/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8312265
resize your photos ffs

The only good larp team

Yesterday's project:
Yet another post apoc bracer

>>8312360
I must say that while making post apoc gear is kinda fun and pretty creative, I do like making really fancy, high fantasy items more.
It just always feels a bit weird making something and then purposely fucking it up

>>8312274
but this way you can see all the ugly truth and beauty

WIP

>>8312360
Is that a glowstick in the middle there? A removable light source, built into your bracers? That is a sexy idea.

>>8313003
It's a rod of selenite crystal with LEDs lighting it up

>>8313211
So yeah i did not take photo at the con because i spent my first hour outside talking with people, then the two other hour speaking with people inside, then i went outside to talk with people.

But! Sister Amandine took a photo of Sir Ragnar in is white trash attire.

But seriously you should really look at my file name.

We posted it on the event's facebook page too.

>>8313329
And that, kids, is why you don't wear shitty wannabe kilts which barely qualify for a miniskirt. A proper kilt starts at five or six yards of fabric.

>>8312483
Is that Guts from Berserk?

Thread's a little dead. Does no one have much to say for themself or is everyone on the irc channel?

>>8314109
Well I'm here

>>8314109
Well, thread has been running for a while and not a lot of larp been going on that much so we're kinda dry in new stuff to say i guess.

>>8314109
I have not much to say and also exhausted from the week

Guess i could try talking about the con a litle bit.

>Be me 26hours ago
>Should i wear my costume?
>purple knigth tell me he's giving me a lift
>okay i'll bring my costume then since i dont have to take the metro
>ride to the place
>eat a mcflurry on the road, this constitute my lunch
>arrive there and see fantasy bullshit in the parking
>tricornes everywhere
>social outcast geting out of their caves
>passable woman but with clearly self confidence troubles
>YEP this is the place
>have my somewhat historical costume
>so hum...wasnt that an medieval salon or something? what about all that foam autism?
>finaly meet up with reenactors and all that
>get that horrendous dagger
>thx i guess
>chill outside some time and finaly decide to enter
>its hot and humid as fuck
>people are so godamn ugly
>dat girl with a tricorne speaking with an accent and larping as fuck
>plz dont
>everyone talk to me or say hello to me and i use that as a diversion to advance from spot to spot while stoping conversation i did not wanted that much in the first place
>buy some beewax
>talk some more with people
>its too hot i buy a gatorade
>speak about the cult of slaneesh to some people who already were on the idea
>end up with 2 new people in the Longbowman guild
>speak with a weapon producer about making 600 latex tip arrows
> guy is like...i...hum...well...i...yes...YES
> watch some MUH LIVE BLADE combat
>cringy as fuck
> see SCA guys going at it
> baroness is not a fat fuck wich is not typical of what i knew about SCA
> See people in costumes i really wish i took photo of but that would be cruel to laugh
> its so hot i'm sweaty as fuck
> get invited to a party
> i'm too sweaty i need to shower first
> i go back with some friends to her place and i'm like...yeah but i'll go home, take a shower then go to the party
> fuck that shit
> end up watching hockey and eating poutine
> Habs win
> friend say
''Why should Tampa bay win anyways? they dont even have ice in Florida''
>make sense

>>8314187
pic taken from me at the con.
''I'm a tiger Rawr gurl!''

Oh boy.
Someone wants to commission me for a full set of EVA foam armor.
It's gonna be for a post apocalyptic crazed knight kind of NPC.

Had an Empire IC social event last night. Was incredibly good fun, the host group put on a crap load of very tasty food, and sang some 4 harmony songs that they had written themselves. There was politicking, laughter, and almost a tear shed at one of the songs. Gossip was said and plans were hatched. Making deals with some of the top 1% of politically important folks hasn't been so much fun.

Was feeling rough as fuck this morning though.
Sadly no pics.

>>8314764
will it be expensive?

>>8314810
They have a budget of $500.
I'll have to crunch the numbers once I know how large the dude is and how much material I'll need, but I'm thinking somewhere in the $300 range

>>8314819
make it more expensive

Just finished the newest iteration of the spider mask. The mask on the left was the one I was using before, the one in the middle was the test cast of the new mold (with the nose cut off- I was seeing how it looked) and the one on the right is my new completed mask.

>>8314109
Nothing really to talk about, though I do have a game next weekend.

>>8314819
That is way too little. Charge em' 800-900 at least, depending on how complex it is.

>>8314826
>>8314985
>800-900 at least

Well, their budget it $500. Can't press blood from a stone...

Amazing masks, btw. Love them! The fur really makes them pop.

>>8314985
2fuckingspooky4me

>>8315019
Thank you!

And budgets can be moved- especially if you get tricky with it. Ask him to pay for materials on top of the $500?

Sup peeps?

>>8315310
Fuck you, s-sir

>>8315546
If you're offering, how do you look in a dress?

>>8314109
Wait until someone mentions American LARPs
Then we'll get all nice and lively.

Also the PDX Longsword open came and went. I got my ass handed to me by a couple of the more experienced folk there, but still placed pretty nicely. Best thing is that it took place at a little combination pub/park so after the fights it just turned into a big meet 'n greet for a handful of the HEMA groups around here.
So our club's got some new kids, and I've got some inroads with a Bolognese group that I didn't know about before.

>>8314187
>Get invited to Sakuracon last year
>Walking around
>Hear the telltale sound of wood hitting wood
>Rush around the corner
>Two hambags in Kingdoms Hearts cosplay angrily tapfighting with keyblades

>>8315872
There's a guy on the Alliance forums right now getting buttmad about in game time skips. It's pretty embarrassing.

Essentially, Alliance has a system called the 'hold' system. If someone shouts 'hold!' time IG stops, everyone stops fighting, also shouts hold, and depending on the game everyone takes a knee. Holds are called in the case of injury, dangerous situations, and sometimes roleplay clarifications if they are important to the fight. Usually it's for when something has gone seriously wrong on an OOG level.

