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Sir Edward:
So, how are the preparations going for everyone?
I've done a really good job of ignoring it, with the "I still have a couple of months to prepare" mentality. Well, those months are down to weeks now.
I haven't built any furniture yet. I'm thinking I may try to quickly make a simple table and weapon rack.
I bought some chests earlier in the year, but I think they need some internal reinforcing. This may take some work. We'll see if I get to it in time. Otherwise I just have to be really careful with them (these are the same ones I took to VARF this spring).
I need to finish painting the Teutonic shield, and hopefully the kettle helm too (which I have to start over).
I ordered a few more accessories to flesh out my feast gear some more. Over the course of the year I got a few more garb accessories too, in the form of more period-looking pouches, the viking leathercrafts shoes, some belts, etc.
I'm OK on the tent itself, and its parts. I haven't been able to put it up to test this, but my hope is to use the walls to section it in half, and make one end of it the internal, closed-off sleeping and storage area, and the other open for display. So far I really only have my chairs, chests, and weapons/armor to show off.
I'm still not 100% certain which kits are going. I figured c.1250 for sure, but I haven't circled back on fitting the mail. I think it'll work as-is, it just could be better. c.1300 can still work with the same mail, and c.1350 can now work as well. Plus my 15th. plate could go. Heck, I could throw it all in the truck and mix-and-match. But lugging three or four kits worth of armor could be a pain.
For camping accommodations in the tent, I have a couple of folding cots. I figure a cot and a sleeping bag is probably good enough. I'm not going to make my camping supplies part of the display, I don't have time or space to build anything better for that.
What else should we be thinking about?
And I figure we can coordinate and cooperate a bit too, especially if our tents are co-located.
SirNathanQ:
Well I got my soft kit all done, and for my hard kit I only need gorget and gauntlets, which are on order from Clang. Have basic silverware, and most of the other stuff. Only things I don't have done are some helm modifications, my shields, and the chests aren't painted.
Ian:
My soft kit is pretty much squared away now. We both have pouches, a basic mess kit, belts etc... On the hard kit, I'm down to the wire on HE shipping my bascinet. The aventail should be in the maille from icefalcon, and I'm going to need some time to attach it, thus requiring said bascinet :)
As far as the tent space goes, the interior of my tent will be blatantly modern. We plan on using all modern gear inside the tent as we don't have any period stuff.
We're lacking in the furniture department. We've got nothing to sit on. I did build a chest for my armor, so I suppose it would double as a bench. The hardware on the chest uses modern screws, but for my first woodworking project, I couldn't go 100% authentic when I barely knew what I was doing. I plan on bringing some non-perishable snacks and a few cases of bottled water to store in my tent so we can duck in there to drink and not pass out.
I may have to try and build a more suitable piece of furniture to sit on... but I'm also noticing how expensive this is turning out to be and I'm trying to stop spending money on it, because to be quite honest, it's getting a bit ridiculous now. I will have a front canopy fly for my tent (which I still have not had the opportunity to test out, I really need to do that this weekend), so I'd like to sit on something other than the ground! :)
Sir Edward:
I'm bringing two chairs that I bought (those folding medieval bench-style chairs), so whoever's (limit=1) hanging out at my tent with me will have a place to sit with me. But they're backless chairs, so you can't really lounge out on these things.
Thankfully this will be deep enough into MDRF season that I'll have some tolerance for standing around in armor. But man, sitting at every opportunity does help you get through the day.
SirNathanQ:
I've got 2 chests that can make for benches. I'll be probably bringing all of my armour, as I'll be going from 1330-1360.
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