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Main => The Great Hall => Topic started by: Sir Siegfried on 2012-07-13, 04:38:01
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Like so many before me, I found this forum while searching for help with my kit! Help was indeed found, and I decided to join so that I could participate, and perhaps help others on their way to becoming great and valiants knights themselves.
I live in Michigan, and frequent the Michigan Renaissance Festival when it is in season. Additionally, I play Dagorhir, which is a full-contact, foam weapon medieval combat game.
My current kit is slowly working towards a 13th century style, although for the time being I wear much less mail than they did. I try to create as much of my it as I can, and the chain mail is no exception.
Well met, and I hope to meet and interact with you all in the future!
Sir Siegfried
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Welcome aboard! I found the forums the same way. You'll find a vast amount of help here, I know I have!
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Shalom!
Though it is probable that I will never meet you (I'm one of 2 west coast members) it is good to have you here!
-Thorsteinn raudskeggR
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Hail and well met Sir Siegfried and welcome to the forum! :)
I live in Michigan, and frequent the Michigan Renaissance Festival when it is in season. Additionally, I play Dagorhir, which is a full-contact, foam weapon medieval combat game.
I have not been to the Michigan faire yet but hope to remedy that some year! Although I’ve never participated in a LARP I know several good folks that do and coincidentally I am friends with one of the original founders of Darkon here in the Baltimore region and a couple of years ago he started up a splinter group I think he called Dragon Claw. He keeps trying to get me out to one of their events but they are typically on Saturdays which I have to work. Oh well perhaps someday I’ll make it out to one of them. :-\
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welcome!!!!!
i know of dag. never played but have been on their web boards since college.
any help we can be just ask, we love new faces and kits... wheres the pictures man? hahah
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Welcome, Sir Siegfried. I am familiar with Dagorhir as well, although I never played.
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Welcome to the forums!
You'll find we are somewhat of picture fiends. The more, the better.
We'll also gladly motivate you to spend tons of your money on anything medieval. Be careful. 8)
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We'll also gladly motivate you to spend tons of your money on anything medieval. Be careful. 8)
Oh yes, this is an acutely honed skill... spending other people's money on arms and armor. :)
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i told you that should have been our motto
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It is...unofficially of course. ;)
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Hail and well met! You've certainly found the right place for help.
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Welcome good Sir!
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Hail & welcome from the New England area, Sir Siegfried. I like the attire. :) Good maurels to the Laurels!! Feel free to inquire on any topic.
Lord Dane
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Welcome and good speedto you Sir Siegfried
G.
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Here are a few pictures of my kit from my last Dagorhir event, which was Ragnarok (the biggest national dag event). It's held at Cooper's Lake, the same campground as Pennsic, although with an attendance of about 1700 it's 1/10th the size.
My unit is anachronistic, and spans from ancient greece to the later medieval period, so I've selected my arms and crest to call back to the ancient greek "heritage" of the group. I'm shooting for a 13th century look, but full sleeve chain with mittens and chausses have yet to make it to the top of my project list. So i'm more of a Knight Errant, you could say, lightweight for traveling. A few projects that didn't get finished in time for the were elongating my hauberk to cover my thighs, and the creation of my helmet crest, which will be a white pegasus, with a gold mane and hooves.
I have a plastic pegasus model in the mail as we speak, so I'll be sure to post some updates of the project as it comes to fruition, using Sir Brian's magnetic mounting technique, naturally.
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WOW i sure wished more people in Dag looked like your kit. that is great!! you stand out head and shoulders better than 99% i kid you not. good job. can't wait to see it after you get all your pieces together that you want in the future!
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I absolutely love the matching ailettes and surcoat!
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Your kit has a real polished and complete look that many seem to be missing. It's very coherent and looks amazing to boot!
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Your kit has a real polished and complete look that many seem to be missing. It's very coherent and looks amazing to boot!
Agreed!
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Your kit has a real polished and complete look that many seem to be missing. It's very coherent and looks amazing to boot!
Agreed!
Motion Seconded!
BTW, welcome to the forums. :)
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Thanks!
Sir Wolf, as far as other Dag players go, it's true... Looking good is not a high priority to most. My unit and maybe a few others are really pushing for increased garb and armor standards in the game. The problem isn't in the rules, which actually lay out a pretty nice set of expectations (in some ways, more stringent than the SCA), but in the lack of enforcement. This year at Ragnarok, a member of my unit was involved in a movement called Garb Gates. Essentially, every fighter had to pass through a gauntlet of prying eyes before they could take the field, and any rules violations were called out, and offenders were sent back to camp to either pout or fix the offending article. It worked ok, but it lost some steam as the week wore on.
Sirs Edward and Ian, thanks! I'm definitely partial to using my heraldry on every applicable piece of my gear. My shield has the same image, embossed into the foam, but it seems to be curving out of the way those in photos. As for the cohesiveness of my kit, I've managed that through proper planning, making nearly all of it myself (helmet excluded), and resisting the ever-present urge to scrap everything and start over. If I want a piece for the kit, I make it, and I do so for THIS KIT! Not a future kit, not the 2.0 version, this one.
Having all of the basics done with and sticking with the character has really allowed me to work on the bells and whistles. The ailettes were my favorite addition so far. Who would have thought that tying some painted leather rectangles to my shoulders would have such a vast affect on the look of the whole kit? They're just water-hardened and -formed 12oz leather, painted and sealed. Too many of the people I play Dag with are constantly aborting ideas for kits after making 1 or 2 pieces of it. The end result is that they have a LOT of time and money sitting unused at home while they run around in their 4th crappy kit of the year.
But it does help that there are maybe 3 of us that are very dedicated to bettering our looks and those of our friends, and we can all make use of each other's skill set. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I often rely on my mother's sewing abilities as well!
Here's a better shot of the shield from an unarmored day of fighting (it was over 90 and 50% humidity the entirety of Ragnarok), and a picture of my belt, which has our unit's motto, "Arise, ye loyal sons" spelled out in hand-made acid-etched brass mounts.
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Siegfried, I envy you your discipline. Can't tell you how many armor projects I scrapped because one or another thing didn't suit me quite the way I wanted it to. Still...it is all about fun and I've had loads of it thus far. Your kit is well put together...nicely done.
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Your kit is really sharp. Love the ailettes!
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I believe we are all-together agreed. Sir Siegfried, you have a unique & authentic look. A very well-done kit concept to match your persona. We all welcome you to the forum & your input.
I did my kit from scratch as well until I had the look that matched not just my family history/heraldry but my real-life persona as well. Again, your kit is well-done.
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Thanks again, everyone!