Larp thread

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>>9465420
We started building a guild hall.

But the masons were goblins (and the neighbors red guards).

So it fell crashing down.

One section of the roof was still intact, so we made a fireplace shelter out of it.

The shelter collapsed during winter, and it started hailing during spring.

So we made a new shelter of the other roof section, repaired it with planks of broken dreams.

Now it just stands, waiting to be rumbled or loved.

>>9465581
F

I built a torsion ballista when I entered college. Six ft wide, eight feet long. Throws javelins about 70 ft. It has been sitting disassembled in my garage for a while now.

>>9466141
That's pretty cool! What's keeping you from using it, though?

Also, how much did it cost you?

>>9466441
Well, I am in Amtgard, so there are specific rules on using a siege weapon that removes incentive to use it outside of events. Also, it takes about 15-20 minutes to get it set up and then another 10-15 of adjusting to get the torsion right. It needs about three people to work it and I don't really like re-explaining how to do so safely every time to every group of people who might be using it. If I build a winch system, I can get that down, but Amtgard requires that three people are 'working' the siege engine regardless.

I think in total it was about $60. I already had access to an amazing woodshop, so most of the costs were lumber. I later used it for college engineering projects, so even if I don't use it in LARPing, I feel that I have gotten good use out of it.

>>9466755
That's pretty cheap, I'd have expected it to be more expensive. Then again, (I assume) you have little to no metal parts which cuts costs significantly. Do you have any pictures you care to share here?

>>9466441
>>9466755
>>9466859
I don't actually have any pictures right now. I'm looking at all of these event pictures where I know its juuust out of frame.

Oh, I forgot to mention that the thing is cursed. Almost every time that I've set it up the wind immediately picks up, making it pretty difficult to use.

So, how does one get started with larp?

How does one get started with larp when knowing no one, being socially retarded and not white?

>>9467854
Just realized that it sounds more sjw than it was supposed to.
What I'm saying is, that at lot of the stuff seem to have a medieval fantasy setting and it always makes me somewhat out of place.

>>9467856
You seem socially retarded. Get rid of your victim complex, first of all. I'm also *gasp* not white and there's never been an issue. It's not ACTUALLY the middle ages, retard.

Places to look for a group
>Facebook
>Cons
>Ren fairs
>Your local park/university

Mainly built armour but started doing soft kit because there's a bigger demand for it apparently.

Working on a mask for a fae creature and some monster kit atm. Going all out on a troll mask.

>>9467857
Nayrt but they literally said they're socially retarded so you just look illiterate by parroting them.

>>9465420
I'm not good at building things, so I mostly leave that for others. Then again I'm good at digging holes and erecting big fucking posts to be base for buildings. That I do usually when there is some work on our larp ground

>>9467854

Are you a gril, though? Just saying, it might help.

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>>9467856
Don't let that stop you, homeboy.
There's hundreds of cultures you can build after, and given that it's a LARP, there's no reason you can't just show up in European mediëval get up.

If fat chicks can be pixies and twinks can be minotaurs, then you can be a knight.

>>9467856
I get that you can feel out of place man, but try not and let it stop you. It might be a little awkward at first, but as >>9467932 said; if fatties can play fighters and not get their shit kicked in you sure as Hell can play your character.

More so if you find an event with not!African or not!Arabian countries or the likes.

Anyways, as for finding people to tag onto with, go to fairs, cons, socialise!
If socialising is not your virtue, maybe try starting out as an NPC. You'll be drafted into a team of regulars who show you the ropes, you get a look of the setting from the inside, you see how the plot works, and above all; you meet a ton of people and DMs/GMs/STs etc.

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>>9467854
Go to mostly combat oriented event.
this way you can figth alongside poeple with whom you will have stories to share after combat.
most of them are there to meet new friends with who they share an hobby/passion.

>being socially retarded
larping helps with social interractions.
you can choose to play what you desire and i highly encourage you to play what you feel like and not what poeple ask you to play.

>and not white?
I'm gonna take a guess and say you are american.
You will become a token brown-ish person then.
but seriously, it should not be a problem.

>>9467854
Dude, just pick a larp go there. Try to have fun and see if it's anything for you. You can just ask on the larp's facebook page or similar if someone has some clothes you can borrow, you're almost guaranteed to get a costume together that way.

Also, bring food. Giving people free food before/during the larp is the easiest way to make friends.

People will usually cut newbies some slack, so there's no shame in screwing up every once in a while. Just give the game's signal for being out of character and ask them what to do.

Also, as Frenadian said: larping is amazing for becoming more social, just give it a try.

>>9467932
On top of that, note that historically, there *were* plenty of non-white people living in Europe during the (very broad) general time period that fantasy Europe games tend to imitate. For the most part they would have been ambassadors or other dignitaries, but there are historic records of, for instance, black people becoming knights and lords and owning land.

>>9468197
Larping is not amazing for becoming more social. You will still be an unhygienic, socially awkward, Nerd.

You'll just be with other equally cringeworthy Betas.

>>9468463
Could you elaborate?
You clearly got hurt, go ahead we do not judge.
you migth hate us but we dont hate you.
Also concerning the race thing...
Maybe im just too Canadian but i firmly believe that if someone gives you shit for your skin color/language/home by saying you should play something related to your race, tell them they should not play vikings in that case.

ps: if they start talking about Muh Heritaaage , smack them in the mouth.
You're more American than these assholes.

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Bico news.

Duct tape is officialy banned.
every weapon must be latex or foam.
shields are still made of wood/foam/plywood,fiberglass,coroplast etc...but the sides must be latex or foam.

as for the virtual game, its still in developement but the website now have a character section with lots of info on guilds/character/kingdom/province
and the loot cards you win durig the week will be easier to use.

every character now have action points and joiming a guild or kingdom now have a bigger impact.


Also, the voyage north is getting bigger so we have mre and more americans (i thnk they were around 150 last year)

i also heard the rumor (and i will believe it when i see it) that some people from drachenfest are comig en masse starting next year.

Heard anything about that Hungarianos?

starting 2018,homemade arrows will be banned too.

>>9468565
One of my friends from my local game got Bico tickets, apparently. She's mostly used to high-numbers dickbat Amerilarps, so I look forward to hearing what she thinks.

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>>9468565
>larp year 2017
>not covering your duct tape shield in pleather to piss teh hardcore people off

>>9468605
>>not covering your duct tape shield in pleather to piss teh hardcore people off
Whats wrong with that? As long as its not clothing/armour, pleather is perfectly suitable for shield and weapons, and meets most games requirements.

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>>9467854
embrace the nonwhiteness

become the only Asian samurai, the only night elf, the best Moro

>>9468976
Gropey, how much does museum work pay, and what's the healthcare like? I've been wondering if I should go into armor history considering it is such an understudied subject that is perfect thesis fodder.

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>>9469261
Forgot the tripfagging

>>9468588
She's gonna need an helmet

>>9468605
>>9468976
Why not canvas instead?
It's probably cheaper anyway.

>>9468976
pleather isn't suitable for existing

>>9467875
>soft kit
whats that?

>>9469631
a kit that is soft, I presume, probably with lot of furs

>>9469666
>probably with lot of furs
I was thinking that, or some kind of foam armor.

>>9469671
joking aside as far as I understand kits that doesn't have armor is called soft kits. Don't ask why, I think it's retarded

>>9469673
I picked it up from reenactment and it stuck in my head.

>>9469631
Clothes etc.

>>9469673
>>9469689
I've always heard kits or garb. But thanks for clearing that up.

>>9469261
>>9469268
>headshots are legal
Oh boy, this is gonna be a wake-up call.

>>9468521
The gist of what I'm saying is that; If you are already a socially awkward loser, you will not suddenly become the charismatic jock of your high school days. You will simply be surrounded by people as awkward and unhygienic as yourself.

You cannot say that the overall demographic of larps isn't the socially awkward rejects with bad hygiene.

>>9470668
Truth?
You're rigth.
The number of creepos is high at larps.
Doest mean he's one.

Larping has we know it has been going on for a while.
You are contributing to a negative opinion of a hobby
Do you/did yo enjoy this hobby?

>>9470059
She's gonna love it.
There is no going back once you felt the thrill of a Bico battle.

>>9470836
I hope so! The more people here get exposed to better larp systems, the better it's going to get for us.

>>9470668
>You cannot say that the overall demographic of larps isn't the socially awkward rejects with bad hygiene.
I totally can say that. And you can do nothing to stop me!

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>>9470862

>>9471146
Wut.

>>9471153
what?

A very pretentious question, but where can I find the best fighters in Drachenfest and can I challenge them?
Would say I'm pretty decent at 1v1 and would like to test that if I'm coming this year

>>9471541
At the Copper camp but ONLY at 5 am. Bring a loud enough bell too.

>>9471541
I accept your challenge, random anon.

>>9470836
I do enjoy the hobby. But there is a negative stigma with the night life for a reason. 90% of the males in larps are incredibly creepy or awkward or cant take social cues. The women are the same way but there are less of them.

I would be afraid to bring my girlfriend into any event longer than a day because I know she would be harassed by "nice guys" who don't know what 'no' means.

Ontop of of this Nerds tend to be incredibly lazy, and thus end up having awful hygiene, bad teeth, unhealthy etc.

Of course this is a super broad generalization, and not every player fits under this brush stroke; I certainly don't, but from my experience its incredibly accurate.

>>9471862
I totally get you.
In french we call that " Chien de poche"
basically, Pocket dogs.
it happen when a somewhat cute nerdy young womens sudenly get a lot of attention by lonely nerds.
Semi-cute girls who get all the attention because they have female reproductive organs.

It should not affect you that much.
Its awkward teens having fun and discovering their social skills.

