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What exactly is the landsknecht culture evening, and why do people need to bring a bowl?

>>9957016
>What exactly is the landsknecht culture evening
doing cultural things, like singing, recite poetry, telling stories and getting shitfaced

>and why do people need to bring a bowl?
It's a cultural thing from the sylvanians

>>9957019
Oh that sounds great, too bad i got there too late

>>9957021
I usually skip most of them as I still can't speak german, but there are a few things that you can appreciate at the cultural night without speaking the language

>>9957027
ehh shit. No idea why that image is rotated when everything show it as non-rotated

inb4 Dystopia Rising fags

>>9957044
I saw someone else walking around with dickbread too. Did you make that yourself, an more importantly: why?

>>9957560
we bought it at the bakery at the food place. They were selling dick breads. We bought a small bag of dicks. You should also eat a dick.

>>9957561
Thanks for the advice, I'll see if I can get to that next year.

Glowing glorious herbgarden in our camp.

And srsly fuck the guy who robbed all the gardens during the thur-fri night. I know it's all according to rules and that the umbrellas are it-stuff, but people spend an entire year planning and buying stuff for the gardening. My entire week revolves around making enough potions for our entire camp of 15 persons, so stealing the shit I prepare for 350 days is a dick move.

>>9957607

>>9957607
That wouldn't happened if you were hired the Landsknechte to guard your garden

>>9957607
Yeah, that's kind of a dick move. Which camp?

Our herb garden got trampled by our neighbours' camels this year. We were quite pissed IC, but it was all in good spirits OoC. We were planning on committing insurance fraud to pay for the damages, but I don't know if my group actually pulled through with that.

>>9957049
I recognize that codpiece

My local Ren Faire just posted this on Facebook.

Thoughts?

>>9957614
All the gardens in red, but we heard it was the same in green, grey and so on.
Gotta get that landsknecktguard next year.

>>9958290
its two years old. I could go on about the inaccuracies on it but if you just want to larp it's good enough

>>9958557
I was in gray, our stuff wasn't taken at least. Then again, I don't think somebody doing a nightly theft starting at green is going to infiltrate every camp all the way to gray to steal stuff.

>>9958583
Supposing you have the time and will to rant - What're the inaccuracies? I'm just curious.

Discussion time!

What do you think makes a character likable, or memorable?
What do you think makes a character a good one? (if that's different from the previous answer)
What makes you want to play more with a person/character?

>>9960458
it's just the usual stuff that want's to paint the whole thing way too stereotypically.
Also stuff like implying that the arms are the shirt and the doublet is only covering the torso, or the wording of "solid metal breastplate". Then there is the pike that could be easily thrice as tall as you are or even more

And when you look at the picture it's way too simplified if you spent enough time with the subject, like how the style of the doublet and the pants doesn't really add up, the handle of the katzbalger, the shoes, the armor, etc.

Anyway it isn't wrong, I would even say it's a good starting point to get interested in the subject (and basically that's the purpose of the whole thing) but for me it's kind of meh...

>>9960495
I mean I've seen worse Landsknecht pants.

Any of you fags know where I can get a good tankard? I've been meaning to start building a mess kit and I want to start with something to hold booze.

>>9960588
Generally you can find a few good ones on Ebay

>>9957005
then again here i am
hey happens, good to hear you got back nice. I had a "little" less travel, still shitty, would have been nice if the "storm" on saturday was 3-4 hours later. that cool breeze would have been nice while fighting (and since i was in blue and survived till the end, really useful).
Oh yeah if the flag was on your tent, we were basically neighbours^^

>>9960495
can i get a link, I need these, and the website just leads me to a blog.

>>9960634
Technically it was on the tent of one of my guys, but my tent was close by.

Also I think the weather was really good at the final battle. The end of it was a little too sunny, but it was still tolerable

>>9958557
dont think that happened with us at blue, also didnt hear anything like that from grey (but hey we werent quite on good terms after "someone" blew up their library)

>>9960645
the weather was better than the days before thats for sure, i get slight headaches from that heat so couldnt really do much at noon.

oh and dont know how many guys you have, never bothered to count the Landsknechte, maybe you know 2 guys running (halfnaked) around and calling themselves "Kalle" & "Frappe". They visited my crew a few times, also for next year you maybe wanna visit too. We Shanghaied a guy with his IT Bar and next year he is camping with us, also my IT brother specialises in massages, paid however you like as long as he is satisfied with it, and mixing cocktails (crew doctor). you are cordially invited to maybe show up if you ever step in blue again

>>9960588
i go half regularly to local fleamarkets and 3rd hand shops (Charitas/Diakonie, dunno how they call themselves in english) good for getting basic stuffs without paying too much and sometimes you are lucky getting fancy stuff too

>>9960647
I was part of that "siege" on the gray side. I still don't know who or why gave the call that the gate was blown open right away, as sieges always last at least fifteen minutes rules-wise. Rumor has is they bombed the gate from the inside, don't know if there's any truth to that.

