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FIRST. Or something.

HLF, do you have that pic of the Landsknecht camp's banner where they basically fight against all Drachenfest camps?

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Bucket Knight edition!

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>>9156565
you mean the painting at our fence?

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Some pictures from a Regency Larp I went to. This one took the form of a picnic and summer ball.

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As you can see, this event is not really high combat. But the larger annual events the system run have a surprisingly large casualty count.

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Photos by the very talented Beth Dooner

>>9156577
Kenny!!!

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>>9157233
smashing

>>9156534

Question. What do you call those LARPS where you just fight each other with boffer type swords and there is fuck all story?

>>9159129
I don't call those things larps. I call them battle games or boffer tags, depending if I want to be vulgar or not

>>9159138

Where do you find them? I watched Role Models the other day and the fictional LAIRE game they have there really looked like a lot of fun. I want something that I can do casually and doesn't have a bunch of period Nazi's breathing down my neck about something not being ' right'.

>>9159145
amtgard, dagorhir and the likes are for you then.

>>9159149

Thank you sir! Many blessings upon your manhood!

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>>9159155
blessings received

Recs for good larps in the Massachusettts/New England area? I want to get into larping but I don't know where to start.

repost because I'm a dumbass who needs to learn how to read

>>9159170

I guess you could say you were very...'cocky?'

Anyone going to the St Ives Medieval fair?

Did any of the Drachenfest goers try the Fighters' Guild and can tell me how do the lessons go there?

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I'd like to play someone that is like Letho in The Witcher.
Would having a character specializing on killing Kings and high rank politicians for money would work ? I guess it would be kind of boring after a while. (and yes, I know Letho is a Witcher and that's not their tasks but Letho is special)

>>9163818
Can successfully kill high profile people?

>>9163886
What do you mean ? Can I do it ?
I play as a Higher Vampire, and go to a lot of banquets and all, so yeah, won't be difficult.
I'm a doctor that fight too, so I have some potions and swords to kill.

>>9163903
Ok, then get someone to pay you to kill someone high profile and get away with it

>>9163668
tried it once, 4 years ago, their basic training. It was true to it's name as it was really basic things.

>>9159149
Also bellegarth (spelling?)

Question for all you larpfags:
How much canvas yardage and what dimensions do you think you would be required for a comfy period tent? I'm thinking i would like a small round pavilion tent, a Viking tent might be OK if the pavilion takes too much fabric. The ones that have a wood frame and bar in the center, then come down diagonally.

We run a weekly larp and are trying to upgrade and revamp it.

The tents and tables and everything are incredible, but is that a periodic event (rather than weekly)? Or even a weekend-long thing at a privately owned property?
(We use a wildlife preserve. So unfortunately we can't have just tents there constantly. We have a larp day each week and that's it.)

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Hey hey kids!

>>9164253
What period? What kind of frame? Have you ever made a tent before? How will you treat the canvas?

I had a conundrum last weekend at the local uber-shitty boffer tag game my friends dragged me too.

>Be a viking
>Go on newbie mod given by a dickass nobleman to clear his castle of goblins.
>Nobleman offers us 2 silver coins a piece
>As we approach the castle, we are attacked by skeletons that come out of his yard.
>Easy pickings, but this was not part of the arrangement.
>Reach castle gates and get assaulted by zombies as we open them.
>Defeat zombies and get inside castle.
>See 8-odd goblins, 1 troll, and the Nobleman's brother who hired the goblins to secure his rightful seat.
>Turns out our real goal was to deal with a dynastic dispute by killing the noble's brother.
>We kill him, but the mod was worth closer to 1 gold per PC.
>I confront the noble about this and he refuses to cough up more money.
>My character is furious at the noble and decides that he is not strong enough to protect his own property.
>I sneak attack him for a decent amount of damage.
>Noble's player pauses the game and tells me that the noble is far stronger than I am and that I will ruin the mod for the other, younger players.
>Not wanting to ruin it for everyone else, we decide to rewind the scene to right before I attack him.
>Noble then throws our silver at our feet and expects us to grovel and beg for the money.
>I spit at his feet and walk off.

Should I have stuck with my decision and killed the quest giver, or was I being That Guy?

>>9164395
Sounds like he was trying to guilt you out of hurting his character. Doing something unexpected isn't "ruining the mod"--it's creating plot! Imagine if you, as a new character, get underpaid for a job by some smarmy noble, and one of the other characters decides he's not going to take it and gives said smarmy noble what-for. Well, that player has just made everybody there think, and has turned a boring new player mod into something the new players can now use to inform their roleplaying for the rest of the game.

Since you left it open-ended by leaving, you can still get some good roleplay out of it. Talk to the other characters who were on that mod, see what they think about it. You've got the seeds of some potentially dissatisfied characters that you can rally to your in-game cause here.

>>9164300
Hey Gropes. Thats a good look for you.

>>9163980
What do they do, technical stuff aside? Like is there any way they make it more fun to learn or roleplay it?

>>9164757
they give basic training and advanced ones too, mostly drills and stuff, you can also learn character skills from them allegedly, never tried it myself. Basically it's what the name says, it's a guild for fighters, you can get into it, probably there are quests there too, and hierarchy and whatnot.
Also it's in the middle of the city where stuff happens all the time.

Anyone got any good tips on making a werewolf mask that isnt shit?

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anyone know anything about crafting a ...what do you call this? a bodysuit?

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After going to some museums here in greece I've seen a lot of ancient gorgets. Now when I get back to the states I'm going to make my own. Would it be under the flaps or over them?

>>9165056
over. under would not be comfy

SCAfag here.

Anybody going to Castrum Cantatas this weekend?

Hosted by Shire Coill Fhionnabhann of Kingdom Abhann. Sept. 1st through 5th over in Lafe, Arkansas.

I've only been to a few events and this is the largest one I'm attending yet.

I'm attending Feasts, so my dinners are taken care of- but does anyone have any advice for breakfast/lunches/snacks without the use of cooking?

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>>9165264

>>9165269
I dont have any more larp pics on my computer, I'm afraid.

>>9165273
don't be afraid, we will protect you

>>9164300
I'm making a wooden frame, I do a lot of woodworking and sewing so it shouldn't be a problem. I'm just terrible at estimating yardage and making decisions

>>9165312
Shit forgot the other question. Any period or even fantasy is fine, it just can't look mundane. It would just be for me, the rest of my friends are buying/ have bought period tents that are way too big

>>9164541
Thanks.

>>9165056
You're mixing cultures and periods. The answer is "Whatever is comfortable" as you're mashing two different things together.

SCA?

>>9165220
You mean Glenn Abhan? Never heard of the event. Is it kingdom level?

>>9165312
>>9165314
You're still missing it sport. No one can tell you how much fabric you need until you know exactly what you're making and the size of the frame.

Think of it like this: "I need to know how much fabric to make a gown?" You need to know what kind of gown exactly, and the measurements of the person.

>>9159461
Tales of Valor Larp.

