SCA @ UVa

Historia vivens 1300

Just found this site, much of which is in German. Gorgeous armor and other materials from 1250-1325. Not a sales site, a german recreation group.

Kirk is really going to love their cannon.

My first copy of this book is now probably older than some of the guys I'm training to fight. In here we've found the pictures that inspired my second helm, Susanna's first helm, my third (and current) helm and the "crow taco" crest I wear for big battles. My gaiters also take their inspiration from this book. I've given several copies away as gifts over the years.

If you're interested in Norman military history of the 12th and 13th centuries, there's no better introduction.

Check out Thursday's weather forecast!

60°! YAY! Clear your study schedule for practice! Who can make it?

Thjora is off to Jamestown for a training weekend, so I'm at home dogsitting and working on gear. While it just might get warm enough to fight, the ground will probably be too muddy. But we can do some slow work in the carport if anyone wants to.

Timm has said he'd like to finish his vambraces this weekend. Who else is interested?

We can probably arrange rides, but let's work it out with a little lead time.

I'm free all day Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch if you're interested!

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Cold cold cold. Then of course on Sunday it was much nicer.

Lazy-ass me never got around to fixing my second vambrace, so I couldn't do any polearm, even though there were two unbelted polemen standing around during pickups. At least I got to work with Tim from Marinus a bit, showing him some stances and techniques.

Great to see Armand, but the big doof didn't bring his gear so I didn't get to fight him. Some lame excuse about flying in kept him from bringing it.

Susanna was on site, but too sick to come to the field.

Thjora's back bothered her all weekend, keeping her from fighting.

Great to see Thorbrandr, though sad that he's now 90% certain to be moving to the Outlands.

Ragnar Ribcracker's two sword continues to improve. I fought him in pickups and must now remember not to just expect to hit his left leg whenever I want. I think every bruise I have is from him.

Wow it was cold, but the fellowship was warm.

This is one of many good pictures taken by Matthew Olney, aka Kennyth Pyke, that you can look at here.

Congratulations once again to my Brother Roland.

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I mentioned this idea at the dessert revel in December and got good feedback.

What do you think of these designs for club t-shirts? I still need to get the exact UVa colors, but these are close. Click for large versions.

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This site now runs the newest, freshest version of Drupal 5.0. Some of the menus may be in different places, but everything works more or less the same as in the demo.

The new version allows us to run this customized theme, which I like much better than the old one, while still having custom colors.