Worse, some blue dudes decided to run into our camp and start fighting there. We were literally attacked in the street in front of our camp. Shortly after somebody shouted at them in German that fighting outside the battlefield was forbidden and they fucked off again. Lucky for me, too, because I had probably drunk too much to fight safely.

Loudly repairing the pallisade at night was fun though, so I'm not complaining. It even counted towards my woodworking lessons.

>>9960658
This year my rotte was 6 guys, myself included.
Some of them went to the blue camp a few times, we even thrown ice at the blue avatar. (one of them wanted to go fishing at the ceremonial pond)
About Kalle & Frappe, that doesn't ring a bell, were they actually half naked? because until the end of the final battle I don't think anyone from our camp were actually doing that. Also, which half?

About the weather: well, it cooled off enough so that I didn't had any big problems wearing my half plate and the waffenrock on top of it. Obviously I needed a lot of water, but it was pretty much manageable

>>9960644
They're not for sale yet that I know of. Here's the source/story.
https://pipcomix.tumblr.com/post/176592426885/historical-menswear-but-hotpants-and-thigh

>>9960666
good to know Satan.

>Loudly repairing the pallisade at night was fun though, so I'm not complaining. It even counted towards my woodworking lessons.
We were low key wondering what is that commotion but were too busy to walk up and down at the murder meadow, being upstanding gentlemen, upholding the law and knowing nothing about the strange murdersuicides that happened in our general direction

>>9960666
glad you had fun, from our side it was IT fuckfest too. we didnt have the old green/blue/grey alliance, but hostility was kept in bay towards grey. blue is pretty fragmented "politically" so i dunno all details but seemingly only one big crew was at first responsible for the bombing (the guy with the IT Bar we shanghaied sold them the bombs but he didnt know what they wanted to do with it). After some time it seemed the crew was framed or setup and not really responsible and i didnt get much news after that. for fighting in the streets i give the guys the benefit of the doubt bcs it was at night, we in blue try to be OT as ok an opponent as possible (battle? cry "Lieber tot als uncool" /"better dead than uncool", refers to fighting fair and play out accordingly)

>>9960667
the ceremonial pond is IT a special business, at least i can claim that my crews siren is the only being so far that "paddled" around in the pool and wasnt sucked away (part of some ritual this year). Kalle was short for Karl-Heinz and Frappe for somethign Franz i think, only pants (not all the time but when they visited). Didnt bother to check underpants, cant remember about codpieces, not my visionfocus to be true.

>>9960678
>blue is pretty fragmented "politically"
in other news water is wet. I mean I'm kind of surprised that the people of that camp can agree what shade of blue is their camp.

About the ceremonial pond, yeah we know. we had BIG hooks and even alcohol to use as a bait. Nothing was done at the end because the Landsknecht camp already got more than enough complaints that we doesn't really take seriously the avatars (except the red one because we like our shoes)

About the two guys, from this description, I'm not even sure that they were from the landsknecht camp. There are a few other people who kind of dresses like us and also some who lie about being with us

>>9960680
about the shade, we have a fraction thats called deepsea blue^^. also it helps when your camps trait is being greedy, as in wanna discuss or change current shade, thats 1 copper per argument pls paid inbefore at the harbourmaster^^. helps to keep some bullshit to a minimun.

if you wanna do something with the pond i would spare the alcohol as bait and pay the circle mages with it for help with fishing, could be far more successful but no promises.

the red is better taken somewhat serious, i was next to him when we captured him at the final battle and our escort leader spoke to him and called him basically (just) the commanding officer. the avatar got angry and told him to not compare him to a mere mortal and dragged the guy with him with a neckgrip.

could be true about the 2 guys, didnt really ask them if they were part of LKL. well maybe next time i ask.

>>9960684
Nah, the current red is tamer than the previous one.
But there is a dark secret for every red avatar that runs deep inside them, it's a crime most horrible and I would only dare to whisper it...

Also fishing in the pond isn't about being successful or effective. It's about fun. As with most of the things we do. Like when we put in one of the landsknechts in the beauty contest. That guys nickname was fish-head and for a very good reason

Just caught up in n the last thread... Holy fuck, ya'll need jesus.

Super jealous of all the drachenfest stuff now though!

>>9960495
Hot

>>9957005
Hey larptread, just checking a thing:

The call "man down" is universally understood by all larpers, regardless of location, right?

