards, most of the stuff is in pretty bad shape. There are some plastic chiropractic braces (chest and back) that might do for breast protection. One set is just about the right size. There is also a coat of plates, that the material has totally rotted. This I am remaking into a coat for myself. It was not large enough (I am seeing a trend here), but I have some aluminum plates that I can augment with, to make it large enough.

I think that is it. A complete kit. YAH!!!