Seek a larp with more adults
(30yo neckbeard dont cout as adults)

You will find a good larp with fun people.
you just had bad experiences

>>9471888
Hey mate, I'm guessing you go to Bicolline so could I just ask if you know names of French (from France) groups that goes there ? Thanks.

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>>9471903
Nope.
Most frenchs i know are into other guilds.
They migth have a group but not an official one.

>>9471926
Alright, thanks.

>>9471888
See the thing is, I haven't had bad experiences. I associate myself with the respectful social butterflies in the larp. Yet that does not stop you from seeing man-children and degenerates.

I don't want to see a woman pulling a guy around on a leather leash as if it's appropriate to display your weird sexual fantasy. (And no, it wasn't RP.)

I don't want to see random dudes stalk girls, or randomly offer them booze.

I don't want to see fat pungent nerds walking around without a shirt displaying their body odor for all to smell.

There is just so much shit that you think would be common sense to not do, or to simply be decent, yet Nerds can't. Because they are so far from societal norms due to not getting out they think these things are alright.

Now, note this has been experienced in events all across America over a 4 year period, under 3 different Larps. It is ALWAYS the same, and It's just the demographic. I understand that. But it doesn't make it any better.

If you want to learn to take social cues, and to be generally experienced you need to throw yourself into the world of people you would actually be around on a daily basis.

>>9471888

Freenie's just jelly he can't get the attention the semi-cute girls can.

>>9472189
>I haven't had bad experiences

You have, though. In around 10 years of larping, I've encountered maybe 1 event that had nerds of the repugnant variety (looking at you, Ravenskeep. What the shit, man?). Most are just regular people.

It could be that I've gotten extremely lucky, but around here it seems the actual social misfits show up once then go back to their boardgames and tabletops.

>>9472544
>tfw you're planning a Landsknecht group at Omen
>tfw the girl you're doing a lot of the planning with thought Ravenskeep didn't sound too bad
Thank God we saw the "lolplay is an important part of our game' line. Wew.

Besides that I do agree with you, though these guys are talking about the US. It's a wholly different stroke of people over there.
>>9472189
As Frennie said, try going to more adult centered LARP groups. Sure you'll get the occassional terrible nerd, but they will be outnumbered and hopefully forced to do something about their terrible social skills.
The good thing about LARPs around here is that they actually have a entry level of work you need to do, or money you need to pay. I think we get as much people doing it solely for the theatrics or the sewing as the people who do it to escape the sludge of reality. (The worst kind of players. )

>>9472544
Wait what, Ravenskeep? Where?

...oh God I'm one of them, aren't I?

>>9472599
>Omen
Seriously, don't go there.
The plot is next to non-existent.
The ST's are unexperienced.
The rules are completely unbalanced in favour of older players.
Groups are insular as shit.
Catering is amazing though.

Omen is great if you want to play with your group and create your own plot while ignoring the rest, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend it.

>>9472611
Yikes.Any good ones you can send us to then? So far all the other ones that weren't small fry were either GNS (where I already play), Tales of Aleria (whose ruleset makes me barf), or Vortex Adventures ( which I was taught is special snowflake, the game)

Where can a man go if he wants to actually be a try-hard with costumes and mainly wants to do slightly silly camp-roleplay?

>>9472670
Yes, I wouldn't recommend any of the ones you listed either (except GNS but that won't work for you)...

>>9472678
Only thing so far that doesn't seem too bad is Divine Consequences, might need to talk about that with somebody I know who played there.
Looking at the rule set so far I'm getting pretty hyped for it. Sucks it's once again on the other side of the fucking Netherlands though.

>>9471862
>Ontop of of this Nerds tend to be incredibly lazy, and thus end up having awful hygiene, bad teeth, unhealthy etc.
>Of course this is a super broad generalization, and not every player fits under this brush stroke; I certainly don't, but from my experience its incredibly accurate.
You aren't talking about nerds. You are talking about US people in general

>>9472600

Are you the BBW model/prostitute or her pimp?
Are you the hippie druid that insists on going shirtless even if the cold weather makes his nipples harder than a calimacil and more of a stab danger than a shredded foam tip?
Are you the voodoo priest leaving chicken bones all over the goddamn place?
Then yes, yes you are.

Nah, I kid. The voodoo priests are pretty cool.

>>9472713
>The voodoo priests are pretty cool.
Yay, I'm safe!

>>9471926
that's gorgeous!

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>>9472713
>Are you the hippie druid that insists on going shirtless even if the cold weather makes his nipples harder than a calimacil and more of a stab danger than a shredded foam tip?
we have a word for everyone who insist that they MUST go half naked as their costume even when you would pay for them to don't this (and the other half of the costume is usually some modern pants)
We call those guys navel-captains. Sometimes they are navel-generals though if they are really trying to be shit-tier.

>>9472778
Is this what Americans LARP look like?

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>>9472801
that one was from one of the shittiest hungarian larp I've ever seen and still can be called a larp.

But here is an american version of a navel captain

>>9472811
>biker mask
>cap
These people just want to fight with sticks, don't they?

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>>9472812
that's 90% of US larping. If it doesn't involv MANLY MAN fighting than it's gay apparently

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So anyone heard about the pay system in Darkenvale?

Pay extra for extra exp and gold!

>>9472953
>Pay extra for extra exp and gold!
Nero did it several years ago if not a decade

>>9472678
Well just talked it over with my partner in crime, and she said there's more than one Omen. So we talking the Dutch or the Belgian Omen here?

>>9472953
Hahah, fucking Amerilarps
>clicks on thumbnail. Sees price in £
God fucking dammit. What's worse is looking at their website, you can pay for both levels and get both awards.

>>9473069
well, I mean it makes sense to be epic legendary, not just simple legendary

>>9473032
Oh, that -could- explain a lot. I was talking about the Dutch one.

>>9471146
I dunno, I know one sometimes complained about on here LARP organization actively partnering with Euro group to produce some stand alone week long larp events stateside.

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venting mode: on
>shift over to flanking unit and gear for the night
>enter battle from behind the enemy
>engage random dude in blacks
>he ignores my back stabbing and starts flailing around a goddamn polearm
>"ohh great another fucking demon in regular clothing"
>back off a bit but the guy comes after
>he stops his flailing style and start playing the trading game
>must have got 10 hits on him before running out of hp
>demon guy flees while his allies crumble under our shield wall

That was my only battle in four, whole, cold, days.

>get home, open facebook
>active thread discussion in the campaign group titled "unfair treatment of demons by game masters"
>all power roles have been killed or removed from the campaign
>official response: underwhelming costume quality in the category
>thread is full of passive aggresive propaganda against game masters and dindu commenting about how I spent xxx euros on my demon character

BITCH YOU SPENT 90% OF YOUR NEET BUX ON FORGOTTEN DREAMS WEAPONS WHILE THE REST OF US WAS SEWING PERIOD CLOTHING IN REAL WOOL AND LINNEN!!!

I hope they get buttfrustered enough to quit so that the rest of us can enjoy actual intrigues in peace.
venting mode: off

>>9473421
I think demon players are fags in about 95% of the cases, which roughly coincides with the 95% of demon players that don't bother actually looking like one in a half-decent way.

BUT

I almost never see games clearly stating their power level, which all too often results in Xen'draal'nyub the Demi-god demon and Todd the farmer running around as PC's at the same event. A simple "we're trying to play in a bumfuck middle-of-nowhere village, don't play nobility or supernatural creatures" or "we're all playing as exceptional heroes or villains, and the fate of the world rests on our actions" can clear up so much trouble before it starts that it's not even funny anymore.

Semi-related: I hate people who play high nobility even more than "there's a demon inside of me" edgelords. It's always the same people that try to play some baron with a huge estate and invent some half-baked reason for them to be in a middle-of-nowhere village with all of three servants.

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>>9472189
See larping as micro societies.
The smaller the larp, the more chance there is for a group to influence it.
If the majority of players are teenagers, you will see these type of behaviors.
But if you outnumber them like >>9472599
said, and you make an effort starting by yourself first. it can make a lot of difference.

>>9472522
you'd be surprised, i'm pretty adorable.
I'm kinda envious of all the free stuff tho.
I'd put my sliperry vagina everywhere i can and probably be a mule so i can put that extra hole to good use.

>>9472732
I started doing this in 1015 when i picked flowers in the field between assault and made a bouquet.

Pros:
Fashionista as fuck
-Cons :
If they hit you on the head, your pretty flowers will die :(

>>9472778
>navel-captains
i love it

>>9472814
When these overly manly guys start losing at Toyswords combat, they're pretty funny to watch explode.

>>9473421
You see, there is still hope.
Eventually larp organisations will understand that they dont need to please everyone just by fear of not hurting their feelings.
These special snowflakes get powertrips at larps because they have no power in their lifes.

>with my group at a small larp
>there is magic in this game
>fuck that we only came to medieval camp anyways
>we still go
>ultra edgelord 3000 apears
>he wears black leather and speaks with a very serious cheap french accent
>bad roleplayer in quebec all do this, they use a french accent because...i dont know
>Ho boy...okay lets give him a chance
>he wants us to join them

Now we could have said...no dude fuck off but nope, we were intoxicated and felt generous.

>we follow the edgelord and act like he's the greatest hero of all time
>rest of the larp doesnt have any idea what is happening
>bunch of big dudes in historical armor take control of the village
>we kill the sherrif
>not the deputy
>we claim the village
>pretty much fuck everything up
>edgelord is now ultra powerful
>we go back to our camp
>have a nice weekend dude.

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>>9473536
/fa/ As fuck here as well, would've liked you if you had a prettier band though, but that might be an A E S T H E T I C choice.

>>9469242
>how much does museum work pay, and what's the healthcare like?

It depends on your skills, background, the museum and what you do there. I have worked at multiple museums, have multiple skills and have been doing NFP historic education for years already.

>I've been wondering if I should go into armor history considering it is such an understudied subject that is perfect thesis fodder.