>>9961175
no

>>9961176
Ah, crap. What do others use, then?

>>9961175
>>9961178
(To clarify: "man down" is the call used to indicate somebody is injured out of character and needs medical attention)

>>9961175
Df uses "Stopp" if OT danger for your life or others around you is present, halts all game and calls SL on the scene at least (misuse leads to exclusion from the event). Usable by Players/SL.

SL use only, after "Stopp" call "Down", all persons have to get down, kneel, sit whatever. This way SL and medical helpers see (still standing) SL better and get faster to emergency site. eventually you need to clear the way for vehicles or remove requisites or backdrops if needed asap.

also usually IT calls are "healer" and OT are "medic/sani" to avoid confusion but thats more etiquette than rule

>>9961178
well, fora start not everyone speaks english, so there will be a lot of other things in other languages.
Secondly whatever they want, and I would wager that in most country there are no universal calls for this and can be vary as much as rulesets

>>9961211
Drachenfest also uses man down. Come on, this is safety protocol, you should know this.

>>9961220
As far as I know, the English, Dutch, Germans and Belgians use the term, so I assumed it was a universal thing.

>>9961221
i just quoted DF rulebook (have it next to me), no mandown, just "Down", used by SL only after someone called Stop already and if paramedics are needed

>>9961223
Wat.

>>9961222
I'm pretty sure not every game uses it in those countries,
Probably the big ones use SOME form of it but that's all. There is no larp police to force universal things on all the larps in the world.

I know for sure that in most hungarian larps there isn't even a predecided call for it, you just shout what happened until people stop and that's it.

>>9961226
dont ask for better photos. thats the rulebooklet they gave all players this year, no "mandown".

your excerpt from the rulebook they present online (version 6.dontaskmeitsthemostrecentone) is the same i have here too (so you aren't "wrong", its just we both are right).

all in all, people cant write coherent rules...
in the final battle we had a few stopps, and 1 or 2 "Downs" no mandown though this year

>>9961251
Ah, THAT book, that explains the confusion.

Drachenfest was good this year, even though I almost witnessed a cracked skull via a thrown mug.

Did the Landsknechte fight for blue again this year?

>>9961263
i think we bought (im blue) the LK, dwarves and the tribes

Whoever was commanding the green and red force at Drachenfest was an utter moron. A stunted chimpanzee would have more tactical awareness.

>>9961274
Oh nice,
our camp then hired everyone possible, besides the city golem.

>>9961287
i saw one golem at green, caused me to switch flanks, bcs im not equipped to deal with that

>>9961302
The golem at green was probably the gray camp's golem. The city golem wasn't in the red/green/gray coalition as far as I know.

>>9961263
we were fighting for silver by a really close vote (27 vote for silver, 26 for blue) I also voted for silver because they had a way more competent leader (not just compared to blue because compared to them nearly everyone has a competent leader) and also blue fucked us over from last year with the unicorn.

Fortunately for blue silver was allied with them so no big deal. And both of them was against green, but the silver commander had enough common sense to don't command us against them until they ran out of arrows and fucks.

Also this year we got our first serious injury in the end battle, one guy needed the medics during the fight against the tribe, later that day he came back with his leg in splint and with a crutch.

But all in all the end battle was really good, I would say one of the best for us. The first part was minimal fighting and mostly positioning and pixnar-ballet but at the end we rekt a few teams for good

>>9961175
Never heard it before.

>>9961178
"Hold" or "game out" is pretty much universal in the US, and then the issue can be addressed.

>>9961644
yeah this year we had some sort of alliance with black and silver, so didnt really matter that way.

bad to hear he got injured but on the bright side he could come back on the same day and didnt need to stay in hospital.

How do you get patterns onto a tabard?

Do you just paint 'em? If so, what sort of paint do you use?

>>9960678
>only one big crew was at first responsible for the bombing
It were the blood wolves ("Blutwulfen") that did the bombing of the library in grey camp. The Blue One was furious and after holding a short speech (I quote: "Destroying knowledge is not the way of the blue") he whipped out a pistole and shot the leader of the blood wolves on the spot. Seeing the blue Avatar executing someone was glorious. He even made a joke about it right before his speech before the great battle.

>>9961644
>not just compared to blue because compared to them nearly everyone has a competent leader
I'm really interested in what other camps think about this guy. My tent was right next to his so we interacted quite a bit. Only specific story I remember is him getting drunk at landsknechts and missing a battle where they needed him. IT people were really angry, OT everyone had a lot of fun.

>>9962189
wait, you mean they have an ACTUAL leader now? As in, one person, and not just a bunch of
"captains" doing dick contests?

