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Zeraph · 02-17-2011, 08:23 AM

1st, leather won't protect you from a real fight. Leather armor is a myth from old school DnD times. No one wore just leather armor. They'd wear chain or plate over it.

2nd Plan9- I find it amusing you call it dork armor, you wouldn't last 5 seconds against a knight from AZ (AZ because some places have become wussified). We wear 14 gauge steel helms and hit with ratan....and I've seen people still get knocked out cold. Last war I went to a guy broke his collar bone. I've gotten welts/bruises the size of a football. Its a lot rougher than sparring or football so don't make fun. It also teaches a few practical things for martial arts as well (you learn to freaking move when a greatsword is slamming down toward your shoulder with no armor there).

You'd get trashed so hard...There was this one guy who was talking trash to a knight so they went at it. The knight was hitting him so hard his armor was falling off in places.

edit: wait, I'm confused. Do you want to make real period armor that would help protect you from a real sword or realistic looking armor for the SCA?

02-17-2011, 08:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	1st, leather won't protect you from a real fight. Leather armor is a myth from old school DnD times. No one wore just leather armor. They'd wear chain or plate over it. 2nd Plan9- I find it amusing you call it dork armor, you wouldn't last 5 seconds against a knight from AZ (AZ because some places have become wussified). We wear 14 gauge steel helms and hit with ratan....and I've seen people still get knocked out cold. Last war I went to a guy broke his collar bone. I've gotten welts/bruises the size of a football. Its a lot rougher than sparring or football so don't make fun. It also teaches a few practical things for martial arts as well (you learn to freaking move when a greatsword is slamming down toward your shoulder with no armor there). You'd get trashed so hard...There was this one guy who was talking trash to a knight so they went at it. The knight was hitting him so hard his armor was falling off in places. edit: wait, I'm confused. Do you want to make real period armor that would help protect you from a real sword or realistic looking armor for the SCA? Last edited by Zeraph; 02-17-2011 at 08:27 AM..