....There is a lot more than you think. You won't find work unless you're in Europe, and even its not in-demand

>>9469268
>Why not canvas instead?
Because you want the leather-look

>>9469569
I won't waste real leather on a larp shield. Its the only use I can think of for it.

>>9469631
Clothes, shoes, luggage etc.

>>9469836
Hard kit is armour and weapons. Soft is clothes.

>>9470059
AS GOD FUCKING INTENDED. GET A HELMET OR GET GOOD.

>>9473421
>I hope they get buttfrustered enough to quit so that the rest of us can enjoy actual intrigues in peace.
you do know how to make napalm at home, right?
Just asking.

>>9473460
>Semi-related: I hate people who play high nobility even more than "there's a demon inside of me" edgelords. It's always the same people that try to play some baron with a huge estate and invent some half-baked reason for them to be in a middle-of-nowhere village with all of three servants.
the last time I've met some high as fuck nobility in the bumfuck nowhere who had a vary bad reason to be here I shot him and his servant in the throat.
The guy was also a vampire live player and got pretty much butthurt about it.

>>9473536
>When these overly manly guys start losing at Toyswords combat, they're pretty funny to watch explode.
half the reason why I'm still reading larp threads

>>9473722
>I won't waste real leather on a larp shield. Its the only use I can think of for it.
your elitist club membership is hereby revoked

>>9473741
>your elitist club membership is hereby revoked
Meh. Most larps won't allow leather on shields anyways here in the US. Its not like im saying to make clothes out of it. I'll live.

>>9472700
>bad teeth
>not the Brits

>>9472814
None of the fighting is fucking manly lmao.
They're so afraid of rejection they ignore the fact its a Larp entirely and try to play the "It's a sport!" as if that will make it somehow better.

No. you fagget. It's a larp. get over it, and get better garb.

>>9473536
Ive tried to influence people to not be such degenerates. But the entire culture is "DUNT JUDGEEE MEEE MY FEEEELINGGGSSSS"

I can't help someone who refuses to be helped. And I don't have the time to play the parent these man children so desperately need.

>>9473566
I'm sorry but this is not /fa/ as fuck. You gotdamn vaporwave NEET fuccboi.

>>9472956
I thought that was still the norm for NERO?

>>9474126
Don't you have to dress like a 14 year old Goth and call it fashionable because a 40 year old Goth named Nick Lowens said so?

>>9473460
>some baron
>all of three servants

Y'know, I can still accept that. Especially if the character is an unlanded baron or even just a baronet.

The huge estate thing is bogus, though. If he did, he wouldn't be out there. That shit takes effort to manage. Let alone when they want to pretend being counts or dukes.

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>>9473722
>GET A HELMET OR GET GOOD.
>mfw "light skirmishers" try to learn to bob and weave to avoid wearing/buying a helmet

>>9473813
>Most larps won't allow leather on shields anyways here in the US
your elitism club membership is revoked because you live in the US. You can't be part of the club again, I'm sorry

>>9474207
well, they started to do it around that time, probably they still do it. I didn't checked uppon them

I'm looking to get into larp, but don't want to show up, even as a noob, with a shitty kit. Most things I can make or already have, except for a helmet. I know I want a sallet (preferably German style and with a visor). Any advice on a decent sallet to start out with? I don't want to spend a lot on it (I'm thinking less than $100), but I don't want a non-functioning, costume piece either. Should I just wait till I can afford to get a high quality helmet?

>>9474533
>Should I just wait till I can afford to get a high quality helmet?
Yes. You don't need armour for your first larp. Just buy some decent quality basic clothing, then bug your larping friends/acquaintances/random people on facebook to borrow some if you really want armour.

>>9474533
>Should I just wait till I can afford to get a high quality helmet?

Yes.

Anything decent will cost you at least three times that, unless you get it second hand.

>>9474533
Echoing what the other two said, and remember: there's a difference between a basic kit and a shitty one. Likewise, an expensive/fancy kit is not necessarily a good one. You only need a couple of pieces to begin with, and if they're nice/well-made, they'll be fine. You can always expand on a basic kit over time, but getting shitty pieces you're going to replace later is a waste of time.

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So my tactical knights squad will be real in larp
I got so excited I drew some concepts.
if its okay ill post the rest of them

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Don't really know where to ask but does anyone know if these (the first one mainly) kind of techniques are viable with a Shashka-type of sword ? Can't find any guide on how to use swords with this shape.

Swordfighting in the Witcher games are generally very bizarre/dumb, but some of these seemed pretty plausible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1A2gKZZuOw

>>9475302
Looks great. What kind of LARP is it?

>>9474944
I plan on making my own clothes and re-purposing my hema gear for light armor, so I got that all covered. The helmet is the only hang up. I would feel weird, even playing a light skirmisher, going to battle without proper head protection. Making some kind of leather helm just seems half-assed. Do many larps involve duel or brawl type fights where being unarmored would make more sense? That kind of thing, and the actual RP, interests me more than battles anyway, but I still want to be prepared.

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>>9475466
something like swordcraft.
small groups make factions and they fight each other for the sake of glory, honor, and dominance.

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>>9476125

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>>9476127

>>9476133
you really should take a look at Caesar's Legion in Fallout New Vegas.

>>9476299
its not bad but not exactly what im looking for.

>>9474269
i bet your geos r fukin fake.

I wanna build i greeko/roman/gladiator/spartan kit.
can you recommend me some good patterns and/or armor bits to buy?

>>9476730
>greeko/roman/gladiator/spartan

Those are three seperate things. Does any of those in particular really appeal to you, or are you going for cross-cultural/temporal mishmash? How important if at all is historical accuracy, how fancy do you want it and what sort of budget do you have in mind?

>>9476751
mish mashy, but the more i think about it i think ill just go more gladiatorical.
it has to look nice, but it can be etsy too.

>>9475466
Does the video contain any spoilers to the games?
If not-I'll gladly take a look and tell you my opinion.

>>9477438
No, you're going to see some animations from one of the boss from the HoS DLC though.

>>9475677
Sadly I don't have enough experience with a wide variety of larps to say. Mine consists mainly of battle mods where a large group of PCs faces a smaller group of more powerful monsters.

As far as I know, the expectation for most Amerilarps is that there will be more PCs than NPCs, so you should probably plan for that.

>>9475466
>Swordfighting in the Witcher games are generally very bizarre/dumb, but some of these seemed pretty plausible.

Its heavily modified Liechtenauer mostly. Obviously, the swirly-twirly stuff is weird, but they mocapped actual longsword fencers.

>>9475677
>re-purposing my hema gear

Period or plastic? If its sports fencing kit, don't bother.

Lolita here who accidentally fell into this thread.
Now you beastly men have gone and got me interested in larp. As if I didn't have enough shit to spend money on.

>>9478269
It's too expensive. Save yourself.
I'm already 2k deep on my soft kit.

>>9478269
Location, game theme of interest (fantasy, modern gothic, scifi, post-apoc etc), and what kind of character you interested in?

>>9478286
>2k on soft kit
wut? Tell me that includes a tent.

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>>9478184
I'm working on my own jacket and plan on making a pair of padded cuisses after that. So, yes, most of my hema gear will be period. I use the spes heavy gloves (pic related) and planned on painting them. I know that wouldn't pass for reenactment, but I assume it will for most larps. I've also thought about covering one of those plastic chest protectors with leather to look like a coat of plates. Its not steel, but, like the gloves, it should give the appearance historical armor.

>>9473813
Loosely related but padded shields are fucking cancer and ruin whatever costume they accompany.

>>9478734
you can easily spend that on cloths alone and even more. Depends on how deep you want to go into the rabbit hole

>>9478868
not ENTIRELY true. I've seen decent padded shields. Not from US larpers though...

>>9477202
Greek/spartan is the cheapest, most practical option by far. Just use any vambraces, any shinguards, cheapest Corinthian helmet. Make linothorax by gluing canvas drop cloth layers until rigid. If your underclothes are decent then you are done. It gives decent coverage with relatively good movement, and is less painful to look at than 90% of kits that you'll see.

Roman/gladiator on the other hand is expensive, high maintenance and has shitty mobility and weight distribution. The limb protection is especially bad, and even the romans only used it to counter specific opponents

>>9478884
That because US larps require pillows with handles.

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>>9479415
not gonna lie, I've seen better pillows at IKEA

>>9479279
What should i look for in a gladiator kit?

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>>9479512
Gladiator you say? Bestest film evar!

>>9479512
There were over 20 types of gladiator over the course of Roman history, so there is loads to choose from.

http://admin.net-texts.org/assetViewer.aspx?dl=no&id=5273

You'll probably want to go for a Murmillo/Secutor kit. These guys are the stereotypical image of gladiators (along with the Retiarius AKA the net and trident dudes they often fought).

Kit wise: loin cloth, belt and sandals if you are wuss.

Gladius and scutum

Greave on left leg, optionally both legs.
Manica on right arm.

Really fancy helmet.

>>9473460
Up until this point that was an issue at this campaign, where everyone was basically a king in disguise or a lord of darkness. I think the game masters likes our group and most orc camps because we are 90% grunts, despite that we always fuck up the area or the entry payments we never get any official complaints, while some of those power role playing guys always get a boot every other event, but never one as big and hard as this one though.

Nice to hear that the grass isn't greener on the other side though.

>>9473536
>Eventually larp organisations will understand that they dont need to please everyone just by fear of not hurting their feelings.
That is what they did, they got to many observations and complaints about the power roles abusing their characters (had a staged fight one night with game masters present to ensure safety because contact rules were removed for it, and despite being told about not interrupting it the edgelords broke the party halfway through), and not to mention that the campaign is just a quarter of its size years ago and has 5x more demons active, so they removed every power role.