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Going to a LARP in a few weeks and I'll be playing a cleric. I thought painting his God's symbol on his robes would be a nice touch given the aesthetic I'm going for (late Roman/Ottoman Empires with some arabian influences). I plan on using spray fabric paint and have already made a vector graphic of the image (pic related), but I need a sturdy material to actually make the stencil. I'm thinking foam core board would work, but I'd like some more opinions on this. Pls advise?

>>9165695
Freezer paper stencils are a poor man's screen printing.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Stencil-Shirts-with-Freezer

>>9159145
>>9164253
>>9159149

Belegarth (Correct spelling)

>>9165091
Thanks f am.

>>9165465
Actually I'm not mixing culture. Ancient Greeks had gorgets. I put three pictures of them in my post? Like one of them is super famous, from the tomb of Philip of Macedon.

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>>9165312
>>9165314
cheapest version is a 3x3 meter canvas, with a few holes or laces or whatever on the sides.
You can put it up with rope and one stick or more stick and rope or just rope and trees, etc.

You can use bigger ones for bigger stuff or just put together similar 3x3 canvases and tie them together.

>>9165988
Then you would well know that The Macedonians are northern Greek (and slavic), and a completely seperate city state/culture than the souther Greek City states. "Greece" and "Greek culture" don't exist that far back, except as a loose amalgamation of ethnically similar, but vastly different cultures... Especially the cultural shift that would happen in the time frame between the two armours you picture.


...But that is all completely moot, as the top left of >>9165056
is jewelry, and the top right and bottom left are the Derveni Pectoral, which is a100 years out of date Thracian funeral armour based on Scythian design, compared to the more contemporary linothorax.

Antiquity was my bag for a long time bro, and figuring out required gorget coverage to meet SCA requirements was a big issue, requiring me to do a lot of research. Outside of a few slightly extended cuirasses, and the Dendra panolpy, the greeks just had no stock in armouring the neck, as far as we know.

>>9166049
I think he wants like, a tent-tent, not a lean to.

>>9166130
he can do that with a 3x3 canvas, it's just more sticks and brain power

>>9166130
I only used those pictures since the museums in the southern peleponesos wouldn't let me take pictures in the museum. My armor set up is more northern oriented with the thracian helmet and longer pteruges anyways so the gorget would fit. The top left is not jewelery, in the museum itself they said that it was gold covered iron and leather and would be fine for battle, they had a ceremonial one as well which was much thinner. They also had another 2 with scales similar to the bottom left made of iron and leather. The top right is from Thessaloniki, which has ancient Greek roots.

The greeks did have neck armor. The problem is that they are in museums where you can't take pictures and are labeled wrongly in English but in greek they are "throat protection"

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>>9166224
>>9166130
But like man they didnt use it a whole lot all over ancient greece, but some people had access to it. I mean there's tons of stuff that isn't really common with the amor but some people did. Like some people had 3 rows of pteruges (in the museum of vergina) or different sized pteruges. Hell theres even a depiction of a corinthian helmet with some wig on top of it. You got some armor with rectangular scales and rounded ones on the same armor. You got armor made of linen and leather.

There's no depictions of people wearing the gorget but we have found examples so they did have them. All I'm saying is that it's not completely wrong to have a Greek in 350 bc with a gorget.

Pic related wig thing on top of helmet, from getty villa museum. Although maybe it was real or maybe the artist just made it up, ya feel.

>>9166243
looks like a straw hat to me, so the helmet won't overheat on the sun

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>>9166251
It could be straw Yeah, I just thought to call it a wig since the wreath was around it.

>>9166243
Find me one single extant example of these Greek neck armours that you mention, that isn not a slightly raised neck line on a bronze breast plate, or a panolpy collar, and I will concede.

>>9166289
Alright man I'll see if I can get to one of the museums before I leave, as long as they allow pictures I'll probably get a pic in the next week or two.

Any UKanons go to the Gathering this year?
[bad back and unwell relative prevented me going].

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Can anyone recommend some books about japanese clothing and patterns I'm not too picky about the time period.

Picture related, really interesting stuff this late 1800's stuff where they start combining western elements into their uniform/clothing

>>9166291
As a Greek History major, I am very curious too, but sceptical. Greek museums are not known for honesty or accuracy.

>>9166722
Yeah they are pretty bad sometimes. My cousin works in a museum and she tells me the dirty secrets. Plus the translations are often terrible.

I'll be studying archaeology when I get back to the states, where are you studying?

>>9166780
Stanford U. Best classical dept of any in the US imho.

>>9166291
I will hold you to it.

>>9166956
>>9166956
Good on you, bro

>>9167132
>I will hold you to it.
just for the record, some people are still waiting for you to post the sources on Italian fashion that says that it was indeed common practice to wear undersized cloths.

>>9167512
>However, in the second half of the century, courtiers are often shown, if they have the figure for it, wearing nothing over their closely tailored cotehardie. A French chronicle records: "Around that year (1350), men, in particular noblemen and their squires, took to wearing tunics so short and tight that they revealed what modesty bids us hide. This was a most astonishing thing for the people"

Continuation of chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis, Archives Nationales, Paris. Quoted in: Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Centuries, Vol 1: The Structures of Everyday Life," p. 317, William Collins & Sons, London 1981

I wasn't following that whole debacle, but the above text does sound like a longwinded way of saying it was fashionable to wear undersized clothes. Also French instead of Italian, but eh.

>>9167610
in my eyes, tight fitting and underside cloths aren't the same. Although my main interest is 16th century and landsknechts so that obviously makes me a little biased in this question.

That said, 1350 is the time when really tight fitted cloths starts to became popular (except for hoses, tight fit there were nearly always popular to some extent)
And the "modesty bids us hide" is also doesn't really mean automatically that the cloth is undersized, it can be just in a different, new fashion.

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Does the metal thing in the middle has a name ? It looks cool, but the only one I find cover the whole leg.

>>9167628
a splint.
I have never seen a historical example of such a thin one on the legs. but on the arms you had something called "jack chains" or "jack-a-chain" .
If you want something like your pic you'll have to make it or get it custom made. but such a simple construct shouldnt be expensive.

>>9167639
Nice, thanks.

>>9167654
you can pretty much make one out of sheet metal and studs

>>9167512
>>9167610
>>9167615
Tudor and Medieval tailor touches on it iirc

Does anyone know where can I find the Drachenfest 2016 champion fights?

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HLF, did you order 3 of pic related already?

>>9168941
no and I'm not sure that I will ever order one.
But two people I know ordered / will order and we will see if it worth it or not.
But I'm highly sceptical, because longer weapons tend to be very wobbly from Calimacil, although this one is their longest they say on their page that it has a hybrid core which isn't wobbly at all. Which would mean it hits hard as fuck.
Anyway, we will see.

(also it's too small for me to be a proper bidenhander)

>>9168946
I recently ordered their last Darius (two handed war hammer) and the plain staff.
How are they?
Next up im planning on ordering a custom sword with an eagle grip and a bastard cavalry blade.
Sounds good?

>>9168998
have no experience with their darius, and the only custom sword I ordered from them was with a hybrid core when they still sold such things.
Best calimacil sword I have so far, basically it's a long pirate blade with a sangious handle, blade is painted grey

>>9167132
>>9167132
So I probably won't be able to make it to the museums, so I'll concede my point.

