HI Ned

If you are reading this is there going to be curators and historians guiding the producers along on how things happened, whats the situation with keeping things accurate.

Thanks

Ian

I'm reading that they are suppling the armour. According to the schedule, they will not have the final people for the show until a few weeks before filming starts...

How is someone going to be able to make SAFE, well fitting armour in that timeframe?


I'm a bit worried about this now and am not sure I am going to continue the application process. I know my new kit is good for the tilt, but since I don't know much about what they will be providing and my life is on the line... I have to ask what they really plan on doing.

Thats my point Lloyd. My last full kit took about 5 weeks to make, not including the grand bascient. I had to send castings of my legs and forearms...

I have no doubt whomever the armourer is, can make armour, but can he make armour that fits ME the right way in that limited timeframe.

We all know off the shelf armour isn't.

I put my application in. God help me:-)

I'm interesting in applying myself, but I would like to hear an expert opinion.... Lloyd? Lol

Would a 6'1'' 170lb string bean have any hopes of being a decent jouster? I imagine the field will end up being a bunch of big ole boys with massive arms, or something like that, so should I even bother?

Jousting is something I've always wanted to try, and I could sure as heck use the money... but would I even have a shot at surviving? :lol:

Thanks!

Well the folks from the show contacted me today...

All they need from me now is a bit of a video application/resume... so I gotta make one of those.


I'm also going to have to get back to riding on a regular basis... been missing out on that.


Ryan, try being 5'10" and about 185 lbs, with most of the weight in the back and shoulders. My current armourers hate me.

I emailed my application in yesterday, and am working on my video, for what its worth Ryan, I am 5' 5" and 145 pounds.

This is really fun! Good luck to everybody, and if you make it, be sure to post here so we know it's you!

I doubt that neither the insurance company nor the SPCA will be very happy if it "brutal as it was in the 13th century" To me when someone says stuff like that it puts them in the same category as "Professional Rassling".

If the program doesn't use any lousy computer simulations such as used in "History's Deadliest Warrior" and I will be more likely to watch. But really I don't have very high exceptions for anything coming out of The History Channel. But I do hope to be proven wrong, after all its not on SPIKE TV.

In the 13th century, were they not just tilting in doubled maille?

I don't expect the armour to be historically accurate to that century, honestly. I talked with a person involved in the show, and I was told that most of competitions will be one-on-one. That's not exactly what I think of, when I think 13th century tourneys but.... It could still end up being really enjoyable. DON'T MESS IT UP TV PEOPLE! Thanks, me.

I am guessing that they will be using barriers that should increase the safety for the horse.

Does anyone know when barriers were first used for the tilt?

A couple of centuries after the thirteenth :D

The IJA is defunct. There are a few satellite chapters, but the parent organization is dead.

The International Jousting League is a completely different organization.

Gwen

So an advertisement from pilgrim showed up on youtube tonight, I think I was the first one to watch it. In it someone states that there will be '16 guys'. Which leads me to think that maybe they won't be accepting any women's applications. I emailed them tonight, I'll let you know if I get a response.

Mackenzie: "It's not real rassling!"

Gwen: Thanks for clearing that up

Ann: That would be awesome!