michaelsbagley

There is no easy answer to that... But the settings of the profile determine whether the profile is visible to "Anyone" (whether they be a member or signed onto FB or not), "Friends Only" (visible to FB "friends" only), or "Limited Profile" (different items visible to different "groups" of "friends" on Facebook)... There are likely more stratifications, but those are the broad categories. Edit - The wife manages Lob's setting, but I think his profile is set to be pretty open.

To add to this, if one looks through the book "Small Arms of the British Forces in America 1664 - 1815" by De Witt Bailey, there is two original carbines from the 1680s or 1690s (William-ite era), one is labeled a "short carbine" and has a 32 inch barrel, the "long carbine" has a 36 inch barrel(?, going from memory, so it might have been 39 inches). I've also seen blunderbusses specifically mentioned alongside carbines in inventories for soldier's gear, so I would imagine if Mission's quoted text would most likely mean carbines and not blunderbusses, as they are quite clearly separated in other inventories and accounts of that period I have read. While I doubt the terms "short" and "long" carbines always mean carbines with barrels of those exact lengths, I think it would be most prudent to interpret the terms as meaning close to those lengths.

Link to Lob's Facebook Page., just in case it isn't hidden away in the Surgeon's Journal somewhere (or he wants a convenient link to add to it).

That one was particularly awesome! And Lob's first appearance in a comic! I hope you don't mind if I post that on his Facebook page? And that Mission, is a mystery best left unsolved...

I like it! Specially since it jives with and matches everything I have found on Independent companies (albeit a bit more fancier than infantry, but that was common for "specialty" units). Thanks for digging that up! To counter this (and site another non-primary source), I believe some of the artillery units as shown in some of the Osprey Military books for the Queen Anne period, blue coats may have been used as well. I would love to find what their source was for the 1722 date on the change from Red to Blue for artillery coats, and know for absolute certain that was the conversion date.

I haven't tried it for use with plaster molds (yet), but it is the most widely suggested substance for brass molds for casting pewter. I've used it on my brass button mold and it makes a big difference. It's messy as heck though, and a very little goes a long way.

And he would rather have a Bagley original anyways... Wouldn't everyone? Sorry, Chrispy's comments at the PiP auction have gone to me head.

That is AWESOME!!! Thanks for doing that experiment and posting the results! It looks to me like the biggest drop in detail was between 25 and 50, and after that there was little degradation in detail between 50 and 100. Brilliant stuff!

A coffee from my only comfort from the motherland... Good ol' Tim Hortons

I'm going to derail my own thread here.... And point out that if you look at all of the earlier period bodiced gowns, the women are not wearing head coverings... It is only in the 1680s and 1690s images where they ave any form of head covering. And a HUGE thanks to Sterling for all those images... While many I have seen before, there were surprising more posted that I haven't seen yet.

The brown petticote (skirt) my wife is often seen in is light weight wool (probably considered "tropical weight"). I think Mary Diamond (or perhaps Haunting Lily? Or both? Someone else entirely?) have a set of stays where the outer layer is wool. I have found that the wool garments (whether they be light or medium weight wools) on the various items Kate has, tend to wear better and last longer than the linen ones. Not sure why exactly that is, but it is what I have noticed. As for interfacing as lining for stays, I know it gives good shape (it is used on many or most Renn-Faire bodices), but it wouldn't likely be flexible enough to work well with boning (whether you use reed caning or anything else). That is of course me just guessing, but I really can't see interfacing and boning being a friendly combo.

Okay, so I have begun making a bodiced gown for Kate (me loverlly wif)... There are a ton of good images out there (the many fashion plates that are posted and re-posted are likely the best source), but there are some great paintings and other sources as well. I've looked through the pub and not found a thread dedicated to this garment yet, so I thought I would start one. I'll post pictures as I get things done, so far I have only drafted a pattern, and cut out the interlining layers (still not 100% sure which fabric from the stash I will be using for the outer layer, although I am leaning towards a light "sea-foam" green. Anyways, hope this thread will flourish with ideas and pics from other people's creations and researches. Anyway, to start here are some nice easy images from Wikipedia that reference the 1660s to 1680s... I could link a whole lot more, but this is all I have time for now...

