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Re: Blow Calibration
Poster: blackbow@mindspring.com
There's an easier way... everybody's seen those little stickers and whatnot
that change color when they're pressed or heated. The material inside is
nothing more than cholesterol. If stickers of this stuff are available, I
imagine that sheets of this stuff are available. Buy a few sheets. Put
them on top of a dummy suit of armor. Note the color change when a specific
weight is placed/dropped on it. Start keeping a database. Record
temperatures just in case they matter to the color change. Try a few with
"hit-and-slide" impacts just to see what they look like. Get REALLY
detailed and have individual baronies do this, recording data all the while.
It wouldn't mean much in the long run, but at least there'd be a set of
criteria to measure by.
Regards,
Ld. Jonathan Blackbow
Who bravely volunteered to test the calibration of a questionable weapon at
Mananan Mac Lir and is sure that everybody else that was there is glad he
did
-----Original Message-----
From: Eli White <eliwhite@home.com>
To: Jeffrey C. Sussman <JSussman@erols.com>; 'Kevin of Thornbury'
<kevin@maxson.com>; 'Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside'
<atlantia@atlantia.sca.org>
Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 9:22 PM
Subject: RE: Cookies and Mercs
>>in particular head blows, a telling blow would not cut the head off but
>>rather stun or concuss the opponent and end the fight.
>
>This unfortuneatly would not be testable ... although maybe ... I guess if
>you really wanted to get high tech you could make a clear plastic 'brain
>case', and then put a brain inside, put a helm over it, and a video camera
>underneath. Hit the helm, then use the film to measure how 'compressed'
>the brain material became against the side of the case ...
>
>Siegfried
>
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