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SCA Culture Question
Lord Dane:
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--- 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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Just do a Ranger outfit. Much cheaper & looks just as good to me. I'm wearing mine to NHRF on Sunday. :)
Lord Ciaran:
I had not even thought of Assassins creed when i made the post. My son(14 years old) had my wife make him his AC costume about two years ago. It came out really well.He was looking at the MR versions and there was no way I spending that much for his costume.Yeah I could image going to 12th night with a dozen guys all dressed as Enzio.
I meant mostly that the Italian city states offer more flexability than about anywhere else in europe.
As far as the native American idea, I saw a guy dressed like that about 15-16 yeasr ago at Astrella. He had minimum armor and his kit looked awesome. I just kept thinking how painful it must be to fight in that.
I don't think there should be an issue with it. People dress as Japaneese, Chineese , why not native American? I've seen really cool greek kits from 300-500 bc on the field.Again the SCA is pretty free form.
Lord Chagatai:
--- Quote from: Corvus on 2013-05-13, 16:10:25 ---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' :)
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In the outlands we have a Knight named Sir Otakte (sp) that is Native/Aztecan descent in the SCA time period and his armor is minimal but awesome...just a thought
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B. Patricius:
--- Quote from: James Anderson III on 2013-05-13, 17:42:07 ---
--- 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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Sir William, and Sir James, with all due respect,
That depends, it all depends on what a person is willing to do as far as man-hours, just like anything else with re-enactment. The most I've ever spent on garb was $48 on six yards of gorgeous green upholstery fabric with a pinstriped jacquard. It's not a period garment because of the material, but beyond that, it's amazing and looks totally 1660s justacorps with my matching vest and trousers. Same with all my friends that do cosplay... epic kits for maybe $200.
Beyond that, I have a friend who is custom commissioning from an armorer Ezio's armor pieces for cut and thrust combat. Needless to say the armorer is a bit daunted, but he's excited as all get-out too! ;D
me in my Jedi-
- experience: proud member of the 405th, 501st, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, and Assassin's Creed Costumer's guild ;) we make our kits, I haven't been able to finish mine because I'm working on this medieval stuff, history is more interesting. I do have my jedi though
Also, be on the lookout here boys 8)
My templar is almost done, basically years of weaving mail is about all I have left for that kit
then,
on to my 15th, 16th, and 17th century "Spanish" kits ;) and THAT is heavily influenced by Assassin's Creed's Ezio.
beyond that, all of my costuming buddies like to look at their massive 48" HDMI 1080p game screens, then check out that "expensive" stuff, make fun of its inaccuracies either from in-game or historical, like Ezio's Altair outfit, it obviously has slashed sleeves but don't look it in any game, and then talk, plan, and plot "how do I make it better, more accurate to the game and history, and for a tenth the price!"
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: B. Patricius on 2013-05-14, 03:36:00 ---
--- Quote from: James Anderson III on 2013-05-13, 17:42:07 ---
--- 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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Sir William, and Sir James, with all due respect,
That depends, it all depends on what a person is willing to do as far as man-hours, just like anything else with re-enactment. The most I've ever spent on garb was $48 on six yards of gorgeous green upholstery fabric with a pinstriped jacquard. It's not a period garment because of the material, but beyond that, it's amazing and looks totally 1660s justacorps with my matching vest and trousers. Same with all my friends that do cosplay... epic kits for maybe $200.
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Oh, agreed it's reasonable if you do it on your own. Sticker shock is on the actual licensed replicas from Windlass. I have the Robert de Sable surcoat, William of Montferrat, and Lionheart gambeson. I've really wanted an Assassin's Creed kit for many years, but I can't bring myself to drop $2k on "soft" kit; that's serious Albion/armor money.
I've beaten all the AC console games. It is probably my favorite games series of all time, and I've been playing games since Atari/Intellivision back in the 80s. There's nothing like chuckin' a spear at a rooftop guard in Brotherhood and watching them fly. Oh, I also, umm, have the Assassin's Creed logos on both sides of my car. :D
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Oh
My
Goodness
I love both of these!! Especially the Altair style kit - "classic" Assassin. Very cool. Are there any more pictures? Would like to see the front too.
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