Still my panoply would work as both hellenistic and before that

Does anyone here who/what Matt Strange is? I keep seeing it on larp friends facebooks but I don't wanna seem like a tart for asking on there.

>>9169123
*tard

>>9166049
That's a good place for me to start calculating, much obliged

>>9168946
Please review it 9f you can, I'm thinking of getting it.

Also any tips on roleplaying a Swashbuckler vibe character?

>>9164395
>>Noble's player pauses the game and tells me that the noble is far stronger than I am and that I will ruin the mod for the other, younger players.
Show, don't tell. Goddamnit I hate when that has to be pointed out

>>9169347
To play a swashbuckler:
1.get dressed as one.
2. Find a sword that looks the part
3. Wear a sly smile/ shit eating grin
4. Your motives are usually emerge from passion (romance or revenge) or booty (flesh or metal)
5. Get a little bit of swagger to your walk
6. Remember laws bind lawful men, you are not one.
7. Honor's similar.
8. Fencing is a conversation between two liers.

anyone here ever tried making your own weapons?
How did that turn out?

>>9171066
my neighbor did that, expect about 2-4 attempts before getting it right.

>>9171246
these days we have great video tutorials and such to help us

>>9171261
well he got it "right" the first time, following youtube clips and all, but the first batch turned out very hard and heavy in the foam so he had to redo them.

>>9169347
>Please review it 9f you can, I'm thinking of getting it.
will do.
Also a little addition on the new wyvern sword: Yesterday I managed to break it. The core. Will email Wyvern about it tomorrow about what the flying fuck, because it's obviously something should have happened with a core like that. May or may not it was just faulty or sometinhg

I can't find a decent looking Kidney Belt for the life of me. Max I want to spend is 130 American Freedom Coupons. Anyone have any recommendations?

>>9171374
Oh, sorry to hear. Got me a little worried too, since I got a dagger from them last Drachenfest

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>90€ for a wooden stick with a string and a piece of glued on leather called a longbow
>200€ for an actual handcrafted two piece wood longbow

truly there is no other larp class that gets more cucked than us bowfags

>>9171824
that's the price of being a bitch

>>9169905
>6. Remember laws bind lawful men, you are not one.
>7. Honor's similar.
>8. Fencing is a conversation between two liers.
My dick is rock hard right now

>>9171824
https://larpwarriors.co.uk/larp-fibreglass-bow.html

>65.5 euros
>fibreglass, so not as delicate as wooden bows, no need to worry as much storing or transporting, etc
>doesn't look like complete ass, just partial
>left or right hand wieldable
>draw weight accepted basically anywhere

You're not going to look like a longbowman unless you're a midget, but this thing has its uses. I would definitely take the 140cm one, though.

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>>9172144
I recommend against baggy pants as a swashbuckler then.
Unless that's what you are going for.

I usually play the puckish rogue type, people are befuddled by my smile during combat even when im losing. Learn how to always smile during combat.

>>9171544
if it's not the new version but an older latex one then no worries

>>9171532
why do you need a kidney belt for larp?

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>>9172371

Superfluous buckles for superior swashing.

Lightning Bolt!

>>9172371
Because it looks cool?

>>9172391
Not matter how duels you win, or gold you steal, the ladies won't go for a man they can see gut on

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>>9171824
>90$ for a cheap larp sword
>200$ for a luxury shwerd

a thousand dolla' for every arrow you lose each game.

I'm getting enough into LARP now that I want to pick up a breast plate for my next game.
Live in Ontario,Canada.
I've heard some bad things about epic armory, but are those fears valid?
I'm hoping to drop around ~200-250 maple bucks on it, and have no problems with second hand. Been hunting on kijiji with no luck so I figured I'd ask here.

>>9172598
Who has a gut?

>>9172570
I can't argue with that.

Is there a sticky/page with info for beginners that someone could link me to so i don't shit up the thread with newfag questions (other than this post obviously...)?

I can't see myself actually doing the rp part of all this because i'm too nervous/shy, but i would like to try making and wearing stuff. What is the type of event called where people do that but don't have to act things out? I'm in southern England if anyone knows of anything like that.

Thanks in advance, you all seem preddy cool

>>9172819
there is no proper guide, the ones that exists are either shit or very specific.

Also you can go to larps even if you are shy of acting just make a character that is very clsoe to yourself.
About specific event maybe Readmiww can help you when he drops by

>>9172819
just post the questions anyway who gives a fuck.

Also, go try a regular larp Nervous/shy fades for me once I don the plate
Become someone different

>>9172750
Epic Armory is pretty bad, yeah. The main issue is that their stuff is made from cheap materials and is one-size-fits all. You know the joke about how one-size-fits-all is actually one-size-fits-none? That's doubly true for armor, since it's extremely uncomfortable wearing metal plates that don't fit well. Add to that the cheap materials, and their armor is just not very durable. It won't get bent from being hit with a foam sword, of course, but it means they might get damaged from falling onto hard ground or the like.

>>9172829
>>9172836
Ok, thanks for the responses! Some questions:
Can you go to events and just watch? I probably wouldn't want to jump right in so it would be nice to just check them out
Since the first things i make aren't going to be the greatest, how much do people worry about quality at these things?
What about historical accuracy, or is that more of a personal preference?
Any good forums/websites you'd recommend for beginners?
Anything that you consider to be vital information/things that people should know/necessary items or etiquette?
Is there usually a good range of ages and gender?

>>9172877
>Can you go to events and just watch?
not really, but you can get non-combatant roles or NPC roles or just go there and do nothing with the possibility that someone interacts with you even then.

As a first timer you doesn't have to be super perfect. Everyone started someone. What counts if you willing to improve or not.

Historical accuracy goes out of the window. Anyone who calls you out about that on a larp is a retard and should get a shovel to the face.
I mean it's nothing wrong it it's important for someone but it should be a private matter if you want to be historical accurate or not and you shouldn't really force that on others.

I can't even recommend forums/websites wholeheartedly for "experts" but that's me being picky as fuck.

don't be an asshole, but you already covered that. Be willing to improve and look at things from other viewpoints, try out different kind of games.

usually anything above 16 years are okay sometimes it's more sometimes it's less. Sometimes under 18 persons need some paper from their parents sometimes they simply need supervisors, sometimes none of that.
About gender, both are fine, anyone who says otherwise needs a shovel to the face too.

>>9172877
Depends on the game, most will let you watch.

As long as you don't look like shit. you can buy/make things pretty cheap and not look awful. A simple tunic/pants/leather belt can look good
Depends on the game again. Fantasy games don't generally care
Go to your larps forums. easiest way to see what people are like. Also, lots of games have sponsors who can helps you through the whole process.
don't be an autist. Take a deep breath and a shot of something. Understand that you are pretend dressup in the woods. In the stories you make, you will not always be the hero or make it out alive. Thats part of the fun

Yeah. Age range is usually between 18-40 with a grandpa/grandma thrown in more guys than girls but still plenty of both at least at the games i go to

>>9172892
>>9172899
Thanks again, this is all pretty encouraging. Sounds like its a more laid back/open community than some of the others on this board. I'll probably end up getting involved in the near future!