However, there are time-pieces allowed in game (watches etc.) and obviously, since time IG stops during these *emergency* stops, when players get back in game their watches have an unexplained 'loss' of 1 to 5 minutes (which a normal player would either ignore or, if they really had to, say 'oh my watch must be wound wrong!' or something). Dude guy is apparently baffled by how to roleplay the loss of this 'IG time' and just can't even handle it.

Is he one of you guys trying to troll? It's so totally ridiculous that I wouldn't be surprised.

>>8315907
As an autist myself, this sounds plausibly autistic. I remember getting seriously worked up in the past about similarly minor inconsistencies or imperfections (It took me a looooooooong time to come to grips with rounding to 3 decimal places in mathematics. It had to be exact!)

>>8315907
>If someone shouts 'hold!' time IG stops
It annoys me to no end that you can't yell "hold the line" in an alliance fight because of that.

>>8315949
It did read... Very autistic. It was just so much that I seriously considered that it may be a troll from here.

>>8315950
I'll agree on that- ideally it would be a nonsequitor or something that is unlikely to be shouted in game like 'PURPLE!'

>>8312265
I really want to get back into LARPing, especially since my wife can sew exceedingly well and I met her after I previously quit, so I'd have some great garb.

I just don't know if I can handle how fucking weird so many LARPers are anymore. My particular LARP is Amtgard, and holy fuck, I've seen registered pedophile sex offenders and people who really thought they were druids who could see your "bands of energy" and heal you.

The actual fighting is just so god damn fun.

>>8315965
>My particular LARP is Amtgard
then you don't have a particular LARP because you don't have a LARP

>>8315965
I wouldn't personally consider Amtgard a LARP. If you're into fighting and garb, but not into super weirdos and roleplay, maybe you'd like the SCA or HEMA? Gropey and HEMAfag can help you out.

>>8315970
Amtgard is a LARP. Role play is involved in every group I've attended. There are quests, levels, spells you read out, stats. I fail to see how that isn't a live-action role playing game.

>>8315907
That's really not that different from the garden-variety autism you'd find around here. Bewilderigly specifc, though.

>>8315950
Two things:
Holding a line is a moot concept when most Alliance combat is a game of running.
Also it's a really good auditory cue to get a bunch of arguing nerds to sit down and shut up.

>>8315977
Obviously it depends on the chapter, but Amptgard is more of a battle game than a roleplaying game. From the games I've seen garb is minimal and usually not particularly in genre, and roleplay is not prioritized.

Amptgard players (and HEMA players) also have a habit of being jockbros who are into 'muh full contact' and 'get recked roleplay dweebs.'

>>8315993
>Holding a line is a moot concept when most Alliance combat is a game of running.
Then my chapter is dramatically different than yours, because the answer of the PCs in SoMN to large bands of NPCs has traditionally been to form a shieldwall to deal with minions while a small group goes around to deal with major NPCs.

Oh, also a friend of mine and I are starting an in game adventuring group for newbs. We're hoping to lure them in with promises of money, magic items, and protection from the knights and then while they have their guard down teach them how to fight and help with their garb. The last adventuring 'group' blew up due to OOG drama years ago and nobody has tried to start a new one since.

>>8316021
That's usually how it is here as well.

Though our shield walls aren't super impressive since we have all of 30 people in them usually.

>>8316029
>Though our shield walls aren't super impressive
None of them are, alliance rules won't let Roman style sword and board work and with the spear length rules one handed spear and shield is a hilarious joke. Add to that the fact you're using a bunch of different people with different equipment and styles of weapons and shields and you get a hodgepodge of shit.

>>8316021
I am incredibly interested in how these shield walls get around the plethora of equipment breaking, stunning,and paralyzing abilities that usually fuck up cohesive formations. Not to mention just plain old AOE damage abilities.
BTW I'm not saying that Alliance combat is inherently bad or isn't fun. I actually quite like it.

>>8315977
>>8315976
>>8315970
>>8315965
>The Battle Game Vs. LARP discussion
LARPs are what you consider them to be. My experience with Amtgard has been lackluster, but that's more of a garb/immersion thing. If your group lives up to a standard that's good for you, then it's a LARP.

>>8316111
>I am incredibly interested in how these shield walls get around the plethora of equipment breaking, stunning,and paralyzing abilities that usually fuck up cohesive formations.
Lack of organization on the NPCs part and having any of their NPCs who could use alliance's d&d wizardry to fuck up a formation are busy getting beaten on by whoever can swing the highest numbers and do the most magic.

>>8316111
Over here wizards are pretty rare, but if they try to approach a shield wall they get swarmed with arrows, throwing knives, axes and spears. It's kinda funny really.

>>8316111
I can only speak to my chapter, but the way we (as PCs) set up our line is we have all shields up front (usually shield and longsword). Behind them is our line of archers, surrounding the bundle of damage casters to keep them safe in case some enemy gets around us. Interspersed around there are healers who are stocked up with potions to cure all the paralysis effects, who run around and get people back up off the ground. Staff usually avoids using the equipment destroying stuff unless it's a big deal because it's annoying and difficult to get the tags for new items. However, if staff is throwing stuff like that everyone usually has at least one extra weapon on them (though their shield is fucked).
Meanwhile while all that stuff is happening, foolhardy assholes like my knight and I who can only deal damage from the back sneak in the trees behind the npcs and get them from behind, then we usually run away again.

A lot of the NPC cards that get sent out require them to be unformed or mindless, but sometimes we have to fight a proper batch of soldiers, then the NPC captains have the NPCs do shield walls like us.

Hit up Ravenskeep this weekend, it was pretty laugh. I didn't pull off any mindnumbing stupidity as it was my first time playing there and I need to know the lay of the land for that, but the gang did find a nice mix between weirding people out and gaining their trust.

>random Hobbit tastes our soup
>says she can make it better
>party orc enquires if that would be by jumping in the soup
>orc has a hearty laugh, half ogre grins like mad and rubs his belly
>she hides behind me
>hue
>turn around and tell her she does look damn tasty.
>group bursts out in laughter as the hobbit edges away.

