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Post by tengumoon on Jun 8, 2009 7:22:48 GMT -5
Ladies and Gents,
it is with great pleasure that I would like to announce some incredible news
1: I attended my first big event (Great North War, Brisbane, Lochac / Australia)
2: I was authorized on Friday night and fought many times over the weekend
3: I was complimented so many times on my armour I lost count
4: I was humbled to the point of tears when this afternoon I was awarded a Member of the Order of the Shining Helm of Lochac by their Majesties (an award for exceptional armour)
Such an award would not have been possible without the assistance of you all, most of all Effingham-sensei and Mykaru-dono who supplied my kabuto (which earned uncounted praise all weekend)
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jun 8, 2009 8:11:43 GMT -5
Omedetou gozaimasu, tomodachi. I am certain it was well earned on your own account. ;-D
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Post by konrad on Jun 8, 2009 11:43:21 GMT -5
Congratulations!
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Post by mitsuhide on Jun 8, 2009 11:52:40 GMT -5
Very very nice, congrats
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Post by sebastian on Jun 8, 2009 12:40:06 GMT -5
Fantastic! I'm so glad to hear your armor was appreciated  It really did turn out amazing, especially for a first kit. It looks better than at least 50% of the armor I see at events (Our kingdom events turn out 40+ fighters usually) |
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Post by AJBryant on Jun 8, 2009 17:11:10 GMT -5
Excellent!! Well done. It's always a happy thing with good armour is appreciated by the masses. Effingham |
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Post by Yagyu Jubei Takemori on Jun 8, 2009 19:49:54 GMT -5
Looks amazing man, awsome job on that
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Post by tengumoon on Oct 16, 2009 6:46:55 GMT -5
Its been a while - "life happens" as they say I asked about jinbaori and eventually decided to just make one after looking at a lot of pics essentially I went with a kosode pettern without sleeves and a few extras its brown and red with grey bias around it all - so it goes somewhat with my armour I wanted something fancy and so I started copying a woodcut of a tsunami onto the back. Still have a couple of colours to go and also I think a red mon at the top centre back and perhaps the front shoulders. For those who are strict on such things.. dont read the next line... Its done by painting with acrylic paints... here it is so far    |
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Post by Ishikawa Ayame on Oct 16, 2009 8:46:24 GMT -5
I don't know anything about jinbaori, but that looks lovely!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2009 9:14:47 GMT -5
I asked about jinbaori and eventually decided to just make one after looking at a lot of pics Looks great! |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Oct 16, 2009 17:02:48 GMT -5
WOW! Nice work. Any chance we get to see the front? I want to see how you made out with the lapels.
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Post by tengumoon on Oct 17, 2009 2:52:31 GMT -5
I will get some more pics up soon, including the front
essentially the pattern is a single piece of material
width is 1/2 distance from wrist to wrist (same as kosode without sleeves or the extra bits on front
length is 2 times distance from shoulder to knee top
for one half (the front) I cut up the middle)
I did not put in a curve for the back of the neck (none of the example photos I could find had curved necks like a kosode)
for the neck I cut an 8 inch square (giving seam allowance)
for the collar front I sewed up 4 inches in from the centre cut up to the neck square
the only extra I sewed in was the (3x8 inch) 24 inch collar
I am not a pattern maker so I will see how it works out
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Oct 17, 2009 10:18:39 GMT -5
You'll know once you put it on over your armor.  Kataginu and hitatare have square-backed necks, so your method has precedents. |
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Post by tengumoon on Oct 28, 2009 7:18:16 GMT -5
Weel its finished! - My jinbaori as promised pics of front and back   |
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Post by mrcunningham on Oct 28, 2009 7:54:07 GMT -5
*boggle*
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It really did turn out amazing, especially for a first kit. It looks better than at least 50% of the armor I see at events (Our kingdom events turn out 40+ fighters usually)