If they had not done this, I think the campaign would have died out, better to take the risk with the old power trippers quitting than letting every new guy leave because they don't want to pay 60€ to act as cannon fodder for a fedora lord. They only said that their costumes sucked as a reason of removal, because that is obvious proof, had they said that they suck as larpers and make the game worse they would have got triggered beyond belief and started another gg.

>These special snowflakes get powertrips at larps because they have no power in their lifes
Not to mention that they are all commie sjw activists, probably related.

>have a nice weekend dude
Was on the other end of this once, best day ever. Plebs in town wanted to rebel and take socialist power, after their allies left we just walked down and picked them up casually for public execution.

>>9479573
Im probably gonna get the calimacil roman sword.
where should i get the armor bits tho?
I dont know what's trust worthy and what will still my dollaridoods for an uncomftrable metal hat.

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>>9473741
>you do know how to make napalm at home, right?

Would you believe a no?

>The last time I've met some high as fuck nobility in the bumfuck nowhere who had a vary bad reason to be here I shot him and his servant in the throat.
>The guy was also a vampire live player and got pretty much butthurt about it.

You did the right thing.

Also, imagining the scene gave me another roleplaying idea.

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>>9479586
No idea sorry, I've only got experience with euro suppliers.

>>9479607
but i am [spoiler]almost[/spoiler] European.
spill the figurative magic armor beans!

>>9479588
well they had it coming that's for sure for various reasons. Although at first that the main guys was a brilliant roleplayer who could act like a Disney villain with perfection. Then I realized he isn't acting...

>>9479613
I've had good service from these guys and the quality is good for the price on most items although I've never built a gladiator kit so maybe those bits are crap and I don't know it. Most of the big repro companies get their stock from the same factories so it's mostly a matter of finding the best price and ignoring the crap stuff.

http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/en/helmets-armour-chainmail-and-gambesons/helmets/gladiator-helmets/ Several variants on the crested, fly-eyed helm with brim.

http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/en/steel-manica.html

http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/en/helmets-armour-chainmail-and-gambesons/plate-armour/roman-greek-plate-armour/ A variety of greaves to suit taste and budget. They come as pairs but you can always leave one at home for dat asymmetry.

They also have both arm and leg gambesons though the quality does not look great. If you want a paded sleeve under the manica to get it to fit right or sexy padded leggings it would be easier to make/buy them elsewhere to ensure they fit.

>>9478734
2 pairs of boots 600usd
1 maroon Kaftan with trim 230usd
4pairs of winningas(Black, maroon, olive, cream)120usd
2 pairs of basic pants, beige and brown 120usd
4 Tunics
Olive with Trim 200usd
Grey 80
Maroon with trim and cloth buttons 300usd
black with embroidery 200usd
Belt with bronze hardware 250
Garnet and fire agate necklace 60usd
Cloak 140usd
hoods
Maroon 80usd
earthy green 80
Olive 80usd

2 pairs of hosen
Olive and Maroon 240

Handmade Knife im currently working on w/ sheath 50 in materials

Pouch with embroidery 50usd
Handmade pouch 10usd
serpent fibula 65

>FUCK
im nearing 3k actually. I really need to be more frugal with my spending. But atleast I'll have 2 complete outfits with Alternates.

Maroon hood, cloak, maroon Tunic with black under tunic, cream pants, black winningas, brown boots. brown belt w/ bronze fittings. and belt of trim. both pouches. knife

Olive hood, black tunic, brown belt with bronze fittings. Olive hosen with calf ties, trim belt, pouches, knife brown boots.

>>9479655
And then my battle gear.
earth green hood, Olive tunic, Belt with bronze fittings, Chest strap, beige or brown pants, green, black or cream winningas. brown boots.

and then the swaggy battle gear.

Maroon Kaftan over black under tunic, trim belt, black belt with gold trim, cream pants, black winningas, black and gold boots.


Honestly, 3k for top of the line gear, with all the bells and whistles, and about 7 different complete outfits is pretty good. Some people spend 3k just on armor. I always thought of armor as an additive though. Garb is the BASE LEVEL, to play the game, so its most important, Next are weapons, then camping gear. Then extras like armor and siege weapons. prop pieces etc, lore pieces etc etc.

>>9479655
with those prices you oughta pick up sewing bruv.

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>>9479588
It's just styrofoam and diesel fuel. Add some kerosene for a better burn. Magnesium too.
>>9479607
I don't think anyone should play a gladiator or any character which shows large amounts of skin unless they have the physique to back it up. I'm tired of skinny fat or chubby gladiators. Pls lift.


>>9479422
>>9479415
>>9478884
Some of our shields are amazing. Pic related. (They just cost an arm and a leg. this one was probably about 500. The artisan who makes these puts a 5 year warranty on them though.)

>>9479647
the manica looks like totally great find.
looks like its time to save up for a kit that gonna have me walking almost naked.

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>>9479663
It is rather expensive, but thats counting the tunic/etc as a whole. The fabric is usually 30-80 dollars, and the Trim 80-100.

I'm happy to spend my money on Larp stuff, especially when the money is getting pushed back into the game by local artisans though.

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I've seen this shield in person. It's stunning. Huge also.

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>>9479683
We also have some artisans pushing the boundaries for our game weapon wise. Still dick swords, but they look way better.

>>9479672
>chubby gladiators
But thats historically correct though. The chub bleeds and looks good, but is rarely fatal. Good for the show.

>>9479839
fat people are not historically correct unless they are rich.

Gladiators generally were not rich and had strict training regimen. They would have been jacked.

>>9479955
Holy shit nigga, read a goddamn book. They were strongfat, but fed a very hearty diet with dense carbs to put on a layer of fat specifically for the show. Bleeding, surface fat wounds looked good, but were not dangerous. These men were /investments/, and gladiatorial combat that was not strictly of judicial nature (IE, prisoners and such) avoided death of the fighters.

>>9479986
Strongfat isn't chubby your fat neet. Get the fuck out. Come back when you can deadlift 2x your weight.

>>9479994
They were both you dense fuck.

>>9480000
STRONGFAT =/= CHUBBY

Chubby is just fat. no strength.

Get the fuck out and come back when your body fat is sub 15%

>>9480008
THEYHAD EXTRA FAT OVER THE MUSCLE YOU FUCKING KEK.

>>9479685
>dick swords
Nah, that ain't a dicksword. That's just a run of the mill boffer.

>>9480015
>>9480008
>arguing /fit/ terms to non fitizens

To normal people, chubby means you have a layer of fat, regardless of how muscular you are. Stop being an autist an learn to communicate with people outside your ingroup.

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Fun and games at last Empire event. Crazy looking bumpkin to my left is a "Summer" mage who has just literally made someone explode.

Fun times

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How does one spell moron?
I got this little sugar for free because the person who sent it to me sent it a month too late

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>>9480015
shoo. SHOO!
gladiators aren't fat cry babies like you, now go be offended elsewhere.

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>>9480438
i prefer this body type over the bearmode for gladies.

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>>9480488
>>9480438
>roid denying twits

Here's what gladiators realistically looked like.

>>9480514
Shatnermode is also appealing.
I'll have to go for otter mode tho, did a lot of swimming when i was young and when i develop muscles my body goes for otter mode rather then anything else.

...this thread has gotten weird...

>>9480514
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You think gladiators looked like that?? He doesn't even look stronk. Fuckin weak ass pecks. Chicken legs. Hahahaha Whats next!
If you're going to use an actor for strongfat, you could have at least used Dave Bautista!

Go do some deadlifts and come back in 300 sets.

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>>9473566
I dont follow fashion.
Fashion follows me.

>>9473741
>half the reason why I'm still reading larp threads
I have so many stories of huge manchilds not realising that nobody cares about MUH MANLYNESS.

>be me
>at bico
>there is this group of cliché ''Vikings''
>first year they come, the group tell us to work for them
>we accept and figth for them
>they friendly fire one of our knigth
>we ask for justice and reparation since one of our guy is worth 10 of them
>they refuse saying that he did not have an uniform
>only peasant have uniform, knigth have heraldy
>Guy refuse to pay us for our services
>Aigth
>group says that they can beat us anytime
>in this group there is a lot of ''manlymans''
> Manlymans = Balding 20-30 something dude who act like mens but are scared like little girls
>my group and i personaly fuck them up each year since then
>they are 50+ members and we are 13 active
>But we know how to play with toyswords
>they have huuge shields where they can cry behind
>they have horned helmet that we can break for shit and giggles

Fast forward a year

>at a tavern nigth
>some of this group is here
>they brougth their girlfriends
>the vikingboos girlfriends spend the nigth talking with us
>one of them tells me:
''Dont tell them i said that, but the guys are very scared of ya'll''

>They better fucking be

Larpers are the jocks of geek

>>9474123
>I don't have the time to play the parent these man children so desperately need
They dont need parents, they need someone better than them to show them how much their current attitude will only bring them bruises.


>>9478269
Dont listen.
You can get some legit soft kit for 100$
an helmet for 100$
and add some accessories for 100$

It's aproximative but you can have something good for the same price as many other hobbies.
But since we like costuming and pretty stuff.
It can be safe to say that the price could rise to 2000-3000$ if you really want

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>>9480632
Thread looks rather normal to me.

>>9481065
>>they have horned helmet that we can break for shit and giggles
People actually wear that to larps?

I'm bloody swedish and I've never seen a vikingaboo with a horned helmet, and I've seen a fair share of vikingaboos.

>tfw you will never get to make vikingaboos historically correct through violence

>>9478269
You could get away with it rather cheaply if you don't go down the money pit that is fighting sweaty nerds with over sized foam dildos. I think the main cost for me is the entrance fee, transport and food, as well as taking time off work, and not the actual clothing and equipment.