>day after
>hobbit needs escort while gathering herbs
>at night
>we're the first people she asks, since we look like we know how to handle our swords
>she must think we're ruffians or something
>won't pay, even after explaining that a contract is holy to us
>says she'll pay in good company and good cheer
>at night
>hue
>various implications get thrown around, herbs like rapeseed get thrown around
>she edges away again

>night comes
>she's not given up yet, shows up with a troup of herbalists
>still won't pay
>orc and half ogre flag and leave
>I offer to go, but explain I have a right to quit the field any time as I've seen no coin
>happy fun time nightly trip turns into a horror/werewolf chase event
>Come home with her damn herbs, minor wounds, a half dead troup of herbalists and a werewolf pelt
>Three copper and some crafting resources for my trouble
>Bitch still owes me some good cheer.

>>8315958
>something that is unlikely to be shouted in game like 'PURPLE!'
what about da purple knigth?

Yeah i guess we just call him by is name ingame instead...


But more seriously, when we yell ''MEDIC'' no translation just Medic , everything must stop and it is not to be used ligthly, its only when a real injury happens or if someone fall in way that migth have been dangerous and may require assistance.

So far i've seen medic been yelled for
1- broken legs
2- broken arms
3- Somebody passing out
4- a girl allergic to wasps who was stung and we needed to make sure she had her epipen
5- a guy cuting is leg with his armor because he did not wear gambeson and it cut trougth the fat and skin to the muscle.
6- a guy who jumped in the river and a branch passed trough is boot and his feet. good thing the river was not deep because he was stuck we had to cut the branch underwater.

So yeah, accident WILL happen and the game only stop in these situations where somebody need to be taken care of or evacuated, and then it start back again.

When stuff like that happen i usually tell curious people to give space and since some players are paramedics or doctors, they can take care of the situation even if the marshal have first aid, having a doctor looking at you is even better.
Then if you cant walk, you are evacuated and an ambulance will bring you to the hospital.

Also...purple knigth migth be responsible for giving a broken thumb and broken ribs to 2 poeple ine the same guild

Look at that glorious fucker, being all swag and shit.

>>8316242
Einmyr?

>>8316318

I think you mean "lord high priest of the sacred wood you may touch"

>>8315019
>Can't press blood from a stone...
shit... you can't? that means I might have killed something in the past

>>8316356
I'll touch your wood anytime but my husband will have to join in.

>>8316111
>LARPs are what you consider them to be
that would be a really shit tier definitions for a larp and not an objective one either.

also I might dump a few pics (in an hour or two) from Terra Nova as I only did it on /tg/ so far

>>8316362

Fancy meeting you here, pirate. Somehow, I'm not surprised, though.

>>8316366
p-pirate? I think you mean honest seamen.
Same here, I should've known when you talked about landsknechten that you roam the cancer of the internet.

>>8316369

Eyyyy... What can I say? This place is a goldmine for sewing.

>>8316374
Can't deny that, I found out about the Landsknechtdong from here too haha

>>8316448
do you mean codpieces?

also, let's see some pics from Terra Nova, a game from Croatia which wasn't that great for various reasons

>>8316475
yes, those
my mate and I called it dong for laughs

and these were the better part of the pictures

Hungarian Larpfag, how often do you go larping? Because you always provide so many pictures.

>tfw not that many good larps in my vicinity

>>8316636
as many as I can. I doesn't really count it but this year let's see it was
- a demo play of voidship concordia at the polish larp conference KOLA
- Chronicles of Demgard still in the winter
- at Portal3 there was a small chamber larp
- Terra Nova now in Croatia
plus a few training sessions and battle games
That's just this year until now but later in the year I will go to
- the coratian TESC larp (two weeks from now)
- a "larp" we make for a school (320+ kids) but that's kind of different
- Chronicles of Demgard in the summer
- Drachenfest in Germany
- Lumina larp in Hungary
and there will be probably one Bulgarian larp and a few more hungarian ones but those date aren't announced yet so I don't know much about it.
And probably there will be another TESC and maybe a Terra Nova this year in Croatia and a here and there smaller chamber larps or one day events.
And of course battle games and training/workshop events as usual

So how often do you go to games? I go pretty much once per year or maybe two times.

>>8316704
depending on what you call a game somewhere between 10 and 20 times probably. More if we count battle games

>>8316657
>>8316718
You're a lucky guy

>>8316832
I'm pretty sure you can go to that many larps too if you travel as much as me

I have a friend who finds all his boyfriends and such at larps, then complains that they are all crazy, flaky, manipulative, whathaveyou. Can anyone else here back this notion up? I have read and experienced how crazy it is to date a girl from larp, and I feel those types of anecdotes apply here as well.

>>8316874
easy for you to say, you're in europe.
if i traveled as much as you I'd barely get to the other side of texas.

>>8316988
It certainly isn't impossible but people who call their exes crazy, flaky and manipulative tend to have some kind of a problem themselves that they then blame on their former partners. Just saying.

>>8316988
>Can anyone else here back this notion up?
if you go to ANY kind of event just to find a boyfriend/girlfriend you will pretty much the crazy ones first.

>>8317005
I'm pretty sure you can find larps there too. Not good ones but still.

>>8315600
Not too bad, though my shoulders are much broader than the last time I tried

>>8316242
>gathering
>at night
I'm usually a pretty good guy and would escort during the day. We hit twilight and I'm in the fucking camp unless there's a DAMN good reason

>>8316988
also, maybe because of the hat but that guy seems familiar

>>8316704
Empire 3-4 weekends a year.
No Rest for the Wicked (40k larp) 2-3 weekends a year.
Isles of Darkness pub larp twice a month with these bsing one day/evening events in my home city.

>>8316988

>tfw have a gf who used to larp
>still goes to renaissance fairs


Should i be scared?

