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The muscles don't do really justice to the Greek or Roman archetype of beauty... Looks more like the torso of a bodybuild XIth century guy :roll:
"O niurt Ambrois ri Frangc ocus Brethan Letha."
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the
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Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert
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Thanks guys!
I just thought that this could have been a "cheapo" solution to my upper-body armour problems :roll: ...
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What´s the problem with the chain maill?
Perhaps, if you have time, a leather squamata would be another solution for those "problems" :wink:
-This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how
sheep´s bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
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I have one in stock, will do photo essay on it in a few days
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Sorry I didn´t look it in detail :oops: . At some distance chainmail seems a greyish cloth... :roll:
That worked for some movies! :lol:
-This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how
sheep´s bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
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Virilis make your own it is easy
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Regards Brennivs
Woe Ye The Vanquished
Brennvs 390 BC
When you have all this why do you envy our mud huts
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Thanks guys!
I have given up hope of doing anything myself here in Finland :evil: ! I have not been able to find rawhide for starters, there are simply no suppliers here that I know of...
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We can get it but from dog chews, mine is made from leather scraps I had, if you want you could boil the scales in beeswax to tuffen the scales up.
Regards brennivs
Woe Ye The Vanquished
Brennvs 390 BC
When you have all this why do you envy our mud huts
Caratacvs
Centvrio Princeps Brennivs COH I Dacorivm (Roma Antiqvia)
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