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Published: 2010-12-29 11:06:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 432; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 8
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Mail armour and shield created by me. Helm by Craig Sitch, tabbard, gamboised cuisse and hose, and gambeson by Tim Dawson.Reproduction 1250 AD armour, based on illustrations in the Maciejowski Bible. Mail, head to toe butted mail armour, spring steel, consists of 4 seperate wearable components, mail coif, or head covering, like a balaclava. Hauberk, or torso covering, similar to a long sleeve dressing gown joined at the front. Fore and aft slit, so technically a cavalry harness. Integral gauntlets. 2x seperate mail chausses, full leg and foot covering mail leg pieces.
Shield; plywood blank, covered in layers of pasted hessian, then linen, hand painted, edged with bee's wax hardened leather.
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Very nice work! That shield looks like it's taken a bit of a battering. Reminds me of the buckler my dad and I worked on - Dad made it - plywood base with thin metal coating (Dad's idea to protect the wood) and I painted it with a black ground and red celtic knot (at the time my persona was celtic and I had not yet recieved my AOA (Award of Arms - actually, I still haven't!) so couldn't bear a true device) and wrapped the edges in hide. I can still remember sitting in my room with a bucket of water, soaking the dog's chews until the hide was soft enough to smooth out then wrap around the edges, nailed it in, then then once it dried it tightened and formed a perfect seal. Probably totally un-period, and was very heavy, but it worked!
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Unfortunately, plywood isn't a period material. I have known guys who do the full on linden wood plank thing, they spend 20 or thirty hours making a shield that lasts about 10 seconds of combat. Like so much in historical re-enactment, this would be fine if we had actual legions of servants and armourers with nothing better to do but polish the gear and do the woodwork. But when you're just one guy with a 9-5 job, little short cuts like plywood are, if not forgiveable, at least understandable.
Metal for a buckler is totally period, though I don't know of any period painted examples.
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