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Sir Douglas:
But...but...I'm young and inexperienced with living history. I need something simple so I won't cry too much when the bigger kids make fun of my kit. ;)

Sir Ulrich:
Me like Sir Ian only has been to 2 living history events, being the Days of Knights group which I felt quite "at home" at both, though I enjoyed the second one more due to camping out. I did try other things beforehand and was a ren faire goer, I didn't even think I'd ever go to Days of Knights but my parents were generous enough to help take me to the first and second ones. I'd say the best way to do it is soft kit first for you guys though. I actually had my armor before I ever did have a proper period soft kit, though I still need one for Teutonic I wore my current one more than I did my armor. I have been looking for more living history though, cause I basically was fruitless going to most ren faires and then trying the SCA only to realize it wasn't my crowd. I do like helping others out for living history though, like my friend Elliot who I actually met on a forum and got him into this stuff. I just wish I knew more events to go to for this.

Sir Edward:

--- Quote from: DouglasTheYounger on 2014-01-09, 01:07:19 ---On a more serious note, I just started on a soft kit that I want to at least be living history-grade regardless of whether or not I'm actually able to attend DoK this year. So far I have braies (which I might have to redo since they're technically cotton, not linen), a pair of woolen hose, some shoes, and a linen coif. I'm planning to finish it off with a linen undershirt, a woolen cote, and maybe a surcote and liripipe hood. I'm shooting for late 13th/early 14th C. Am I pretty close?

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This sounds pretty good. In late 13th and early 14th, the overtunics tended to still run long, toward ankle or mid-shin length. By the late 14th, they were much shorter, about mid-thigh length, and liripipes were common. Getting into the 15th, it wasn't uncommon to have doublets that came down to the hips, with leg hose pointed straight to them.

This is assuming I have my date ranges right, of course... ;)

Sir Nate:
I wonder if they would kick me out if I came, Cause I'd probably need Long sleeve hauberk, mail gloves, and probably mail leggings before they let me in.

Sir Douglas:
Y'know, as much as I love armor from the 15th century, I don't think I could do the everyday clothing. Poofy doublet shoulders and codpieces aren't really my thing. I'll stick with big, loose tunics, thankyouverymuch. ;)

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