>>9172899
>and a shot of something.
as long as that shot doesn't come from eastern europe, then you might have to think that through again.

>>9172903
well, as with every community the larping ones have their own drama too which changes from group to group.
You might have to dodge all the *Gate dramas.

>>9172356
Sounds like it might come off as a little edgy. If somebody just smashed your arm with a mace and you keep a smile, that's somewhat taking the piss...

Larp story time?

>drachenfest 2016
>play a gentlemanly fencer
>walk around from the town to my camp
>see a group of friends in a bind trying to get into the lanshnekt or however you spell it
>"they wont let you in?"
>"no they dont speak the common tongue"
>"niether should you"
>proceed to chew of their heads in my native langauge and some gestures
>10 minutes pass as i slowly convince the gatekeeper to let us in a in a language he never heard before nor he understands.
>they decided to let us in, otherwise their ears would fall off
>"pay us coin then"
>make a friend pay for me (never saw his money from me)
>we all get in
>the landschnekt put us down in the party tent
>they are constantly trying to get us to leave
>"you came without bearing gifts?"
> I present a small bottle of Drumbuie
>friends at awe of my preparedness
> "you came without bringing women"
> one of my friends removed ger hood revealing her face
> "ok, but if you wish to stay you must remove your pants"
> I stand up winking to my friend
> I look the landsnekt in the fucking eyes
> "you take me for an amateur?"
> I proceed to remove my pants revealing my big black pair of pants that I had undearneath
> guy trying to kick us out swears in polish
>we shake hands and leave after we left an impression

Also, my regards to Schtoffle.

>>9173026
You don't smile like a psyco, you give the "I still have something up my sleeve" smile.

If somone maced my fucking arm I break the smile to play the hit and tell him it was a good one and ask if he knows any nearby men of medicine.

>>9172872
Damn. they are the first thing to pop up on searches for armour.
Any suggestions on where to look? I have about 2 months until my next game so I have some time.

>>9173343
Get Dressed For Battle is a good one. They're UK-based, I think, so shipping to Canada might be on the expensive side, but looking at their breastplates, you should still be within your budget.
Lord of Battles is a manufacturer that I personally like, the quality isn't quite as good as GDFB but it's still well within acceptable range for any boffer/foam/latex game. A little cheaper too.

>>9173026
>Getting hit
>Getting hit by a mace, of all things

Where was your shield? Where was your armour? What are you, a peasant?

>>9173749
If you are fencing/swashbuckling you usually don't have either.

>>9172819
Green Cloaks is a Sci-fi/Military system based in SE England and is really good for newbies if that tickles your fancy. Monstering is free and would allow you to just make kit and fight as generic mook number 5 without RP if you really didn't want to.

The World Went Dark is a Post Apocalyptic system with some really fantastic pieces of kit. Again, crewing is free and can involve minimal role play if that's your style.

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>>9173811
>Swashbuckling without a buckler

>>9173970
Well, you've got a point.

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Little update on the wyvern sword thing that I managed to break at the weekend.
Wyvern guys wrote back and they are totally white people. Said that basically I'm the first one who managed to break it, and probably it's a defect that slipped through their quality control so they will send me a new one.

>>9173851
literally can't recommend The World Went Dark enough.

thinking about buying this set of armor. looks great and is a decent price for making it for my measurements. Lots of good reviews and 2k+ sales
any thinking I should look out for?
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/220085145/larp-steel-armor-the-dwarven-cuirass

>>9175750
A bit pricy but it looks really good

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>>9175758
>A bit pricy but it looks really good
Negroid
http://www.steel-mastery.com/en

>>9175750

It looks like something they would've used for the Dungeons and Dragons movie.

Take that how you will.

>>9175750
>Handmade item
yet it has all the looks of a machine made one

>Materials: steel, metal, leather
so steel isn't a metal. But what other kind of metal is there?

>Ukraine
oh boy...

Anyway it's not as bad as cheap it is but don't get high expectations.

Building a set of Samurai armour for a new character idea (or just decoration idk yet)

When i'm not using the Kabuto I ideally want a shade of some kind. I have no idea what one to go for.

Any help?

>>9175822
... strawhat?

>>9175758
Yeah price was my concern. domt want to spend much more than this

>>9175802
I play in high fantasy larp. so ill take it as a good thing I think
>>9175813
I tried looking local and couldn't find anything. I assumed the metal was just bad English
Ukraine bad?

Its true that more east larp are more brutal? I live in Czech and our larp fights are agresive, we have no shitty-latex but wood with cutted carpets. You wouldnt go here without armor. Some unfunctional fantazy armor is not welcomed here. What your fights?

>>9175834
>I tried looking local and couldn't find anything
Well proper places that doesn't cost a leg and a half and isn't mass produced shit are usually hiding pretty well so it's understandable.

>Ukraine bad?
Varies a lot. Like the qualities are all over the place. But the look of that armor doesn't filled me with confidence. I mean it's obviously machined.

Plus it's 1mm thick, that means it's STARTED from 1mm and the various forming processes makes it even thinner. This means you can probably bend it by hand.
Then again this is also true for half of the larp-shop armours you can buy, which are usually more expensive.

The reasons why this is cheaper is probably because work-hours and materials tend to be cheaper in eastern europe, so it's PROBABLY has the same qualities as your standard larp-shop armour but I shittalk those too

>>9175845
I wouldn't use the word brutal.
I mean at the end of the day we all fight with padded sticks... well most of the time.

It's simply that in eastern europe what considered safe is different, for various reasons.

>>9175851
It was funny for me. My plate shoulders and bascinet survived 3 times irons (Libušin). But 1 larp destroy my 1,5mm plates.

>>9175855
this is why you shouldn't let your armour rust

>>9175846
I didn't realize that was really thin.
is there any suggestions/guides for buying armor?
I honestly know so little and am worried I'll drop money on trash.
in canada if that matters.

>>9176013
well if you will use it for larp only then thechnically 1mm is good enough IF you care for it and look after and "protect it" That means not throwing to the ground where others can sit on it or stuff like that, and also being careful with transportation. It won't deform just by touching it or not even from an average hit from a larp weapon, but from a harder hit or if you actually want to deform it you will succeed.
About buying armour: it's a complicated matter. Depends on how much money you want to drop on it, what you will use it for, and stuff like that.
If Frenedian drops by he can give you more advice on the local sellers, but usually you want the local armoursmiths if there are any.

But the thing is that larp tier armours can degrade and not that comfortable, most of the time this is true even if it's made for your size.
That is, if we compare them to functional or authentic armours, which are usually at least twice the amount of money than the one you linked, although varies from seller to seller

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So what's your fav weapon/combination to fight with, LARPfags?

>>9177056
sword and buckler or greatsword.
Oh, recently got a saber too.

With an unchristian number of hidden knives and daggers

>>9177056
polearms mostly.

>>9177120
>With an unchristian number of hidden knives
so... a small number?

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>>9177056

Polearms preferably. I love me some minimalistic staves, but I might succumb to the polaxe meme.

Other than that, a small center grip round shield and a club is all it takes to make me happy.