Went to Vale this weekend, played in the good guys camp. The rules are shit, but the site makes up for it. Didn't have much in the way of roleplay, and the weather sucked balls, but I did spend hours chatting to a budding armoursmith who plays in Dawn at Empire, which was pretty cool. If I go back to Vale, I'm definitely rolling undead.

>>8316704
Finally got to play my first game last weekend. This game will run 1 weekend a month, probably til October, so 7 weekend events this year I hope

So I joined a Dagorhir group and decided to go as a viking type. This is what I've made so far but I'm not sure what else I should add/do to make it better? My group has armour I can borrow, so I'm looking for any non-armour or cloth armour suggestions.

>>8317118
drinking horn. You wanna be a viking, never forget your horn.. and a seax

>>8317103
Never been to Vale, but seen pics of the ratfolk, love their costumes.
Your friend has good taste in Empire nations. Dawn is my next choice if my current character dies.

>>8317119
I have a drinking horn and a sounding horn.

>>8317144
Find a sword and start yelling

>>8317118
>My group has armour I can borrow,
But do they have a helmet that properly fits you? Protecting your noggin is pretty damn important.

>>8316301
We do it a little more frequently for fear of medical costs, we call holds for people getting their glasses hit off, people falling, hard nutshots (when people aren't wearing cups... for shame) people stepping on hornets nest's, and suchlike. Frequently the stop is all of 30 seconds while the guy goes "No, I'm fine, let's keep going." We've had some broken bones though, usually from people falling off hills and mountainsides.

>>8316539
I had never even thought of using one of those little smoke bombs as an effect, that's brilliant.

>>8316704
Different games and different countries have different opinions on how often to run games, and how long those games are.

I attend about 12 full weekend events per year.
My rich friend travels to Seattle for games and does all the local LARPs so he does a full weekend game every weekend (approx 52 games a year) I have no idea how he does it.

>>8316988
Don't go to games to date. That being said, the men are often whiny and needy, and the women are insane. In this case though, I think your friend may be exaggerating because of breakup goggles.

>>8317118
I'd like to congratulate you on some solid basic garb. From here, you can start embroidering your hems to make it more unique. I also recommend making additional sets of garb for when you get wet and/or too muddy to bear.

Do you have a cloak?

>>8317297
I'll ask next practice, if not do you have any recommendations?

>>8317339
I have a cloak!

>>8317067
left has the most typical slav face I've ever seen top kek

>>8317408
you've seen very few slav faces then

>>8317411
Hardly, as I live in a Slav country

>>8317434
and yet the guy has a baby face instead of a slav one. I mean according to his face he isn't even an alcoholist

>>8317464
many slavs have babyfaces, but only our glorious leader remains eternally young

>>8317369
Depends on the size of your head, if you're a viking I'd suggest a spangenhelm.

The people at kult of athena are great at getting people cool stuff.
http://www.kultofathena.com/

>>8317118
I do dag also, and my garb is norse influenced. im having a kaftan and a few tunics made myself currently. I suggest you put some trim on your tunic and get a belt that doesnt look so modern, otherwise it looks gr8 m8!

tidy up your room a bit though, and clsoe that drawer

>>8317527
Have any trim recommendations?

>>8317522
Thanks for the info!

>>8317631
Kram valgrad on etsy

>>8317631
Inkleloomed trim is good (like Shea posted), you can also do simple embroidery patterns along the edges with a muted wool yarn.

>>8317643
Doesn't bring up any results, my friend.

>>8317670
www.etsy.com/shop/KramValgerd

>>8317643
every time someone posts that picture I keep thinking its a sling at first and get excited that people want to use slings

Is suede an accurate material for a 16th century/renaissance doublet?

Anyone going to that swedish Larp about the Spanish civil war? Too bad the setting isn't used more often

I mean, we'd get to rock stuff like this.

>>8312265

katniss in fucking floral jeans in the arena kek

>>8317858
Sued leather, yes. Sued fabric, no.

>>8318184
Darn. Too late, I already brought suede fabric for the doublet, but it was the local seneschal who said suede fabric was good enough, so maybe I'll be alright?

Made another SHTEEMPAWNK bracer.
This time for an air pirate character

>>8318381

>>8318215
As long as you use it carefully, and preferably put a heavy backing on it, you should be okay as long as nobody touches you.

You should be fine, and just get leather suede next time.

>>8318184
Why are you suing them?

>>8318184
>>8318630
>America

>>8317844

Slings will always beat out 30lbs draw strength bows. Getting grazed by those safe throwing rocks when it's hurled from a sling will fuck up your day.

Attempts at slinging safely just makes for awfully aimed shots.

>>8319491
Whats your definition of safe throwing rock? The only game I've seen that allowed them is Last Hope a calimacil loving larp in Wisconsin and their requirement for ammo is a hackey sack wrapped in two layers of felt.

>>8319572

Something like this

http://www.thefantasyshop.nl/live-action-role-playing/larp-wapens/epic-armoury/elemental-ball-of-lava.html

You have those in a variety of looks, also plain old rocks.

>>8319631
That product description
>Durable foam
>High safety
>Strong coating
>Round flexible glass fibre core
>Strong Kevlar core tip protection
>Closed celled foam that does not shred
Perhaps if they didn't have fiberglass cores they would be safe to sling.

>>8319631
I was thinking of making throwable clay bricks out of EVA foam.
Do you guys think they'll be heavy / aerodynamic enough to accurately throw?

>>8319678
well I can more or less accurately throw my calimacil brick although that's a little heavier than eva foam

So is anyone else waiting on various merchants to get what you want back in stock?

I've been waiting on Calimacil to get their short sword sheathes back for months now.

>>8319637

Welp. I suppose you could put a nice layer of latex over a foam tennisball and try it out.

>>8319907
Already been doing that - with pretty good results, I suppose.

Is any one of you, by any chance, able to identify these two types of fabric at a glance?

>>8319992
one of them is pink.
the other one is probably faux velvet or something along that line (maybe the other one is like that too but can't see shit on the pic

>>8319992

Nigga, we need to be able to see the weave for that, and even it's a stretch

>>8317067
That's me in the original picture, from MNRen last season.

