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Jean Thibodeau




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PostPosted: Mon 11 May, 2009 4:54 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Went to a local Medieval fair in Montréal this Saturday and a friend took pics of me and another friend.

I'm the one in the plate armour with a German Sallet and plackard and most of the the armour is from Mercenary Taylor's and the maille is from " The Ring Lord " welded stainless steel.

Sword is a Valiant Armoury Blunted longsword ( Didn't want to bring a sharp and it looks like a sharp from 5 feet away ).
Boots are from Chivalry Bookshelf, sword belt is from Christian fletcher.

The armour is fairly generic but the helm makes it look mostly late 15 th century German.

Fun but hot and sweaty day but the armour got good reactions from people as most of the other armour people where wearing was very shiny stainless or " Orc " type stuff ...... Oh well people where having fun even if most or many can't tell the difference. Wink Laughing Out Loud At least my stuff looked like real using " armour " and for some reason people would get out of my way even in a crowd. Laughing Out Loud

Oh, I'm not that small but my friend Fabien next to me is huge. Wink Laughing Out Loud



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PostPosted: Mon 11 May, 2009 6:11 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Jean,

I love how it looks! The Merc Tailor armour looks great! I'm really jealous.

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PostPosted: Mon 11 May, 2009 6:25 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hey, Jean! Looks quite dashing!
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Jean Thibodeau




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PostPosted: Mon 11 May, 2009 6:30 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nathan Gilleland wrote:
Jean,

I love how it looks! The Merc Tailor armour looks great! I'm really jealous.


Me too obviously and I sort of wimped out as I'm not wearing everything possible like the lower leg armour and the B & B plates that can be combined with the Plackard. ( Hot and heavy enough as it was. Wink Laughing Out Loud )

One thing I find annoying is that my eye glasses got pushed down on one side and it looks odd: Well one reason for wearing this helm in particular is that the visor sort of hides the glasses and this helm looks very reptilian and menacing as well as feeling good in not being as top heavy as some other types of helm I own.

The helm also looks great in profile and very much like the Dürer drawing of " The Knight and the Devil " , as well as the 3/4 armour using boots instead of lower leg plate armour.

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PostPosted: Mon 11 May, 2009 7:29 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I have to ask, what sort of maille is that?
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PostPosted: Mon 11 May, 2009 7:30 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nat Lamb wrote:
I have to ask, what sort of maille is that?


He already said, 'and the maille is from " The Ring Lord " welded stainless steel.'

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Jean Thibodeau




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PostPosted: Mon 11 May, 2009 7:38 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nathan Robinson wrote:
Nat Lamb wrote:
I have to ask, what sort of maille is that?


He already said, 'and the maille is from " The Ring Lord " welded stainless steel.'


Yup and here is a link:
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproduc...8516313949

Oh, and a few more pics. ( Had to work on these to bring the file size below 125 K to be able to post them ).

One of them shows the back and the helm from the side.



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PostPosted: Mon 11 May, 2009 7:54 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hey Jean, I was there all weekend too... I remember standing next to you in front of the stage but I didn't recognized you at that moment. Must be because of the sallet! The duellists made a great demo also, like last year. I liked when Yan Robidoux brought up his poleaxe...

I was also able to test the new foam longsword prototypes made by Calimacil with Patrick de Marchi and Jonathan Verville. Pretty cool stuff, the foam is dense enough to behave realistically for blade-on-blade work, yet allow for more vigourous training than wooden wasters and steel blunts. I had a full blown krumphau made at my hands and it didn't hurt at all.

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PostPosted: Tue 12 May, 2009 6:31 am    Post subject: salon medieval montreal         Reply with quote

Jean & Hugo,
I was there on sunday, next year we need to meet over mead at the Salon. We could extend the invitation to all forumites, in particular those from neighbouring states or provinces. JC

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PostPosted: Tue 12 May, 2009 9:30 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hugo Voisine wrote:
Hey Jean, I was there all weekend too... I remember standing next to you in front of the stage but I didn't recognized you at that moment. Must be because of the sallet! The duellists made a great demo also, like last year. I liked when Yan Robidoux brought up his poleaxe...

