08-11-2006, 10:26 PM
Hey Magnvs!
well! the do is from about 1860, but still in fair shape, need to do a bit of touching up on the gold painted oyster shell powder stucco....the menpo is a high quality repro, probably showa or later, the sode are also showa.... so missing still are the haidate, suneate, kote and kabuto....
i need to relace and repaint the plates of the do (probably not with urushi)
put new printed egawa (leather) on it, and relace the men, and then either continue on the kabuto i am reconstructing from an old lobster-tailed helmet... will post a pic of that one soon......
or just buy a repro kabuto, but not a hanwei one! YUCK!!!!!!! however they dont come cheap and making my own equipment is much more fun!
dont know yet......
anyone for you wo would like to try to make it yourself, i advise Anthony Bryant's site www.sengokudaimyo.com
i agree on your mounted Samurai theory also, and i for one hold not only the Yumi (Japanese longbow) but also the Yari in high esteem...
A Samurai battle always began with the Yumi....... and not one arrow, but thousands upon thousands of arrows, armor piercing tips, whistle tips and what have you..... so we could as well disregard arquebuses, cannon and shot....
Personally there is not much that convinces me for the the theory of success of a legion against a well trained samurai army....... however that may be well known now.......
no matter how much i respect the ancient Roman army for that matter....
but as you see i am biassed to say the least......
so where is that poll ! ?
M.VIB.M.
BTW:
"All I have to say is this Rome took over most of Europe, Northern Africa, and Parts of the Middle East. So their army had to be doing something right."
eeh if you count the armor of the gallic tribesmen as high classed...... eeh.......? barbarii.......? nay, the Picts!.......
I think the worst enemies of Rome did come from the east...... Jugurtha and the parthians etcetera....... not the western european civilisations.... like the celtic and germanic tribes......
but thats just a remark on the side....
oh yes..... and a Samurai was much more able to move in his armour than any european counterpart knight for that matter!
well! the do is from about 1860, but still in fair shape, need to do a bit of touching up on the gold painted oyster shell powder stucco....the menpo is a high quality repro, probably showa or later, the sode are also showa.... so missing still are the haidate, suneate, kote and kabuto....
i need to relace and repaint the plates of the do (probably not with urushi)
put new printed egawa (leather) on it, and relace the men, and then either continue on the kabuto i am reconstructing from an old lobster-tailed helmet... will post a pic of that one soon......
or just buy a repro kabuto, but not a hanwei one! YUCK!!!!!!! however they dont come cheap and making my own equipment is much more fun!
dont know yet......
anyone for you wo would like to try to make it yourself, i advise Anthony Bryant's site www.sengokudaimyo.com
i agree on your mounted Samurai theory also, and i for one hold not only the Yumi (Japanese longbow) but also the Yari in high esteem...
A Samurai battle always began with the Yumi....... and not one arrow, but thousands upon thousands of arrows, armor piercing tips, whistle tips and what have you..... so we could as well disregard arquebuses, cannon and shot....
Personally there is not much that convinces me for the the theory of success of a legion against a well trained samurai army....... however that may be well known now.......
no matter how much i respect the ancient Roman army for that matter....
but as you see i am biassed to say the least......
so where is that poll ! ?
M.VIB.M.
BTW:
"All I have to say is this Rome took over most of Europe, Northern Africa, and Parts of the Middle East. So their army had to be doing something right."
eeh if you count the armor of the gallic tribesmen as high classed...... eeh.......? barbarii.......? nay, the Picts!.......
I think the worst enemies of Rome did come from the east...... Jugurtha and the parthians etcetera....... not the western european civilisations.... like the celtic and germanic tribes......
but thats just a remark on the side....
oh yes..... and a Samurai was much more able to move in his armour than any european counterpart knight for that matter!
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