A fair starter budget for a non fighting character could be like this:
>clothing: 150€
>accessories: 60€
>camp equipment: 40€

Weapons and armor has no budget ends, it starts with a 35€ sword and ends with a 8000€ custom made armor.

But it all depends on what role you want to play, if you want adventure then I'd suggest joining a bandit group and set up a bandit character, if you want to be a pacifist character then join some bards or any kind of food related groups (ex traveling bread girl), if you want to be mischievous then a troll or fairy group is your thing. These examples are what I think are the most newbie friendly and game play reliable roles, they might not yield legendary larp tales but they have far less dull and disappointing moments than the big groups have.

Feel free to ask and share your thoughts, we'll snare you right in.

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>>9481106
Dont worry, the good looking scandinavs i call them Norske,Norois,Norman...

Vikings is a pejorative word.
If i say
''What a fearsome viking''
It actually means.
Get a load of that guy.


The viking fad must die.

>>9478269
UKlarper here If moneys an issues theres this guide that i put up from time to time on how to create clothes on a tight budget [i this case about £5 [$6.46/5.82 Euro/0.00381514 Bitcoins etc]
>http://tutorials.abbott.me.uk/costume/no-excuses

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>>9481062
Go peddle your shit to some impressionable teenagers, anon.
With a body like that, you could do a 4 plate deadlift, a lmao1plate OHP and a 2 plate squat.

Also
>pecs
The bench press is literally less than 100 years old, you mong. It's not a coincidence pillow pecs did not exist before the 70s

>Ancient Rome training methods
>Holding a candle to modern training methods

>Ancient people body mass
>Coming anywhere near modern day body mass

Your mind has been warped by your insistence on frequenting boards full of half naked men and your blind devotion to modern artistic renderings.
Pic related is about as big as they would have gotten, with some extra chub since a fat layer protects, and those are probably outliers.

>>9481062
I don't know anon. that guy punched out a lizard monster and said monster could throw a really huge rock.

>>9481106
>People actually wear that to larps?
people actually wear that to reenactions. It's a fucking disgrace. Then again most of the kun-varangir-rus-vikings are a fucking disgrace who know nothing about it and just want to be manly men (then again it is true for most reenactors)

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>>9479685
I dunno, I actually like hybrid boffers/latex swords. It satisfies my need to be flashy as hell, and also doesn't perturb the macho stickjocks who cry if they get hit with anything harder than a pillow.

>>9481062
Look at some art you uncultured fuck. The variety of buff dudes you see in renaissance art (smallish pecs, very proportional) represented what an ideal man was supposed to look like. Dudes like the ones that show up in Capoferro are supposed to be fucking jacked.
The modern brick shithouse build is an invention of modern fitness and literally did not exist.

>>9481065
Literally anyone who postures about being 'manly' is a fucking joke.

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>>9482428
>Invention of modern fitness
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

>what are greek statues.
get fucked fat nerd.

>>9482460
This is bait.

Anyway, the Greek were prone to deliver the fantasy of the perfect body rather than a realistic one. This was in a sense of achievability as well.

So no, the Greek statues don't depict normal men, but rather an artistic view of them. And this is not in the "lol this means there were super buff Greeks but they're just not normal men, stay sm0ll" learn how fitness works and now imagine if your compounds and machines weren't invented yet.

>>9480514
why do fatties try to argue this is fit? this is disgusting and should be shunned

>>9483471
I will not argue, as a fatty, with you about the quality of William Shatner's fitness in that picture. I will denote that actor William Shatner in his prime was far fitter than I ever have been or likely will be in my adult life.

Unless I buckle down this summer on the actual exercise needed to do at my LARP to spend their term for experience for their term for the metric of hit taking.

>>9483198

Implying top tier athletes couldn't have great muscles.

Your a fucking idiot. Stay mad you have inferior genetics and can't get built. Say the ancients didn't have good bodies all you want but the fact remains you're a skinny fat neet who refuses to accept the fact that you are wrong.

S T A Y S M 0 L L

>>9483471
Because they would rather make excuses than to take personal accountability and realize they are lazy fucks who have no standard for their own appearance or health. If you are fat and don't wake up every fucking day hating your body, and make excuses as to why you're fat instead of going out and doing what is needed to become a healthy productive human. Then you are a degenerate.

Gladiators were not fat lazy fucks. They were the equivalent to the top tier athletes of modern society, even by your argument.

If your a fat ass, and you larp, keep your body clothed, if not for you, then for the rest of us. for the love of all that is holy.

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>>9483637
>>9483471
Also note the latter part of that post wasn't directed at you.

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>>9483637
>>9483637
You can keep spouting your bullshit, but the fact remains gladiators were light heavyweights at best, probably with 14-18 bf%
But you know, whatever keeps you going through your dreary life of self obsession.

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>>9483630
>tfw my larp has a group specifically for fitness and gym lads
>we all workout together in the mornings of our weeklong events in the cold sunrise
>get told "heh, what a waste of time" ever morning by skinnyfat neckbeards

>>9484228
stay sm0l faget. Gladiators were fit, not fat like you.
>>9484638
the hero we need.

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not want to finish the shit throwing but consider the following:
We know from Roman sources that that gladiators didn't eat that much meat, mostly vegetables and such and carbohydrate bombs like oats with lots of honey and bread and other such things.

we also have period pictures where we can find mostly bigger gladiators or the whatever bodytiype is called where you aren't that muscular but kind of thin

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>>9484977

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This thread

>>9484979
looks fucking muscular to me.

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>>9467856

I don't larp but like others said and there are, despite the freakouts of /pol/, some cases you can refer to for non-white (at least sofar as black or brown) soldiers in Europe. Palamedes the saracen knight of the round table, an Andalusian knight whose ancestors were Berber-Moorish or Arab. I will dig up actual period depictions for you to show that Andalusian knights could look pretty much identical to a early to high medieval Christian knight.

I don't quite know about black legionaries but from the Fayum Egypt portraits we've got some Roman citizens and I think in one case legionaries who look brown enough to be stopped at the airport every time they visit.

If you're willing to go Saracen then pretty much the sky is the limit ethnically as they've got anything under the sun. Tell me what you are or what you are interested in and I should be able to dig up stuff for you.

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I'm in a similar boat for being utterly new to this, chickenshit up until now but I want to change it. I figure to start small and slow, try and get a costume/kit going for the Maryland Renn faire. I'd need to dig around to figure what I am after doing but one idea is a Carthaginian in that hoplite kit. Does anyone have any recommended tutorials for doing the scutum or aspis/hoplon? I have no woodworking experience but I've got access to just about any tool I'd need, so as long as the wood isn't costing an arm and a leg if I make errors it shouldn't be an issue.

Also you guys might want to consider a pastebin or a few abridged "click this link faggots for you newbie questions" in the OP to avoid us newfags constantly asking "hurr how do dis".

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Anyone else do any Sci-Fi larp? Got a couple of 40k ones coming up later in the year. Some the big Fallout/STALKER style games in Europe look rather appealing too.

>>9485326
Aspis' and scutums are bloody difficult things to make just starting out, due to the curvature. A flat shield is much simpler, even a klutz like me could make one with a bit of guidance.

For an aspis in wood, I really suggest that you buy either a ready-made complete shield or at least the dished shield blank from someone who knows what they are doing and owns a shield press. I don't think I've ever seen a wooden dished shield that was not the product of someones press.

Scutums are easier as you can achieve the curve with a big oil drum or similar and ropes to hold the wood in place.

>>9485385

The tutorial I'd read about earlier was one of the links provided here. http://www.larp.com/hoplite/hoplon.html The specific tutorial I saw was on the roman army talks and It isn't available anymore but it looks like the one the webhost did if you scroll down. The ring method. But it definitely looked like it'd be pretty tricky, so maybe I should look more at the scutum. http://www.larp.com/legioxx/scutum.html was the guide I had looked at.

Conversely I was wondering about trying to do 40k on the topic of >>9485380 . Of the two in depth tutorials I saw http://www.instructables.com/id/Gary-Sterleys-40k-Space-Marine/ seemed somewhat reasonable for a novice (compared to one with fibreglass). Might be more reasonable to start off small with guardsmen or tau, though. But I would limit myself to one or the other (and clearly a guardsmen or tau at a Renn faire is an odd thing, but ayy maybe it's a feudal world) to not try to do too much and get burnt out.

>>9485380
all my friends and i jumped to oldtown in poland.
it was fun and has a little of everything for everyone.
I had great time at it and also, topless polish girls fighting in jello.

Jesus fucking Christ this thread.....

>>9485380
I've got a 40k one next week (No Rest) and I'm tempted to start Stargate this year, mainly due to the fact I can juatvuse my airsoft stuff for kit.

There's another 40k one starting next year (Inquisition Chronicles) that I need to sort my Arbites kit for.

Tempted by DuD, but I need to carefully ration my holiday entitlement as is. Might be able to squeeze another larp in.
Or, I could just get a better job that doesn't have such a strict holiday policy.

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Finally, my Russian mail(le) order bride came in.
Meet Svetlana, everybody.

>>9485767
looks rad! how does it look on you?

So the fighting in the LARap scene where I live is mostly about putting on a show and being flashy and dramatic.
I want to fight with a Rapier, and my friend said he could even fix me with one, but I'm not sure how to pull off being flashy with it since it's more about stabbing and such.
Any tips or inspiration on how to pull it ofg are welcome, willing to train as much as needed

>>9486192
step 1: Look up "soul calibur raphael movelist" on youtube.
step 2: Imitate said moves
step 3: ???
step 4: you now look flashy as fuck.

>>9486192
>m]190 / 52 / 49 / 4
Don't be flashy.
Learn how to actually fight with it and not pull shots.
>??? get mad kills as roasties get mad they suck dirty frog chode.

