Eden- the problem with making a suit of armor like that is that you need to make it out of tempered steel. Which is much harder but brittle. It'll also weigh close to 50lbs. You'll want 12 or 14 gauge. See the thing is in real fights in history a suit of armor was really only meant to stop one or two shots...then the fight was over and you got it repaired. Hence why we use more pliable materials in the SCA so we don't have to replace our armor after every practice.
I keep my stance that its not dork armor. Most people (or they should) make it historically accurate. Its rougher than football and more intellectual (I've learned a lot of history since joining). Unless you mean dork in a positive way. And there is no correlation to video games.
just got knocked the fuck out! go to the very end, like last 10 seconds. The rest of the fighting is fairly poor and boring.
The equipment looks cooler than other sports gear. It requires a great amount of athleticism. Its all over the world. It has a historic element. Oh, and we love to party and drink (yay topless belly dancers). How is it dorky? Don't get me wrong...there's a few fucking dorky ass weirdos that give us a bad name.