#epic armoury

[baba-yada]

my friend and I were watching Twisted, and we both saw Aladdin's dagger and suspected immediately that it was a latex LARP-Safe weapon. Lo and behold I look on larpinn and I find the exact dagger less than a minute later

conclusion: larpers can sniff out a LARPsafe weapon just by looking at how a prop shines, apparently???

[m3dieval]

if one wanted armour only for aesthetics, but is of an unusual fit (bit short, enormous legs) where would you suggest looking? either mail or plate, i expect mail is easier for the oddly proportioned? also, do any places blue their steel? the anti-corrosion is nice but i just love the colour.

So we're looking for metal armour, but aesthetics only, no combat, preferably blued.

Metal armour is always going to be less forgiving and more expensive than the cosplay and larp alternatives of: foam, plastic, and leather.

If you get custom fit armour, regardless of if it's plate or mail, it should fit whatever proportions you are. Mail is easier to tailor yourself, but it still doesn't stretch.

I would imagine you would prefer to not pay for a custom suit by a master armourer. But those would definitely be fitted to you and could be either head blued or chemically blued. Like this suit by Rene Kohlstruck:

What comes to mind first is Armstreet's Dark Wolf and Stars of Steel collections.

These are their spring steel collections and when using spring steel the armour is blued in the tempering process (so blued is the default because sanding it off is extra effort). I've noticed @knightwithakay owns several pieces from this collection, so perhaps you might ask them about their Armstreet armour buying experience.

Other than gauntlets, I have not ordered armour from Armstreet so I cannot say how accurate the fit will be. I've had mixed results on shoes/boots from them. But they do have a return policy ("except where the item is faulty, you will be required to arrange and pay for the return of the products to us"), so in theory if you get something that doesn't fit you can exchange it. What I've done when getting something that doesn't fit is to find a friend who does fit it, so I haven't tried returning anything... yet. They do ask for measurements though, so regardless of how you are shaped, the armour should fit. Example:

Since you're not worried about function, poking around LARP stores is going to be the most straightforward (and LARPers are going to know more about that than me). You are going to end up with a more fantasy aesthetic, unsure if that is a problem.

Epic Armoury sells LARP armour, including metal (mostly thin mild steel). They do not do custom fitting and they seem to make armor in only a couple sizes. I see their Visored Barbuta all over the internet and it does come in "dark":

You can also chemically blue steel (stainless, mild and spring all react to the bluing they just don't all come out the same shade/colour), look into "gun bluing."

If you're open to DIY options (that don't involve building your own armoury), chainmail is the place to go. Because you don't need it to function for taking hits, start with butted chainmail. There lots of colours/metals to choose from. Start with a small project to see if you like doing it (maybe a bracelet or a coif). There's probably decent tutorials out there.

If you find you like making chainmail, maybe graduate to riveted mail (or not if you're happy with butted).

[avastrasposts]

No museum has a better Instagram account than The Swedish Royal Armoury

(that's the Swedish king Gustav Vasa who did have a very epic beard)

[gadgetsking]

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[bcfirearmsacademy]

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[fabricatedgeek]

Not sure if it’s a style you’ll like, but the Stronghold Elven Hunter blade is a delight to fight with. Super light and balanced. And apparently it comes with color options now. https://epicarmoury.com/products/1956-elven-hunter-blade?Colours=Ivory%20WhiteGold&Size=75%20cm

Why elven larp swords are so damn ugly???

There is a chance that i will finally be able to play an elf if the game I signed up for will go through and I'm starting to think about outfit and stuff.

I can sew, I can do leatherwork, I can partly at least do sufficient make up, hell I will learn to hand embrodier should I need to... but I draw the line at weapon making....

Why they have to bu so ugly though TT_TT. Or way to expensive for one-off character (and just slightly less ugly)

[kultofathena]

Black Shuriken – Foam Weapon

Epic Armourys Black Shuriken is 12 cm diameter knife perfect for samurais and ninjas alike. The Black Shuriken has four handpainted blades, each detailed to look like sharp metal. Each of the blades is hooked, making it easy to fish the shuriken out of a pouch, bag or pocket and throw it without taking your eye off the target. With its low-fantasy style, match this throwing weapon with most Epic Armoury products and characters. Use it as a weapon or neat prop–whatever fits your needs!

Made from coreless durable closed cell foam and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that this throwing weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your kit.

All latex-coated weapons need a certain degree of maintenance. For this we recommend using maintenance silicone which can be purchased separately. Epic Armoury Maintenance Silicone is an easy, spray-on application, 100% pure and acid-free making it safe to apply. We recommend using Maintenance Silicone on a regular basis. It maintains the latex-coats flexibility and prevents it from drying out, keeping the product wear and tear resistant.

Store your latex weapons flat or on its pommel–NEVER on its tip. Use a simple sheet or towel lining to prevent it from touching a plastic or rubber surface to prevent your weapon from adhering to other products. Keep your weapons in a cool, dry environment. Please Note: Handpainted Item – Color of weapon, including blade may vary

This weapon is made from foam and is designed for safe sport and roleplay with discretion. It also is quite suitable as a prop for costume and cosplay.

[medieval-collectibles]

This round shield takes inspiration from the tale of Greek king, Leonidas I and his Spartans. Reenact the Battle of Thermopylae with the LARP Spartan Shield in hand. Click here to shop.

[rangermagslarp-blog]

1 years difference!  I’m very proud of the changes my kits gone through

[twospirittwofurious]

The fantastic Tamwise Travels (http://ow.ly/uHMd30eFlOG) healing with the Siconze Dominion at Swordcraft, Australiai! Check out her youtube channel for a warband highlight video!