>>9486192
being a flashy fencer isnt about making your moves look extra good (just learn proper fencing techniques for that part)
you gotta add sounds spice around the moves.
assume a shit eating grin, or a menacing gaze, talk shit, or complimant your foe on a nice attempt at a riposte.
assume a dignified pose.
you wanna look cool while fighting? look elegant or taunt the shit out of them with your moves between strikes.

compare these two idiots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLZndfFB988
(even the crowd is at awe at how bad they are)

while here is one of the most highly regarded fencing scenes in history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC6dgtBU6Gs
while their form is so so (you can be a lot better with little practice) what makes it flashy is the banter, the poses they assume.

I really want to make a picture tutorial now, i wont be able to shoot it untill next weekend tho.

>>9486192
If nothing else, learn how to do a wrap with the false edge. 90% of markers i have encountered are incapable of stopping them because nobody seems to use them.

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>>9487095
FUCK I KEEP FORGETTING THAT MOVE EXISTS.

>>9487095
What does 'wrap' mean in swordfighting? Never heard that term.

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>>9487423
True edge is red
False one is blue
Strike with the true edge
then switch edges, may your aim be true.

>>9487487
how is that a move that is hard to defend against?

>>9487572
because morons block as if you swing, where here you swipe and swing around their defense instead

>>9487580
well... I mean against morons everything can be effective

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>>9487487
kind of like this?

>>9487362
Is that the fucking Bleach mask

>>9486192
For improving your repertoire with some silly but cool-looking moves, check out all sorts of fighting scenes and video games. Sadly, most video games either prefer gritty dudes with longswords or honorabru anime kiddos with katanas, so rapier users who are cool and decent are scarce.

However, there are some if you look hard enough. Soul Calibur was already suggested, so I'm going to offer you to check Dark Souls out. Since it's LARP and most weapons just act as if they were sticks, look up their sabre, scimitar etc movesets as well, and maybe even more 1-handed weapons.


>>9487487
I can see how that'd work, but 2 problems I have with wrapping:
It looks terrible from the side, and would insult your opponent at best if you tried that with a real sword.

>>9487761
It's a normal enough attack. We're taking it beyond its normal effective range to abuse the nature of this game, but it's no further from the real deal than the rest of LARP combat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeED1jlGY2E

>>9487584
Only if you aren't a moron yourself.
Of course any serious training will give you a huge advantage when you use it against Larpers who don't have that. This is just something easy I've had good results with.

>>9466755

Amtgard in my area is overrun with drama queens and social justice warriors. Is it the same where you live?

>>9485636
I'd be curious to see pics of your arbites kit when it's ready

Also, I'm trying to put together a landsknecht kit. Just began learning how to sew a couple months ago and was wondering if this would be a worthwhile investment

https://reconstructinghistory.com/product/complete-landsknecht-package/

Also, landsknecht were typically plebs, right?

>>9488444
yep those patterns are good as far as I know. I think my group have a few stuff from that package.

Also, what do you mean by plebs? because I'm kind of sure that you are wrong

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Since it's a DIY thread, I like to contribute...
that's our tent. I build the table 3 days before the con... the benches are chests from viking sources, took about a week to build them.

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>>9485767
Sexy slav bitch.

>>9486192
Taunt and dance around your ennemy,
you'll have an easy kill because they dont know how to react and this way you can say ''AH AH , my plan all along!''

>>9487423
guess it depend of the larp.
At bico a ''Wrap'' means to close in on your opponent where is sword will be too long to hit you easily to hit him on the back.
you ''wrap'' them and hit them.
works wonder with short weapons, works terrible with anything longer.

>>9487572
i dont know about the other kind of wrap but against the one i'm talking about, it's to back off into your buddies so they can shiv that fucker.

>>9488392
You do realise that these people have mental health issues?
You started larping what did you expect?
only sane and socially fonctional players?

The only thing i find more repulsive than a sjw is a racist.

and they are both made from the same mold.
Scared lonely ugly people who are trying to find a group they can cling on.

Nobody respect sjw and you dont need to.
nobody respect racist and you dont need to.

Both these people are creating an identity for themselves based on other people's words,

Just dont hang out with them, they're the lowest form of humans your country can create.

>>9488643
Nice and comfy

I need to make me some of those chest benches too.

>>9488392
Ballista guy here, my current Amtgard is pretty good (Empire of the Iron Mountains). I think we put up with the same issues you get anywhere. Some nerd-cringe and some people who just take the fights too serious. The core participants are a lot of fun though.

>>9488650
Here's an easy instruction. It's german, but I think the pictures will speak for themselves. Mine were a little different, I used only one single plank for each side and cut it to size, with fitting notches and all. I also didn't make the plank you sit on double in thickness. One plank sufficed.
For hinges I used 3mm leather and simply nailed it on.

>>9488688
>>9488650
Sorry, forgot the link: https://hjortviking.de.tl

If you are looking elsewhere for instructions, it's build after an archaeological found, the oseberg chest.

>>9488688
Thanks but I already had the plans thought out in my head (built lots of wood structures as a kid).

You forgot the rope handles though, but that is just two holes drilled on the side and one short rope pulled through both and then clogged by a simple knot on both ends.

>>9487656
>>9487487
What in the fuck is this autism.

kindergarden ms paint hour.

>>9488392
Thats everywhere. Theyre fucking faggots.

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>>9488713
sorry that i didnt spend an hour meticulously describing and illustrating a technique where i can achieve a similar yet worse looking result with 2 minutes of my time

>>9488530
non - nobility, what little reading was available to me said as much.

>>9488746
that one is kind of true, but keep in mind that around that time we are in early renesaince and citizens and the burghoise or however you write it is start to matter more than nobility.
Landsknechts could be anyone. The high ranking officers were usually nobility of some kind. just in name in smaller ranking ones but obrists and such were usually someone who had land and money to do this kind of thing.
But even the smaller ranking officers could be simple citizens peasants or whatever. When they recruited people the only thing that mattered is what kind of equipment you brought with yourself because that's what decided the pay you got as a start

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I'm putting together a standard peasant costume! Green and brown, big gugel, leather jerkin, the works. I'm trying to decide on the trousers though. What do you guys think would look better?
>Green tights/hose? Could buy some green mens tights from like a Robin Hood outfit, or restitch some green trackies to be a little tighter.
>Baggy green or brown trousers with winnigas.
>Green tights with winnigas?

I'm a little tempted to get some britches and single hose, but I dunno how I'd make single hose and everywhere that sells them sells them for even more than actual pants for some reason.

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>>9488959
I'm always a sucker for single hose, so that would be my first choice. Winnigas are an early medieval fashion so might look a little off if the rest of the kit is more high/late style (e.g. liripipe on the hood) but this might not be an issue for you and trousers with leg bindings would be leagues better than costume tights or tracksuit bottoms.

Historically speaking green was a quite expensive colour due to requiring lots of woad and deep shades was very difficult/even more expensive but again that level of accuracy is not always wanted or needed.

The Medieval Tailor's Assistant has guides for everything under the sun including many types of hose and is available online. You might also check out the Companie of Saynt George clothing guide. http://www.companie-of-st-george.ch/cms/?q=en/Clothing_Guide_Download

>>9488987
>Historically speaking green was a quite expensive colour
On the contrary, I've heard that here in England at least, green was a colour for the poor as green dye could be made from grass, which is why the seats in the House of Commons are green.

>>9488993

It is possible to use less expensive dyestuffs such as bracken leaves or weld to produce certain shades of green. However these are more yellow/brown or at best yellowy,browny drab olive. This might be what your source was reffering to. There is no medieval process at all that I'm aware of that could produce green dye from grass though.

"Proper" green pretty much requires woad (blue), often mixed with weld (yellow). So olive is a possibility but anything more and especially a forest green is out of reach of the poor. Most people when they talk about green for kit mean something far deeper/brighter/richer than browny olive but I probably should have phrased things better.

The reason for the Commons colour scheme is a topic of much debate, with green being chosen for it's humble background is one shaky theory among many.

Natural dyeing and the plausibility of a given colour is a great way to start massive arguments with reenactors since the shade produced is so variable but you can map the rough range produced by a given combination of dyestuffs and mordants.

I don't suppose you recall where you heard this?

>>9489078
>he doesn't dye his own fabrics

In all honesty, none of my current costumes have it as well, but since we got dropped about 24 bags of alpaca wool I've upped my game a lot. Going to do some more in-depth studying and trial and error next week, I'll be sure to keep you guys updated.

Going to try and do it as well as I can in somebody else's backyard.

>>9488959
>leather jerkin
that's not standard peasant clothing, at least not in most places. Depends on time period and place though

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Since we're not posting enough WiPs, no matter how starter level they might be....

Working on my cotehardie, going to do the last few bits of hand-setting this on before I can finally give this thing some more taille and form rather than looking like an ugly ass curtain.

>>9489078
>>9489571
Regardless, I am going more for a nice looking peasant aesthetic rather than a historically accurate one. I'm joining the Marchers at Empire here in the UK, and earthy colours like browns and greens are recommended.

Trousers with winnigas then?

>>9489078
>I don't suppose you recall where you heard this?
I was actually told that theory while touring the Houses of Parliament. The other story for the green seats I've heard is that it was meant to resemble a green dye mine owners used on their candles, which was poisonous so that workers wouldn't take the candles home and eat them for the tallow during times of need.

>>9489963
It is hard to go wrong with legbindings over trousers, 3m works best to make it tight enough to be secure and not fall apart mid-battle which is a pain. They do a great job disguising less than ideal trousers.

The Marchers are great fun, and I wish that I had the time for Empire but the dates always clash with historical shows. Legbindings and jerkins will fit right in.

>>9489963
>I was actually told that theory while touring the Houses of Parliament.
Having been a tour guide at another major British landmark, I can say that the stable of factoids and anecdotes for public consumption is more guided by what sounds interesting than strict academic standards. Not usually deliberately of course but entertaining theories will slip through the cracks and fact-checking the internal handbook is not usually high on the list of priorities.