Against better judgement I just bought myself a indian made hauberk. Pictures looked okay but I pray to Slaanesh that it doesn't fall apart on first use.

>>8321226
if it's butted some links will fall out, you can't help it. although mostly that doesn't really compromise it

>>8321226
It wont.

some links will fall out over time but its inevitable.

also, if you dont do really hard figths with it , it should not be a problem.

This is my unfinished Slaanesh cultist outfit for a larp based on Warhammer 40k.
Made this boobs-bra using fake hallooween breasts, I couldn't reach my real skin color with paint yet.

>>8321709
i'm simultaneously turned on and horrified. Good job

>>8321709
very nice. Love the tentacle cock and the contact lenses.
Oooh and the hand! Thats a cool idea.
What did you use for the finger tentacles? I wanted to make a mask with face tentacles and those look pretty much perfect for that

>>8321748
Thank you!! I actually bought the fingers, but I made the tentacock from craft foam, which would be better for a mask cause the fingers costed a bunch.
Search "tentacle plushie pattern" and use it on craft foam, fill it with cotton and then cover it with a bunch of acrilique layers to make the silky skin effect.

>>8321709
Why do you people have to sexualize everything

>8322721
Slaneesh is my pure waifu maiden.

>>8321709
What's that guy wearing though?

>>8322721
It's Slaanesh, it's kind of necessary to be disturbingly sexual in this case.

>>8322751
Why rp as Slaanesh anyways?

>>8322766
>Why rp as Slaanesh anyways?
as an excuse to be a degenerate

>>8322787
Exactly
So this reply >>8322751 means nothing, you still chose to dress like a slut by yourself.

>>8322790
>you still chose to dress like a slut by yourself.
you can tell alot about a person by what they choose to present themselves as

>>8321709
there are other options

>>8321709
W-would you look at that, there are versions that don't make your outfit look like all you want is attention

>>8322893
while I personally don't approve slanees that's mostly because I'm a Tzeentch kind of guy, or just simply cleansing chaos left and right.
That said I don't see why is it a problem that she dress in that costume. I mean that's the whole fucking meaning of slaneesh

Someone help a newbie out plox

So basically i'm taking part in a larp event in a few weeks. Basic character, bastard sword and leather bracers as system only allows limited funds.

In the future I want to have a decent set of armour (IE when i've saved enough gold in game to buy it)

Armour has been decided, basic plate etc. but helmet is where i'm getting stuck on.

I'm quite finicky about theming my characters on anything so I want to get some honest advice.

I'm planning to RP as someone wearing my families coat of arms and colours as well as our tartan. Only problem is our helm is a Frog mouth because we weren't a military order and operated as Esquires and Jousting enthusiasts.

Obviously frogmouth is designed for jousting so i'd probably be quite restricted wearing it.

The other alternative would be a great helm or closed helm with a Stork on top (Our sigil creature)

My family are pretty interested in what I can come up with, my nan (the scot) reckons a claymore, leather armour and a kilt in our tartan would do.

Advice?

>>8322721
>>8322766
>>8322790

Damn, you're one stuck up Nancy.
You the same guy ripping on the other guy's doublet?

>>8322902
go for kettle hats. Or later kind of kettle hats/open helmets and buffe

>>8322902
>kilt

Please no.
Also, "clan" tartans are a thing created in the 19th century. Historically, you'd find a rough corolation between colours/designs and certain geographical areas, but that was more to do with what dyes were available than any desire to identify with a group. Most clans wore a mixture of tartan, all depending on what the owner could afford to buy.

If you do deside to go with a kilt, get a proper one made, not some shitty lightweight nonsense. Something made of at least 16 ounce per yard and 8 yards of fabric.
This will keep you warm in cold weather, and be rugged enough not to get trashed.

>>8321709
8/10 would purge.
Kinda wish my 40k larp would go this over the top, but we tend to run in the UK larp - off season so the weather up here is a bit chilly for that.

>>8322902
Tartan kilts didn't really come into existence until the 1700's. Tartan wasn't very popular in the high and late medieval periods in scotland, though border plaid was common around 1500's. Also, elaborate 'Basic Plate'. A cuirass? That wouldn't be concurrent with a great helm.

Scotsmen were big fans of bascinets and mail, Scottish mercenaries in the war of the roses were using them as their primary protection, and Scottish derived Irish mercenaries using it well into the 1500's. Claymores were the most distinct arms, but axes, and eventually basket hilt broadswords were more common. I reccomend looking up 1200-1600's Galloglass (Mostly Irish in the end, but still) and Border Rievers (1500's-1600's, also made up of Northern Englishmen)

>>8322924

Well I wasn't gonna cut corners on the kilt haha I've had one split at a wedding before from shoddy worksmanship.....

Yeah that's what nanna said about it. Like it would be for RP not accurate ancestor stuff. TBH the only thing I was originally gonna do was a sash of our tartan over my chest or waist.

>>8322938

Yeah Cuirass would be a Sallet helm and bevor if i recall or a closed helm. Hence the CLosed helm with decor

>>8322938
>basket hilt broadswords.
All of my hnnnnggggh.

>>8322943
Bascinet would work with 1400's inspired kit. An imported german sallet would be fine too, but if you want bonus accuracy points try to get your hands on a more locally made english-burgundian sallet (pictured). For 1500's a Lobster-Tailed Pot or a Burgonet would be better.

>>8322956
Yeah I've been thinking about sallets more and more after researching.

Also >>8322938
Thank you so much for giving me the Galloglass idea, I actually forgot their name.

Also yes basket hilted is more and more tempting.....

