Lily, Me and other disjointed ramblings [Ojisama]

[Ojisama]

Me on Sunday.

[Ojisama]

So, on Sunday I left all the ironmongery at home. No Hauberk. No coif. No Great helm. No gambeson or arming cap.

Then, at the Con, I met this young man who put me to shame...



...in his almost full set of steel armour.

He says he is going to be there next year as well.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. Full 11th Century Crusader set it is.

[PharaohAtem]

That's pretty cool looking.

I wonder how heavy that is?

[Rich-Allen1976]

I bet it's hard to move in that with it being so heavy?

[Ojisama]

That's pretty cool looking.

I wonder how heavy that is?

It's not as heavy as you may think. He was able to move around pretty easily, other than it being a bit bulky in places.
The principle problem is heat retention. This young man was sweating buckets with it all on. Most of the time he took his helmet, coif and cap off in order to cool down.

[PharaohAtem]

Sounds like you need a mini air conditioner underneath.

[Ojisama]

Sounds like you need a mini air conditioner underneath.

Yes indeed. Under the armour you usually wear a padded jacket called a Gambeson. It stops the armour chaffing on your skin, but keeps you really, really warm. I couldn't tell if he was wearing one, but judging from the fact that he was wearing an Arming Cap under his coif, the probability is pretty high.

[Tuffin]

both are very neat!

looks like a fun time

[Ojisama]

Just saw this on FB.

[Ojisama]

That feeling you have when you get a new device and go to log into your favourite forums only to realise that you saved your password to the browser, and now can't remember it!