>>9962189
didnt want to call names, i knew the blutwulfen appearantly did it. also konly the library was bombed, the knowledge was kept intact by spells or something like that from the grey. not the first time the blue killed captains though, some time ago he killed all captains off bcs they resemble a form of hierarchy. now he has come to accept that its the way the camp somehow manages to work (never said optimal).

>>9962212
we have an actual leader each year if you mean fieldcommander, this years i have never seen before i think but he looked decent enough, more on the calm side than timotius or others.

also technically the blue is our leader now, since for the alliance with silver and the NAP with copper we somehow managed this year, copper had the condition that if blue wins the blue actually has to rule for one year (and not do nothing) which blue accepted, thats why he took the crown at the end (i know he replaced it with a tricorn but hey)

>>9962222
>not the first time the blue killed captains though, some time ago he killed all captains off bcs they resemble a form of hierarchy. now he has come to accept that its the way the camp somehow manages to work (never said optimal).
I'm kind of surprised there weren't more killed captains back in 2014 when we nearly destroyed the world.

>>9962212
Vjkiron already answered this, but to give more details: We had one leader as well as three captains. The leader had command over the captains and could order the whole army either by himself or through his runners of which there were four. The runners were also responsible for delivering or receiving information between captains and factions and leaders. Those guys were running from place to place basically the whole time only taking breaks when there was a DOWN sign.

>>9962222
I met some of them the next morning and they told me (proudly) what they accomplished. All in all I can imagine it must have been a lot of fun. One of them was caught in the explosion and only bits and pieces remained of him.
I'm glad the Blue One decided to take on the responsibility and rule for a year. SOME kind of hierarchy is always necessary. Glad blue got that.

>>9962228
>when we nearly destroyed the world
I'm fairly new to LARP and Drachenfest. Would you mind telling the story?

>>9962268
It was back in the time when I was still in Blue. One of the guys had a jolly good idea to go out to the magic circle and do some magic and shit with the sole purpose of magic the shit out of some column that has the (I think) previous years winners emblem on it. We wanted to steal/destroy the copper avatars emblem from it.
Obviously we failed in doing so and with relative haste the blue avatar came out to stop us and tell us how much of a fucking idiot each and every one of us because messing with these kinds of stuff could potentionally destroy everything and he really loves as and he loves freedom but there are rules that even he has to abide and also will kill us if we continue with this moronic thing.
Then as time went by more and more avatars came to chew us out in various ways. The copper avatar was relatively calm, he just asked for the guy who had this jolly good idea, whispered something in his ear and the guy dropped dead (permanent I guess)
Who was NOT calm is the red avatar. His idea of talking us down was basically frothing in the mouth and swinging his sword in the general direction of living things.That was also the time when I fought the red avatar and survived. If we use a very loose meaning of the word "fighting". It was more of a tactically rushing forward in an opposing direction while strategically placing meatshields between me and the avatar, but whatever, it worked.

>>9962277
OMG this sounds great! Nevertheless, not many can say they survived an attack from the Red. If you tell me this story once more IT I'll buy you a beer.

>>9962297
It's not just that I survived an attack from the Red avatar but I still have my shoes!

Is there any name for the method of the more 'heroic' kind of fights in Drachenfest?

Like, I know if I want to be able to out-tap everyone I can look at Amtgard/SCA combat tutorials, and if I want to learn how to fight 'like they used to'/as close and true to the origin as possible I can look up things like HEMA, Kali, Kenjutsu etc.

But what tutorials can I look for if I want to fight flashy and even if I lose, make my fights look as cool and impressive as possible? How do I practice that?

Pic semi related

>>9962349
theatrical fight / stage combat

>>9962349
Write up your own routine by stringing up fencing techniques from historical military manuals.

>>9962267
interesting with the 3 captains part, never really paid attention to command structures (well im blue duh), just knew we had an army leader, and since my captain was sturmflut leader few years ago and actively invovled in army command i never bothered to learn more. he was quite exhausted all the time, we got him to lay low in the last years and he recovered pretty good (looked nearly like he was damaging himself getting involved in far too many things at the same time even OT).

i was with them sorta the night before they moved out, and chilling at the bar (the guy who sold them the bombs). didnt hear their plans at the time though only afterwards

>>9962277
was that around 4 years ago? i remember the circle or somebody magicky was trying to unveil informations about the pillar and why are plaques missing (cant quite remember but i think blue didnt have one in a obelisk/pillar but everyone else). somehow it worked out and we got libertania or some shit like that, had other problems at the time and didnt quite follow everything.
also tactical relocating is quite the advanced combat tactic and pretty useful if deployed correct :D

on a sidenote while we a stop and i was next to the red avatar (which then took the guy with him i talked about earlier) i met the lady in the scalemail, that i asked if you knew her (iirc HLF you posted her picture) and i had a nice talk about the armor with her.

