Links: Arms, Armor & Combat
Links for our fighters!
Arms & Armor
Historic Armor Links
SCA Armour Links
Tutorials
- Twelth to Fourteenth Century Armour: Monumental Effigy and Brass Timeline from The Medieval Combat Society
- Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armory of Madrid (full text via Google Books)
- Wisby Suits of Armour from Hoas Hantver
SCA Armour Links
- Anshelm Arms & Armor
- Bokalo's Armory
- Therion Arms - Swords, Weapons & Armor
Tutorials
- How To Make Leather Boot Covers to go with your armor by Matty D
- How To Make Leather Boot Covers (ArmorArchive) - pattern that Briog used to make his
- How To Make Crusador Knees/Elbows for your armor
- A Guide to Bartholomew's SCA Armor
- Looking Good on the SCA Field by Kenric FitzAlan
- Arador Armour Library - for Basic Armor Tutorials
- How to Draft & Sew a Martial Surcote that Fits Well & Looks Good and the Discussion on the Armour Archive w/ some additional info
Combat Information
Historic Combat
SCA Combat
- Carvings: ca. 1340-1345 - "soldiers at the Holy Sepulchre", Cathédrale, Strasbourg, Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, France
- The Chronicles of Froissart
- The Arte of Defense: A Manual on the use of the Rapier
- Book: A Record of European Armour & Arms Through Seven Centuries (5 volumes) by Sir Guy Francis Laking, available online & free downloading
SCA Combat
Related Articles
- Aethelmearc Appearance Requirements Explained written by Angus McClerie, posted here on 1/11/2010, goes into effect on 4/1/2010.
Other Related Links
- UnderArmour.com
- Larsdatter.com - for lots of links on just about anything you can think of in the Middle Ages
Ah, Reading Material....
- Knights At Court by Aldo Scaglione