>>8322961
on the not of helemts. Look at this picture. Disregard the numbers as most of them are wrong or not entirely correct
just look at the helmets and say witch one you like and I dig up more about them.
Also tell us what do you prefer in a helmet

>>8323012
Either of the two frogmouth's or the full face burganets

>>8323012
Do you know anything about hats? In particular, big floppy empire greatsword hats? If it helps i think greatswords are based of landsknecht doppelsoldnier

>>8323032
you mean tallerbarrets? I have one

>>8323030
how do you feel about an open face burgonet but with a falling buffe?

example for burgonet with a buffe

>>8323038
Looks like the one I'm considering in a few weeks :)

also there is two options with buffe and burgonets. One is that the buffe is fixed to the burgonet, which means it will more like a closed helemt that you can open to the side and down, like this one.

>>8323037
I certainly mean the hat the guy on the left is wearing. What's the deal with them?

>>8323051
This is the one I've been looking at for a while.

New armourt WIP for Odyssey in UK

>>8323051
the other option is that the buffe is put on your gorget or in some cases the breastplate. This way it's obviously only "opens" down.

Both have their pros and cons, although historically the fixed to tghe gorget buffe is rarer than the to the helemt ones if we are talking about burgonets.

>>8323059
I thik I've seen this model a few times. Looks thin. Do you have the option of trying it on before buying?


Also if you really like the jousting helmet stuff here is another interesting option

>>8323063

I think I will go with the burgonet tbh. The frogmouth will kill my vision and probably me xD

or you can go for armets

or for a burgonet without a buffe

>>8323068

Well it's not so much that I like the helmet it's just that it's on our family crest.

That being said the burgonet does convey the image well enough.

Its 18 gauge mild steel and pretty sturdy

or try one of these abominations

>>8323064
Looking good! You going to E2? I might need to take a trip to the Marcher camp, at least to thank the national assembly for their motion at E1 for Briar burials.

>>8323077
>Its 18 gauge mild steel and pretty sturdy
that's thin for a helmet. Especially that it's probably STARTED from that thickness before the shaping.
And it's a mass produced one which always raises a few flags

>>8323083
Would that thinness be an issue. He said larp event so i can't imagine the helmet would be anything more then for display, as he shouldn't be getting hit in the head. It's not like he's doing SCA.

>>8323083
Wouldn't that be ok for larp though?

>>8323078
another pic of this abomination because I can't get over it

>>8323089
As I understand 16 gauge/1.6mm is the recommended minimum for helmets. In my system at least it's the minimum to count as armor.

>>8323091
Please stop.... My eyes can only take such a pounding once in a blue moon.

>>8323089
>>8323090
while it's okay for a larp it's also could be a problem of structural integrity. to simply put: I've seen a lot of mass produced larp armours like that simply bend during transportation or when someone fall on it or just thrown down to the ground.
Also more often than not the armours like that are questionable quality not just in material but in the pattern they use or the size and other things. I just don't trust them because there are so many shit

>>8323092
If your system is still swordcraft, 1 mm is the minimum thickness for steel helmets. SCA is 1.6 mm but thicker is recommended, i think mine is 12-14 gauge

>>8323095
So you would recommend a 1.6mm thickness to make sure it keeps its shape. This is good to know.

>>8322904
nah that wasn't me

>>8323095
I'll keep that in mind :)

Waiting to hear about a custom closed helm before I buy the Burgonet so only time will tell I suppose!

>>8323100
well, in normal use the 1,2mm won't bend either but in an accident it could pretty much bend. Also if it's heat treated and the heat treating is less then optimal then it can bend pretty much too... although I'm pretty usre that one isn't heat treated at all, it's just milled and bended to the right form and they called it a day.

So what I'm saying is that it won't last as much as a thicker one.

>>8323106
Surely it's better that costume armour isn't heat treated. It seems far preferable to sit on a helmet and squash it, then to sit on a helmet and get a tempered martensite enema. Or if it is heat treated just normalise it so its fairly soft, seems like this would be the best way to ensure the arm,our fails before any human factor.

>>8323112
why? armour is there to actually protect you. and you don't need an authentic one for that. it can peretty much protect you from falls and and harder blows, that's why they are there. IF they constantly bend and fail then it's less protecting and more dangerous

>>8323117
What I'm trying to say is that armour that is too thin isnt going to protect you, it's too thin. so wouldnt it be better that you keep the metal soft so that it bends instead of breaking

>>8323120
it won't break. You have to really fuck up something so that it will break. it's mostly bend but in a not good way and if you bend it a lot of times THEN it will break.
Or if the heat treating is really fucked up then it can break

>>8323089

And even if he does get hit in the head, what foam hammer is going to put a dent in it?

>>8322902
>my nan (the scot) reckons a claymore, leather armour and a kilt in our tartan would do.
Your nan doesn't know jack shit.

I'm very new to LARP but I've got a local group an event coming up. I don't have any idea where I should start.

>no character
>no costume
>help

Any good resources to help me get started?

>>8323313
Read the rulebook

>>8322787
We need excuses to be a degenerate now?

>>8323092
anything thinner than 16ga would be aluminum foil anyways.

16ga is the minimum for armor, and for functional armor its 14ga

UK based archer larpfag here looking for a kettle helm - can anyone recommend a particular company?

>>8322721
>Why do you people have to sexualize everything?
It's a slaaneshi deamonette, anon. You should be thankful that it's not sexualized even more.

>>8322790
>>8322806
Found the fundies.

>>8322902
>kilt, leather armor, claymore
So do you mean claymore as in the popular name for a scottish high medieval sword with forward-swept quillons, or the basket-hilted kind? Because the basket hilt would work a lot better with the clan tartan.

>>8323368
I thought that just by being in this thread we were instantly labelled as a degenerate.

>>8323607
speak for yourself, degenerate

>>8323615
Being a prude is boring

>>8323622
obviously you don't know how to have fun

>>8322740
That guy is wearing a corset. He is actually 50 years old. I am very confused about him being in the slaanesh group but meh

>>8322928
The larp will be in Israel. It's hot as hell so we sleep i the day and play at night. It's comfy, try it

>>8323871
>The larp will be in Israel.
how much of the larp scene is open about the fact that they are larping? I heard that it's pretty much shunned upon in Israel, but that was only one source

>>8323607
That was my hope, no signs of an orgy while LARPing yet though

>>8323313
Read the rulebook for the game you are playing in, build your character from that, then worry about costuming. If the event is coming right up and you don't have enough time to get anything nice (armor, for example) don't bother getting it for your first event, instead focus on having a shirt, pants, boots, a hat, and a decent belt.

