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22
Aug
2010
interesting links – Neulakko & Textile Time Travels :)
Hunnun pukeminen
…I found a great veil turtorial at the Neulakko blog – it’s a blog of a SCA-friend of mine from Finnland and this posting is in Finnish (her new postings are in Finnish and English) but the photos are very great and therefore also very self-explaining – I will keep it in my mind for my 14th century garb project 
Textile Time Travels
…and via a link pointing to my blog I discovered that another SCA-friend of mine, Annika, started a costuming blog!!! woooohooooooo!!!! I am so very looking forward to her next postings because I always wanted to make such a lovely dress… – have I ever mentioned that I like Cranach and German Renaissance dresses, and other stuff like this? embroidery!!!! plenty possibilities to get mad with embroidery 
yeah!!!!!
10
Aug
2010
Heavy Fighting summary & Gambeson progress :)
Gyles, a good friend of mine in Insulae Draconis (England) whom I got to know during my stay in London before and after the Midsummer Conoration 2008, asked me some time ago if I would like to become his man-at-arms and I agreed. Recently Gyles contacted me and asked me about my recent progress concerning Heavy Fighting and I started thinking about what I have done for my Heavy Fighting during the last months – here my short summary for Gyles and you:
Fighter Practise: unfortunately I didn’t attend a FP since autumn last year, as far as I recall it, due to some health problems which made it not possible for me to participate
Training: I started with the first “Armored Combat” instructions of ‘Paul of Bellatrix’ and still train my arm muscles using 1 kg weights
Body + Leg Armour: *sigh* I still need a good body armour… *sigh* Gyles offered to make a leather body armour for me but for this reason I have to travel to ID and at the moment this is not possible for me …
Helmet: already ordered from a very good armourer but due to some problems the helmet still isn’t finished yet, I also bought a helmet for FP but I still have to adjust it and to make a new helmet padding because I gave mine to Esche, a good friend of mine.
Sword: already made and have one
Wiglaf, a Master and Knight living near the border between Germany and Austria recently offered me some of his old armour – hopefully he will find something that suits me and it would be very nice to meet him again – we haven’t seen each other for some years now.. so near, but also quite far away…
…ok, and now to a piece of my fighting stuff in progress – my Gambeson for FP:
Maybe some of you remember that I started a “Gambeson” for SCA Heavy Fighting in Summer 2008 – I need a “Gambeson” – I have to admit that this UFO (UnFinished Object) still isn’t finished but this summer I started to work at it again.
You know, girls are not as flat built as boys (hips, breasts,…) and that was a major problem I had to fix while adjusting my Gambeson – in the end I decided to treat it similar to a self supporting dress and to work it towards my body to ensure a better movement. First I took away a little bit of the back using safety pins – trying it on, readjusting the pins, trying it on again… and in the end I got a nice shape that fits my back.
After the back part I started to adjust the sides – also using safety pins.
Before I started to sew it together at the new ‘lines’ I just stitched it together with long stitches with a rather thin thread – finally I had to readjust the neck part and than sewed the parts together following the new lines by using a strong thread…
Now I have to work at the armholes and the shoulder part – the better I solve this part the better the possible movement range will be…
4
Aug
2010
some interesting links – SCA :)
1) I would ask all SCA members who visit my blog to take part in the SCA Census:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCA2010Census
I already did it and I hope that also many other people will participate (regardless if you were a member but aren’t yet, are a member or thinking about becoming a member)
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2) …at the moment many people are working at their patches for the
“Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald” Project
We have already many project members but I am still looking for volunteers for the coat of Arms for some groups – this is an open project, you don’t need to be a SCA member or a Guild member) – if you are interested, please just let me know!
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3) …and I support the
“Token Challenge” of Meisterinne Katheryn Hebenstreitz
Yeah, Drachenwald is running out of tokens – like scrolls there is always a need for tokens and I hope some of you will join our “Token Challenge” – if you are living in another kingdom, please consider to make some for your kingdom – I am sure they will be very appreciated )
Here a link to Drachenwald awards and for everyone who never did a token and has no idea how to make one – here is a photo docu of a token which I made some time age
21
Mai
2010
9th, 10th & 11th Scroll – AoA (blank)
This week I sent all my AoA scroll blanks to Trinite, the Kingdom Signet Clerk – including this 3 scroll blanks, which I just finished the day before.
My 9th scroll:
I think I should practise my Bastarda hand more often – the initials are quite difficult to handle and I need more practise to get a more precise and calm hand.
My 10th scroll:
“B” – initial:
My 11th scroll:
“P” – initial:
…btw. you can find gorgeous scrolls from other artists here in Drachenwald at the Dragon’s Scriptorium blog.
19
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – last day – Kunsthistorisches Museum :)
Finally I managed to have a look through the last photos taken at the “Kunsthistorisches Museum” on the last day of Kareinas stay here in Vienna.