>>9957492
Literally never visited this board before. What's the running joke about dr?

>>9963183
If I collect it correctly there is some kind of trouble over DR-Washington right now. And by trouble I mean there are accusation of rape and stuff. But it's kind of a clusterfuck so fuck knows what's the truth

>>9963347
while talking rape, my IT brother (the cocktailmixer) was really disappointed that this year the radja temple (is that the correct way to write it?) wasnt there (in blue), he even brought few extraliters cocktails just for them. they got told off appearantly bcs of their not so kidfriendly content, also seems they are gone for good. HLF did you visit them? i was never able to check them out.

>>9963349
nah. During my years I didn't even visit the casino. I mean I wanted to but either I had way more important shit to do or it was closed at the moment. Lot's of places I've never visited in Drachenfest because there are so many things to do....

>>9963183
The running gag about making fun of DR is that even though its post apocolyptic zombie horror is that it has a ban on the topic of sexual violence as part of in world plot and events garnering it the reputation of a would be Hug Box Larp.

However at the same time there are multiple allegations of Pay to Play circumstances orchestrated by the Franchisee's of various chapters.

And recently, as >>9963347 There are currently a slew of allegations directed at the owners and organizers for a few franchises of sweeping actual cases of sexual assault at events under the rug. Washington is only the most recent case. The player who was accused of it is Banned but then there is a whole slew of stuff with organizer and franchisee favoritism and pay to win bs going on as well.

>>9963408
do you know how does the Dziobak larp studio fits into this recent pciture?

>>9963411
Just that the people behind DR, who do other things, have partnered with Dziobak through their Imagination brand to produce a few non DR Larps. Last year they did a Road Trip larp about a music band, the roadies, groupies, reporters, & etc on a week ling road trip tour from Chicago to Vegas.

I look at their attempts to run events with Dziobak and their attempt to do something else in Utopia Descending, which I believe has far different terms of service clauses for Franchisee’s over DR as their attempt to get away from the garbage fire they themselves made.

Like, you can watch the creator jockey between his tired frustrations as he is in the midst of rewriting the lore for the new edition of the game and the timeskip, even renaming it DR Evolution to, I imagine, require new or reupped franchisee contracts to make things better and cut down on the bad sportsmanship.

>>9963419
and that partnership is the sole reason that the attention whores are getting down every videos they ever uploaded about Dziobak studio?
Like in a modern which hunt, that if they don't try to nuke DR immediately they are also double rapists?

>>9963425
This is the first I heard about anything being leveled at Dziobak. Please explain further, what’s going on with the videos?

>>9963426
MoMo and Larphouse (and probably the others as well like Larp Girl) started to post vague as fuck passive agressive posts about among other things the Dziobak studio and they also put down every video they ever had about them ever.

>>9963430
They put down or took down their videos?

Just did a bit more digging, Dziobak did some changeling events in partnership with Imagination & Whitewolf as well.

Overall I don't think Dziobak has any connection to the current DR drama as that's all on the Franchisee's and individual abusers. MoMo & Larphouse might have other grievances of which I'm not aware, because I'm not aware of much beyond public discussion.

>>9963441
sorry, took down their videos.
The thing is they are talking about abuse and whatever so I thought the two thing might be connected somehow. But as I said it's vague as fuck, they doesn't mention anything specific so I might even wager that they are just doing their regular drama

>>9963447
Did a cursory look. Momo’s Dziobak videos were put back up as public in February. Her problems resolved regarding two individuals no longer with the studio.

LarpHouse had a post about an “abuse burrito” from January but couldn’t find anything specific about which organizations.

>>9963457
momo mentioned the whole thing 3 hours ago in a post where there he posted some kind of response from Dziobak

>>9963466
This is news to me and I know nothing about it. And I don’t think its at all connected to any of the stuff happening in DR/Imagination

>>9962287
That fucker stole a map from me this winter. I hope he stubbed his toe on the battlefield.

>>9963349
Slept there a few nights last year. They're all decent and friendly people, but the NSFW rumours are true. I heard they migrated to chaos this year.

>>9963615
What rumours?

>>9963696
There was a rape. It was "just" roleplayed, but in a rather convincing manner. It also happend in the public part part of the temple, which left a very bad impression on the rest of the camp.

Other than that there were also bondage lessons and free wine, mixed with really good company. I met an old friend there that I didn't see in a few years, and the priestess can sing really good.

