ok i'm starting it. Sir Wolf's 1340's kit

[Sir William]

Don't they always?  The good stuff always gets put on clearance and then subsequently discontinued. 

[Sir Wolf]

had to stop. its 9:40pm. gotta put the kids to bed and goto bed myself, sigh gotta be at work at 5am on a Saturday noooooooooooo

[Sir Patrick]

You are a machine, Sir Wolf!  What kind of steel did you use?

[Sir Wolf]

18 gauge mild steel

[Sir James A]

Looking good, Sir Wolf!

[Sir Wolf]

thanks. i am hoping to have more done by tomorrow night. didn't get anything done today cause of work, then a family Reunion and then i helped Sir ace work on his library

[Sir Wulf]

18ga? Do you fight in your rig? How well does 18ga stand up to full-tilt waster fighting?

[Sir Wolf]

ive not fought in it. theres no one near me that even knows what "medieval" is hehehhe

[Sir Wolf]

[Sir Edward]

Nice! Looking good so far!

[Sir Patrick]

Great work, Sir Wolf!

[Sir Brian]

Wow! That's coming along really good! What color is your surcoat going to be or are you not going to wear one?

[Sir Wolf]

thanks!

i am hoping to make a grey/black split to match my shield. although i am uncertain that splits are period during the 1340s so i need to do some research. (anyone got pictures of a split color?) if not it will be black. maybe i can try to find a lion to apllieca on the front of it. (Sir John how did you do your gold lion?) the surcoat will be shorter in teh front and knee length in the back as effigies show, with splits under the armpits that can tie up.

[Sir Edward]

Once the surcoats started getting really short, it became more common to put your heraldry on them. So you can pattern it after your arms if you want, I think.

[Sir William]

Looks good Sir Wolf..although I do not recall your arms being so long!