I uploaded the best (704) photos – btw. you can find all (old & new) photos taken at the “Kunsthistorisches Museum” – in this Flickr folder: Austria, Vienna – KHM / Kunsthistorisches Museum.
…and here a really rather small selection of the photos taken at the “Kunsthistorisches Museum”:
18
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – 2nd weekend – KHM – Neue Burg – more museum photos :)
Again I would like to remind you on my posting SCA visit – Kareina – 1.966 photos in 2 days!!!
“…This weekend we managed to visit the Schatzkammer (treasury), the museums located at the “Neue Burg” (Ephesos Museum, Collection of Arms and Armour and the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments) and also the Kunsthistorisches Museum.…”
Today I uploaded the last photos taken at the “Neue Burg” on Saturday – some additional photos taken at the “Collection of Arms and Armour”, some photos taken at the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments, and last but not least photos taken at the Ephesos Museum.
You can find my Flickr Folders with the (new and also some old) museum photos here:
-> Treasury / Schatzkammer
-> Collection of Arms and Armour
-> Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
-> Ephesos Museum
Let’s start with a small selection of the additional photos of the “Collection of Arms and Armour”:
Kareina proudly presents the – in her opinion – most interesting part of the whole collection 
…and some photos taken at the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments:
…and finally some photos taken at the Ephesos Museum:
16
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – 2nd weekend – KHM – Neue Burg – “Collection of Arms and Armour” II – other lovely items…
Maybe some of you remember my posting SCA visit – Kareina – 1.966 photos in 2 days!!!
“…This weekend we managed to visit the Schatzkammer (treasury), the museums located at the “Neue Burg” (Ephesos Museum, Collection of Arms and Armour and the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments) and also the Kunsthistorisches Museum.…”
I already posted a small selection of the photos taken at the treasury here: SCA visit – Kareina – 2nd weekend – photos Saturday – “Treasury” – my complete ‘treasury’ collection at Flickr: Austria, Vienna – Treasury / Schatzkammer.
After the treasury we also visited the museums located at the “Neue Burg” – here a small selection of the photos taken at the “Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer” / “Collection of Arms and Armour” – you can find all photos taken at the “Collection of Arms and Armour” here: Austria, Vienna – KHM – Neue Burg – Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer.
Part II – other lovely items:
I was very happy to find some lovely items, which were on display at the “Karl der Kühne” / “Charles the Bold” exhibition, back home – especially because it was not allowed to take photos at the “Karl der Kühne” exhibition – therefore I took about double as many photos as I normally would have…
“Jagdtasche, Süddeutsch, um 1430″ / Jagd=hunt , Tasche=bag, south Germany, about 1430 – btw. you can see one of the detail photos on top of this posting.
…here some of the lovely details of this bag:
“Prunksattel, Süddeutsch, um 1455″ / Prunk=parade/splendour, Sattel=saddle, south Germany, about 1455.
“Prunksattel, Südostdeutsch 1438-1439″ / Prunk=parade/splendour, Sattel=saddle, south east Germany, 1438-1439.
…and I love dragons
“Gürteltasche, Süddeutsch, um 1550″ / Gürtel=belt/girdle, Tasche=bag, south Germany, about 1550.
“Federspiel, Süddeutsch, um 1550″ / Feder=feather, Spiel=game, south Germany, about 1550.
“Trinkflasche, Türkisch, 1581″ / Trink=(to) drink, Flasche=bottle, Turkish, 1581.
16
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – 2nd weekend – KHM – Neue Burg – “Collection of Arms and Armour” I – armour
Maybe some of you remember my posting SCA visit – Kareina – 1.966 photos in 2 days!!!
“…This weekend we managed to visit the Schatzkammer (treasury), the museums located at the “Neue Burg” (Ephesos Museum, Collection of Arms and Armour and the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments) and also the Kunsthistorisches Museum.…”
I already posted a small selection of the photos taken at the treasury here: SCA visit – Kareina – 2nd weekend – photos Saturday – “Treasury” – my complete ‘treasury’ collection at Flickr: Austria, Vienna – Treasury / Schatzkammer.
After the treasury we also visited the museums located at the “Neue Burg” – here a small selection of the photos taken at the “Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer” / “Collection of Arms and Armour” – you can find all photos taken at the “Collection of Arms and Armour” here: Austria, Vienna – KHM – Neue Burg – Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer.
Part I – armour:
11
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – 2nd weekend – photos Saturday – “Treasury”
Kareina stayed for about 10days in Vienna – unfortunately for me she is already back home in Milano again. During her second weekend here we visited the “Schatzkammer” (treasury).