>>8323910
Or offer to NPC, they should have some costume pieces around to go with what you can throw together quickly

>>8323954
only if they use NPCs in the larp

>>8323886
Actually people are super open about it here, but it's not such a big community. Usually when you are out for a larp you'd tell your friends and family "I'm gonna run in the forest with a sword for the whole weekend". You make up an excuse for your boss unless you are a programmer, then your boss is off for the larp as well.

>>8323954
Not all games use NPCs, also for the most part when it's a game with NPCs it's important to note that you as the player do not decide who to play- staff will give you a role, and you'll probably be switching roles constantly throughout the day.

>>8324033
Why tell your boss anyway?

>>8323562
>Found the fundies.
Try again nigger, it doesn't take a christfag to dislike degeneracy.

>>8323975
I'm just going on the assumption of traditional games. Would be fun to play a no NPC game

>>8324266
>not liking degeneracy
Faggot

>>8324351
You'll want a PvP (player vs. player) game rather than a PvE (player vs. environment) one. American games are very commonly PvE because running a good PvP game can require high numbers of players but I'm sure there are some.

>>8324468
actually you can run a lot of good PvP games with as few player as 30-40, or in special cases even less (chamber larps and such)

>>8324494
I said *can* require high numbers of players, not that it needs it. I'm just saying that they aren't the most common style in America (assuming Anon is American) so they may need to do some digging to find one.

It's not a style I particularly enjoy, so I don't have any real suggestions for them.

>>8324557
>assuming Anon is American
Canadian, but Ontariofag was already taken here

I was hoping you guys could help me with some creative prosthetic ear solutions. Specifically, the ears in the pic.

Any time the temperature gets anywhere close to summer time, I sweat like a pedophile at Chuckie Cheese. This makes spirit gum too weak to hold my ears on. I could use liquid latex, but that will damage the ears and cause me to replace them after only 2-3 uses. And, to make matters worse, I'm going to be fighting with these things on. The rules state no head shots, but mistakes happen.

So, does anyone have a good idea for holding these ears in place that doesn't involve adhesives? If it helps, I will be wearing glasses as well, if anyone knows a way to attach the ears to the glasses without them falling off.

>>8323080
Yeah i'll be there, been spending a lot of time in Wintermark of late. Mostly getting drunk and challenging Thanes to knife fights. The usual.

>>8323550
I bought mine off Amazon.co.uk. You know what it hasn't let me down in 3 years.

>>8324646
Maybe some sort of headband that can cover most of the ear, but leave the tips showing?

>>8324667
Could work, but I wouldn't be able to hide the headband since I don't have any hair.

>>8324557
still, it's not really a question of the number of people.

>>8323607
first - yes
second - OH HI ONTARIO ! its been a while since i saw you on the thread, get on skype you anglo devil.


>>8324596
then take another name , larpthread actually encourage tripfagging

>>8324204
Larps here usually lasts 3 days, and we work on sundays, so you need to get a day off.

>>8324829
>then take another name , larpthread actually encourage tripfagging
Maybe I will

>>8324401
>being a faggot
Faggot

>>8317033
Well, lets get to it...

>>8321709
Praise Slaanesh! Saw your posts on tumblr Totally dig it. 11/10, would celebrate excess and decadence.

>>8322721
... Its Slaanesh? duh

>>8322766
Who says its RP?

>>8322904
If you're talking about the Ass Creed guy, that was me, and that was because he was intending to use it for a historic recreation rather than a larp.

>>8323078
>>8323091
I.. What? This does not please Slaanesh.

>>8323368
NEVER!

>>8323607
ONTARIO! How have you been!?

>>8324401
>>8325250
Jesus fucking Christ can you contrarian cunts go back to /v/ or something?

>>8325329
I never got the impression that you were ripping on his costume per say. I think they were referring to the other guy who went on some autistic unintelligible rant.

>>8324468
I've always been under the impression that most LARPs over here are PVE because people want to play an IRL role playing game, not have a simulationist experience.

>>8325500
> can you contrarian cunts go back to /v/ or something?
can't go back to somewhere I've never been to faggot

>>8325500
>are PVE because people want to play an IRL role playing game, not have a simulationist experience.

Probably true. I don't personally enjoy PvP games as a style and prefer the more 'D&D in real life' style, but I didn't want to just say "muh storylines!"

I know all the PvP games I've played in have been greatly improved by having more people in them, but your assessment is probably more accurate.

>>8325329
>I.. What? This does not please Slaanesh.
apparently it pleased Heinrich von Rantzau

>>8324675
If you can, make it decorative so it looks more like part of the costume.

>>8324658
This Thane will be up for a knife fight!

>>8324871
This is indeed an acceptable reason.
Wait, you work sundays?

>>8325806
well it's israel after all. IIRC the weekend there is friday-saturday

>>8325822
Ah, I see. Didn't know that.

>>8325755
>This Thane will be up for a knife fight!

>>8325806
Yes, we only have saturday off. Some people get their friday off though

>>8325755
>>8324658
I will come at E2 as an NPC and will probably roam the pubs at night. Let's set a time and place for meeting. Do you have any suggestions for the pub?

>tfw something happens in game, and you immediately go through all the ways you would fuck up players as the GM

>>8324646
I know you asked more non adhesives, but have you tried prosaide? Its medical grade used for holding on like fake noses and ears for people who have lost them. (And used in PAX but that's cosplay and stage stuff and not medical)

>>8325977
Cool, I hope you enjoy it. You should pop by the Brass Coast, we're the party nation.

I'm getting stoked for it by sending out IC letters, got to get some political maneuvering in before the game.

>>8326429
>party nation
Lies! The Mark has the best pubs! Although I need to visit Brass Coast more, barely spend any time there.

