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Thorsteinn

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What's your personal armour history?
« on: 2013-11-15, 19:37:52 »
Here's mine.

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Re: What's your personal armour history?
« Reply #1 on: 2013-11-15, 20:31:35 »
OK, this is going to be a bit image heavy...

Sir Wolf and myself, 1999:
   

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2006:
 

2007:


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2012:
   

2013:

« Last Edit: 2013-11-15, 20:38:33 by Sir Edward »
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Re: What's your personal armour history?
« Reply #2 on: 2013-11-15, 22:20:06 »


Making this little image made me realize how relatively short a time it's been since I got into this stuff. It feels like it's been longer. Wow....

I never actually used that white surcoat. It was just a muslin mockup that I made to test the pattern I used for my heraldic one. :P
Per pale azure and argent, an eagle displayed per pale argent and sable, armed and langued or.

So a Norman, a Saxon, and a Viking walk into England....