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Those are some AMAZING photos, Stefanos. :!:
Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks you all.
You are encouraging improvement.
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"A wise man learns from his mistakes, but the truly wise man learns from the mistakes of others."
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"A wise man learns from his mistakes, but the truly wise man learns from the mistakes of others."
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Ok Chris. God,what to say,i like your whole kit(s) very much. Congratulations. Looking forward to your next greek project. What about a bronze aspis rim??? :wink: 8)
Khaire
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Chris nice work well done
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Laudes indeed. Just don't stop posting. We are learning so much.
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Laudes from me! Very, very handsome panoply!
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Thanks for the remarks.
Giannis,
I actually do have plans to make an aspis like my previous ones with a full metal outer layer. I just have to build up the motivation to do it. My idea will involve practically making two (1 to use, and one form to hammer the metal to proper shape).
I am planning to make one like the methods I have shown in my detailed thread and then make a block of wood with the outside diameter being used for the inside diameter. Basically, my idea is to cut out the outside diameter of a ring method shield only while leaving a thick square of wood around the outside of this cut.
I am going to then glue all 10 layers together leaving a 6" thick square of wood with the outer profile of the aspis as the inside profile of the form. Then I will slowly fit the sanded outside of my aspis into the sanded inside profile of the form. Once they fit perfectly, I will dish the metal for my outer layer into the form.
I would guess within the next 12 months, plan on seeing it on these forums somewhere. For now, I am on vacation for a while! :lol:
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Phew!!!!!You beat me again! This was going to be MY hell of a project! :evil: Unfortunately no time left this summer...so it will have to wait till the next one(and by that time you will have doe all the hard work and mistakes,and then as your signature says,I will be a truely wise man 8) Seriously,looking forward to see how it will progress.
Have some nice holiday
Khaire
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And why didn't you just ask? :lol: He had made a sarissa and had a nice photo comparing the reach of the spear oposing a sarissa.
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Here are some pics from our last event for this year. War will have it's winter break here :-) cry: .
[url:v8hg9n0r]http://www.hetairoi.de/zenphoto/2008/jahresabschlu-/[/url]
Complete set of pictures:
[url:v8hg9n0r]http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa165/Kallimachos01/Jahresabschluss%202008/?start=all[/url]
Hope you like them.
Kallimachos a.k.a. Kurt
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Setting & Gear both fantastic, 8) i'm am getting a superb folio of impressions to enjoy on my screensaver
thank you Dave
Hannibal ad portas ! Dave Bartlett . " War produces many stories of fiction , some of which are told until they are believed to be true." U S Grant