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SCA Culture Question
Lord Ciaran:
SCA culture is always in flux. I think that is part of the appeal. Earlier observations of being "trendy" are probably the most correct. So when "Braveheart" came out, all of the sudden kilts were everywhere. Pirates of the Caribean came out , so lots of pirate types, which also came at the same time "period fencing" in the SCA really took off. Recently with History's "Vikings" , I expect a whole new crop of vikings will show up. Sadly they will look like the hells angels vikings from the show. People see a movie and want to be the guy in the movie. They go to SCA because of that . They can be a scottiish lord, pirate, viking, or William Marshal(don't we all wish this movie would come out).
They seem to like the eastern stuff because it is different. Typically these people come to SCA to be different ,to be who they really are in a place where being different is
the norm.Personally I think the italian city states would be the way I would go. They get the best of the east and west.
The Rus thing really is that whole philosophy. They get the viking with the Byzantine and the turk/mongel. There are lots of resources for lamelar now . It is cheap, easy and looks cool. 20 years ago lamelar was rare and so were the rus.
B. Patricius:
I'm actually surprised the Italian City-states concept didn't take off with the gamer crowd within the SCA. After Assassin's Creed II and so on, I thought that would have permeated through the renaissance/rapier community. I know it has inspired my renaissance kit quite a bit.
Sir William:
Those kits from AC aren't cheap, despite being Windlass made. I flirted with doing an assassin persona but they don't wear any armor (well,bracers, pauldron and greaves- a BP if you go into AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations) - and what they do wear is quite ornate; but what is available is rather cheaply made - polyurethane mostly.
Corvus:
I remember a time - not all that long ago - when there was a bit of debate in the SCA as to whether Native American personae (in the appropriate SCA time periods) should be allowed since at the beginning there wasn't much in the rules actually forbidding such things. Ultimately it fell flat, but I recall thinking: 'Man, if you want to go with LIGHT protection in battle the Native way would have been it' :)
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2013-05-13, 16:00:17 ---Those kits from AC aren't cheap, despite being Windlass made. I flirted with doing an assassin persona but they don't wear any armor (well,bracers, pauldron and greaves- a BP if you go into AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations) - and what they do wear is quite ornate; but what is available is rather cheaply made - polyurethane mostly.
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Not cheap indeed.. the full Ezio outfit was around $2,000 when I looked. Haven't looked again because of the shock.
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