History, Mythology, Art and RPGs

[Galloglaich]

Found a cool blog on monsters in medieval art:

MONSTER BRAINS: 8/3/08 - 8/10/08

 

[El Mahdi]

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[Galloglaich]

Wow... cool man thanks for the heads up, that is really promising.

 

[Galloglaich]

Armor for the Gentleman Adventurer

steampunk fashion - For the gentleman adventurer

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2041/2470791197_a5ae6f2ea5.jpg

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That rocks...but it should have tails. Or at the very least, it should go down to mid-thigh.

 

[Galloglaich]

That rocks...but it should have tails. Or at the very least, it should go down to mid-thigh.

Here is the maker modeling it :

http://media.225batonrouge.com/img/photos/2008/07/11/19_t450.JPG

 

[Galloglaich]

Ok it's time for some Sword Porn

If you could have five top quality functional sword replicas... which would you pick? Here is my list from Albion Armorers in case there are any rich benefactors out there wanting to give me a surprise birthday present:

The Albion Next Generation Swords

The Augustus because everyone should have a gladius for close-in work and a short fat one wil do more damage...

The Hersir because everyone should have a 'Viking' sword in case they need to sack Lindisfarne.

The kingmaker because I think it's the perfect shape for an arming sword and reminds me of the Henry V sword which is one of my favorite antiques

the Brescia Spadona since it's the best longsword replica anyone has made yet. The Brescia Spadona was the most accurate replica they ever made (copied milimeter by milimeter from the original in Italy) and from all the test cutting I've seen and heard about, it out-cuts every other weapon in it's class, and most outside of it's class including many dedicated cutting swords... and yet it's a fast, pointy thrust-oriented bastard sword. Gotta love this weapon.

and the Knecht in case I have to ever cut somebody in half or get in a fight with an ogre.

I actually own one of these Albion Constables, it's the nicest weapon I have, it's a lethal little thing that cuts amazingly well:

Another replica maker I really like but can't afford is Patrick Barta:

http://www.templ.net/english/

He specializes in pattern welded swords. Makes beautiful, beautiful weapons which really capture the elegance of historical European weapons which almost looks like something we'd associate more with Asia. Unfortunately there is like a 4 year waiting list and they are extremely expensive. But worth it if you like swords. Meanwhile all I can do is lust after photos:

So what are your favorites? Replicas or antiques, Asian or European or from somewhere else in the world...?

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[Galloglaich]

I was in an historical fencing tournament in Houston last weekend, I made it to the quarter finals by some unholy miracle, here are a couple of my fights:

http://freifechter.com/videos/houston/Houston%202010%20Longsword%20Tournament%20Jean%20Chandler%20vs%20Carlos.wmv

http://freifechter.com/videos/houston/Houston 2010 Longsword Tournament Louisianna Showdown.wmv

Here is the final, between Jake Norwood former deputy director of ARMA and current senior member of the HEMA Alliance (and also the designer of the popular Role Playing Game The Riddle of Steel) vs. Axel Peterson of Gotheburg Historical Fencing Society from Gotheburg Sweden. You'll notice their fencing is about 10 times better than in the matches I was in.

http://freifechter.com/videos/houston/Houston 2010 Longsword Final Axel Peterson vs Jake Norwood.wmv


Sadly for America (and the RPG community), Axel won (he won both tournaments that day) but it was a great fight. Axel (and his buddy Anders Linnard) are both terrific fencers but we have a year to prepare for the next tournament and myabe next year USA will prevail


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[Raven Crowking]

Well, congrats on making it to the quarter finals anyway!

(This is, as I have said before, one of the most interesting threads on EN World.)


RC

 

[abhorsen950]

Bookmarked some excellent stuff here