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Sir Edward:
It's interesting, I originally bought my plate armor for combat use, and didn't put too much of an eye towards any particular style or century. Then it never happened-- our reenactment society collapsed, and the armor became one of my renfaire kits.

What sort of style/century do you think this most closely resembles? I know there are a lot of inaccuracies in the design (yes, yes, I know the sunglasses are the biggest error :)).  Some pics:



Gradually I may replace some components as I find things that fit better or are more period in design. I also want to add greaves and voyders. Some nice gaunts would be good, since I'm not happy with the ones I have so far. I'm not sure what helm I'll use in the long run, though I recently got one of the GDFB sallets. The gorget that came with this harness was total crap, but using a bevor instead is kinda nice.

As far as the fit, I think I'm rather fortunate since the armourer asked for very little in the way of measurements beyond height and weight.

The legs are slightly roomy and I have trouble keeping them from riding down on my knee, since the strapping was done with a single large belt-loop centered in the front of each cuisse. I've buckled them in as short as I can and it's still slightly low. I like the idea of pointing it to a doublet, so when my Revival Clothing arming cotte gets here I may drill some holes and try to point the legs that way. The other issue with the legs is that the demi-greave digs into the shin-bone something fierce... I have to wear foam pads inside the boots that extend up under the demi-greave to make this bearable.

The cuirass is mostly a good fit but with one hugely annoying detail-- I have a little extra room, front to back, down near the bottom, but it's really snug on the hips. To the point that the rivets there will leave me blistered by the end of the day if I'm not careful. Right through the gambeson. I've been gluing foam pieces over those rivets to prevent this. This appears to be less of a problem when my body weight is higher (like now), but if I lose 10 pounds I'll probably be in more pain again.

I like the pauldrons, but they don't wrap as tightly as I think they should. If you look at the last photo where I'm turned slightly, you can see they stick out off my back a bit.

The arms haven't given me any trouble so far. While the vambraces are a little big, the arms stay in place reasonably well even without pointing them to the under-garment.

The mail fauld is still a work in progress. I'm using enormous 1/2" ID butt-rings of 14g galvanized steel. Not very period, but the large ring size makes the work go quickly when I actually work up the motivation. :)

Anyway, suggestions and comments are always welcome. Except about the sunglasses. haha :)

Sword Chick:

--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2008-04-01, 20:05:49 ---
 Except about the sunglasses. haha :)


--- End quote ---

But you know that's my favorite part!

Das Bill:
As it is, though, it's a nice piece for Ren Fairre use. Having of course seen the armor in person, the one thing that has always stuck out to me is the cuirass. The shaping is kind of weird... the fact that it goes so low without a fauld is also sort of strange. And the fluting on it lacks a certain subtlety of period originals. I think the pauldrons and arms look pretty decent, though.

If you plan on replacing anything, the cuirass would be my suggestion. The legs do look a little wide, but they don't stick out as much... plus I know you were considering getting the Revival.us legs anyway. Maybe you should consider getting one of the GDFB breastplates? Or even this, that I posted a few moments ago:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=76709

Sir Wolf:
i've always wanted Ed to come up here so we could make greaves and faulds for that kit.

as it is it looks to have 14thc legs and arms, a 15c body w/ pauldrons.  i have a similar deal only i have 16thc pauldrons with my suit. its a good suit when it was made for sca and has lasted Ed a good number of years at the faire. :)

Ed what you really need to do is order that full suit of 14thc stuff from GDFB. come on, you know you want too hehehehehe

if Ed were to replace anything I'd say go for the body and legs first.  get the Revival legs and look for a breast and back.  the GDFB breast is nice but it doesn't have a back, and since he's going for full plate eheehe it would be a bit breezy

Sir Edward:

Yeah, I'm still very tempted by the revival.us legs. It's funny, they strike me as almost too light, just because I'm used to these beastly legs in my current kit. They're like 14g steel or something. But they're very cost effective and look good, and seemed to fit me pretty well. And if I get those and use the greaves with them, I guess I need to finally get used to using more period footwear... heh. :)

The GDFB legs also seemed like a good fit, though I was very displeased with their greaves.

That breastplate on the armourarchive looks fantastic. I could also consider the GDFB one... but as Wolf said, I really want a back on it too.

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