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BALLISTAS

anyone else watching the ACL?

Tbh I wish we could all live in a castle with guards patrolling and horses in the stables

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>>34741705
>be me
>behind a wall/moat/gebuck defense
>have my heavy wall crossbow
>shoot Saracens and drink mead all day

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maces > swords

>>34742205
not really, maces where mostly used by cavalry. 1 on 1 versus a sword you'd be fucked with a mace.

>>34742205
Considering most maces were unbalanced short af weapons, not really.
Nothing is ever better or worse than something else without the context of its use.

>>34742191
thats the dream

>>34742215
>>34742264
>plates

were morning star flails ever any good?

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>>34742278
Even against plate you'd be fucked, because thats a pole axe job. Maces where cavalry weapons, used to comfortably whack down infantry.
Also, plate didn't exist for most of the medieval.

>>34742281
most European flails are Victorian age forgeries, some rare examples exist and a lot more from central Asian cultures. They where a weapon for one handed flicks from horseback,

>>34742278
Exactly what I was saying here (>>34742264) though, maces are somehow good in one scenario, fighting against armored opponent, at anything else it's a bad choice of a weapon.

>>34741705
how would we defend ourselves without their modernfaggery weapons, i mean most long range weapons were for siege warfare, against immobile or slow moving targets

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>>34742338
get up close and personal, nothing says we dont like your kind around here like a halberd to the face

>>34742371
>chooses halberd over greatsword
???

>>34742444
>says greatsword
>doesn't really know what a greatsword is

>>34742471
is defined as sword too big for normal sword techniques to be used, yes?

>>34742533
nope

>>34742572
shit *googles*

>>34742444
>Calls a guisarme a halberd
>Thinks longswords were widely used and called greatswords

>>34742601
>guisarme
It's a halberd, late Swiss one actually.

>>34741705
Anyone going to Pennsic or in the SCA?

>>34742205
War hammers > everything

>>34742954
wh40k much?

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>>34742987
Go away callum

>>34743116
>posts ant sized, watermarked pic of shitty reproduction war pic
you tried so hard

>>34742038
Horses are a pain. Always finding the dumbest ways to kill themselves.

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>>34743123
Go away callum

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Just how good are cuir bouillis?

>>34743267
>leather
not even bulllet proof

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Is this armor based on something real? It's a replica knight armor that I'm seriously considering to buy since it's the only decent looking one out of all the other cheap replicas on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Medieval-Knight-Suit-of-Armor-15th-Century-Combat-Full-Body-Decorative-Armour-/262966789102?hash=item3d3a0ac3ee:g:VUIAAOSww9xZCye8

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Also what's up with the visor on the helm? Doesn't seem like you can see anything at all with it.

>>34743506
>>34743519

why do you want a cheap lookalike that's obviously not wearable by anyone

>>34743506
it ressembles a cheap indian made monstruosity.
Buy a real one made in ukraine.

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>>34743640
Have you seen the other cheap replicas? They are much, much worse