Comments on: Armor http://swordmaiden.com A Resource for Women Fighters in the SCA Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: paul http://swordmaiden.com/armor/#comment-1690 paul Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:53:23 +0000 #comment-1690 wow, this is a great culmination of resources. thanks for compiling this! i think i will be spending quite a bit of time here. wow, this is a great culmination of resources. thanks for compiling this! i think i will be spending quite a bit of time here.

]]> By: Jetrefilm http://swordmaiden.com/armor/#comment-10 Jetrefilm Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:22:10 +0000 #comment-10 Fellow armour enthusiasts: If you are looking for armor for a female fighter -- allow me to introduce you to the best its ever looked to me. I read your inquiry about armour and wanted to pass along a project some armourers recently did for a film I am writing and directing. The film is called Shroud and is set in the Old West. During the story a suit of medieval plate mail is found. I retained two very talented armourers by the name of Patrick Thaden (Denton, Texas) and Ugo Serrano (Los Angeles, California). I was very impressed with their craft in creating a suit of plate mail for a woman. I believe it took them 4 ½ days to fully forge the suit. There are no legs as the bottom of the suit will be a battle dress of studded black leather. I read in your editorial requirements that don't post URLs except on rare occasions. I hope the administrator will find the sincerity of this response such an occasion. The below links will show you what they were able to do in 18-guage aluminum. The armour was not made in heavier metals as to grant the actress combat flexibility and mobility. They also made an Irish-style sword out of aluminum as well. There are several flourishes in the armour that might be of interest to you. They really did a great job, and I am confident either of them would be able to answer your specific question. The armor: http://www.jetrefilm.com/shroud1_lo-res.jpg http://www.jetrefilm.com/shroud2_lo-res.jpg http://www.jetrefilm.com/shroud3_lo-res.jpg More pictures of the armor can be found at our website http://www.jetrefilm.com under the little gallery boxes on the home page, or under the Production > Gallery / Sketchbook tabs. Patrick Thaden http://www.thadenarmory.com Ugo Serrano http://www.ugoserrano.com Fellow armour enthusiasts:

If you are looking for armor for a female fighter — allow me to introduce you to the best its ever looked to me.

I read your inquiry about armour and wanted to pass along a project some armourers recently did for a film I am writing and directing. The film is called Shroud and is set in the Old West. During the story a suit of medieval plate mail is found.

I retained two very talented armourers by the name of Patrick Thaden (Denton, Texas) and Ugo Serrano (Los Angeles, California). I was very impressed with their craft in creating a suit of plate mail for a woman. I believe it took them 4 ½ days to fully forge the suit. There are no legs as the bottom of the suit will be a battle dress of studded black leather.

I read in your editorial requirements that don’t post URLs except on rare occasions. I hope the administrator will find the sincerity of this response such an occasion.

The below links will show you what they were able to do in 18-guage aluminum. The armour was not made in heavier metals as to grant the actress combat flexibility and mobility. They also made an Irish-style sword out of aluminum as well. There are several flourishes in the armour that might be of interest to you.

They really did a great job, and I am confident either of them would be able to answer your specific question.

The armor:

http://www.jetrefilm.com/shroud1_lo-res.jpg
http://www.jetrefilm.com/shroud2_lo-res.jpg
http://www.jetrefilm.com/shroud3_lo-res.jpg

More pictures of the armor can be found at our website http://www.jetrefilm.com under the little gallery boxes on the home page, or under the Production > Gallery / Sketchbook tabs.

Patrick Thaden
http://www.thadenarmory.com

Ugo Serrano
http://www.ugoserrano.com

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