| From: | Beal, Nathan nathan.beal@***.ac.uk |
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| Subject: | [OT] Dicebag from Hell |
| Date: | Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:38:41 -0000 |
live in Nottingham (England). I play shadowrun (dolt) Earthdawn (why did
FASA kill it, BAD FASA) and Rolemaster (no chartmaster jokes please). I
LARP and Reenact (10-14 Century England/Normandy).
Making chain is dead simple, all you will need is a pair of pliers (what
sort depends on size of ring). And a lot of split washers (8mm are good)
(also called square edged washers). Link them together in a chain, add an
extra link to every other ring in the chain (one, two, one two), then make
several such chains.then the trick is to link the odd links to each other,
through the double links. It sounds complex, and to be honest the first few
strips are a bugger, try to find a example section, or a member of the SCA
(I think that is the big American group, apologies if you live elsewhere).
A simpler form is called 'Arabic mail', and consists of large links (say
12mm) linked on all four sides (by 6mm links) to make a tessellating circle
pattern. It's lots simpler, quicker, but has big (ish) holes in it.
Anyway chain dice bags do work (I use one), and I'll shut up now.
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to
lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the
fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into
it in the first place."----------------------- Quote from Douglas Adams
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> From: Dvixen[SMTP:dvixen@****.com]
> Reply To: shadowrn@*********.org
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 10:22 PM
> To: shadowrn@*********.org
> Subject: Re: [OT] Dicebag from Hell
>
> At 03:42 PM 2/19/99 , dghost@****.com annoyed me by writing:
> >Hey, how about a chainmail dicebag? No, I'm serious... It might be a bit
> >impractical for the size of YOUR dice bag but it might be actually pretty
> >good for a more moderate amount of dice ... Pluss if you put a long
> >enough draw-string (draw-chain?), you can use it as a self-defense
> >weapon...
>
> The only problem really is finding someone to make it for you, or learning
> how to do it yourself. It's not too hard, IMO, but I was watching people
> make full suits of armour with them bloody little rings....
>
> They are quite durable, when made right, the only problem is the closin
> ties, they tend to wear out much faster than the bag itself....
>
> >So, what the damage code for bag-o-dice-on-a-chain? How big a
> >bag-o-dice-on-a-chain can a troll swing without spilling his milk? ]:)
>
> Same as a garrotte, & I dunno. Can a Troll even spare enough brain cells
> to do both things? ;)
>
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