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Ren Faire Peeve
Sir James A:
We all started somewhere :)
Sir Martyn:
--- Quote from: Sir James A on 2015-09-02, 14:56:25 ---We all started somewhere :)
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Indeed. I would also add that there are plenty of LARPers who, while not going for historical accuracy and it's good when they see what the renactors must endure, make a good effort to wear more than just costume stuff.
Sir William:
--- Quote from: Martyn on 2015-09-02, 15:18:11 ---
--- Quote from: Sir James A on 2015-09-02, 14:56:25 ---We all started somewhere :)
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Indeed. I would also add that there are plenty of LARPers who, while not going for historical accuracy and it's good when they see what the renactors must endure, make a good effort to wear more than just costume stuff.
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Look up Mythodea if you want to see some really cool LARP kits; I call them that because they are so much more involved than a simple costume. As for a start- mine was a butted maille vest with a black cross done up in blackened rings (the rest were the usual satin) center of the chest, and a black satin cape to top it all off. Black dungarees, Tims and a black mock turtleneck rounded out the ensemble. Thought I was doing big things! lol
Henrik Granlid:
I'm suprised to hear such a difference in quality between Danish larps and Swedish larps. Honestly, a lot of Swedish larpers have waaay better kits than most Swedish Knight troupes (we have very few full tilt jousters).
Here are some pictures of one of the larger campaigns.
https://www.google.se/search?q=krigshjärta&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAWoVChMItI_xlbLfxwIVhiVyCh2yrApC&biw=800&bih=1280
(couldn't make a clickable link for some reason, it will need copying into a browser window, or simply Google Krigshjärta)
As far as armour denting If you sneeze, please don't measure authenticity by weight until you start wearing hardened steel rather than mass fabricated pieces with barely the correct forms. We all love our hobby and there is no point in looking down at other aspects of it.
I personally love wearing plate, I'm actually swapping out my plastic Corrazinna for a proper globose breastplate, even if my armour is for sca fighting, because I like it better. However, there is no measure of manliness or worth in the weight of armour you wear. Unless you order plate from Per Lillelund Jenssen and maille from one of the very few handmakers in Europe, you're not more authentic than the larper with improper shapes to the plate he wears or the ren-faire enthusiast that loves his aluminium coif with a poor fit. Your kit may have more research behind it, and it might look more like the real thing, but, your stuff is still modern and there will always be somebody more authentic than you out there. We all do what is fun and what works for us, and the more you know, the more nuances you will discover.
To the average goer though, those nuances won't be seen, and instead, you have a very nice costume. Talk about it with love when informing them and don't devaluate somebody else's stuff just because you consider your own to be superior. A knight should be humble and learning new things should be fun.
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