>>9489987
whats a 3m?
are they gaiters? I am looking for new gaiters since i lended mine and they lost it.

>>9490007
3 Meters I think he meant, so 3 meters of winingas.

>>9489963
Fucking Marchers, back to your mud you filthy bastards :D

Inter-National rivalry aside, check this out for help with what fits for the Marches https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/The_Marches_costumes
Winningas are more of a Wintermark thing.

>>9490089
I'll turn your family into pottage you Dawn nonce.

I was actually the guy asking you about Dawn a few threads back. I died in that disastrous Saturday skirmish during E1, made a Marcher character on the fly and had way more fun as a Marcher during what was left of the event than I'd had all Friday and Saturday, so I'm going to stick with that character and get a proper costume for him.

>>9489987
Suppose I should have known better than to trust a tour guide. It sounded kind of feasible to me: everyone's gotten grass stains on their clothes at some point, why not do it intentionally for some flashy green? Regardless, I like green and think it would go well with a Marcher costume, though I might throw in some dull white too.

Would winnigas look odd with hose? I'm thinking I might go full slag and buy some green leggings, because they're super cheap, but as they're intended for girls they'll probably be a little short, so I thought I could cover my lower legs with winnigas.

>>9490237
>Suppose I should have known better than to trust a tour guide
We are a quite varied bunch when it comes to accuracy. It's also worth pointing out that while EH, the NT or big historic landmarks are often involved in world-class conservation and archaeological/historical research- there is limited overlap with the public facing side of the site which handles tour guides and visitor pamphlets. It will vary by site, but while most guides try their best we are not infallible although the same could be said of many reenactors.

What stains (and then fades) and what makes an effective lasting dye are very seperate things.
Dull white is good, contrasts well with the green and is fairly accurate. You can naturally get dull white wool, and while linen is naturally biege it can be bleached white fairly easily. Bright whites indicate very frequent bleaching to keep it pristine and hence much more wealth.

Ideally your under-shirt and braes if wearing hose would be undeyed/dull white linen, and perhaps some accessories like a linen coif.

Legbindings can be worn with hose although the historical window was short. Unless someone is inspecting your groin there is no real way to tell if legbindings are being worn over hose or fairly tight trousers. That said you would be way better off spending just a bit more on properly fitting hose or trousers under the legbindings than your slagtacular leggings.

>>9488736
you coulda just posted a video retard.

>>9490237
Yeah, I missed that skirmish, was away politicking, sounded fucking savage.
What House were you part of?#

Glad you've worked out in the Marchers. Their bill blocks always look rad, but I couldn't handle the terrible accents some of them put on.

>>9490315
Sorry my man, I should clarify that I wasn't actually calling you guys untrustworthy, I just meant that I shouldn't have regarded a comment on a tour as a 100% reliable fact.

Yeah, if I get some white I'll make sure it's a more sort of undyed grey/creamy colour rather than pristine. For my outfit I was thinking:
>Green gugel
>White/undyed undershirt
>Green, short sleeved tunic on top of that
>Brown leather jerkin (I've got a leather jerkin that used to belong to my granddad: it was standard military gear back in WWI/WWII, and even if it's not the most historically accurate thing ever it does look great)
>Green hose
>Either off-white or brown winnigas
Might get a coif too, though as I'm getting a gugel I'm not deprived of headwear.

One of the reasons I'm thinking of wearing winnigas with my hose is because I want some layers to make them look a little more interesting. I have looked for proper hose but haven't been able to find anywhere that sells them for what I'd consider a reasonable price. I think I'll buy a few different sorts of tights and leggings on the cheap and see how they treat me, and over the next few events switch to stuff like proper single hose as I improve the costume.

>>9490344
I think the problem was that they were expecting a hundred people, but they didn't get that many, so we were severely outnumbered by the Jotun. Our line kept breaking embarrasingly hard, too. In my opinion they did a really fucking awful job of gathering people for it: I found out that it was going to be happening and spent literally several hours looking all around the IC area, trying to find who I should talk to to get involved, asking all sorts of people, and then suddenly I only had 15 minutes to get armoured up and grab all my stuff for battle from my tent in the OOC area, and just had to hope that turning up at the gate uninvited would be enough to get me involved. My tent was literally on the other side of the hedge from the Dawnish camp, and as I was changing into my stuff I heard someone coming to gather up the rest of the Dawnish, and it seemed really unfair to me that I'd spent almost all afternoon trying to get involved, but now people who were only just finding out about it were able to get involved before me because their stuff was more easily at hand.

I wasn't part of any house: I just showed up as a lone questing knight. I think I would have had more fun if I was a knight errant or yeoman though, because Dawn RP seemed incredibly clique-y to me: people just seemed to be sticking in their houses. My new character's a peddler, so walking up to people and seeing if they want to buy stuff and then buying drinks for people makes it way easier to get involved in RP.

>I couldn't handle the terrible accents some of them put on.
OO ARR
I'm actually a country boy who's spent most of his life in a comfy little village so shit like the musters is real nostalgic for me.

>>9490468
>Sorry my man, I should clarify that I wasn't actually calling you guys untrustworthy, I just meant that I shouldn't have regarded a comment on a tour as a 100% reliable fact.
Nah, it's fine. I knew what you meant.

Linen coifs work great for most medieval kits and can worn under basically anything including a gugel which you don't want up all the time anyway. You should be able to find one for less than £10.

so calimacil is having a 25% off everything and free shipping for two days.
neat.

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>>9479279
>Greek/spartan is the cheapest, most practical option by far.
>Just use any vambraces, any shinguards
Maybe if you want to look like shit it is you fucking faggot. Besides, by the iron age hoplites aren't using vambraces.

>Roman/gladiator on the other hand is expensive, high maintenance and has shitty mobility and weight distribution
Lorica segmentata can be a bitch to keep from rusting, solution: wear lorica hamata instead its comfy as fuck and easier to care for since its just chainmail with an interesting shoulder doubling.

>>9476730
If you want to do it on the cheap, wear a tunic and sandals then get a helmet of whichever Greek or Roman style you find most interesting, and the largest shield your system allows. This style is known in Greek as a θυρεοφόρος or thureophoros and is historical as fuck as long as you get a good reproduction helmet. If you want to build on that kit get yourself a short sleeveless chainmail shirt or a Roman lorica hamata and now you're a θωραkίτης.

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>>9491076
gonna get that next month, and a mur helmet the month after that.

>>9491079
Some nice stuff there and some not so nice, how historical are you looking to get here? The apron belt isn't historical at all. I won't tell you not to get something for your hands though, I had a real bad time at college after I took a hit to the thumb in my full historical set of Roman armor and couldn't write for a semester. Hands are important.

>>9491085
a manica is not enough?
gonna get a shield in the other hand

>>9491087
I was talking about the gloves. Manica is good at protecting majority of your hand, might not protect your thumb though. Couldn't hurt to wear some padding under the manica.

>>9490990
Yeah, just bought myself a new throwing axe. It's cheaper by half now, because of the free shipping.

>>9491190
planning on topping off my gladiator kit with a gladimacil and a pugio from them.

>>9490990
>calimacil

Everything I want is out of stock.

>>9490990
>tfw I just bought a new dagger from them a week ago
Well, I got a big fat paycheck, so I may as well grab a sword I was planning on getting for a future character.

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>>9465420
>What cool stuff have you built for a larp?
Recently? Finished a quick and dirty set of hidden legs for my girlfriend for her to get her SCA armoured combat authorization before Pennsic.

Hideous, but they will do enough to protect her so she can run spear.

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>>9492069
Also was given an awesome birthday gift: A new hammer and a tinkering anvil for portable work.

so is this gambeson worth it? Does anyone have experience with camicil clothing?

http://www.calimacil.com/larp-clothing/clothing-unisex/gambeson/imperial-gambeson-beige.html

>>9492345
*calimacil
damn, dyslexia and sleep deprivation is a bad combo

>>9492345
Calimacil doesn't make their own clothing or armor, its just stuff from other manufacturers they're selling. That gambeson is from epic armory.

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on the note of WIP stuff. Here is a shoe that I'm working on, so far looks promising (although with minor fuckups), and probably will do it for two other guys until drachenfest.

>>9492081
What the hell can you do with an anvil that tiny?

>>9490990
>tfw got the money but I don't see anything that appeals to me too much

Any must-have weapons they got?

>>9492688
agrippa, for fencers is great.
their katana is pretty top tier too.

>>9492081
When was your birthday?

>>9492069
are you incapable of taking a steady picture? do you have fucking parkinson's.

Need some suggestions:
What weapon should I add to my go-to kit so I can deal with heavily-armoured opponents? My primary weapon is a Rapier so I'd rather something I can use in the off-hand and won't look too strange, but not nessecary.

>>9492911
a pick hammer?

>>9492784
Earlier in may.

>>9492878
I actually have nerve damage from not letting my hand heal completely after busting it all up, and do have a slight shake. My phone also just takes shit pictures.

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>>9492911
A pistol.

But honestly, what kind of weapon construction is your game? A rapier with a war hammer hilt would be cool.

Otherwise, you can't really get away from looking awkward just hauling around an anti-armour weapon like a mace, while equiped for unarmoured combat.

>>9493238
>Rapier with a warhammer hilt
That actuall sounds both really cool AND like they'll never let it pass here.:(

Most LARPers in my battlegames are usually lightly armoured at best while skirmishing (I have a more heavy-duty weapon for big battles), so a rapier would work, but when the occasional Plated Knight/Mailed Nord joins them, I want to make it cool for them that someone is actually considering the fact they're armoured by bludgeoning/piercing the fuck out of them

>>9493403
Where is "here" and what system,?

>>9492601
>Tinkering anvil
Tinker, obviously.