>>9177132
yo, what shop is that poleaxe from?
Also, can everyone share some obscure larp shops?
I got this one to share:
http://www.saxonviolence.com/collection

>>9177227
http://www.goldhammershop.com/

>>9177056
spear and shield for when I'm fighting with people i need to protect
2 handed hammer for justice rampage

>>9177227

https://www.eysenwall.de/

They've got some seriously cool shit, I couldn't tell you about shipping though, as it's close enough for me to pick it up myself

>>9177056
Spear and Shield of any kind of great weapon

>>9177056
Saber or Rapier+Dagger.

>>9177056
I normally do single spear or sword + shield. I tried out sword + offhand spear for a little bit at my last event though, it was surprisingly effective.

>>9177571
I would think it would lead to be thrown off balance pretty easily. Care to explain?

>>9173851
That was me that asked, thanks for the suggestion (and thanks >>9175623 for the backup).

I hadn't considered crewing for one, but that actually sounds like it might be more my cup of tea than being a player (sorry if thats the wrong word). I'm less nervous about getting involved in things and meeting people if i have a task/job to do, so at least initially i might go in that direction. Thanks again everyone, i'll look into all this and hopefully get involved soon!

>>9177227
http://www.eldritch.com/
these guys got some cool shit

>>9177619
Not anon but watch Hilde from Soul caliber

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>>9177619
I used the spear mainly overhand like pic related (but pointed lower, toward the legs), or tucked under my arm for stability. In formations, the overhand way of holding it meant I could poke at enemies farther away with the spear while using the sword to ward away blows and punish opponents who tried to get inside my reach; when the formation broke and we were in more one-on-one combat, having a large pole in the off-hand made for a passable pseudo-shield that I could also use to attack, helping to prevent whoever I was fighting from getting too close.

I still wouldn't recommend it over a large shield for formation combat, but as an alternative it's not bad.

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Does this thing have a name or exist IRL ?
I find it pretty cool but it might be pretty uncomfortable.

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>>9178532
It's basically a chausse lacking the sock part

>>9178555
Thanks

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>>9178560
also, you'll want a harness kinda like this one. to keep your steel pants up

>>9178588
that, or make a proper doublet and attach it to that.

Hey. Need an advice.
There was an "entity" at the last LARP that was wandering around, after seeing it too much times around me, I started to interrest myself in it.
So, I searched what it was and found that it was a little girl emprisoned into an old and tired corpse because she had too much power or some shit ; the only way to talk to her or make her follow you is to have some sort of mask. Luckily, I have one and I wore it almost all the time - maybe why it was following me around - but I only discovered it at the end of the LARP.
The thing is, there are a group of Pirates that took her a bit before the end of the LARP, I kind of want to "steal" her back from them next time. So, my question is : should I try and risk myself to took her back, knowing that she was taken by force by the Pirates (so mayble she'll be happy to get out of there) and that I some thiefs and assassins to help me ?

>>9178984
That sounds like it's more a question of what your character would do. Is he/she the type to get attached to an NPC like that, in character? Without any of us being familiar with your game, it's hard to make a judgment call if what you're asking is whether they're too powerful or the like.

>>9178984
you should move to croatia and became a successful interior designer

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Hey , what style of pants are these supposed to be/based on? Someone said landsknecht but they're not cut. For a character at a Larp (would do a degenesis cosplay for a con one day but idk).

>>9179946
>Someone said landsknecht
for some peiple everything with more than one color is landsknecht.

Anyway venetian hose is the closest one in my opinion, there are a few other that are kind of similar

What do you guys think of the latest Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman drama?

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/08/17/couple-thrown-out-of-bc-tourist-attraction-for-wearing-victorian-era-garb.html

A Washington state couple says they knew they’d face the occasional unanticipated challenge when they began adopting a Victorian-era lifestyle seven years ago, but they never expected their decision to get them tossed out of an internationally renowned tourist attraction.

Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman of Port Townsend said they were shocked last week when they arrived to Butchart Gardens just north of Victoria to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary and were turned away after being told their period clothing, which they wear on a daily basis, was forbidden.

The couple said they bought tickets for admission and tea on Aug. 9 in advance of their three-day visit to Vancouver Island and had double-checked the rules posted on the gardens’ website, which listed “costumes” as banned.

“We never would have thought that that would apply to us. We don’t think of what we wear as costumes,” Gabriel said in a phone interview.

>>9180001
>what do you mean we don't get special privileges? Can't you see how ***weird and different*** we are?

>>9180001
that article leaves out their craziness from their blog. They gave out the names of employees, implied that being asked to change out of their historical clothing was the same as asking a Muslim woman to remove a hijab, implied that they were being discriminated against like the Hebrews in Egypt??, and implied that they were being discriminated against because they had morals, unlike MODERN SOCIETY with its slutty naked women who would have been allowed in, no questions asked.

That woman's book is so insufferable. There's a part where she rants and raves against THE RUDENESS OF MODERN MAN because she wore an antique fraying dress with a train on a public bus and someone accidentally stepped on the train, which ripped.

>>9180001
>What do you guys think of the latest Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman drama?
who the fuck cares?

>>9179946
Lots of option here
Swiss mercenaries, landsknekts, Rus...
It's just baggy pants with stripes.

>>9180050
you, apparently!

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Is anyone else excited as heck for cemetery season? 3 of the local cemeteries in my area have "historical" days where people dress up as dead historical residents, sometimes their ancestors and sometimes just famous local people.

>>9179864
?

>>9180098
Did you dress as an European girl in 30 years for this one ?

>>9180396
1) not me

2) hurrrrrr durrrrrrr

If anyone has patterns or tutorials for medieval hats, could you post them please?

Hey, this is a HEMA question, but since they moved the HEMA threads from /asp/ to /his/, the quality has dropped like a fucking rock. I thought some of you guys cross-train in HEMA and might be able to answer this.

This is a really stupid question, I know, but what's the difference, in the German longsword school, between a guard and a ward?

I thought a guard was a position you moved into to stop a line of attack before your opponent has actually moved (he's in Right Von Tag, I assume a guard of Left Ochs and close - or guard - the high outside line). Meanwhile a ward is "warding" away an attack already in progress (he's in Right von Tag and I'm in right Pflug. He makes an oberhau to my left shoulder. I move to Left Ochs to "ward" away his attack).

I don't remember where I picked up this interpretation, and google and Wikinauer are being less than helpful. What do you consider to be the difference?

>>9180723
>what's the difference, in the German longsword school, between a guard and a ward?
translation.

I mean every codex and master use the words differently, most of them doesn't even have the same number of guards or the in the same position.

>>9180723
A guard is a position in which you hold your sword, that serves to "passively" protect part of your body from attacks and sets you up to perform certain strikes/wards, which are used to wound an enemy or actively intercept strikes.

>>9156577

Amtgard?

>>9156534
Hey all. I'm new to LARP, and the one I go to is probably closer to a battlegame than a real LARP, since the RP is second to the fighting. Anyway, I wanna make an Uruk Hai shield from LOTR. I'm pretty shit with my hands (haven't made anything since high school), so I made a "dry run" out of cardboard, and it came out OK. Not great, but not horrible. Paint is drying as we speak.

