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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: cheng on May 13, 2013, 02:36:23
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maybe WM (WesleyMyers) knows what the samurai call these black arm/hand protectors....not much use against any katana's razor sharp blades ;)
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Wow! This is really awesome Cheng!
The details are amazing...!!!
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:o Gorgeous!
Love the "hand protector" - is that painted or a sticker? :love:
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:o Gorgeous!
Love the "hand protector" - is that painted or a sticker? :love:
thank you!
sticker.....too precious to spray...for the time being :P
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maybe WM (WesleyMyers) knows what the samurai call these black arm/hand protectors....not much use against any katana's razor sharp blades ;)
Yes, I do (just read this post now). They are kote (pronounced "kohtay"). Hand/forearm/wrist guard. One of the key cuts in Kendo is kote (to cut the opponents hand off at the wrist).
If they lose their hand it is not easy to fight back. It also leaves the person alive. Whether that is a good thing or not could be debated through Western (Christian) ideals and/vs/or Budo ideals.
They look very good on the figure!
Kendo ones cover the hand in a mitten-like way to protect the fingers in practice.
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Just reread the post and I see you mention about them not being good. They would have been made out of steel plates so I would think they would be good defence or they would have changed them to be effective or gotten rid of them.
We focus on kote in Kendo because it is one of the hardest areas to actually cut (like the other target areas in Kendo). If you can cut the hardest areas easily then the easy to cut areas are no challenge.
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thanks WM! I find this all very interesting bt I did scringe when thinking of those wrist cuts. Jaseon period archers seem to wear some sort of kote too (western archers wear wrist guards that dont extend over the back of their palms right?) I suppose it also helps during winter
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thanks WM! I find this all very interesting bt I did scringe when thinking of those wrist cuts. Jaseon period archers seem to wear some sort of kote too (western archers wear wrist guards that dont extend over the back of their palms right?) I suppose it also helps during winter
I cringe at thinking about the doh cut (across the belly from attacker's from attackers left to right) with an unarmoured opponent.
Those archery wrist guards are so the bow string does not cut your forearm up as you release the arrow. It can sting pretty good even with them on.
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According to Age Of Empires :-[ , archers wrist guards protect the wrist from the arrow fletching when shooting, so it doesn't tear the wrist open...
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fletched by the bow's strings I gather?
thanks Tahra & WM!
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As I understood it (there was an improvement for it), the wrist guards prevent the fletching in the arrow to harm the wrist, when they are shot...
From the position you shoot an arrow, I suppose the "feathering" of the arrow is likely to go by the wrist of the arm that is holding the bow, and eventually tear it open.
Again, that was my understanding... Not that I actually ever shot a (real) bow (playmobows don't count, right? :-[ )
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I'm a little better, I have shot toy ones (not PM scale) :P
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Found it (bold the part I meant)
Bracer
(Available at the Blacksmith)
The Bracer was hard leather guard worn on an Archers forward hand. This improvement had the duel advantage of supporting the wrist, which would grow quite weary after many shots, and also protecting the inside of the arm from the fletching of launched arrows. Without protection, the arm could be cut over the course of many shots and weaken the Archer to the point of taking him out of combat. The Bracer was an important technology improvement for Archers that made them more effective.
Bracer (at Blacksmith) increases the attack strength and range of Archery Range units, towers, and ships (except those using gunpowder weapons).
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interesting, thanks again Tahra! ;)
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Great looking Samurai, Cheng! :)9
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Wow! I definitely have to try this (in red). Thanks my friend, for the eye candy!
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thanks Hadoque!
Wow! I definitely have to try this (in red). Thanks my friend, for the eye candy!
so, Arnaud, you'll be printing this in red? ;)
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Nope. I mean to do just as you did with what you sent me. ;)
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Nope. I mean to do just as you did with what you sent me. ;)
I'm glad you still think my stickers are not too primitive compared to your beautiful prints and sticking skills (if I had your printer I would have no time for the these stickers long ago....can you imagine how many samurai and chinese flags I would have made :P and instead of maybe 150 Asians now, I probably would have made at least twice the number)