[dealingwithaces]

One of my favorite people got to model for Epic Armoury! Watch her look heckin’ cool!

[faeancestry]

Last weekend glam !

[forgedinfoamtemperedlikesteel]

Another set full of some fierce women of Melbourne Swordcraft. Photos all taken by me!

[anarchy-and-piglins]

I saw your technoblade cosplay and really liked the sword you had in it. I had a look for it online and couldn't find it. Did you make it yourself?

Yo, thank you! I made the sword myself, but I didn't make it from scratch. I'm notoriously bad at shaping foam, so I bought a LARP weapon and modified it instead (This is actually a good tip for all cosplayers, imo).

For the Orphan Obliterator, I used the highborn sword from Epic Armoury since I liked the shape and size for Techno. I gave the sword a custom paint job to achieve the purple netherite blade and get the colors I wanted on the iron/gold parts, making it look weathered and sealing it with plastidip when I was done. Then I rewrapped the handle with leather because I preferred it over the fake wood look. I also added the emerald charm and enderpearl for extra spice.

[bluebudgie]

10 YEARS OF GW2 – A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Hello peeps! As a little countdown to GW2's launch anniversary on August 28 I decided to dig up some old memories and take a small look at my personal journey through the game. Each day I'll make a post about another year.

DAY 5: 2016

Ah, 2016... if someone held me at gunpoint to name the GW2 year, for me that'd be this one. So many things that happened, so many new characters created... let's continue on the nostalgia road!

As teased last time, with Heart of Thorns came my back then favourite meta event:

The Battle in Tarir. I loved the amount of coordination and communication it took to succeed. The dynamic music that changed with the battle's phases really set the atmosphere. My favourite runs were those that took the whole 20 minutes of event time and then succeeded with 8 seconds left to spare on the timer. That happened more often than you'd think.

South gate was my gate, and boy did I push that egg bomb a lot. In the rare occasion that south wasn't last to finish after 5 (or more) excruciating burn phases, it was really fun to ping pong the bomb back and forth on the entrance stairs to wait for the other lanes.

Classic.

On that note... anyone remember multiloot? Likely the most toxic I've ever seen this game in open world pve, if you've known me at the time you know I was an avid and vocal anti-multilooter. Abandoning maps to hop onto 'better' maps after one regenerating octovine was all too common, and throwing insults left and right was the norm. Probably the only time I've seen people regularly compare the game to LoL and WoW. Still, in retrospect I'm kind of nostalgic for that era.

While Tarir was probably 50% of what my playthrough tag here was about at the time, let's not linger any longer. There was something else that filled the other 50%:

Excuse the language, but spiritwood planks were 13 gold per piece.

Ah.. Nevermore. My first legendary journey and by far most memorable to this day. Alongside the grind for crafting materials, it made me complete all the Heart of Thorns maps, level all my masteries (HoT was pretty stingy with mastery points before LS3 happened so that took a bunch of effort), and get into both WvW and fractals for the first time ever.

Along the way I met other people tackling this - at the time - most challenging legendary weapon to craft (alongside HOPE and Astralaria of course), and we've bonded with strangers through missed event chains, mastery point despair, and silverwastes chest farming (RIBA wasn't a thing yet as far as I'm aware).

After several very active months of tears and joy I got my first (and best!) legendary:

I still consider this my greatest achievement in this game. Also yes, I am literally this childish, I refuse to make use of the legendary armoury for this staff. I made it for this walnut and only he gets to use it. I won't even transmute it for other characters. Everyone else gets exotic and ascended staves. Is that silly? Yes. Do I care? No. His legendary. Noone else's. Main privileges.

By the way, Nevermore anon, are you still around? I always loved reading your messages here.

2016 had a lot of "first times" for me, which included doing all fractals my girlfriend and I managed to duo...

(we were not dressed as anakin and obi-wan to reenact the episode III mustafar fight scene for a really awful epic video in the volcano fractal)

...and doing all the story dungeons together.

Inquest brainworms were planted that day.

And I also joined Tyria Pride for the first time! We marched all the way to Silverwastes and through the entire jumping puzzle that year.

You know what else happened in 2016?

The return of Super Adventure Box! Not much to say about it really, as always it was a blast.

The months went by, I spent a lot of time with all HoT metas, replayed the HoT story on different characters, still fought Tequatl a lot, announced some Crashlanding achievements at the Claw of Jormag and at some point along the way picked up a minor Tangled Depths obsession. Speaking of which, check out this screenshot:

So much going on here. No HP% on the HP bar (was that a patch thing or was that an option I hadn't activated?), 4:20 (no meme intended) minutes left on timer until the cannons are charged and the event is far from over, all gerents moving to their third phase... a blast from the past. One-phase killing all gerents who? Didn't dream of that in 2016. Also I was an Ogre lane regular, I apologize. The other lane mechanics scared me too much. Until I found out there's nothing scary about SCAR and Rata. Nuhoch without mounts is a different story.

LS3 also started in 2016! Taimi's Game is one of my all time favourite story instances. Paired with the excellent music, Taimi announcing that Jormag (my favourite elder dragon that I had been waiting for for years....) had woken up was an amazing goosebumps moment.

Alas I somehow lost a large chunk of 2016 screenshots (and with that all the story ones) so have this memory instead:

You're welcome.

If I wanted to I could probably find plenty more things that went on in 2016, but this is getting long so let's wrap it up here. Onto 2017!

Permanent additions to the character roster that year:

That's a lot of new characters in a single year. At least it's not all Sylvari this time.

Links to all posts: 2012 // 2013 // 2014 // 2015 // 2016 // 2017 // 2018 // 2019 & 2020 // 2021 // 2022