Anyway, I wanna make a shield that can be used in combat. I've seen people using foam, like from yoga mats. What is the name of this foam? Like if I walk into a craft store, what do I ask for? Also, any other materials I could make a shield out of?

The shield will probably be coreless, by the way.

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>>9181142

You can glue several layers of blue camp foam together. You can find it at sporting goods stores or at Walmart. Sometimes people will use a plastic snow sled as a base and then put several layers on top of that.

Talk to some of the people that you LARP with and find out how their shields are made. Every LARP has different rules about what is considered safe to use on the battlefield.

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Is it really edgy/ridiculous to have a sword on your back ?
I really want to do it because I don't want to bother with it all the times.

>>9181574
well if you carry it like that, yeah it'll work.
But it wont be protected from rain

>>9181575
It doesn't rain that often here.
But I know it'll work, but does it look edgy or ridiculous ?

>>9181577
well...I've seen WORSE!
So, fuckit, right? make it look as good as the pic and we cool.

How do I make cool boffer weapons?
Latex weapons have restrictions at my game, so boffer is the way to go.
I'm trying to make a spear. I've layered the foam and sculpted it to look more like a weapon and not a dick sword, but I want it to look better.
Pic is what I want to avoid. My game has tons of these and I want to set a higher standard so people stop using them

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>>9181688
Forgot the picture

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>>9181688

Are you allowed to use flatblade weapons? It won't look exactly like a real sword, but it will look better than a dicksword.

>>9181770
Probably. the restrictions are just latex weapons are not allowed to do thrust attacks. Making a latex spear useless
For thrusts to be allowed you need an open celled tip so its softer.
The cloth probably isn't allowed but I can just tape over.
Thanks
Ill look into the flat blade.

>>9181770
On that note though, is there a big difference between cloth and tape in performance? Cloth softer? Tape slide easy with fighting?

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>>9181882
Cloth is honestly the best covering imo. A tape covering has several issues depending on what kind of tape you use. Duct tape hardens in the cold and can actually hurt, and tends to form ridges that scrape if you're not careful. Hockey tape is what I'd recommend if you go the tape route, specifically Howie's cloth tape. The reason cloth is is more highly recommended, though, is that it's far easier to clean and maintain. A cloth slip-cover can be removed and replaced easily, doesn't leave a residue, and most importantly, is safer--unlike tape, it won't compress the foam underneath it.

As for your question about making a boffer spear, I follow a modified version of this guide. I only use two layers of foam, formed into two "boxes" around the pole as shown; unless you plan to hit very hard with the edge, layer 3 is unnecessary. If you want to carve the head a bit to make it look more blade-like, though, then the third layer will give you more room to do that. I recommend 1-inch closed-cell polyethylene (http://www.foambymail.com/PE2-_1/polyethylene-foam-sheets-2-2lb.html) for this. I also tape a quarter or two over the front end of the pole using aforementioned hockey tape before adding any foam to the stabbing tip. This helps prevent the pole from poking through the foam over time (it can do so very quickly otherwise, like over the course of a single weekend).

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>>9182274
Before you attach the tip, carve the head into the shape you want while keeping the front end flat. Then attach the tip--at least 2-3 inches of open-cell foam, please for the love of God not half a nerf football like the guide says--and cut it to your preferred shape. Make sure to leave an inch or two of space at the bottom of the open-cell tip to tape it securely to the blade, and you probably want to round the point of the foam off a bit, if not just leave it flat. Most larps' problem with points isn't stiffness, it's the tendency for small points to get into somebody's eye, so leave a flat or rounded area about 2 inches across at the tip.

For poles, I recommend the fiberglass poles from bandshoppe (http://www.bandshoppe.com/category-s/188.htm) in whatever length you like. Don't use them for a one-handed sword though, they're too wide for the kind of grip you need with those.

>>9181574
It works fine for transport, nothing really edgy or ridiculous about it. Just make sure you have it drawn and ready if you expect to go into combat, otherwise you're liable to be taken off-guard and defenseless.

Picture 100% unrelated this time.

>>9180098
They do this at one of the cemeteries in my area for Halloween too. They'll usually have a bunch of food trucks as well, I'm looking forward to it.

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>>9156577
Seeing as I spent a weekend pissing off the other knights who refused to acknowledge my in character knighthood.

Tada.

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Currently building a larp safe version of this for an upcoming 40k larp next month.

>>9182604
which kind of larpsafe are we talking about?

>>9182608
As in all bits made from soft material/latex. So I can theoretically throw it at someone if need be, as well as also being idiot proof.

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Also planning on taking this!

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>>9182610
>Throwing a servitor at an enemy

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I'm gonna set up a new company for my guild, it will basically just be for the auxilliary services and roles in camp named "The Quarter" or just "Tross", and my creativity about creating a company icon for it is pretty dry.

Best I could come up with is pick related, any suggestions here or will this be easy enough to relate it with?

My role is the guild's quartermaster by the way, I will mostly be the only one wearing it but simplicity is important to match the other companies icon themes as well as for ease of production in case it gets popular.

>>9182905
>or just "Tross"
so, basically whores and cocaine?

>>9182937
>basically whores and cocaine?

the only people in our guild who isn't partaking in combat are the women and drunkards, so if they get written in to my company, then basically yes.

>>9182967
I mean, Tross is basically the whores and cocain, it's the baggage train, the party van

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Anyone know where to purchase a mask similar to the ones in pic related?

>>9182743
Even in death they still serve!

What kind of wood/where to get that wood for masks like these? >>9183289
I've started doing research and learned soft wood like basa is one of the best choices, but trying to find a place that sells it thick enough for a mask is proving hard.

>>9183289
http://www.btbsculptor.com/

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>>9156534
I hear there's a Fallout LARP group in Phoenix. I thought it was called "The New Arizona Republic" but searching that yielded no results. Does anyone know the name of it?

>>9183864

Welcome to the watchlist, anon.

>>9156534
Since this is the thread with the most clue about historical costume; when did most medieval women stop wearing head-coverings?

Christian modesty meant that women out and about wore wimples or headscarves that covered most or all of the hair, with the main exceptions being young girls and the worst sort of hussy. This was true for the Early and High Middle Ages, but when did it become acceptable for respectable women to go bareheaded in public?

>>9183986
>when did most medieval women stop wearing head-coverings?
when they went to bed.

I mean even in the renaissance it was the norm that people had some kind of hat, not just women

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>>9184076
>>9184078
fokin hell mate
wish I had your skills

>>9184076
>>9184078
This for DuD?

I'd be interested if you ever did a write up of how you made this, and how it works out. Might be planning a Mechanicus for No Rest season 2

>>9184083
Wyvern is also selling a rubber, larp safe, skull that might as well be a good base

>>9183899
What do you mean?

Any recommended costuming sources for Elizabethan ruffs? I'm eyeing a lot of the work by CadwaladrCostumes on etsy, but if anyone knows of anything on par with that quality, let me know. It's been -ruff- sifting through all of the dollar store organza and raschel lace collars.

How do I become a better roleplayer?

>>9184384

an implication that you're being watched for googling something that sounds like a secessionist movement.

>>9184851

One way is to give your character a definite past. Spend some time to figure out the whys and hows of your characters. Then think on how this past affects his current situation and his decision making. This sounds as simple as it can be, but you'd be surprised how often people don't do this and just wing it. This will often have the character end up a clone of you (not that there is anything wrong with that). Being someone else takes planning.
The last LARP I'd been to another player actually stimulated this well. We were dicing in the inn, and most didn't have or wanted to put up money. So he proposed laying the equivalent of a truthspell, and we diced for questions. The most ridiculous sorts of questions came up, but it really helped people think of their characters people.

Once you figure out your character, it's about acceptance. Acting within your character will handicap you in some ways, forcing you to make choices you OOCly know will hurt your character, or having a clash of personalities (despite many LARPs having a competitive side, I notice larpers are very non confrontational on the whole and will avoid playing their character to avoid even IC agruments). Nobody can or will force you, but sometimes you just have to eat the loss if you want to be a character.

Thirdly, you need to get comfortable with making an ass of yourself. You have your character, you have your opinions, your wants, your ideas, your contributions. You might be wrong. You might be painfully wrong. You might be singled out. You might fail. But it doesn't matter. It's all about the story. You might be too shy to really play your character and mumble your convictions to some local lord, then you'll go overboard and overact and your praising of some deity might turn off that deity. You'll find your middle ground if you try and take the punches. You paid good money to play a game, so play.

>>9184851
I play characters that share certain real life personality traits. Therefore when you are tired, stressed, drunk, under-pressure etc, certain parts of your character will seem intuitive rather than forced. Playing something completely off-type as it were is a challenge that some find rewarding, but others find it a pain after a while. Especially if the character lasts for ages.

>>9183986
>This was true for the Early and High Middle Ages, but when did it become acceptable for respectable women to go bareheaded in public?

My assumption on this subject is late 19th when it became more acceptable and normal to not cover up your hair entirely and female hats became a thing unlike before, and you wouldn't get an inquiry from the local priest and asylum headmaster if you got caught in public without something on your head. Middle class and rich women still almost always had hats on until the 1930's when going out in public, which you can confirm by looking at outdoor cafes in Paris when googling a time period.

So I would say the cultural norm to not entirely cover your hair in Europe stopped in 1930, earlier or later in some regions but as a whole mainstream thingy.

>>9185014
>The last LARP I'd been to another player actually stimulated this well. We were dicing in the inn, and most didn't have or wanted to put up money. So he proposed laying the equivalent of a truthspell, and we diced for questions. The most ridiculous sorts of questions came up, but it really helped people think of their characters people.

Shit, this is good. I'm going to see if I can get people to agree to this at my next event.

>>9185014
>One way is to give your character a definite past. Spend some time to figure out the whys and hows of your characters.
slightly unrelated but I realized that the older you get the more you need to work on your backstory. I mean there was more time your character had to spend somewhere

>>9185225
it also raises the unfortunate question "why are you a 1st level adventurer, at the age of 86?"

>>9185234
it rather raises the question if you are 86 years old why do you go to larps that has character levels

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>>9178532
>>9178555
>>9178560
"Random swatch of maille, sewn on to a leather or textile backing, strapped to the thigh" is the technical term.

>>9178588
That looks over engineered and retarded. Just point the knees to the hosen.

>>9179864
The only answer.

>>9179946
Venetian breeches.

>>9180001
>>9180029
>>9180035
As someone who works at one of the rare living history museums that does encourage guests to dress up... These steampunk toolbags have no right to be confused with costumed employees. Disney doesn't allow it. Most museums don't allow it (excepting special days).

If some asshole is in historic clothes and spouting wrong info, thats bad. If they are sexually/racially/religiously harassing guests, thats worse. Its a liability

>>9180723
In modern US historic martial arts parlance, guards are static, wards are dynamic.

>>9183289
Merry Krampusnacht!

>>9183986
>>9184048
Hell, in the west, its still the norm until the mid 19thC.

>>9184076
>>9184078
Awesome

>>9184428
>>9184428
Are we talking costume grade or historic clothing grade? If you're in the US, most party/costume stores have rather nice costume ones for halloween.

>>9184851
Detail a basic character history. Find the characters morals, social world view and motivation. Wear a hat.

>>9185234
>>9185236
Because he's a dwarf who lost his family at a young age! Not even out of double digits! poor beadling....

>>9185427
>That looks over engineered and retarded
you mean 'historic'

>>9184851
1. Be unique enough to be memorable, but cliched enough to be relatable.
2. Never make your backstory more interesting than the stuff you can actually do in the game. The larp battlefields are fertilized with the blood of 'master swordsmen'.

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>>9185427
>Are we talking costume grade or historic clothing grade?
Either, but I want to avoid anything too cheap-ish looking. Avoiding organza, low quality lace, etc. I especially want something lined and able to keep its shape. The bigger, the better. Hopefully with matching wristcuffs, too. Whites, golds, or blacks, or any combination of those colours would be grand.

Unrelated, but I never got to see the 'circus in a box' you mentioned in the secret santa thing. I'm curious what you sent!

>>9157225
Aww so cute

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>>9185901

Historic would be pourpoints and arming doublets/hosen, not bondage gear.

Pic related, pourpoint.

>>9186026

I know why he's sad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pspiagUGbPw

>>9185907
also don't forget the advice from Larp Tips
>The most important thing to decide about your new larp character is what face you'll make when someone mentions a unicorn

>>9185901
Thats about as historic as latex, and very poorly designed. You suspend from points either on the doublet/pourpoint or directly off the hose or padded cuisse.

>>9185938
The secret to keeping the shape is startching the hell out of it.

The secret santa box was pretty straight forward:
*a bunch of nip bottles
*a metal joy buzzer
*whoopie cushion
*bags of cotton candy and circus peanuts
*some copies of old show posters from several groups I performed with
*"the man behind the nose" the Bozo the clown biography
*Mehron and Ben-Nye makeup

And a few other odds and ends.

>>9186142
>You suspend from points either on the doublet/pourpoint or directly off the hose or padded cuisse.
or in a few rare cases leg armour can be attached only to the breastplate

>>9186142
Starch, yeah. And apparently fishing wire, too.
Also, I wish I had gotten that box! Probably heading down to my local costume place and getting some Nye white this week.

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Further servo-skull progress

>>9186030
I think he put 'historic' for sarcasm

>>9159461
Magestry is also a ton of fun. Ive been going there for 5 years every event. The site is magestry.com if youre interested!

How terrible an idea would it be to try and make hosen out of cotton? This is just for larp, and am pretty novice to sewing, so I don't want to fuck up with relatively expensive wool.

>>9187262
Not /terrible/, if it has decent stretch, and linen and cotton hosen DO exist.... But they stretch out and wear out very quickly.

Try a wool blend.

>>9187271
I'll probably go with cotton first, then wool when I'm a bit more confident. which is hopefully before the hosen wears out. Cheers.

What's the best, or most memorable character you ever came across in a LARP?

>>9187936
It was an effect rather than a specific character. It was a one-shot random NPC with very little going on with him.

Except part of the description was he had a skin condition.

The NPC had coated his face in school glue (the non-toxic kind) and would, while talking to you, peel bits of it off and eat them.

It was an amazingly disgusting effect done very, very easily.

>>9187987
...might do that for halloween

>>9164870
Does tarantula larpsocks still frequent these? If so that's who to ask.

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>>9188137
>>9164870
Boo.

I'm in the process of working on a wolf mask on a commission. Here's a WIP of the sculpt.
I've also done a more traditional werewolf.

I prefer doing sculpture and making a mould and doing cast rubber (latex, silicone, whatever). It'll always look better than paper mache or whatever other random shit you throw together.

When it comes to sculpture the biggest secret is proportion- you can't just throw a wolf head on a human face and expect it to line up right. The nose in particular looks stunted and squished when it's not done right. Think about proportion- take photos of your face from the front and in profile and draw a mask shape on top of it. Keep going until what you draw looks *right* on your face.

>>9187987
We have a player in my game who plays an undead; he accomplishes roughly the same peeling-skin effect with oatmeal.

>>9188466
That also works- and probably tastes better than the white glue.

>>9188234
how do you do the fur?
latex of fake fur?
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if you made a "how to make wolfmask" tutorial I¨d watch that shit[/spoiler]

Gropey the Clown, I'm looking for your clown white makeup tutorial. Google is failing me. The help thread sent me here

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>>9188553
Personally I don't use any fake fur- all the fur pattern is just sculpted into the mask (look at the ears). I tried doing full fur laying on a animal mask once and it ruined all the details of the sculpture. Plus it's way harder to keep clean for LARP. At this point I only do fur laying for animals and creatures with a tiny bit of fur, like spiders. The process of laying the fur down makes it look kinda gross which is perfect for them.

Here's the WIP shot of the actual werewolf I did a year or two ago.

>>9189032
Nice!
I reckon I gotta make something just like this. We are gonna have a werewolf as the monster antagonist in a game and I want it to look this good.
Do you got any good tips or tuts?

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>>9188668
Hey hey.

Here ya go. Don't buy cheap. Ask questions if you got them.

>>9187936
A (possibly half) ogre who has been in our system for ages. I'd sat down with him around the campfire and we were talking about how my character had unusual equipment etc. and he mentioned a time in his life that someone asked him about why he never had new equipment.

>"How does new stuff happen."
"you buy it with money."
>"Don't have money. Don't know what money is."
"but you get paid to go out and do adventures."
>"What these?" *holds out giant paw of coins*
"Yes! Wait thats 100 crowns. How did you eat if you haven't spent it?"
>"Me take. Noone stop."
he then explains that the other adventurer teaches him about coins and that they can be traded for materials, items as well as weapons and armour..... this lead to a post on the forums asking for equipment drawn in ink and paper and then scanned in of a gold coin and an arrow of armour etc.

Credit where credit is due to dedication.

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>>9189947
looks cool so far. I approve

>>9189947
would the weight be bearable for it to be lifted drone engine inside, or a balloon + drone above it ?

>>9191117
Thank you very much! I'm going to be using Kryolan eyebrow plastic on my eyebrows and wearing a latex prosthetic (hot foam, attached with pros-aide) on the lower part of my face, both which obviously go under my makeup should I spray after that or before that?

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Made my first boffer. Any tips so the second one is better?
For note, its a pvc only larp (for thrusting weps) and the blade has to be black to rep iron

Playing a vampire doctor that has some basics in combat.

Based on that description, would a rapier with a buckler or a spartan sword with a normal shield be better ?

>>9193212
You're a vampire. You exist for the purpose of being swanky. Obviously the first is better.

>>9193212
What era does your vampire hail from as a mortal? Most games lore has Vampires as often being stubborn and sticking to what they know best.

>>9193283
It's a medieval-fantasy LARP, the most basic thing you can have.
He's about 75 years old, so pretty young for a vampire.

>>9192375
Looks pretty nice, but it's hard to judge without being able to physically interact with it. What kind of foam did you use?

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Odyssey pics are up. They make me sad there will be no more events :(

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Oh and the Servo Skull is done!

>>9193484
sexy

>>9193484
Looking good. What did you use for the mechanical parts, carved foam?

>>9193358
Standard insulation foam. Just carved it up a whole bunch.

>>9193464

I'm still sad that the year i'm pretty much travelling around for larp events there wont be one of these :(

>damn sculptors making a living doing something they love and cool
>Meanwhile I'm siting in an office making 70k and doing 50 hour weeks and hate it.
Everyday I have to remind myself that in three to five years it will be worth it so I don't kill myself.
Ducking finance.

>>9194029
could be worse. I got NO job, and while I get money from the state (thankyou socialist norway) sitting around doing nothing all day makes me a dull boy

>>9194029
you get nearly 10 times more than I do. just saying.

Will I see anyone at St Ives on Saturday?

>>9194105
>living on carers allowance [£62.10/ $80.62/ 72.36 Euro/ 0.1345 Bitcoin]a week
>have to take care of your mother, who suffered a heart attack and has mobility and other health issues
>never able to afford to attend larp events
>can barely remember last time i larped

>>9193469
Oh, are the sides of that armour suppose to overlap? I've been lining them up and getting pinched every time I move

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>>9194292
Take your mum m8 to one for a day if you can.

>>9180723
>HEMA
iktf :(

Could some of you help by casting your vote as many times as you want, for as many options as you want pls
>http://www.strawpoll.me/11269993

A friend on leddit wants to start making stuff for HEMA/LARP but doesn't know if he should just import stuff or actually try to make it here.

Here's some costume inspo.

>>9194342
should be, but not a must have

>>9194126
What the fuck do you even do making 10k

>>9194433
I make less then 10k USD equivalent in a year. because Hungary.
and my job is software tester

>>9194444
All that free time doe

Here in Australia I'm just tucked jobsite.

>>9194449
not exactly, I mean I'm close to a computer all day long, but usually have to do a lot of stuff but here and ther always have a little time for short comments or just looking at cat pictures because that's what the internet is for.
Or just try to figure out various ways to murder people I have to work with. Which is also something that's the internet is for

>>9194407
I'm going to guess it's relatively more comfortable, so I'll have to give it a go tonight

>>9194469
I don't have much experience with classical armours but for renaissance armour properly closing it means you have a little less breathing space but way straighter back.
it's still far from being restrictive but you will feel it in the first few minutes after you put it on and after the few minutes when you get it off.
Then again with renaissance stuff the doublet also works as a corset too to help this thing (not a Victorian era corset thought)

>>9194292
shit, that sucks pretty bad.

>>9195153
I love how the people who have the most social capital also have the least financial capital.
>Oh you look after the most vulnerable people in society? Well, since theta don't contribute anything, we'll pay you accordingly...

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So what character type do you guys enjoy playing the most?

>>9195456
drunk that some how knows everything in town

>>9195456

Designated Hornet's Nest Kicker

>>9195456
Extremely flamboyantly gay pacifists.

>>9195456
major asshole

meanwhile we are in autosage so here is the new thread

>>9195632

>>9195632