>>8326487
We're having a bar/restaurant combo next event, should be great. They're calling the restaurant "Horsa's House of Ribs". The joke is its not a house, there are no ribs involved, and Horsa will be barred... That'll teach him for not selling us weirwood and white granite.

>>8326521
Love the name, will make a point to visit. What were you wanting the wains for?

>>8326567
The Navy, and the White Towers of Anduz both got okayed by the Senate last game. It's gonna be an expensive time for the Freeborn...

>>8326784
Those are worthy things to get built. What were his reasons for not selling you the wain?

>>8325589
Same. Could just be that the choices for PVP games out here are ass, but shit like Amtgard is understandably lacking in both fighting and OOG substance.

>>8325755
How exactly does knife fighting work when you can't actually touch the other person?

>>8327152
I think he'd already found buyers for them, or he knew he couldn't price gouge us or something. We ended up getting the wains from Tykes at below market price, because Tykes are cool.

>>8325329
>Who says its RP?
This is a laRP thread. If not rp, then what is it?

>>8321709
Attention whores like you are what's ruining this hobby. Couldn't you just have stayed with the cosplayers? Oh right, I forgot it isn't dominated by males for you to use.

>>8328295
>Attention whores like you are what's ruining this hobby. Couldn't you just have stayed with the cosplayers? Oh right, I forgot it isn't dominated by males for you to use.
>males for you to use

Warning!
>MRA detected!
>Buttmad virgin levels exceeding 133%!
>>Please visit a prostitute immediately to lose your virginity!

>>8328295
>Attention whores like you are what's ruining this hobby.
How does she exactly ruins the hobby?
I mean I'm pretty good at ruining larps but the entire hobby seems a little far fetched

>>8328295
Goodness anon, unclench your ass. Nobody is paying any attention to her but you. I'd much rather the anon 'attention whores' with an extremely creepy, intricate garb with tentacles than see someone in a cheap corset and tights.

/r9k/ usually bothers the lolitas when they raid /cgl/, have you lost your way?

>>8327911
You can touch each other, as long a both parties agree. For something like a little knife fight, you can have a wee whisper in the ear to see if a little bit of grappling is fine. Makes the fight look cool.
He'll one of my best fight moments was when my 40k character ran out of bullets and ended up rolling around with a corrupted Harlequin Death Jester till I killed him. Granted it helped that the member of crew knew I'd be up for that.

>>8328247
Tykes is indeed very cool. Glad you got it sorted in the end. Horse is starting to get on folks nerves for his unprosperous ways.

>>8328295
Shit, if the game allows it, and it's within context of the setting then she can wear what she wants. Only proper sperglords would actually give two fucks. She's put better effort into her costume than a lot of folks.

In short. Be less mad.

>>8328511
Well you see the female was prettier than the posting anon, therefore through girl logic she's the biggest whore since hitler

>>8328742
that seems fair enough although that's still just an attack on the posting anon not on the hobby as a whole

>>8328749
Of course it is. Women never attack straight forward, it's always through avenues of subterfuge and confusion.

>>8328759
Just fuck off to /r9k/

>>8328761
No.

>>8328759
they do attack straightforward if they think they have the upper hand

>>8328772
But really, how often is that lol

>>8328786
I said when they THINK they have the upper hand not when that's how it is

>>8325329
Wow, thanks
Never expected to se someone say 'tumblr' on 4chan in a positive context--

>>8325977
Applewood Arms is my groups bar. I'm the Marcher with the Leaguish beret!

Odyssey Roman submalis WIP

Vambrace WIP

Meanwhile, I just got invited to a lolita teaparty because apperantly someone saw me on the last con and she knows someone I know and they talked about me and by the power of girl logic I'm now invited to this tea party.
I don't know what to expect...
Should I put bows on my armor for this occasions? Or crossbows are acceptable too?

>>8328971
I would expect tea, carnage and mary sues. Keep a knife or 2 hidden in case

>>8328971
>tea party
Are you sure this isn't a codeword for an orgy?

>>8328975
I have a few daggers among other things

>>8328980
I'm pretty sure it isn't an orgy but I'm not that sure if it isn't a codeword for something else

>>8328971
That is hilarious! It's nice when guys who are not "into" the fashion dress up a little. Nice button up shirt, and nice pants. If you want to adding a bowtie, suspenders, vest, cravat, ect. It can look good but it's not necessary.

Basically it's annoying for someone to show up in T-shirt and jeans for pretty much the same reason i it's annoying for someone to go similarly attired to a larp. It looks bad.

But I dunno maybe they expect you to show up in your landsknecht gear.

>>8328986
Don't forget your most important dagger.
Your penis

>>8328989
well, I will get more info later. Although right now I'm pretty much thinking about bringing my LK stuff with the armour.

>>8328991
I don't now about you but mine is not detachable

>>8328995
>I don't now about you but mine is not detachable
I feel nothing but pity for you.
Also, I forgot I set a name a couple days ago.

>>8329001
I acknowledge that as an elf you can know only about detachable penises

>>8329021
As an accountant I can afford a detachable penis for every occassion

the fuck guys.

>>8329033
I was pretty sure of that

>>8329035
did we went too /tg/?

>>8329043
Verily we must get back inith the spirit of LARPing..ith.... Verily

>>8329050
but I like being a fech/tg/uy...

>>8329043
>too /tg/
No such thing.

>>8328848
My compliments to the bar. Only place a bunch of thirsty Markers could find open about 2am on the Sunday morning at E4 last year.

>>8329157
apparently when we started to come here the courteous rape tokens were too /tg/ for /cgl/

also, we are in autosage so new thread

>>8329199

>>8328971
I think it would be cute if you showed up in armor, but it's hard to drink tea and eat sandwiches in plate.

>>8329175
We tend to be one of the last opening. We normally have 6 barrels of various ciders and 2 guest beers. We were sold out pretty much by mid Sunday E1 this year. So we just had spirits left. Things got crazy!