This may be a little late in the coming... But a friend emailed me the below link yesterday. I have seen this before (it surfaces occasionally on this forum and the Brethren Forum), but it reminded me that it would be a good reference for general appearances for the Searle's Raid event. There are a lot of good woodcut plate images in there, my print edition has most of the images, but it seems some of the images were omitted from my copy, and other copies I have seen... So it is well worth looking at even if you have a good hard copy of the book. Buccaneers of American, 1678 edition (in the original Dutch)

Not the best picture, but these are the black/rough out shoes (don;t remember if they are the late or early).

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The web site looks awesome!!! Nice work! But cameo? I'm in almost a quarter of the pictures! I must be slipping.... Maybe I need to get some pointers from M.A.d'Dogge... But I am soooo stoked for this event. Been working on a new 1660s style gown for the wife, and once done that, if I have some time, I have some ideas for a few accessories for me!

Both have been wet. My tan pair more from tromping through puddles and muddy conditions, the black pair, I have actually stood in shallow water with while helping get Firefly into or out of the water (although I usually use my Mary Diamond shoes for that task when I have the foresight to prepare for it). So while neither pair has been in water much, both have been exposed to it, more so the black pair more than the tan pair... And the black pair is in better condition....

I would also highly recommend reading the discussion thread Bo posted above... Saying that, I own two pairs of these shoes, but I ordered neither of them from Loyalist Arms. One pair I bought from someone who they were a tad too small for, the other I bought from a person selling shoes that had been returned to Loyalist because they were too small (not sure if it was someone working for Loyalist or a friend thereof). Both pairs I have are sturdy and have served me well for a whole year of hard wear at a lot of events. My only complaint is the heels are very hard and jarred my ankles if I wore them too long, but a good set of heel cushions has solved this problem. I haven't had any problems with the heels coming loose on mine like it sounds like a few other people had problems with... And I am very hard on footwear. As another option, I haven't heard any feedback on them yet, but the "Practical Goose" is selling similar shoes (the toes aren't quite as square though). The shoes are also NOT on the Practical Goose web site, so you have to call them about getting them or getting pictures. Failing that, Fugawees and Jarnigans both seem to have good long standing reputations.

Being somewhat inspired by BlackJohn's resolution from last year, I think I am going to endeavor to paint at least one miniature a month (and hope to exceed that). I may paint more in some months, and less in others, but if I can do 12 throughout the year, I will be very pleased with myself. Since I started painting them again last month, I have found that I have really missed doing it in the last decade or more I haven't picked up my brushes or paints.

Nice work! Is the inside lined in fur? Or a fabric? It's hard to tell from those photos... On an unrelated note? What is with you and cold weather gear all of a sudden? Is Florida going through a mini and localized iced age or something? Or are you just going to be traveling north more in the future?

I remembered this pic while going through some photos of this past year... I thought it would be well worth posting here. I know different screens display colours differently, but the coat on Matt (the one that is not burgandy) is pretty much the perfect colour (madder red) although it doesn't much look like it in this photo.

As an addendum, part of my problem may have been the use of a softer wood frame. If you use a good hardwood frame, you may not get as many problems with sagging as I did. I still stand by my assessment of sisal rope stretching, but just wanted to add on the softwood versus hardwood thing as well.

Sorry this might not be the answer your looking for... But as there are only a few types of rope generally available it might help through elimination... But I found that sisal rope (the kind most commonly found at hardware stores) stretched very badly on the rope bed I used to have. Hemp, jute, or something else might not be as bad, but I would wait to see if someone else pipes up with any experience in using those for that purpose. As a wild guess, my money would be on Hemp being the best for not stretching much... But that is based totally on a guess. In fact, I had so much bad luck with sisal, I trashed the rope bed as I wasn't even going to risk spending the money on hemp or another type of rope.

I was wondering if the aversion to fruitcake was an all Americans or regional thing... It seems I am the only person I know in Ohio that likes fruitcake (or at least the only person I know that I have asked, it doesn't come up in conversation often ). Never heard of a fruitcake type dish in a pie crust, but it sounds interesting... To be honest that recipe almost sounds like a closer cousin of "Mincemeat" or "Sweatmeat" than fruitcake, but it sounds good all the same. (An I might be barking semantics here )

On top of the many things Jill listed here, I have also heard that 1 acre of hemp plants will produce more oxygen and reduce Co2 more than an acre of trees. So if that is true, not only is hemp a better stronger fabric, but it is more environmentally friendly. Or so they say... Yeah, the cotton industry lobbyists have hemp production by the figurative groin... Specially since they have the religious right and other misguided ethical oriented lobbyists on their side.