I was also able to test the new foam longsword prototypes made by Calimacil with Patrick de Marchi and Jonathan Verville. Pretty cool stuff, the foam is dense enough to behave realistically for blade-on-blade work, yet allow for more vigourous training than wooden wasters and steel blunts. I had a full blown krumphau made at my hands and it didn't hurt at all.


Yes I was there with other members/students of the " Les Duellistes ", haven't seen that prototype yet but it seems interesting as we try to maintain full control and any contact is accidental: With a safe foam but realistic training blade one could use some light contact safely. One could have a long debate about the advantages and disadvantages of training with contact or no contact, but I think being able to do both can be useful as well as training at full speed, half speed or slow motion for a change of pace.

The sallet does hide most of one's face. Wink Laughing Out Loud

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PostPosted: Tue 12 May, 2009 9:34 am    Post subject: Re: salon medieval montreal         Reply with quote

Jean-Carle Hudon wrote:
Jean & Hugo,
I was there on sunday, next year we need to meet over mead at the Salon. We could extend the invitation to all forumites, in particular those from neighbouring states or provinces. JC


Yes that would be a good idea and I'm usually at the " Les Duellistes " booth at some time to store my gear bag with them if I have armour. ( Put it on and take it off there ).

We could have a " meet " at " Les Duellistes " rally point next year and tell each other which day we expect to be there.

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PostPosted: Tue 12 May, 2009 11:03 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nice armour jean. I have been considering thate arm armour that you have on in the picture's. How have they work'd with you? and how far up your arm do they come? I can kind'a see in the picture but was wondering of your input. thanks
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Christopher VaughnStrever wrote:
Nice armour jean. I have been considering thate arm armour that you have on in the picture's. How have they work'd with you? and how far up your arm do they come? I can kind'a see in the picture but was wondering of your input. thanks



Work really well as far as mobility is concerned as long as one positions it right so that the elbow cop matches one's elbow position: If it slides too much near the wrist the elbow looses range of motion. The gambison helps a great deal in keeping the arm armour in place.
http://www.merctailor.com/catalog/product_inf...ucts_id=35

The upper arm plate goes about half way up the arm, I had the sleeve of the maille over the the plate on the upper arm and with the spaulders over the maille. ( Alternatively all the plate could have been strapped over the maille but the way I did it was done, I think, with German or Italian armour at least in some early periods: Part practical reasons part fashion I think ? ).

Oh, the long sleeves of the gambison protects the wrist from the rim of the vambrace

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PostPosted: Wed 13 May, 2009 4:31 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26501317@N03/3456704410/

A pic from one of our training sessions - I'm on the left. Kit for around 1200.
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PostPosted: Tue 19 May, 2009 2:32 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Heres my second kit, im on the far left, still needs work


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After years of lurking and reading (actually from the very beginning of myArmoury) I decided that this topic is most suitable for introducing myself.
I wish to thanks, especially to Peter Johnsson, Patrick Kelly, Chad Arnow, Elling Polden and Bill Grandy for their very helpfull and knowledgeable posts and reviews...
So, here is my reconstruction of a poor Antiochian norman knight/mercenary from the begining of the XIII century. The helm, shield and scabbard are made by myself. The sword is an Albion Knight and the dager is an A&A Aunlaz. Gambezon/Aketon and other clothings are hand sewn (from linen and wool) by my mother. The bow is made by local craftsmen.



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PostPosted: Thu 21 May, 2009 8:41 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I thought you all might enjoy this landesknecht i was playing with at faire.

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PostPosted: Fri 22 May, 2009 8:12 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Martin, is that the CAS Iberia War Sword I spy?
That's my current sword as well. It's obviously no Albion, but for an eighth of the price I know I couldn't be more impressed.
I posted a shot of mine toward the bottom of page 15 on this thread.

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