Credits
On screen contributors Film crew Off screen contributors and suppliers Christine Carnie – Historical Tailor
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Part of the philosophy of Arrows Vs Armour is to source the best of authentically made equipment and these were our principal suppliers. Amazing crafts people with amazing skills and knowledge. Arrows Will Sherman Archer/longbows Joe Gibbs Armour Augusto Boer Bront Arming cote Christine Carnie Aventail Isak Krogh Mail Standard Phil Parkes Mail hauberk Cap…
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After filming the first 5 AvA2 films, we realised there was another set of questions and another film that needed making so Tod wrote out a quick ‘story’ and made the film. Because of this the “story’ is a little unpolished. An after thought…….. Intro to me – the guys are not here today. We…
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Conceiving, planning, fundraising, producing and filming a block of films like this generated lots of documents that will be of interest to some of you and they can be found here. Stories We do not work to scripts and we change our focus depending on what has just happened and what we have seen, but…
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Email thread The Arrows Vs Armour project happened very fast, in an informal way between friends and acquaintances, so much of it was done by phone calls and emails, coordinated and produced by Tod. This is a string of emails that show the process from conception to the eve of filming in just 4 weeks…
Read MoreWar bow weight test
One of the biggest problems we face in exploring what longbows could do and did do to armour is that we don’t even know how powerful the longbows were. We have written accounts of the battles, we have the armour of the time, we have pictures and paintings and arrow heads, but no bows. Not…
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Email Thread
AvA1 – And so it begins The Arrows Vs Armour project happened very fast, in an informal way between friends and acquaintances, so much of it was done by phone calls and emails, coordinated and produced by Tod. This is a string of emails that show the process from conception to the eve of filming…
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When a crew of 14 people get together somebody is always taking pictures and the best of the ‘behind the scenes’ photographs can be found here. With a special thank you to Alex Pocklington for his extraordinary arrow impact pictures. An informal look behind the scenes of Arrows Vs Armour2 over the three days of…
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How different are real and commercial mail In earlier times mail was used as a protective augmentation worn over quilted textile armour or some other garment. It could also be lined with denser, thicker padded textile. By the time of Agincourt, mail continued to serve as a key protective material, used in concert with textile…
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