>>9963717
they didnt migrate to black or "wandel" how chaos is nowadays called, thats another group that i know. my IT brother was at the temple before and they do play out nsfw stuff more "vividly" (also some form of kinkier stuff like you told), but thats all i know. i think there would be less issues if DF would be strict 18+ event.

>>9963492
>>9963466
is this NA only or any chance of that drama coming to europe?

>>9960736
Heya clownfag. You at Pennsic?

>>9963824
>is this NA only or any chance of that drama coming to europe?

There was a "Do not reenact Flesh&Blood with random people at LARPs" mail couple of years ago, but I don't think it caused as many hurt fees and notallmenz as literally anything does in the US.

DR's biggest mistake was going Hugbox, its rotten from within and the Creator pretty much abhors what he's made

>>9963717
Rape can be a tool within the given narrative to use, just like sexuel themes, but by God DF is not the place to do so. It's a beer-and-brawl LARP not a setting with a closed group of people who can actually do this in a way that makes it feel less tasteless.

Drachenfest is far from the place to dabble into those kinds of scenes.

>>9963994
You mean, apart from existing

>>9963824
>is this NA only or any chance of that drama coming to europe?
The fact that the attention whores are having a problem with the makers of the harry potter larp (which is called college of wizardry now because of copyright reasons) is a sign that it's already started to come here. Or at least throwing the rocks from the other side of the great pond

>>9963994
It doesn’t seem like he’s given up on trying to reign in the seemingly rogue directors who can otherwise act beyond his control, and the bad actors and circumstances they allowed to fester, but for his mental health I’m getting the impression he’s going to the games within his local sphere of travel just to play and have a good time as he’s otherwise busy with other projects and no longer actively runs any of them to my knowledge. I want him to be happy and actually enjoy his setting.

>>9964081
Attention whores is right, I HATE these Larp THots with youtube channels

>>9962349
>>9962363


Post fight scenes that'll work as inspiration, I'll start

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ62frK74u0


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn36Pb8z3yI

>>9962349
to say upfront personally i dislike choreographed/theatrical fight most times.

but my 2 cents anyway (mostly for duel type fights not big battles my advice), with choreographed fights in movies dont forget
a) there are 2 (or more people who know each other beforehand that want to deliver a product) and
b) they trained that multiple times before (its scripted),

for your goal you cant forget that in LARP in most fights you didnt train with your opponent and its more "improv" which makes some things harder. also some moves might be against local rules, better check on that beforehand.

now for explicit advise, think about how you can make it worthwhile for spectators AND your opponent (guys who can tell its fun to fight with you may help with word of mouth alot). if you can talk to your opponent before the fight about it, clear some things (maybe he can perform some nice stuff or cant etc). most "real" fights (brawls more than weaponized) tend to end on the ground wrestling, some form of grappling (and maybe throwing) could be visually nice, while grappling get real close so you whisper to each other (for timing calls, tell if you throw him or he sweeps your legs now etc) also you could make it look more intense that way. generally incorporate attacks and maneuvers that telegraph your intentions so your opponent can work with it, to make them plausible to hit maybe use disorienting attacks on your opponent (stun or stagger him before a big wide swing etc), also think about "escalation of violence" as a form of story (at loss for better wording) so begin maybe with only sword, as the fight goes on maybe get out a offhand dagger or some throwing knife etc so like you getting more desperate to win and not like at the start feeling pretty confident that it would be a short fight.
1/2

>>9964638
2/2
as for maneuvers since you want theatrical fight you may wanna look into asian movies too, also maybe use maneuvers and stances with western weapons could make something look more fancy.

also talk loudly to your opponent before the fight (and try while fighting, maybe getting more exhausted etc) to let your audience know what stakes there are, to get them invested or show the significance of the fight (many perceived things are from gathered meta information and then projected onto fights especially if you look at movies if you get my wording)

>>9964330
did give some nice examples, i for one like the movie "(captain) alatriste" but its fights may not be as fancy as you like it.

never forget at least 2 are needed for a fight (not counting fight club here but you get the gist)
i maybe lost 1 or 2 thoughts while writing this but i hope its understandable and helps

>>9964639
yeah one thought i forgot was, if you LARP it helps IMMENSLY to find a local group with similar intentions and train with them between events (at best weekly at least monthly) that way you have opportunity to get a feel for moves, develop muscles you maybe didnt know you needed and film it to watch it back to check on your progress and what you wanna work on, since you can focus only on so many things while fighting and automating some stuff helps getting more things at once done (as in if you fighting is done subconciously you can use more think capacity on talking/ survelling the surroundings etc).

another point maybe choosing a fightlocation that you could use the environment in a good way (be careful though bcs LARP rules)

>>9964639
>i for one like the movie "(captain) alatriste" but its fights may not be as fancy as you like it.
captain alatriste has one of the most realistic battles and swordfights thoug in movies.

>>9964330
Here are three videos of fights that are for show BUT they also use reasonable and realistic techniques but carried out in a flashy (and not too fast) way so it looks good for spectators
Obviously all of the are choreographed and trained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csMrmpNVnZ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLxvJCjFOU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPfLZFHcNv4

>>9964814
i do historical fencing (western/sword&board) and japanese katori (bo/bokken/katana/naginata), i dislike over the top stuffs that is useless from my (very pragmatical) perspective. that may be the main reason i like alatriste.
i can stand other stuffs but i wont be replicating it any time soon. im not good enough yet to not use my reflexes in LARP, thats why i stay out of combat as best as possible and just do my magic stuffs.

nice videos you got there but as easy as it looks there went a few hours of training into that.

>>9964330
another thing i just remembered, when duelling you may settle a dispute and "most" of the times it would be enough to make your opponent combat ineffective or subdue him, not killing (unless you really hate him), this also helps with getting more stuff to play (since the story isnt over yet)

Why are joined hosen such an awful pain to make, even as a toille?!

I want to die guys... I should've just kept to vikings and 13th century.

I am new and would like to try to LARP either in a game fashion or at a festival. Does anyone know where I must go to find decent places for this? I live in south Texas.

>>9965210
because you need to make it tight fitting and also watch... fiber direction? don't know what's the proper term.
Anyway yeah, it's a pain in the ass, especially if you do it wrong

>>9965211
Europe

>>9965213
Yeah, you need to take in the most fabric stealing way because the fibers need to be able to stretch over your legs. But the design on it's own is annoying as wel. Just finished my toille, and I can now finally start on the actual and final design.

I still want to die though. So bothered at this point I just want to start on a chaperonne to take off the stress.
>>9965211
Most likely festivals will give you the wrong impression of LARP, atleast speaking from a European perspective. Try just check for "LARP Texas" or looking around on Facebook. Usually there will be Facebook groups with people that can help you or have their agendas posted online.

>>9965230
I hope you didn't try to make one that covers your whole feet

>>9965242
.... Is it bad if I do want the make socks? It's not like I enjoy living anyway. Was thinking of putting some leather on the soles and into a pointed upwards toe.

>>9965245
I mean trying to make a whole joined hose that also cover your whole feet as a first try is simply suicidal.

Also, putting leather on the sole part can totally work and there are even source on it. Also here is a photo of something similar, but not in it1s new form

>>9965250
Yeah good point, was gonna try and see if I could put the sock on at a later point. But maybe that's overzealous. At this point I'm just glad to get it over with.

>>9965252
If you listen to me just make a knee length joined hose.

Also In my experience don't do any "socks" or hose that covers the whole feet, at least from wool. Just do that string thingy and make socks from linen. It just wears out way too fast

>>9965257
Knee length hosen are the next thing on the list, after finishing my Landsknecht Wams.

>>9965230
Another south(more central though) Texas anon here. There's a few SCA groups around. I think Ansteorra is the regional group around here? Plus some other small groups who just practice swordfighting, historical reenactment etc. Google is your friend and many have facebooks.

I've been meaning to check out groups for actual historical sword or other weapon fighting to improve. I had to explain to a doctor this weekend how I sprained my thumb in a swordfight because I currently work as a pirate. Doesn't help that my current gloves are shite.

>>9965257
just out of interest, do you even wear ANY not selfmade clothes? i mean do you stop at underwear and think, nobody is going to see that anyway, dont need to make one myself? or do you do full on selfmade?

>>9965330
Man, hosenanon here, but esp if you make single hosen you gotta start with IT underwear. After that I started making IT underwear for all my characters.

It works man, gotta do all the basics as perfect as you can before you hop over onto the sick War Priests of Sigmar kits.

>>9965211
don't go to Dystopia Rising

any dystopia rising anons here, can you register at the site of the event when it starts?

>>9965330
varies. as of yet I don't have a PROPER authentic underwear but probably I will make one during the winter. I already have to retire my current landsknecht cloths and make a new one because there is simply too much wear and tear on the lining.

But I have a few cloths that I didn't made, because I'm not that good to make everything, doesn't have the time either, but I know a few people who would make stuff for me fairly cheap.
It's never a shame to have cloths that you doesn't made, or even if all your cloths are bought. The only shame is if you bought shit tier cloths.

So guys, I'm back with more complaints: The black wool I got is not enough to make the full set of hosen out of. It's not so much a problem as I got enough wool in stock in general but I was thinking maybe you guys could help me out here...