I think I have taken already many photos at the “Schatzkammer” but every time I visit this or other museums again I can’t resist and have to take more photos and this weekend I really took many photos – 1966 photos! *lol*
Especially many more detail photos of the 12th to 15th century items on display. …and because some time ago a nice lady from the 12th century mailing list asked me to take more photos of the blue Alba because she would love to do some research for a new garb project, I took many detail photos of it – especially of the gores and every detail that looked very interesting. I enjoyed it very much to discuss the blue and white Alba and its “mistakes” with Kareina and we found quite a few…
…btw. you can find my complete collection of photos taken at the “Schatzkammer” in this Flickr folder: Austria, Vienna – Treasury / Schatzkammer – here just a “small” selection of my pictures:
…btw. this here are copies/reproductions from the 18th century:
…and here the beautiful original items on display:
…and some detail photos of the blue Alba – gore detail on the right side:
…and here the white Alba:
…and more detail photos of the beautiful cloak:
…and more pictures of my favourite 11th-12th century pouch:
…and many more other photos…
10
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – 1.966 photos in 2 days!!!
Really, I managed to take 1.966 photos in just 2 days and I was very amazed when my dslr told me – at the very last room which we visited at the KHM Museum – that my 4GB card is full…
This weekend we managed to visit the Schatzkammer (treasury), the museums located at the “Neue Burg” (Ephesos Museum, Collection of Arms and Armour and the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments) and also the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
During the next days I will upload a selection of the best pictures and point you to my favourite items
…1.966 photos – I still can’t believe it… *lol*
6
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareinas posting about her Vienna trip :)
…btw. here Kareinas postings about the first days of her stay in Vienna:
4
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – photos Sunday I
On Sunday we managed to visit following museums/exhibitions: “Wien Museum Karlsplatz”, “Römermuseum” & “Neidhart Fresken” – they all belong to the “Wien Museum”. The Wien Museum offers free entry for all visitors at every first Sunday of the month.
…btw. you can find all my old and new photos taken at the “Wien Museum Karlsplatz” at my Flickr account: “Austria, Vienna – Wien Museum” .
Ok, let’s start with the photos taken at the “Wien Museum Karlsplatz” – here another possibility to have a nice view over Vienna
…and after the Wien Museum we had a short break and lunch at the “Resselpark” next to the museum and also to the “Karlskirche”:
…and Kareina was very kind and showed me again how the Nailbinding techniques work, which she uses for her hood – I think it’s the Finnish one…:
We enjoyed the beautiful colors of the flowers…
4
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – photos Sunday II – inside the Stephansdom :)
On Sunday we managed to visit following museums/exhibitions: “Wien Museum Karlsplatz”, “Römermuseum” & “Neidhart Fresken” – they all belong to the “Wien Museum”. The Wien Museum offers free entry for all visitors at every first Sunday of the month.
…btw. you can find all my old and new photos taken at the “Wien Museum Karlsplatz” at my Flickr account: “Austria, Vienna – Wien Museum” .
photos part II:
I have to admit that I don’t like churches very much and that I entered the Stephansdom through this entrance for the first time – normally I just take a short view inside (through the main entrance), but on Sunday we had a longer view around at the inside of the Stephansdom and discovered some nice things…
…btw. you can find all my photos taken at the Stephansdom here in Vienna (outside and inside) here:
Austria, Vienna – Medieval – Stephansdom / Stephanskirche – Stephansplatz – 1137-1587
4
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – photos Sunday III :)
On Sunday we managed to visit following museums/exhibitions: “Wien Museum Karlsplatz”, “Römermuseum” & “Neidhart Fresken” – they all belong to the “Wien Museum”. The Wien Museum offers free entry for all visitors at every first Sunday of the month.
…btw. you can find all my old and new photos taken at the “Wien Museum Karlsplatz” at my Flickr account: “Austria, Vienna – Wien Museum” .
photos part III:
…and still on the way to the “Römermuseum” – unfortunately the “Dommuseum” was closed this weekend – I showed her also the house with the cow and the Basilisk
…and then we visited the “Römermuseum” – btw. you can find all my old and new photos taken at this museum here:
Austria, Vienna – Wien Museum – Roman times – Römermuseum – 1010 Wien, Hoher Markt 3
…and they had also following things on display – found in a filling of a ‘latrine’ from about the 1st half of the 16th century – a small room with small changing exhibitions at the top floor of this museum:
Finally we visited also the “Neidhart Fresken” – btw. you can find all my old and new photos taken at this museum here:
Austria, Vienna – Wien Museum – Neidhart Fresken
3
Mai
2010
SCA visit – Kareina – photos Friday & Saturday I
I just uploaded all pictures taken on Friday and Saturday to my Flickr account. Unfortunately it’s still not allowed to take photos at the MAK (Museum für Angewandte Kunst), therefore no new museum pics for friday and saturday, but I hope you will enjoy the other photos I took
…beautiful blossoms and flowers found in the “Stadtpark”:
…and here the famous Stephansdom:
…and we climbed up more than 300 steps to get to the top room of the tower:
…just to take some pictures of Vienna
…but, yes, there is also a time to leave the tower again and
fight the tourists who try to climb up the tower
(the higher you get, the less space you have…)
…Kareina wanted to climb up to the top of the tower but unfortunately it wasn’t possible:
I like also this two pics taken at the way down:
…and just to prove it – 343 steps!!!!
…and that’s the tower we climbed up:
