/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Yay new thread.

>>8413004
That guy on the ground seems familiar.

Will this madness ever end?

Goddamnit i'm becoming Hungarian.

These look so fun.

>>8413545

>>8413594
They can be. As much as Amtgard eventually soured for me, before the edition change in 2005 there were some great moments.

Pic not related, we never looked this good.

>>8413067
hnnnnng

>>8413731

What soured it for you?

>>8413946
The transition in the game's priorities from 5th to 6th edition Amtgard. That was when they changed the weapon construction rules to reflect their intent to attract children and cripples to the game and swaddle them in bubbles so that nobody got hurt. I got back from Iraq and went down to Spring War and was promptly told every weapon I owned was illegal, weapons I had painstakingly constructed to maximize efficiency without compromising safety during the past two editions. The standards changed so drastically that the new weapon standard was akin to wrapping a piece of cardboard tube in a feather pillow in comparison. I walked away after 10 years of playing and never looked back.

>>8414007

Was that when they went from PVC cores to the golf club shaft inside a foam pool noodle?

>>8414326

That was when they banned golf club shafts and doubled the thickness of foam required. All the newtech weapons got taken out of play. Basically, if you weren't rolling with PVC and 'noodle, you were illegal. A later edition returned things almost back to the way they were.

>>8414482

Good for them, bad for fixing it. Ultralights** are shit and should be discouraged everywhere they take root. If your sword weighs less than a pound, then you're wrong.

**meaning graphite or kite spar shafts, minimum possible foam, and kite tape or fabric covering, all intended to be as light and fast as humanly capable. Don't make weapons to "game" the system.

>>8414534
>everyone bitches about dickswords looking like shit
>prefers rules to make it impossible to make them not look like shit

>>8414619
BUH BUH....LATEX IS THE DEBIL! TOO HARD! NOT SAFE! ALLERGIES! Etc etc
Officially started working on fixing up my ACL/BotN kit with the first donation! The tabard is underway,and just recanvased my punching-shield (left to my full sized heater). Rope edged, covered in canvas, and going to be gessoed and edged again with rawhide.

>>8414643
...Forgot my pic

>>8414643

Actually, the allergy thing is a real concern. I know two people that are allergic to latex. that shit is serious. One of them will stop breathing if she comes in contain with latex.

Phone refresh dropped trip...

>>8414684
I find it hard to believe that properly maintained and sealed foam latex weapons in the little time it comes into skin contact would set off AS...

>>8414643
Exactly, which is why I wish Amtgard would stop pussyfooting and make the changeover. Then all the bitchery about weapon construction rules pandering to weaklings would stop.

>>8414684

If their allergy is so serious that they can somehow stop breathing after coming in contact with sealed and silicone-coated latex for 1/100ths of a second on a clothing-covered limb, then they clearly haven't been evolutionarily selected for and they can damn well die.

Or just not play. Not everything has to be accessible to everybody.

(Somebody who wants to play our airsoft larp is complaining that he's allergic to the plastic biodegradable BBs we use, and we should change the game to allow him to fully participate, or that he gets a giant "forever immune to bullets" ability and headband so nobody can use any sort of bullet-based attack against him. Fuck. That.)

>>8414684
LARP probably isn't the hobby for her then, a lot of people wear latex prosthetics.
It's kinda like living in a peanut field when you're deathly allergic to peanuts- there is absolutely no way you're going to be able to get rid of all those peanuts.

Mild discomfort allergies have my sympathies though. It's miserable. I'm allergic to wool and it makes me very sad that I can't wear wool garb.

>>8414007
>spring >>8414007
war
Are you from the wetlands? Sun Fall Abbey reporting in

>>8414684
>One of them will stop breathing if she comes in contain with latex.

You're either lying or being played.

>>8414918
Please tell me that's a larp and nto a movie.

>>8415031
Mate that's "The 13th warrior"..

>>8415023
I was in CK back in the day. Dragon's Haven (it's got a new name now according to the Amtmap: Murky Waters).

>>8415031
>>8415036

Wrong. It's "Ironclad". Same guy from "13th Warrior", though: Vladimir Kulich

>>8415030
Nope, that kindof severe allergy to plastics is a thing. I have a friend who goes into anaphylaxis at the slightest touxh of vinyl plastic. She's been sent to A and E a couple of times and I've seen it with my own two eyes. She mostly gets hospitalised because there are idoots who think she's lying and go out of their way to get her in contact with vinyl in order to trigger it. It's never as funny when she's on the ground turning blue and they have to call an ambulance.

>>8414931
wouldn't it be possible to give him his immunity if he also had some huge handicap to compensate?

>>8415150
>huge handicap to compensate
Like, not playing? Because that would be a big enough handicap for this

>>8415210
It must be nice to have complete control over a game like that. Here, if you deny someone the "right" to play, then it's "discrimination" and they sue you. It's litigation fear that turned Amtgard into a bitch game.

>>8415235
honestly, our legel system is shit, if anyone would try to sue someone because they didn't let them play a game people would point at him and laugh.

Plus while some people nowdays tend to forget, around here the the cultural norm is that having participating something or having something is a privilege (although this word might have an entire other meaning now...) not a right.

>>8415242
Let me tell you how bad it is here, using this delightful example from the mid-'90s: there was this guy at one of our Kingdom's parks, an older guy who had gotten Agent Oranged in Vietnam back in the '70s. His whole family played Amtgard, so he'd become something of a local fixture at this Barony, he even held court positions several times vying for his knighthood (which he never got because he was a dildo). One of the things about Amtgard is that you have to sign a medical waiver to even play the game, and on this waiver there's a clause that states that if you have a medical condition that makes the game unsafe for others then you're technically not allowed to play and that you fully understand this, and this guy signed it. Well, as time progressed the gene damage from the Agent Orange began to numb his extremities: he couldn't feel when he was taking hits from the weapons anymore, and he turned into what we called a "rhino-hiding sluffer" of epic proportions. He simply could't register that he'd been hit unless it physically knocked him to the ground, which wasn't/isn't kosher in Amtgard. As his condition deteriorated, it was brought to the attention of the Kingdom that the guy was a cheating faggot who wouldn't take his hits because he 'couldn't feel them', so Kingdom asked him what the hell was going on. He 'fessed up to his diagnosis and Kingdom 'suggested' that he retire from the game. He refused and claimed if anyone tried to force him to leave, despite him having signed a waiver stating that if he was medically unfit to play the game he was not permitted to play it, he would bring the matter before a judge and that he would claim it was discrimination. The bastards blinked and let him stay, and over a period of a month he basically drove everyone but his immediate family from his local land because he'd made gameplay impossible. He literally had to die before that land recovered enough to regain its Barony status.

>>8415253
and that's only one of the many cultural differences

>>8415256
I'd love if our culture adapted a policy that you could eat human flesh as long as it was a lawyer being devoured. That would end the litigation problem.

As I said last thread, I took a bunch of pictures in berlin's german history museum. There was a bunch of stuff there, but I mainly took pictures of the medieval stuff up to the 30 years war. Now who can name the HRE Elector this shield represents?

>'Hans, what is it with you and your overdesigned fantasy bullshit? Wear a pavise like everyone else!'

>'Hey my hound, we heard you liked shields...'

Alphiesse/Awlpikes! If only there were a way to make them larp safe.

I hope you guys like weird polearms, because the museum sure did. These were from the hussite rebellion iirc.

I wonder if anyone's ever tried making a costume based off medieval depictions of demons with their beaks and feathers and everything.

Watch out, the muslims have skeletons!
Obscured by reflection: Evil Lutheran breasts.

Stuff from the German Peasants War I think.

>proportions

Sexy Ottoman Loot.

Not a proper account of the period without a katzbalger.

I hope the picture does justice as to just how pretty these wheellocks were.

>armor with apostles
>give it the pikes

And I'll finish this dump with some even prettier ottoman loot.

loser florida anon who wants to get into larp

what do. where do i look. where do i start

I'm going to dump a bunch of armor and weapon pics from my trip at London

>>8415327

>>8415338

>>8415342

Jurassic Park larp when?

>>8414652
Those dont seem LARP safe.

>>8415522
Those are not for LARPing.

>>8415327
Sorry I missed you at Empire, I was rushed off my feet all event. Did you enjoy it?

>>8415049
On the left
>Is dis nigga serious?

>>8415603
Yeah! It was very, very well organized. Were you there when the spiders attacked the senate?

>>8415278
If I had the time and budget, I would definitely consider making a Goetia-inspired costume.

>>8415825
>If I had the time and budget, I would definitely consider making a Goetia-inspired costume.

>>8415825
They attacked Conclave, but since I'm not a mage I couldn't get in to fight.

>>8415298
Usually, googling "larp [area]" will give you a few results telling you what sorts of larps you'll find in your area. I don't know if any of our regulars are from Florida, but it's possible someone else here might be able to help you narrow down your choices if you share a few that you're interested in.

Story time. This was at Empire in the UK
>Players come through a portal
>Voices (NPCs) appear in their minds, telling them either to destroy or protect an artifact
>Voices keep getting stronger and intense the closer the players get to the artifact
>People start going crazy
>Player's plan to deal with a scary ass artifact that causes madness to everyone in a huge radius:
Let's bring it back with us through the portal to the capital!
>facepalm.jpg
We later learnt that one of the player went berserk and destroyed it. Other players went berserk too and killed him.
Success for the skirmish crew!

>>8415877

>>8415889

Well, it looks like the only larps near me are a Dark Fantasy/Steampunk/horror larp (I sortof have an aversion to steampunk, BUT would probably be able to drag a friend if i went to it, and I looks well put together), a werewolf larp (looks like a werewolf version of the masquerade), and Amtguard (not really larp).
Why are there no good medieval larps near me?
What would you all recommend I do?

>>8415904
Should have read "And IT looks well put together."

>>8415904
Is the steampunk one Dystopia Rising? Because Dystopia Rising has some really ass-backwards rules, enough that you may want to give it a good hard look before settling on it.

>>8415904
You chicagoland area? Because that's all I could find around me.

>>8415891

>>8415962

>>8415957
Billed as world of hashonen http://hashonen.com/wordpress/
>>8415960
No, I am south east Tennessee, to get to the next largest city near me would be a 2.5 hour trip across state lines to Atlanta. I may have to head there though.

>>8415977

>>8415981

>>8415982
Most of these pictures were done in precarious conditions and when the curators weren't looking, sorry about the blurryness

>>8415984

>>8415994

>>8415526
Then what are they for?

>>8415268
That's the Elector of Mainz. Big white wheel on a field of red.

>>8416014
Bashing people with. Gropey's trying to get into the Battle of Nations team.

>>8416007

>>8416024

>>8416073

>>8416111
Now the interesting part begins...

>all these sexy images

>>8416125
Tips for playing an out right evil PC?

>>8416121

>>8416172
Don't. Nobody is outright evil in real life. Give your character realistic motivations and some way to gather friends, or you will be instakilled. Don't be afraid to run away.

>>8416196

Evil is a matter of perspective. What is done from love lies beyond good and evil.

>>8416206

>>8416233

>>8416245

>>8416250
my favourite sword

>>8415253

Requesting more stories please. These are pretty entertaining so far.

Hey hey folks. Sup?

>>8416378
Hey, how goes the work?

>>8416399
First coat of modpodge is curing on my punch shield. Going to do three more before I paint. The a layer of sealant, and the rawhide edging.

Im in the IRC

Is there anybody that does SCA rapier in here? If so, could you tell me if pic related would suffice for back of head protection? I'm not a fan of the tight-fitting under-the-mask protection, but am worried that the slight gaps in this guy would disqualify it from SCA use.
>inb4 modern
Kingdom I'm in has a high tolerance for using modern-looking gear if it's done for protection. Also, I can't sew for shit.

http://www.woodenswords.com/Absolute_Mask_Cover_p/ab-cover.htm

>>8415835
NO EXCUSES! I'm not a mage and I got to fight them. I got a piggyback from an Autumn Herald. All I had was a tiny knife too. Was epic!

>>8416460
I do. And cut and thrust.

>back of head protection
Are we talking ridged for cut-and-thrust or a fencing hood? The AB cover will not suffice for either, and will have gaps and will not be ridged enough for cut and thrust. Get an actual fencing hood. Either one you wear under your mask such as http://www.darkwoodarmory.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4_10&products_id=10&zenid=9msqb980fnigl6gu4e9csf37d3 or an over-the-mask one like pic related.

>Kingdom I'm in has a high tolerance for using modern-looking gear

What shithole are you from?

>>8416477
>What shithole are you from?
fuck you too. it's Atlantia, and they told me to err on the side of modern if i need the protection.

>>8416477
>>8416530
Aren't they your neighbors to the south, Gropey?

>>8416530
I am Atlantian too bro. I was worried you were from one of those kingdoms where people dont bat an eye to uncovered riot gear and blue pickle barrel. We have a 10-foot rule

What Barony?

>>8416565
Nope, he's one of my countrymen. I automatically assumed he was from one of the lesser kingdoms, and now feel like an ass.

>>8416530
To Gropey's defence, many kingdoms dress like shit next to Atlantia, and a kingdom that will not be named allowed someone to fight in crown tourney in bright blue uncovered ABS barrel plastic.

Gropes can be a dick, but he's right about the 10 foot rule.

>>8416567
>>8416572
Whats the "10 foot rule"?

>>8416574
If your gear looks medieval-esque from about 10-feet to an uneducated onlooker, it's good to go.
>>8416572
what Kingdom? please don't say outlands, that's where I'm from.

>>8416572
That wouldn't be Ansteorra, would it?

>>8416574
Blatantly modern equipment and clothes must be disguised or unobtrusive enough that from 10 feet, your typical uneducated person can't tell without looking closer

Canvas slip on shoes or moccasins from walmart work perfectly, for example, but converse or nikes are right out.

>>8416577
Nope, you're safe.

>>8416574
Modern clothes and equipment have to be covered and cant be identified from 10 feet away by the public. You can wear pajama pants but not blue jeans etc.

>>8416578
So... How about sports? Way to score the goal point!

Im sorry, Anon.

>>8416596
Say what you want, we know you're jealous that we have better BBQ and have multiple reasons to wear armor, even on the off-season.

>>8416599
Im originally from Lousisana. You don't know BBQ.

>have multiple reasons to wear armor, even on the off-season.
What do you mean? Winter wars, War of the Wings, Border Raids, Bacon Wars....

>>8416603
>he thinks Louisiana is the best at BBQ in the US
they aren't even the best in the southwest

>>8416605
Fight me over it, Yankee.

>>8416603
>BBQ
>Louisiana

Top kek. Smearing cajun peppers on everything does not BBQ make.

Was a football joke: armor on and off the field.

>>8416610
>Smearing cajun peppers on everything does not BBQ make.
LIES

>Was a football joke: armor on and off the field.
Totally missed it. Im not much of a sports guy.

HUUUUUGS!!

>>8416614
I'm starting not to be. The stink of rigged games and payoffs is becoming more than even my nose can bear.

>>8416619
Thats why I am both happy and concerned ACL is starting to take off here in the US.

>>8416621
It should be safe as long as some roach doesn't figure out there's money to be made with it.

>>8416567
i feel a bit uncomfortable answering that question, but i do have another for you. Do you know of any place that sells over the mask hoods for SCA? the reason i didn't get the one you posted is because I wore one and it felt super uncomfortable, what with it being jammed under the mask and really close to the face.

>>8416654
>I feel a bit uncomfortable answering that question
Understandable. Im from Tirydon myself. Feel free to drop me a line at screwloosecircus AT gmail Dot com and you'll be welcome to the hospitality of Casa Scungilli any time.

>Do you know of any place that sells over the mask hoods for SCA?
Not online. Lots of local vendors though at the larger events. I also know folks that take comissions.

>>8413067
Sallet best helmet

>>8416671
Damn straight

Thoughts on lorica segmentata made into a more 16th century style chestplate + girdle combo? I've been rigging out CAD designs and are wondering if that be something that would be allowed in these sorts of larps. The pauldrons and vambraces and cauter are all in european style, but I just love the mobility of segmentata, but have always hated the chestplate.

>>8416681
The segmentata is actually a pretty poor design that wasn't used or especially liked by the legions.

What you might want to look into is my beloved late 15th/early 16thC fashion of In Modo Antiquo: Armour inspired and designed to suggest the armour of archaic greek and roman heros, but using contemporary technology. Note these pics >>8413067
>>8413075
>>8413089
showing a solid breast plate and a brigandine trunk, which brings to mind segmentata and musculata.

>>8416703
Yeah, the upper portion feels fucking retarded, but the acutal banded girdle has always felt really great. I actually made a few segmented girdles that are bolted together with free moving areas for the bolts to slide along versus the hanging leather straps. The leather straps just sit at the top band and would sling over my shoulders. The problem with the leather bands going all the way down is that weird sense of torsion that you get with normal segmentata.

>>8416710
Again, just my suggestion. For the actual act of combat and such, it is historically a poor design with praetorians actually opting for hamata and squamata in actual combat.

That said, it shouldn't be too hard to replace the brigandine portion of the armour I linked to make it happen if you are keen on it.

>>8416681
Segmentata looked good, that was really about all it did for anyone above and beyond the hamata and musculata designs. Its maintenance was a bitch and, historically, it gets a lot of anachronistic treatment that makes it seem as though it was a common design throughout Roman history when in fact it was an Empire-era design and aside from statuary like Trajan's Column it's not well-documented in how widespread the design might have been. It could possibly even have been as a rare a thing to see in use as lorica plumata and reserved for higher ranks only.

>>8416727
>>8416713

True. In response to Gropey, I do seriously agree with the poor ergonomics. Your pauldrons fucking flop around unless you strap them to your tunic and then they just tear it apart after a bout. That's why I wanted to replace the chestplate and pauldrons, because they're pants on head retarded for non-regimental combat. I really do appreciate the input however. I've never had anything beyond a 1v1 bout with a friend, and I generally opt for a buckler with a swordstaff/glaive/spearlike device. The chestplate you linked me to seems like it would flow well over the girdle/trunk, and shouldn't be hard to cut out on the router and then work it out on the planisher.

>>8416727

And dude, it does look cool. It makes a nice sound when you walk in it too. Tight rattle and clank. Feels nice. It also doesn't work on people with no hips or ass, and the Italic people are famous for having rather large buttocks and staunch hips.

>>8416752
>Italic people are famous for having rather large buttocks and staunch hips

That's one of the points that casts doubts on the widespread use of the segmentata: by the time of say around just before the Dominate, the vast majority of the Legions were from the outer provinces of Rome, in great part from the Danube region, Illyria, and upper Gaul, people not widely known for having Latin stature or build. It's very likely the bulk of the armors in common use came from derivatives of Occidental designs similar to squamata, or they kept to hamata, both of which are much more forgiving of lack of ass and hips.

Pic only marginally related, I just like seeing hamata in widespread use on a bunch of white guys rather than trying to shove them all into fake segmentata like in Gladiator.

>>8416752
> the Italic people are famous for having rather large buttocks and staunch hips.
Yeah yeah... I know. At least its good for sitting on, and I don't fret too much about my pants dropping

>>8416808

Nah man, feels good. Italic-builds unite. Though, it is a shame, most of us are manlets. I however was blessed with a 5'11 height, so I'm not too screwed. And I've found the LARP girlies do enjoy the bottoms of a fine looking man.

>>8416798

Yeah, I've found with a friend of mine who is of similar build, but has no hips or ass tends to say how it just flops about on him. He feels all the weight on his shoulders, not his sides and shoulders. Sort of interesting. I would have thought the segmentata would have been easier to produce on a large scale, considering the Romans had a mining operation at par with Industrial England. I mean, they didn't have automated routers, but there were slaves who could be handed shears and files.

>>8416819
5'10"-11" depending on the day. Im one of the tallest in my family. Yes, ladies like the booty!

>>8416819
It'd take some mining to put down 30 Legions' worth of mail and scale, even at the reduced sizes for Legions of the Empire, and keep them maintained, and that's not even counting the urban cohorts, the Praetorians, the vigiles, the cavalry's horses, and the list goes on and on for things large quantities of iron would be needed for. But you also have to remember that the really important mines were the gold and silver ones, since they had been debasing their coinage since Augustus, and the occupation of certain outlying provinces was actually bleeding the Empire's finances faster than they were making up for the cost expenditure. Mommsen goes into great detail about how around the time of Trajan, the occupations of both Britannia and Mesopotamia were costing Rome more than either were actually worth.

>>8417057

>>8417076

>>8417104

>>8417111

>>8417117

>>8417133

>>8417137

>>8415980
Try looking for SCA maybe?

>>8416461
Hah, I actively avoid Heralds! I'm more dabbling in foreign policy matters.

>>8417142

>>8417152
I've herd rumors that there is a SCA chapter nearby. Yea, they updated their site finally. Now I can actually check them out as they have an event posted. Last time i asked here about the local chapter not too much information was given. Local chapter is the shire of vulpine reach in Meridies. Any info on whether they are decent or not at anything but archery would be appreciated. If I recall, not being to find any hint of non archery was why I hadn't already visited them.

>>8417300
>shire of vulpine reach
http://www.vulpinereach.org/shire-happenings/activities/

>>8417351
Yes. I know where their website is. I see that there is non archery items on it. Just because they have non archery events scheduled does not take away from 100% of their site - the event schedule pushes archery. It also doesn't answer the question I asked.

>>8417378
They flat-out state they don't have anyone currently able to run an archery practice, much less an event. Try literacy, or is that too difficult for you being in Tennessee and all?

>>8417414
Wait, where was that? I thought I scoured the whole site. Why the hell do they have all the references to archery in their site then?

>>8417497
In fact the closest thing to what you said that appears anywhere is "...we currently do not have any regularly scheduled archery practices." No mention of why. But with the theme of the rest of the site I soul say I is because they want to get people who are better at other things, instead of being archery focused like they have been.

>>8417504
Would*

>>8417180

>>8416572
>uncovered blue barrel armor

Worse than Hitler.

>>8417609

Thinking of starting a 16th century Spanish Army getup. Does anyone know of any good smiths/producers of repro toledo armor? Not interested in the whole set but just the breastplate and some assorted upper body armor.

>>8417180
Ugh, these are so fucking gorgeous.

>>8417504

Not that anon, but they do have an Archery Marshal listed under their Officers. He doesn't have a Deputy; in fact none of them do. Might be schedule issues, might be the one guy is just a placeholder who can't actually shoot, might be they can't get a permit for a range. You could write them and find out, I guess.

>>8415116
Some guys from that group are joining my Longbowmens group at Bico.

It's becoming bigger and bigger

>>8416819
>most of us are manlets.
do you want to know the pain of feeling like a manlet with giants?

I'm at the left at 5'10 and look at that picture

>>8418089
>Dat thousand yard stare
Already they are battle hardened and probably a little bit crazy.

>>8418102
He's one of Bico veteran, most of us in the new group are.

We've seen seasons of war and none of peace.

Those who fought for the Kingdom of Haldorf only knew war for the past 11 years

>>8418112
''There is no peace , only pauses between wars''

>>8418116
''As long as the enemies of the true faith lives, peace is not an option''

>>8418118
"Ore wa ochinchin ga daisuki nandayo"

>>8418121
>>8418089
Same guy as a gaul

>>8416224
>being this much of a moral relativist
faggot

>>8418112
>>8418116
>>8418118

After a thousand battles, one only sees death!

>>8418228
>thinks morality isn't subjective

Christfag slave

>>8418300
>Being a Vikingeaboo

Fad slave

>>8418332
The stench of the lies from the White Christ has roused the gods from their slumber at last. All those crosses will soon be used again for what they were designed for, with a Christian nailed to each, pointing their hateful fingers at Jerusalem and the god that failed them.

>>8418339
Ah okay you're one of those guys...

Good luck with life kid.

I've attended a couple LARPs in the American north east and i gotta ask, is there any LARP in the area that actually has their shit together?

I am aware that American LARPing is problematic because of land owning and taxes etc etc.

>>8418300
>thinking only the Christians believed in objective morality
double faggot

>>8418385
We're going to need more details to offer you actual suggestions anon. Start with these:
>American Northeast is a large segment of land, can you be more specific like down to the state?

>What games have you tried?

>What were the things about them you disliked?

>What genre are you looking for?

>Do you like fighting, roleplaying, or an even mix?

>What do you want out of a LARP (broadly)?

>>8418416
Specifically, i am in the new york area but have only attended LARP's in new Jersey. Specifically Knight Realms, which i enjoyed but stopped going because the community is fucking awful, or at least my experience with them has been unpleasant (paired with the fact that an underaged girl just got sexually assaulted and people didn't report it to the cops or inform her parents, or at least that is what i was told).

After figuring out i liked being able to beat people, i picked a warrior class up and also enjoyed the role playing but did not enjoy that people could not remove themselves from game when game was done, IE they dont shut the hell up and in game drama carries into real life and vice versa.

I also tried Dystopia rising, which people demanded be taken seriously despite how pants on head retarted it can be. Also, for people concerned about not offending people, they have a couple dicey issues regarding races...

I am looking for a LARP without a level headed community honestly. I am sorry if this sounded like a vendetta, i was just totally blown away by some of the people and things i ran into.

>>8418396
>implying anyone else does

Oh boy, it's that time again!

>>8417300
>>8417351
>>8417378
>>8417414
>>8417497
>>8417504
90% of the SCA has gone over to facebook, leaving the websites to languish. Have you contacted them? If they are truely a small group that doesn't have what you want, why not look into neighboring baronies? It can also be that they don't have enough people into rapier/heavy/bohemian nose-flutes etc, and having one more person can drive it into being.

>>8417767
And blue campmat foam is rolled up communism.

>>8417781
"Spanish armour" of the 16thC is just popular armour of the 1500's. Do you mean the Iconic armour of the 17thC conquistadors? (pic related)

>>8418098
Yay, im half an inch taller than you! COWER MIDGET!

>>8418121
>one short trip to google later
Huhuhhu

>>8418228
>>8418300
>>8418332
>>8418339
>>8418349
>>8418396
>>8418491
>>8418509
Ya'll are girl kissing faggots than need more Slaanesh in your lives.

>>8418385
Im trying in VA, but life has not been cooperating

>>8418446
Avoid any game that either has people getting molested, or has people who are crazy enough to tell a stranger rumors of molestation. Especially when it isn't reported to the cops. You dodged a bullet there anon.

>IE they dont shut the hell up and in game drama carries into real life and vice versa.
This is extremely common in LARPs (happens outside of the US too) and it's called 'metagaming.' Some games are better than others, but the best way to deal with it imo is to find a game where there is a smaller amount of it, and avoid the people who do it like the plague.

>which people demanded be taken seriously despite how pants on head retarted it can be.
Most people like having their games taken seriously, at least at game. Nobody likes the guy who comes up shouting "You're all nerds and your swords are fake" or the guy who snickers in the corner whenever you're trying to do a serious scene.
That being said DR is a pretty meh game, and some of the stories I've heard about it here has made me suspicious of it.

Are you personally offended by race insensitivity in games? Because that actually cuts out a lot of them. Games are pretty dumb when it comes to race.

Finding a level-headed community is sadly something that I can't help with. A lot of that has to do with your personal definition of level-headed, and also requires personal experience form the standpoint of the person suggesting it. I'm pretty sure there's a New York chapter of Alliance but Alliance is VERY hit and miss.

Perhaps SCA? More fighting, more serious people, less roleplay? LARP attracts some crazy weirdos, but there will be a game out there for you somewhere anon.

>>8418662
My own god's serving me just fine, thanks.

>>8418446
from what i heard she told people she was eighteen and it was just a case of her getting weirded out by awkwerd nerds hitting on her.

How do most people mount their full legs around here? Seems like pourpoints are rather unpopular at my larp as people seem to much rather using belts or weight lifting harness things. I've started my pourpoint but seems like the chances of it holding together after being used on weekly basis is slim, but I guess I'll wait and see

>>8418662
>Yay, im half an inch taller than you! COWER MIDGET!
You should have said dwarf, dwarf are kinda cool when they are not whiny pussies like in the Hobbit

>>8418446
>IE they dont shut the hell up and in game drama carries into real life and vice versa.
WHAT!? larping is a place where weirdoes and insane people spend time at?...Umpossible!

>which people demanded be taken seriously despite how pants on head retarted it can be.
I remember hearing a story about a guy who claimed to be Half-Nazgûl
here is the scene
>Be young me
>guy is wearing an halloween costume of a nazgul
>he's trying to be all mysterious and shit
>he start talking to me
>i'm like...okay
>ask me my name
>answer
>tell me he's Vargar *ohboyherewego*
>think to myself...putting V R G and K into names to sound ''medieval'' is shitty
>guy tell me he's half Nazgul
>i look at him for what seems like a 30seconds
>proceed to lift my thumb in the air
>give this guy a thumb up almost 2 inches from his face
>go away

>>8419213
If she's weirded by that, how will she react when i start smelling the air near her and going ''FRESH MEAT!'' with the butcher voice from Diablo 1.

Larp wiminz, they're everybody's girlfriend

>>8419260
>half nazgul
>half nazgul
>mfw half nazgul

>>8419260
You sound like a nonce

>>8418446
>paired with the fact that an underaged girl just got sexually assaulted and people didn't report it to the cops or inform her parents, or at least that is what i was told
Wow that's pretty tame compared to my local LARP, I can name 5 instances of something like that off the top of my head. I thought that dealing with creeps, metagamers and highschool drama was just a part of being in any LARP community. The smart people just choose to ignore it

>>8419394
It comes with the community to be sure, but some games are better than others. If that's basic for you then you may want to look into other games.

>The smart people choose to ignore it
Wisdom for the ages.

>>8419404
I've been with it for years now so I can't really bring myself to leave
>mfw been lying about having a boyfriend who lives overseas for the last year to keep creeps off my back

>>8415277
>weird polearms
that one is fairly regular. You have to go deeper if you want to show us something weird

>>8419434
I knew a guy who always talked about having a qt gf living in Japan.

It was surprising to find out she actually existed.

>>8415291
I have to remind you that there are no apostles on that pictures

>>8416583
>Blatantly modern equipment and clothes must be disguised or unobtrusive enough that from 10 feet, your typical uneducated person can't tell without looking closer
but a typical uneducated person can't tell if something is not medieval even if it's right in front of him

also
>>8416671
>>8416674
faggots

>>8419255
>How do most people mount their full legs around here?
If you mean leg armour there are two possibilities.
One of them is just strapping the shit out of it to your leg, the other is strapping the shit out of your leg, plus to a belt and/or to your breastplate
If they actually fit you it helps a lot

Serbfag here, Serbian LARP is in a shithole thanks to faggots who bring there girlfriends/boyfriends and then we have to help them fit in. They seek way too much attention and make way too much drama... I guess Its time to visit Hungary before they make that fence tho.

>>8419484
our international game will be in a few more weeks, although I'm not sure if sign ups are still open or not.
Also aren't Serbia is where the Green Banner is?

>>8419491
Yeah, but the Green Banner is plagued by some Svirčev dude and his "Green Armoy" company.. oh and he too brings his gf to LARP even tho she sits and acts like she is special and doesn't want to help with anything.

>>8419493
Ignore the name tho.

>>8419493
well, my only experience with the green banner that they promised to come to a hungarian game two times and both times they didn't come. The first time their excuse was that they missed the train or something along that line.
And according to Croatian organizers they did this not coming things there too.
But they always say how hardcore they are so I want to see them at least once to figure out how much of it is just hype

>>8419502
>>8419502
>>8419502
There are quite few nice and dedicated people there but the people leading them are just greedy asswipes ( facebook: GreenShieldArmoury ) who what to sell stuff to people who enjoy LARP. I'm personally getting sick of them and next year I will probably move to Hungary.

>>8419508
yeah, I already know about greenshield armoury and I'm not really amused by them, they aren't doing anything extra

>>8419512
>they aren't doing anything extra
Hey they took 300 euros to fix a broken sword handle on my friends sword only since he was from UK and din't know shit. (To clarify it was 15min of work and the new sword was around 150e) Says alot about those guys.

>>8419517
well, they mostly doing wallhangers that's for sure.
And if your friend is in the UK then he could have find a fuckton more actual professionals who could make it. Like cutleranon, although for 300 euro he would make actual replicas that are functional (although a really nice one would be obviously more expensive)

>>8419493
>oh and he too brings his gf to LARP even tho she sits and acts like she is special and doesn't want to help with anything

Maybe she's just really shy?

>>8419549
Why wasn't she shy when we ware taking group pictures? I don't mind shy but I do mind spoiled and attention seeking.

I'm starting to think that another player in my LARP group has a crush on me. When we're playing on the same team, he always finds some reason to be near me. If we're on opposite teams, he hunts me down and kills me first. I keep catching him staring at me. When we're not playing, he keeps inviting me over to his house (I don't go though) and he sends me messages on Facebook just to say "hi" and stuff like that. He knows I'm already in a relationship. He seems really nice and I don't want to hurt his feelings but at the same time, I don't want to lead him on or give him false hope. Has anyone else ever been in this situation? Should I just ignore him and let the crush go away on it's own? How do you let someone know that you're not interested in them romantically without hurting their feelings or making things really awkward?

>>8419618
did you straight out asked him about this? Because that would really help this situation, otherwise it will just draw out to be more and more awkward he he doesn't find someone else. These aren't the things that go away on their own if nothing changes

>>8419493
So she sits there and does nothing, so that makes you think she thinks she's special? What kind of mental gymnastics is that?
>>8419567
Probably because she couldn't avoid it?

You sound really jelly and/or butthurt that she is getting more attention than you.
I wonder which one of them you are.

>>8419626
>What kind of mental gymnastics is that?
He wants to bang her

>>8419493
If anything those angel faggots keep thinking they're special. Hope you're coming for the bulgarian LARP at the beginning of September, we are preparing some pretty amazing shit.

>>8419493
I can't ignore it. You are forever stained as the most fagtastic queer to ever exist now.

>>8419626
She made us drive 30km just so she can eat, since she does not eat "crappy BBQ" and after that she wanted to got home since her boyfriend didn't give her enough attention. And the best part is that they tried fucking in the tent where we keep most of our gear, guess how that ended.

>>8419674
>He wants to bang her
I'm married and I don't find attention seeking whores attractive.

>>8419719
I hope ill make it If my new job goes well.

>>8419762
It sounds like she didn't really want to be there but she just came out to support her boyfriend. If she was miserable the whole time, maybe she won't come back.

>>8419783
Then why on earth did she come next 3-4 time and made the day shitty for the rest of us? I am sorry but I just don't get those kind of people. We all did our best to help her and others fit in, but she was too special to be a part of anything where she wasn't the center of attention. Anyway I don't want to go off-topic anymore. Green banner is past for me.

Meanwhile a little intermezzo for the white knighting shit:
I just found a site that sells plastic lamellar plates, and as far as I can tell they are selling for roughly half the price as steel ones goes (may vary with your sources) So it's a viable alternative for larp

http://www.plasticlamellar.com/index.html

>>8419791
thanks I was looking for aku plates but this is way better then metal ones at least for what I need them

>>8419808
yep, although some of them looks way too thin, I wouldn't really trust the 2 mm thick ones, those are just asking to break just from storing and shipping.
But the newcastle versions looks solid enough

>>8419434
>>mfw been lying about having a boyfriend who lives overseas for the last year to keep creeps off my back

Unfortunately, that won't stop the really determined ones. Not even obvious signs like wearing a wedding ring is a deterrent to some of them.

>>8419618
Hungarian is right, this isn't something that will go away if you ignore it. Take it from me, as a guy who's been on the other side of that before, you need to make it completely clear that you are not interested in him. You don't have to be cold about it, just take him aside at some point and say "Hey look, you're a great guy and I value your friendship, but I'm not interested in a relationship with you."

Alright so i leave this thread for what...5 hours and now its all relationshop advices?

It's simple, you never trust or get in a relationship with larp wiminz.

>>8419791
Good stuff! Do you think this could be used to make brigandine, too?

>>8420260
nope, those plates aren't good for a brigandine, but maybe you can ask them if they are willing to make something that is good for that (although I don't know how will the plastic endure the riveting, maybe not much)

>>8420250
that's true although keep in mind that there is a subtle but very important difference between larp wiminz and women who are larping

This is a bit more of a re-enactment question, but what's the availability of repro WW1 uniforms in general? Like, how hard it is to find all the little pieces and accessories to pull off an accurate impression of a specific unit?

Because i've been thinking of trying to build something, mainly for LARP purposes. I would like it to be accurate for a certain unit in certain time. Something like US troops guarding the mexican border to something like picture related, the siberian expedition and cold weather clothing. Naturally, there probably isn't going to be LARP about that certain conflict which happened to involve my very specific uniform of the 2nd Engineer Battallion, but the outfit would be somewhat accurate for beginnings of 19th century.

But how should i set from here? Like, are there some forums centered around WW1 re-enactment? I'm guessing they would have pretty good information.

I'll post this to the LARP thread too.

>>8420357

It depends very heavily on the nation you're trying to reproduce. I was building an Imperial German-inspired costume for running demos of Leviathans (flying WW1 battleship game), and ran into tremendous issues sourcing stuff.

In general, Western-front British, French, and American stuff is fairly easy to come by. Russian, German, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman stuff is extremely difficult. The further away you move from the Triple Entente powers, and the further you move away from "Infantry on the Western front", the harder it's going to be to track stuff down - a rifleman from the 92nd Infantry Division at the Battle of the Marne is going to be MUCH easier to source than an engineer from the 27th Infantry Regiment from AEF-Siberia.

>>8420250

So. Many. Rivets.

>>8419618
Eyeing the guy I liked on the field worked for me, I was too shy to talk to him but then one night I shot him in the crotch with an arrow then we finally started talking, he turned me over to chaos and we've now been happily together for a year. To the point, tell the guy to get lost if you're already in a relationship gently if you must, the longer you leave it the more butthurt he's going to get when you eventually tell him no. Don't even be friendly with him until he knows his place, make an example that you won't tolerate that shit or another will come and do the same thing

Just got back from a weekend at the Vale, *UK Larp* and although i was stuck doing the resource drops, everyone else had a great time.
I have on my camera some great pictures of some viking Undead who were there., but it will take some time to transfer it from my phone to my laptop.

>>8420642
Found the picture of the Vikings (Undead), anyone else here been to the Vale?

>>8420378
But what i've found out so far:

http://schipperfabrik.com/store/

They seem to have quite a large selection, again mostly german/british/american, but french too. Naturally i don't know anything about the quality or accuracy, but it seems that they are accurate and good quality.


http://www.civilwarboots.com/

They seem to have pretty nice selection of boots, from 17-19th century. Does anyone have any experience with this one? I mean, tall leather boots, made-to-order, i'm tempted on ordering

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-larp-girl-tour#/story
hey guys check this out.

>>8420703
Schipper is easily the best for WW1 uniforms. Hessen Antique is a close 2nd but Schipper uses better materials.

>>8421103
Are you trying to get this girl attacked by a bunch of 4chan meanies because you hate her or something? Sorry, but I have to say I like what she's doing. I've been wanting to get into LARP for a while but have felt slightly intimidated by how much it seems to involve and how male-dominated it is, so a girl doing a guide is actually a great idea to someone like me. Also $1000 is hardly an astronomical amount...

>>8421180
You seem to have lost your way my dear.

https://www.tumblr.com/

>>8421180
>I like what she's doing.
Being a snobby avegost player?

Evening folks!

>>8421217
sup faggot

>>8421222
Not much cock-sock. How you fellating today?

Im in the chat if folks are in.

So guys, how bad is this tunic?

I received it some weeks ago, because I was in a rush to buy a tunic for my local Renaissance Festival, and didn't have much money at the time.

It's 100% cotton, and while it's comfortable, I don't think it's really the most accurate.


The color of it is almost an olive green.

I wanted it to just be a "general" tunic that I can use for any time period, but I can't find one historical reference to a "v-neck" tunic such as the one I have.


Should I sell it? Just buy another tunic? Can I modify this to be a little more accurate in its appearance?

>>8421286
Keep it , its not that bad at all.
you never have too much stuff.

But get another ''plain'' one without decorations, it goes even better with everything.

>>8421286
Not bad at all. I am not a fan of the trim, but that is because its too "christmasy" for my tastes

>>8421286

It should be fine. I don't like the red and green trim that much (personal preference), but other than that, it's okay.

>>8421305
>>8421310
>>8421328

I was planning on removing the trimming if I needed to, but it's just the neckline that gets me.

I know "keyhole" style necklines were popular for a big part of history, but like I said, I haven't been able to find any historical examples of a "v-necked" tunic in any pictures or descriptions.


I don't want to be the "history autist" but it makes me not even want to put the rest of my kit together if I can't even get the tunic right

>>8421340
what is the period you're aiming for?

also, dont worry, it took me a long time to have a perfect kit for my templar...then i began a new english longbowman just cuz i'm dumb i guess huhu

>>8421351

Well I was aiming for an 11th century Norman, either in the conquests of Britannia, or the conquests of sicily/southern italy.

I was planning on removing the trimming since it looks a little too oldschool-norse for a norman

>>8418662
>Yay, im half an inch taller
You're both short. Tremble before my towering height and premature knee problems.

>>8421351
Ayyyy Frenadian, is this the style I should do for my longbowman garb? >>8418089

>>8421180
I don't like her but I don't get the butt-shattering hate either anon. The LARPgirl is a common point of rage and discussion in these threads so I expect that's why anon posted it.

>>8421486
>You're both short. Tremble before my towering height and premature knee problems.

I compressed my spine a half inch, and lost about a quarter inch off my right leg from the knee replacement

Besides, arn't the females supposed to be bigger than the males? 10/10, would bring gift of food to avoid post-mating cannibalism

Have more badass longbowmen.

>>8421515
Hopefully I won't be quite as blood-covered as that guy at Bico. I'm sad we're doing 12th century and can't get our Battle of Agincourt on.

>arn't the females supposed to be bigger than the males?
Half the reason I play a spider. Though the staff member who played her new spider boyfriend saw me standing up straight when I was on staff and was baffled by my height, he's used to me skulking around low to the ground.

>would bring gift of food
Would not save you, would only bring your death more quickly and painlessly. The way to handle the females of the species I'm representing is to give them massages on their bellies and legs- puts them into trances.

>>8421552
>Half the reason I play a spider.
Figured

>he way to handle the females of the species I'm representing is to give them massages on their bellies and legs- puts them into trances.

Kinky! Im game!

>>8421563

I'm working on a few things for the upcoming ren-faire, what do you guys think so far?

>>8421585
Needs a pommel

>>8421585
Also, is that a birthday or graduation card?

>>8421590
I know, I'm still trying to decide if i want a simple one or an ornate one considering it may have to be peace tied (it states steel weapons on the website but makes no mention on wood), I'm also thinning the grip and swapping the wood guard out for an E.V.A. foam one

>>8421594
also, birthday its an old one though

>>8421486
Tall wiminz excite my penis

>Ayyyy Frenadian, is this the style I should do for my longbowman garb? >>8418089
Yes, we decided to not have an ''uniform'' but look more like a veteran rabble

>>8421363
i like you a lot

>>8421552
blood related accident mostly just happen on the frontlines, broken arm or leg is more common (but still a rare occurence) for skirmishers

Also, here's purple's 11th century normand suit

>>8419260
Ah, mon chere Gardakan.

>>8421778
mah moor!

>>8421340
Honestly, if even Gropey isn't sperging about it, you should be in the clear. He's a very good indication of whether something is acceptable or not.

>>8421180
>Sorry, but I have to say I like what she's doing
and what is that exactly?
I mean all the videos I've seen from her has close to zero information, Even when she makes a video about a game or a sword review at the end we acquire more info about her character and about her than the actual subject. Sometimes here videos manage to contain negative information.
I mean, how hard it is to tell some actual info on a sword? because "ohh it handles nicely" while she is waving it like a retard aren't informative at all.

Anyway apart from the zero information she gives and the fake smile and the giggles she produces (which are alone would be a reason for a brick to the face) What I really hate is her fanbase. Like, people praise her when she aren't doing anything at all and get their "information" through her, and think "yeah this is larping" All in all she is misleading them but in the end it's because people are retards.

And she is making a big deal about the fact that she is a girl, she and a bunch of other girls even started to make some kind of webseries that basically "woo girls can larp too" like there is some kind of ban or rule that girls cannot larp.

Add to that that now people basically paying her to continue her uninformative videos and misleading, so yeah, I think there are a few good basis to hate her.

tl;dr: she is an attention whore

>>8421934
I did enjoy that redheads video on larping

>>8422129
the one which was labeled "basics of larping" like it's true for all larp ever and surprisingly it was just a few tips for the one larp she attends?

>>8422132
No that other one about getting into character and stuff like that and the ones with video during the larp. I find it hard to find many videos of footage

>>8421180
>>8421486
>>8421934

I'm relatively new to LARPing. I watched a couple of LARP Girls's videos on YouTube when I was trying to figure out how to make my first tunic. I didn't see her as being fake or phony for giggling or acting sort of ditzy - that seems to be her genuine personality. The thing that annoyed me about her tutorials is that a lot of steps seem to be missing. Also, sometimes, she doesn't even show the finished product. For example, there was one tutorial that she did for an elf dress and she made a big deal about the pointed hemline. At the end of the tutorial, she didn't show a full body shot of the dress so the audience could see the hemline. Another thing that stood out to me is that some of her pieces don't look "finished." She did another tutorial for a cloak and the end result looked like she had just wrapped a sheet around herself. It's nice that she's trying to be creative and that she seems to be having fun with it, but there are much better sources of information out there.

I ended up getting sewing advice from one of the veterans in my LARP group. I probably should have done that in the first place instead of wasting time on all of the YouTube tutorials.

>>8421198
>avegost
Oh god... those people. Can we just pretend they don't exist?

>>8421924
Yup. V-form necklines are a-ok for eastern Nordic and Rus tunics.

>>8421180
>posting larp related thing in a larp with the notation hey check this out.

Must be an attack of some kind.

>>8421180
>posting larp related thing in a larp thread with the notation hey check this out.

Must be an attack of some kind.

>>8422273
They get billed for Saxons as well.

>>8423042
When I say "eastern Nordic and Rus" its short hand for "Jesus fuck, how did it get over there?! Goddamn Vikings!"

It also works for Byzantine all the way to the Crusades.

>>8422273
>>8423667

well it makes me feel assured if everyone thinks it looks good.

Now that I know a "v-neck" styling works for several different cultures and times, I can go ahead and find a nice helmet :]

GDFB has some decently priced helmets and from what I've read online, a lot of people find them acceptable *not the greatest mind you, but acceptable* so I was thinking of getting a one piece conical helmet, or maybe even a phrygian style norman helmet since the cotton of the tunic would make more sense in italy/byzantium, since I'm pretty sure those were the first places europeans experienced fully cotton clothes

>>8423740
I swear by GDFB, specifically their clothes and shoes. Good prices (especially on KoA) and great quality with good research.

My only gripes is the inconsistent sizing and the inability to properly name their stuff. I have a large pair of wool hosen thats just a smidge loose, and a pair of 2xl I had to send back due to it being way too small.

>>8423746
You've de-fattend a bit since I last went into one of these threads. Lookin' good brah, no homo and such.

>>8423746

wow, that arming jacket looks great!

I assume that's GDFB??


I'd really want to do a later century, since I find the clothing and armor more attractive, but I'm already stuck with my v-neck tunic and a type X sword.

What exactly are you supposed to be representing?

http://gdfb.co.uk/italo-norman-nasalhelm-865-p.asp

what do you guys think of this helmet?

Does anyone have any experience with it? Is it worth the price?

>>8423746
Man, i loved you in Alaskan Bush people!

>>8423748
I've lost even more weight and grew longer hair since that picture. Thanks man, I am really trying to get back to where I was before the wedding fell through. My goal is to get into at least the national ACL finals again, and hopeful team USA.

Just a little homo.

>>8423757
>wow, that arming jacket looks great!

>I assume that's GDFB??

Yep, but that is not an arming coat, just a doublet. Its clothing, not arming wear.

>>8423757
GDFB is really ramping up their later period goods.

I am late 15thC/early 16thC Italian.

>>8423763
....Wut?

>>8423766
>Yep, but that is not an arming coat, just a doublet. Its clothing, not arming wear.

Oh. Well the ties at the bottom of the doublet made it look like an attachment point for leg armor, my bad

>>8423768

>>8423778
Thats how most hosen and pants stay up from the 12-16th centuries. Points for life, bro.

>>8423783
I like to think im better looking than him, but do wish I had that kind of muscle tone.

I am no longer considering giving the local amtguard a chance after I saw this "Shield" on the facebook.

>>8424338
Back

>>8424338
It's a punch buckler from the looks of it. You should go anyway and make something better just to show the faggot up.

>>8424338
>>8424341
Oh god, what the fuck am I looking at.

>>8424650
I know. It gave me diarrhea twice just seeing it on fb and posting it.

>>8424338
>>8424341
thats a pillow. That you put on chairs. Or a seriously fucked up backpack

meanwhile, Readmiww you are e-famous again

>>8424692
It is not a pillow.

>>8424744
it sure looks like one. Even has a handle so you can easily put it wherever you want or carry to another chair or shit like that

>>8424742
I was dissapointed that while monstering that battle, and being shot by Readmiww at close range he didn't come in to finish me. I had planned to grab him, pull him close and say "cgl sends their regards"

>>8424882
>not doing the secret /tg/ handshake
I think I've found your problem

>>8423783
>>8423803
You're both about the same. Take that however you will.

the bad game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjv7ycHZWr0

>>8425187
>all their costume were really awesome
...

Also I never expected to say this but that video was even less informative than the Darkon documentary. And the Darkon documentary was shit

Just checking out GDFB now, their stuff looks really excellent. Do you think it's worth the extra shipping to get it from across the pond?

>>8424742
Where on tumblr has this one turned up?
>>8424882
As am I, but I was running out of bolts! Spent half the battle darting through the battlelines to get them back!

>>8424904
This will be a thing, oh yes

.>>8416599
I love this so much

>>8426288
>GDFB
the larpgirl's tumblr but since then a few others too that I follow and the original source is themusingantiquarian

also, guys, it may come as a shock to all of you but we again hit the autosage, so here is a new thread
>>8426326

One day calimacil will be accepted throughout American larps, though that day is probably not anytime soon. But I won over some hearts and minds at my latest alliance event.
>sitting around at night chilling with the people too cool to go to bed
>one of them looks at my weapons and says they're nice and asks if he can see them
>pass him my gladius and pugio
>he gives them a few squeezes and asks who made them
>calimacil
>visible surprise on his face and he says he's heard calimacil was super hard and all the other things shit larps say about calimacil
>qt3.14 mage girl asks to see them too
>everyone is surprised that my weapons aren't made of bricks
>everyone goes away thinking calimacil is neat

>>8425930
order from kultofathena if in us. dont know where to order if from uk

>>8426632
Gotcha. I've got experience with Kult of Athena, will do.

>>8426335
Cali are neato.

I'm totally okay with the new bico rules about shwerds.

No duct tape swords or dickswords, only latex or injected foam (and probably a new material that look pretty gud once my friend finish his prototypes...they look nice as fuck but i cant talk much about them right now)

>>8426335
they are at my game though back when calmacil first formed they were murder sticks. dureing the winter events 10 years ago you could kill with them now their nice and soft.