Saturday I was in my Brigandine Armor (minus my spinted legs that I have on in my Pic), my Elizabethan period armor as I call it. A gentleman from Ireland was visiting Faire and while I was talking to a couple of other armored individuals, he came up to talk to me. He told me I looked exactly like an Elizabethan foot soldier on campaign, not only my armor and weapons, but the wineskin I was carrying and the snapsack on my back. He said that I was be far the most period looking individual wandering the grounds that day. As I talked to him, I found out he was a historian in Ireland and lived not far from where O'Niel's Rebellion occured in the late 1500's. A compliment like that coming from someone from Europe and knowledgeable in the period really made all the hard work and research worth it! I was very pleased to have someone appreciate me not just for being in armor, but for being as authentic as possible in all of my equipment!
