Wow, it's been since the 14th of March since my last ~/.plan update.
So, what has been going on in my life. This weekend was an armoring
weekend. Gep and I worked on getting him armored up with his own
equipment for Tuesday's practice, and I made a new set of elbow pads
(finally).

I have to say that Tristan's pattern for "arms" works exceptionally
well. They're made out of hardened leather, leather that has been
shaped and then baked with perafin wax, in four pieces. Two for the
elbow, one for the vambrace, and one for the rarebrace (upper arm).

Gep made a kidney/waist belt, using Tristan's as a pattern, and a belt
harness for a pair of "legs" (knee cop and cuisse -- thigh). He used my
gorget (neck protection) to create his own, with a simple modification
of adding a taller front and back plate. That is the one thing that
usually fails for me during armor inspection. I added a cloth/quilted
"bishop's mantle" to my helm before Armorgeddon last year because of it.
I don't believe that's the correct term, but it'll suffice for now.

Anyway, things are looking up for practice on Tuesday. Gep will be in
mostly his own armor except for having to borrow guantlets, Tristan's
legs, a helm, and weapons. I made the comment to Jen, "I'm jealous.
he's been equipped in a weekend what took me years to do!" It just goes
to show that who you know sometimes helps out greatly. ;-)

I think tonight will be a "weapon smithing" night. I need a new sword
and polearm for tomorrow, especially a polearm (or two). I'd love to
make a couple spears before war season begins, a 9.5 and a 12 footer
would be nice.

I started a new batch of "Northwestern Amber" on Saturday. It's happily
bubbling away downstairs. I may have to transfer it to the secondary
tonight or tomorrow before practice. It all depends upon how active it
looks today. It doesn't hurt to leave it in the primary fermenter for
an extra day, in case I need to wait until Wednesday to get to it.

Meghan made a great spaghetti last night. Like a dork, I was late, so
I'll be making up for it for the bulk of the forseeable future. ;-)

Anyway, time to get to work. Later!

^chewie