Living History Stuff

[Sir Nate]

I seem to recall you not realizing it was actually Sir James in his armor, despite him posting multiple pics of himself. 

Or was that Aiden?

No hard feelings sir William, Aiden hadn't realized thorsteinn's video starring thorstein was thorstein.
As for not knowing that was sir James pic, I was simply making joke that it wasn't sir James, but a fraud pic. I knew it was him. (The sorrows of a fool(as in jester))

[Sir James A]

Yep, it was Thorsteinn. I haven't met Nate or Aiden, so they wouldn't recognize me in pics either. I could just be grabbing random pics off some dude's photobucket.

[Sir Edward]

I Must admit I`m quite partial to a bit of posh kit myself 
 http://modernchivalry.org/knightdata/44/photo1328827290-0006-huge.jpg

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Dang it, that looks so good, that I'm now commissioning something similar from Fuhlen Designs.

[Sir Wolf]

lol. i gots the patterns for that stuff ehhehe

[Sir Gerard de Rodes]

Before Sir Nate asks, that is Sir Gerard. 

Lookin good, Brother!

Ha ha, why thank you sir.

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.

I Must admit I`m quite partial to a bit of posh kit myself 
 http://modernchivalry.org/knightdata/44/photo1328827290-0006-huge.jpg

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That looks sharp! And I'm not talking about the sword.

Douglas, I had to double check that I hadn`t fallen out of my cod piece then 

I Must admit I`m quite partial to a bit of posh kit myself 
 http://modernchivalry.org/knightdata/44/photo1328827290-0006-huge.jpg

G.

Dang it, that looks so good, that I'm now commissioning something similar from Fuhlen Designs.

Sir Ed, I have not heard of them, are they based over in the U.S.? I will check them out right now.. 

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[Sir Wolf]

HAHAHAHAHAAH snort.. codpiece reference hahahah

[Sir Edward]

Sir Ed, I have not heard of them, are they based over in the U.S.? I will check them out right now.. 

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Indeed so, that's the business name that Jessica Finley uses, and she is located about 25 minutes from me.

[Sir Nate]

Yep, it was Thorsteinn. I haven't met Nate or Aiden, so they wouldn't recognize me in pics either. I could just be grabbing random pics off some dude's photobucket.

I knew it was you. I had made joke.

[Sir Nate]

What is a cod piece exactly?

[Sir Edward]

What is a cod piece exactly?

Let's just say that it protects the family jewels.

[Sir Nate]

What is a cod piece exactly?

Let's just say that it protects the family jewels.

Ah Ok, I do remember seeing a picture of Henry the 8ths armor and There was a, David bowie from labyrinth bulge. Smith must had to use a whole ingot. Lmao

[Sir Douglas]

Ah Ok, I do remember seeing a picture of Henry the 8ths armor and There was a, David bowie from labyrinth bulge. Smith must had to use a whole ingot. Lmao

It's funny how many times I've heard a codpiece being described as "What David Bowie wore in Labyrinth". Apparently, that's a common explanation.

Regarding Living History and DoK in particular, what's the level of participation required at such events? My mom is showing some interest in participating, but I've having a hard time explaining to her that it's not like a RenFest. I think she has the idea that she's just going to dress up, walk around, and wave at people, but I was under the impression that there's more patron-to-reenactor interaction/education than what you'd get from just dressing up at a RenFest. And that you're still in "History Mode" even after all the patrons have gone...basically living like a medieval person for a few days. I mean, she's not lacking in the medieval history department or anything, I just think she has the wrong impression of what Living History is about. (I have managed to explain to her the importance of historically-accurate fabrics, however.)

[Sir Edward]

Regarding Living History and DoK in particular, what's the level of participation required at such events? My mom is showing some interest in participating, but I've having a hard time explaining to her that it's not like a RenFest. I think she has the idea that she's just going to dress up, walk around, and wave at people, but I was under the impression that there's more patron-to-reenactor interaction/education than what you'd get from just dressing up at a RenFest. And that you're still in "History Mode" even after all the patrons have gone...basically living like a medieval person for a few days. I mean, she's not lacking in the medieval history department or anything, I just think she has the wrong impression of what Living History is about. (I have managed to explain to her the importance of historically-accurate fabrics, however.)

Yeah, it can be hard to explain to people who aren't familiar with it already. Basically the event is open to the public during "business" hours, during which time you need to be authentic as possible, and highly interactive with visitors in an educational role.

After hours, it's a little more relaxed, but people still want to "enjoy the magic" and stay as historical as possible, but conversations will naturally drift to a wide range of modern topics. So it's not like you're "staying in character" after hours, and no one got mad at us for using flashlights in and around our tents (briefly).   But people will get mad if they're having a "magic moment" and you ruin it.

[Sir Douglas]

Yeah, I've never done it myself and I'm trying to explain it to her. It's not exactly the smoothest operation. I hate feeling like such a noob, but I guess you can't get experience without being a noob first....

[Sir Wolf]

ok figure this.
your at an event. you are trying to look/feel/smell as period as you can. your group is based on 1 fixed point in time. you can only have armour, weapons, clothing from that time frame and place or that could have been imported to you. you must have a job/station to explain why you are there. your group has certain codes, standards, rules as far as who you can be and what you have to wear. to bring something new into the group you have to have say 3 sources for that 1 point in time in that one part of one country. it can get really over tedious sometimes.

i have done everything from greek to ww2 and everything in between.  nothing beats sleeping out under the stars, or eating a hot breakfast cooked over a fire. the feeling of being worn out after just one day and a night and thinking.. WOW how did they do it for a lifetime?

i have to say i love the age of black powder now the most. we have pants hahaha. sleeping in a fox hole or in a trench. the smell of powder and gas in your nose. freezing or sweating to death in wools... I'm a loon i think sometimes.