>>9492601
Tons of things. Peen rivets, pound out simple dents, forge small pieces, true up blade edges, etc.

>>9493482
Yup.

>>9465420
Oh great tripfags and anons of the larp threads, I need your critique on a plan I have.
The situation:
>Be me, usual GM for a group of my friends
>Generally play Pathfinder, but lately I think people are getting bored. We have 3 fantasy LARPers in the group including me, and most of them have at least tried some sort of RP or larp
>My house backs onto an area that is mostly light foliage, wetlands and industrial shit; at night it's deserted, but had a lot of light with the occasional jogger. One of my regular players is studying game design
The plan:
>Ask if anybody would be interested in a different kind of RP game; make them aware it'll take place at night and will include running
>Lead them out into the wetlands after dark with a bag full of nerf guns, a torch, and a letter (they only see the torch; the bag is just "game supplies")
>When we get to the start location, I am "shot" by a nerf gun, or killed by a monster, depending on what we decide the enemy should be
>Hand somebody the letter as I die
>The letter is will be a list of rules; those will be decided
>There will also be a crude map to a nearby location they need to get to
>At least half of the people in the group are locals, and it's a pretty flat area; should be relatively easy for them to read the map
>Idea is that the group takes the nerf guns and torch, and has to get to the evac zone
>Game design bro will be dressed as either a monster or a bad guy; may try to get somebody else involved on the "bad team" if needed


1/2

>>9493642
As for rules:
If the "enemy" is a "bad guy":
>He has a large nerf gun; wearing mostly black
>He has a large amount of HP; enough that players can't outright kill him
>Players have limited HP; each shot does significant damage
>Players also have severaly limited ammo; not enough guns, torches and ammo to go around, so there will be the feeling of being outgunned and hunted
>Bad guy (s) will launch sneak attacks to try and kill the players

If enemy is a monster:
>Dressed creepily; I'm thinking slenderman knockoff
>Monster will "attack", and if it gets close does high amount of damage; players can't take a whole lot
>Nerf bullets will force the monster to retreat; but only when it takes a certain amount of damage. That means that players can't just blast away because of limited ammo; they also can't let it get too close or players get wounded
I'll come back as a "ghost" wearing bright coloured clothing and potentially a fluro vest to be the Game Master. It'll likely ruin the realism, but I think it's necessary.

Nerf guns will all have a fluro orange tip. Maybe even the whole barrel. Nerf bullets will also be painted brightly. Again, it'll ruin the effect. but I think visibility is important. If any joggers come across us I want them to realise it's a game.

Both myself and the bad guy will have radios. I may give the players one for "taunts", but also for use in emergencies.
So how is my game sounding? Any advice? Any feedback? If your usual GM pulled this shit on you, would you think it was fun, or just be pissed off?


It'll likely be a smaller group of people. The biggest thing I'm worried about is either the cops getting called on us, or some jogger or a dog freaking out and thinking they're being attacked. ANy ideas for mitigating this?


Pretty much any feedback would be great.

2/2

>>9493651
Edit:

Just realised I didn't describe the GM gear properly. I'll be wearing a long sleeved shirt that's high vis. I'll also be wearing a high vis vest over the top of it. Hopefully joggers will see it from a mile off.

>>9491076
We're talking about LARP right. The hardest part of the game is not gouging your own eyes out when you look at everyone's outfits.

Maybe the complete lack of costuming standards is just an Australian thing?

Certainly would agree with the hamata on appearance, but depending on the rules it might be unwise to pass up an opportunity to cover an area in what looks like plate.

>>9493902
>We're talking about LARP right.
Honestly I just get my gear like I'm going for historical reenactment. Be the one well equipped guy in a sea of faggots. Everyone remembers the one guy with a good outfit.

>Maybe the complete lack of costuming standards is just an Australian thing?
I'm American, we have standards... sometimes, if someone doesn't complain their elitist.

>Certainly would agree with the hamata on appearance, but depending on the rules it might be unwise to pass up an opportunity to cover an area in what looks like plate.
Hamata covers more than segmentata and is pretty comfy. If pure number crunching is what you're after that's one position. I prefer the comfier armor to wear.

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Greetings, folks? As a lightly-armored sword dancer, should I go with option A or B? Which would be more practical?

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Option B

>>9494596
>lightly armoured
>Plate armour
:^)
I'd say a gambeson, or a jack-of-plates for the stylishness.

Just going by the two options I'd say go for the first, solely because it does look better.

>>9494596
>>9494599

you should know that >>9494647 is correct.
if you have to wear metal, wear bracers, greaves and maybe, maybe shoulder pads of sorts, the rest should be gambeson or leather.

>>9485380
Was on a stalker Larp in bulgaria last year. Shit was cash.
http://www.dnevnik.bg/bigpicture/2016/10/19/2846127_stalker_1986_g/

>>9493030
Not an excuse. Take better pictures for anons on the internet.

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>>9494599
I like Option B better Aesthetically.

>>9494596
B since otherwise the overlap will be a bit weird and you will not be able to bend forward wery well

>>9494596
Would go for B for more freedom in motion.

Also
>Sword dancer
Does that mean you literally dance with swords? Like that Cossak thing?
If so, I suggest getting the armour made of Aluminium, so it won't be heavy for you.

If not, what did he mean by this?

>>9468565
TVN is an absolute joke and Bico itself is barely a LARP as it is.

>>9483630
You sound like you are compensating for something.

>>9489931
Enfants Lumieré ? cool

I've been looking at LARPing for a while, is there anywhere good to start in the UK?

I've looked at a few places online and the venue and costume quality seem questionable.

>>9496893
that really depends where in the UK your based - and what genre of larp your looking for.
As a rule of thumb, while there are various genres available, from sci fi to post apocalypse to even world of darkness fantasy has always been the most popular.

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>>9496834
Childrens of the ligth?
or Ligth's childrens?
i have contracted the french language disease at birth and i'm not totally sure how i would translate this.

>>9496135
i know, but these people made a lot of effort to travel this much just to experience it.
tvn is an american business making money out of tourists who want a safe a and structured experience.
wich is okay i guess its how entertainement works in the states.
but some of them come back without tvn and are regulars now.
So far i always had fun wih australians that came.
so i'm not saying its not a good idea.
but that as a guild it will probably brake down into different guilds.
atleast one of them vikings because there is always those "viking" guys

also, i painted my helmet.
my handwriting sucks and i'll probably just re-do it.
plus,i had better idea since.

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Progress pics of some bracers a friend commissioned from me.

>>9497898
Looking good. What material is this?

>>9496834
>Senpai actually noticed me
>>9497629
I think the best translation would be the "The Children of the Light".
And same, the whole setting uses off French things for stuff because we've gotten sick of people throwing in random English words into everything.
Although we prefer if everybody uses pure Dutch in of it's own, nothing more annoying than people using game terms in an in-character setting.
Really rustles my jimmies.

By the way, the handwriting is a little off but that's a bitch to do in general anyway. Loving the little tiles though, nice job bro!

>Pay 120 euros for a weekend event
>Event starts after 8pm Friday, finished by 10am Sunday, so basically 1 day

>Kitchen crew did not bring salt, cooks without
>Never enough coffee prepared in the morning
>Always scared of running out of food
>Bottled water runs out day 1
>Plenty of beer, though, and you could tell
>Brewery had no intention of taking back the leftovers, so asked if we could buy a crate or two when going home

>Vague political plotline running in the background, but no real way to influence it, just pick a side in the final battle already
>Questgiver comes to give quest
>Asks 30 players
>All 30 work their ass off and get to the dungeon at around the same time
>Sorry guys, only 6 are allowed in the dungeon
>Choose 6 to enter
>Everyone can go back and sit around holding their limp dicks because there's no other plot to be found

>Hold on, now, before you go home, you must help crew pack up their shit

All the fun was in interacting with other players, none of whom seemed to have anything to do but sit around their camp and talk either, or minor NPCs for shits and giggles but who did not have anything in terms of plot and were just there for atmosphere. I can stomach helping crew pack their gear, but I can do that at 60 euro larps that have been far more interesting.
I suppose that makes me the dumbass for actually coughing up that money.

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>when the only larp you have near you is amtgard
>be new as fuck and still squares up to the only decent people there
>mf within three sessions im already considered one of the better larpers which isnt good at all

>>9494282
>I'm American, we have standards
I heard about the T-shirt standards

>>9494596
If you ask me it really hinders a dance performance if you are armoured, But I say that probably because I can't dance that well

also yesterday got back from a local """fallout larp""" but it was pretty much meh tier and more of a milsim with costumes than actual fallout.
Hopefully there will be good pictures at least because what few I have are shit

>>9498311
We typically get paid in some way for doing volunteer work, but 120€ for a weekend event does sound high even if food is included.

Sounds like shit to me.

>>9471541
Go to red camp and denounce them all as cowards who couldn't even win in a 10 v 1 against you.
Also chaos camp=khorne followers

>>9498859
Writing that down on my "every inheritance movie ever" character's list of stupid feats of heroism he needs to complete before his equally gentrified brother does to get his father's money.

Any other good feats of bravery that will most likely change my camp status from Gold to Limbus in a jiffy?

>>9499041
go to the dwarf camp and complain that their drinks tastes like ork piss

>>9499041
if you are really brave insult their ladies' beards.

>>9499052
>>9499068
Both duly noted, almost as deeply etched as my character's name in the book of grudges.

... By god I'm going to have to up my chess skills if I want to hit Limbus this often and play games with death.

>>9499103
you can also come to the landsknecht camp and propose that you can drink under the table any of us if you want to die by alcohol poisioning

>>9499108
I already got "aquire the feathers of a landsknecht secrette helmet or baret" on it, don't want to make it too overkill.
Most of the things will be lead back to the heroics of my IC long-gone daddy whose money I'm vying for.