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WTB - 13th Century Stuff
royalist89:
What a fantastic link, thanks very much. Sadly I have neither the patience nor the determination to carry that out (Ironic being as I paint historical miniatures on commission!). I will try that if all else fails though definitely!
Photos of hose, shoes and greaves to follow
Sir Vander Linde:
Hi & welcome!
Excuse my silliness, but by any chance did you family marry in to the O’Donnabin family and then wed to the heir to O’Suileabain ? Just curious, a friend of mine is a Suileabain. This is his crest.
Ian:
Hi Dave, welcome to the forum. How interested in historical accuracy are you? Some of us here are basically of the mind that we try to be as historically accurate as money allows. If historical accuracy is important to you, let us know and we can guide you in the right direction, or steer you away from things that are more movie-correct than historical.
What seems to happen to a lot of us is as we progress we discover things we purchased in the past are not historical, and then end up re-buying a lot of things, i.e. wasting lots of money. Take advantage of the knowledge here and don't make the same mistakes we did.
For gambesons, a good 13th century gambeson can be hard to find in a historical design. The only places I know to get off-the-rack historical gambesons are overseas. Some of the reputable Eastern European manufacturers that do good 13th century gambesons can be found here:
Kokosh Manufacture
Matul's
Medieval Market
If those don't float you're boat, you might be looking at making one yourself, or finding someone who can.
Sir Edward has a great example of a custom 13th century gambeson done by Jessica Finley of Fuhlen Designs[url].
royalist89:
Not sure on the Suileabain connection! my family history is a miserable and obscure one so I don't know a lot about it other than Fairey comes from clan name 'Fearie' which was anglicized. Heres photos of my kit so far.
Hi Ian, I'm all about historical accuracy, it claws at my mind to wear gear that isn't quite right. I have done a lot of re-enactment before my main start ironically was American civil war, and my oh my did it feel good to look so rough and awful in jean cloth which had been hand sewn and didn't quite fit right... these small things were what made the impression great. However there seems to be a lot more source material for these later impressions (obviously) to work from.
I'm finding for 13th century surviving examples are rare, I'm working from the maciejowski bible and other English miniatures to get an idea of what I'm aiming for and even then its all art and still open to vast amounts of interpretation. I'm a lot more relaxed now within the realms of what gear ive got, I don't mind if it hasn't been dyed with authentic medieval dyes, or if its been machine stitched, but thats as far as I'll go in terms of sacrificing authenticity.
Sorry for the rant guys!! your all extremely helpful and its nice to hear from people who have been doing it a while and have the experience on how to tackle such a task as portraying a 13th century knight.
Heres the photos of my gear so far the helmet is actually quite lovely and could also probably take a nuke to the face as its so tough just if only I was larger built!.. maille to come soon... I cannae wait!
royalist89:
Got the gregorian chants on and chillin, heres some more photos of the kit, close up of the lions I cut out with safety scissors (its all I had available!!) and the shoes
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