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Title: Shoulders
Post by: Bernarr on 2012-05-20, 06:48:22

Reading through other posts, I came across this site mentioned and browsed around a bit. I found these shoulders that I like the look of, but was wondering if anyone could place them in a specific period or if they're just an original design? The shield tie-on kind of reminds me of the shoulder shields from the movie first knight-
http://www.bestarmour.com/arm_harness_5.html (http://www.bestarmour.com/arm_harness_5.html)

edit- forgot to mention which they are.. "Spaulders RH 5.5" all the way at the bottom of the page

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2012-05-20, 07:28:01

They look like 15th centuru spaulders to me. The cheq usually have different artwork to work from than most americans see so they may have seen the lil shield device somewhere to copy it from.

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Sir James A on 2012-05-20, 15:38:05

They look, to me, like a mash-up of a couple different things. The shield is reminiscent of an ailette. The vertical guard is something I've only seen on large pauldrons, and not the smaller style like that. The rest of it looks fine. I would call it historically inspired, but I'm not sure I would call it a reproduction unless I saw what it's based off of. I wouldn't even call it "fantasy" armor. It's just those couple little things that make me curious.

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Joshua Santana on 2012-05-20, 17:09:38

Yes they do look like spaulders but then again I will have to research more on this.

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Sir William on 2012-05-22, 16:17:56

Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2012-05-20, 07:28:01

They look like 15th centuru spaulders to me. The cheq usually have different artwork to work from than most americans see so they may have seen the lil shield device somewhere to copy it from.

Agreed; the hump of the shoulder and the multiple lames lead me to believe it is later period (15th C).  What period are you looking to model your harness after?

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Bernarr on 2012-05-23, 06:18:55

I'm going with 14th century, so they're a bit too late for me

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2012-05-23, 12:15:13

nice coa pic  there!  now what time frame of the 14thc are we talking about? things change a lil bit in armour during this time hehehe

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Bernarr on 2012-05-23, 13:27:58

Yea, I keep forgetting the whole "transitional" part of that.. More to the mid/later end, Wisby-ish, if you will. I dig the Wisby gauntlets, and hope to be ordering a pair of those soon. I'm leaning towards the ones at the top here (Gauntlets RG 7.1)-
http://www.bestarmour.com/gauntlets_7.html (http://www.bestarmour.com/gauntlets_7.html)

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Joshua Santana on 2012-05-23, 16:10:32

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Yea, I keep forgetting the whole "transitional" part of that.. More to the mid/later end, Wisby-ish, if you will. I dig the Wisby gauntlets, and hope to be ordering a pair of those soon. I'm leaning towards the ones at the top here (Gauntlets RG 7.1)-

Excellent!

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Bernarr on 2012-05-23, 16:47:37

They take up to 6 months according to their site, so I'm trying to hunt down someone who will do them faster. I've sent a few emails out to armorers, but haven't heard anything back yet.

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Sir James A on 2012-05-23, 17:29:52

For wisby gauntlets, you can try Les Brown ("whonew" on armourarchive.org) or Mad Matt (http://www.madmattsarmory.com/ (http://www.madmattsarmory.com/)) if you haven't already

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Bernarr on 2012-05-23, 18:21:49

Ah! The 3turrets guy, I came across his site and was hanging onto it as a reserve in case some of the more known guys didn't get back to me. Doing a search on AA shows he IS one of the more known guys HA! The very first post that turned up started with "You need Whonew, his gauntlets are second to none."

MadMatt has it on his site that he isn't taking any more orders, not sure if that's still valid or what.

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2012-05-23, 20:13:36

wow i didnt know best armoury did wisby now!! it's been a long time since i was there. sweet. they make some awesome stuff.

check with some of the ukranine or russian or cheq guys on the archive. great prices and awesome stuff

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Bernarr on 2012-05-23, 20:17:30

I'm still leaning towards the bestarmour wisby's, I like the way they look over the others I've seen so far. The 6 month wait is still weighing on my decision though. Ah well, if I don't have them this summer, I'll have em for next year!

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2012-05-23, 20:20:54

thats actually not to bad. any less and you could get a rushed project or an armourer that may flake out.

have you found an image of a suit that you like to go with? we can help!!

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Bernarr on 2012-05-24, 05:16:51

I actually have a pretty good idea of what I want to put together now, it's just a matter of waiting on the person to get back to me, heh. Always seems to be a waiting game involved in everything anymore!

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Joshua Santana on 2012-05-24, 13:25:17

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I actually have a pretty good idea of what I want to put together now, it's just a matter of waiting on the person to get back to me, heh. Always seems to be a waiting game involved in everything anymore!

Good, that is good, do let us know in time what it is.  ;)

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Bernarr on 2012-05-25, 03:51:45

Oh, I will! I'll be posting pictures too, once I have my gear  ;D
I'll have a nice surprise soon for anyone looking for Wisby gauntlets too!

Title: Re: Shoulders
Post by: Joshua Santana on 2012-05-25, 15:20:12

Will be looking forward to it.   ;)