[MR] Mantlings, not Mantles.

[TheWolfhou at aol.com]

Excuse me good gentles,
 
In all the banter here in the Tavern, I need a clear answer. What is it  that 
our Majesties wish? When they wrote Mantles, I pictured a small capelet  type 
of garb worn across the shoulders, and maybe attached with a hood to keep  
the sun off my face. And I thought of making it a nice Atlantian blue  with a 
white spike on the back or around the edge. Now there is talk of  dangling and 
wrapping things from a helmet. Are these Mantles to be worn by the  fighters in 
armor? Last pennsic, Atlantian fighters/rapier/archers/  throwers wore on the 
shoulder a bit of blue with white spike. We also make  red avantails for the 
fighters to wear on their helmets denoting our barony. So  this Mantle idea is 
to replace the blue on the shoulder? And where and how is it  worn?
 
Yes, I am more than a little confused now, so please clearly explain. Just  
what I am supposed to make, tell me clearly what it should look like (those  
flicker sites take forever to load a picture), and include some sort of a  
pattern description, or send me to a site with a pattern. When I know what to  
make, and have an idea of what it is and how to make it, then I happily will  
make....
 
YIS,
Lady Blitha of Wolfhou
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/30/2008 12:17:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
ceara at HouseBarra.com writes:

I am  certain that with a little ingenuity folks can figure out a way to
keep  them laying down & not flapping in faces. hmm, snaps, buttons, ties,
or  barring all else, a piece of duck tape rolled inside out &  stuck
between the armor & the mantle. I'm sure our fighters can come up  with
SOMETHING.

--ceara, who firmly believes that if it can be  imagined, it can be done!!

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> I think,  perhaps, folks have missed a small point.
>
> The mantles are a  direct request from our Crown, as was outlined in Their
> May Acorn  letter.  I quote:
>
> "We would like to encourage everyone to  make Atlantian mantles to wear at
> Pennsic to help show the unity of  the kingdom, especially the fighters
> taking the field.   <snip>  In this way, each person may still wear their
> arms,  but there is cohesiveness to the Atlantian Army."
>
> This is not  just for fighters, and the design is the desire of TRM's.  If
> you  have concerns about the practicality, then it should be addressed with
>  Them privately.  This isn't a design puzzle to be worked out  here.
>
> Rhiannon
>
> Mistress Rhiannon ui  Neill
> House Corvus, Atlantia
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
>  [mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of  jbrmm266 at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:08 PM
> To:  atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] Mantlings, not  Mantles.
>
> I concur that those mantles would potentially cause  more difficulty than
> they would bring benefits, and strongly urge the  adoption of torses and
> mantlings for helms as an  alternative.
>
> The torse and mantle has the added advantage of  being visible at a greater
> distance AND provides shade on  helms.?
>
> Your servant aye
> Donal


 



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