Difference between revisions of "Armoured Combat notes:Armour Requirements"
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'''Mesh''' - December 2015 - Ruling - mesh is required to protect the face, not the skull. | '''Mesh''' - December 2015 - Ruling - mesh is required to protect the face, not the skull. | ||
Details- mesh is required under Lochac rules to protect delicate facial features what would not survive an unintended helm penetration such as eyes and teeth. | Details- mesh is required under Lochac rules to protect delicate facial features what would not survive an unintended helm penetration such as eyes and teeth. | ||
| − | Mesh is not required to fill the skull holes on Vendal style helmets. As with all armour, the design is to prevent traumatic and unrecoverable injury, pain however is up to the tolerance level of the individual and what level they are willing to accept. | + | Mesh is not required to fill the skull holes on Vendal style helmets. As with all armour, the design is to prevent traumatic and unrecoverable injury, pain however is up to the tolerance level of the individual and what level they are willing to accept. - Jarl Niall |
| − | + | '''Knee armour''' - August 2016 | |
| + | An "air gap" alone is NOT equivalent padding. An air gap, does not protect the knee if a fighter drops to their knees suddenly (either purposely or as a result of a fall) | ||
| + | Knees need to be padded, in a way that is 6.35mm of resilient material or equivalent (read padding). For example, commercial sports knee pads. - Jarl Niall | ||
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| + | '''Underside of the chin''' - September 2017 | ||
| + | Now I know that in the past, placing a sword edgewise onto the base of the helm with head tilted backwards and the sword not touching skin was acceptable. However with the prevalence of low profile thrusting tips on both single and two handed weapons as well as 2 inch thrusting tips on fibreglass pikes, I am now saying that if you can get an unimpeded 32mm (1.25 inch) low profile thrusting tip onto an unarmoured area anywhere from the sternal notch (hollow in throat below the larynx) to the tip of the chin then your armour does not meet the above requirements. - Jon Dai of the Lane | ||
Revision as of 07:46, 17 June 2018
Editing required
- Footnote re 1.3mm helms can be removed, not longer valid
Angele (talk) 17:40, 17 June 2018 (NZST)
Actual notes
Mesh - December 2015 - Ruling - mesh is required to protect the face, not the skull. Details- mesh is required under Lochac rules to protect delicate facial features what would not survive an unintended helm penetration such as eyes and teeth. Mesh is not required to fill the skull holes on Vendal style helmets. As with all armour, the design is to prevent traumatic and unrecoverable injury, pain however is up to the tolerance level of the individual and what level they are willing to accept. - Jarl Niall
Knee armour - August 2016 An "air gap" alone is NOT equivalent padding. An air gap, does not protect the knee if a fighter drops to their knees suddenly (either purposely or as a result of a fall) Knees need to be padded, in a way that is 6.35mm of resilient material or equivalent (read padding). For example, commercial sports knee pads. - Jarl Niall
Underside of the chin - September 2017 Now I know that in the past, placing a sword edgewise onto the base of the helm with head tilted backwards and the sword not touching skin was acceptable. However with the prevalence of low profile thrusting tips on both single and two handed weapons as well as 2 inch thrusting tips on fibreglass pikes, I am now saying that if you can get an unimpeded 32mm (1.25 inch) low profile thrusting tip onto an unarmoured area anywhere from the sternal notch (hollow in throat below the larynx) to the tip of the chin then your armour does not meet the above requirements. - Jon Dai of the Lane