I'm pondering on a few options;
1. Do the whole thing in a dark blue wool, which is thicker but with a rougher weaving.
2. Pic related
3. Do the "socks" in a different colour, socks here being the part below the knee.
4. Mi-parti that bitch.

The general aesthetic is for a costume based on a fantasy interpretation of late 15th century Condotterie. Rest of the costume is woolen darkgreen farsetto, floral houppelande, and a light blue chaperonne.

>>9965717
Forgot the pic.

>>9965717
my hose was made from ~371 gamm/square meter wool which is kind of thick. I had no real problem with it apart from knowing it won't look as great as a little thinner wool, but on the other hand during the winter or colder nights I was VERY happy with it.
Doing the socks part in a different color is also not a real problem

>>9965542
There should be a re-reg option on the website for each game. Prereg for a game is open until about a week before the event. Then once you pre-reg you can generate a check in with your player number & what not so your sheet gets any needed updates and is printed before you get there.

New Players have a different process if you want to pre-reg, but new player pre-reg is one of the purchasable options on the websites.

I think NJ and Kentucy both have games this weekend.

>>9965584
hey i make some stuff for myself too, but didnt dabble in trousers/pants and shoes (technically anything below belt was not made by me)
just found it interesting since underpants is the only constant underwear im using, socks are weatherdependant and with my upper body garments i have no "underwear" there. also thought if you already bothering with trousers if making underwear would be much different or just like "few"(tm) minutes more work.

>>9965644
that was a fun thing, our eggholder didnt have enough space to hold all eggs so we just had them kinda lying there after a while

one thing i noticed, thats kinda sad, while making clothes when you are in a specific camp(blue for me), you intuitinally (if thats a word) refrain from using to many different colors that other camps have (and opting for more muted colors); maybe out of fear of getting mixed up or something like that. while it gives a kind of uniform look to camps, i think designs could profit from more color variety sometimes.

Does anyone have any experience with the Calimacil Zweihander? I've been looking for a review of it, to no avail.

Is it rigid enough to bind against swords, and deflect pikes? Is it flexible enough to be safe on both thrust and cut? Are there better options for a similar weapon? Because it looks really good.

>>9966126
just from my own LARP weapon and real weapon expierence, NO LARP weapons binds. they all feel too bouncy for me, most times for binds you need to carefully & slowly move your weapon to the other, which isnt helpful in fights. maybe you can use it to deflect weapons, but for binding meh. (may also depend on opponent and how much force he uses). rigid will be ok i think, just LARP weapons tend to be real "glidy" (and elasticly bouncy), so no effective bind will be achieved.

Also not every LARP will allow thrusts, or limit them in some capacity.

>>9966126
AFAIK unless specifically stated no LARP weapons made by Cali are stab safe.

>>9966126
I've held one once some time ago, so take this with a grain of salt:
>Not stab safe. Calimacil advertises (or at least, used to advertise) their weapons as safe for thrusting, but I've seen two Calimacil swords tear at the tip within two years of purchase.
>Binding with larp weapons is next to impossible unless both sides are intending to bind. This one isn't really any different.
>The crossguard is way too flimsy, and any blow to the crossguard won't even be slowed, let alone stopped. The horns might catch something, but the crossguard won't help you at all.

However, it looks sexy as fuck, so I say you should still buy it.

>>9966126
Try going for a Silberwold if you're willing to fork over a little more cash. If they still got a few swords left after ConQuest. All in all smaller weapon retailers are better, other good ones are Irregular Props, Freyhand (mainly their bollockdaggers and their polearms) and I haven't owned one myself but I heard Rustzeug makes some nasty clubs etc.

yall seem like the right people to float this idea toward, though be forewarned it reeks of Amerifat larping, stick jocking, and weebery.

Isekai Trapped in an MMORPG boffer Larp with character sheets/menus being a cellphone app.

>>9966776
That is a type of twisted genius. I await the go-pro footage with horrified fascination.

>>9966776
Honestly, sounds like a pretty decent idea for a low-effort larp. Anything that breaks suspension of disbelief can be dismissed as brought in by players, be it modern clothes, modern food packaging, or any strikingly modern facilities the location might have.

The obvious danger is having your players settle into bad habits. If they get used to the idea that nobody raises an eyebrow at modern things, it'll infest other larps even more than it does already.

Besides that, there's the risk of making it too hugboxy if you are to implement stuff like respawning and character-bound items.

>>9966800
Well, modern clothing items would have to be specified as specific sponsored items from “prior” to entrapment game events or things “crafted” in game through the menu system.

From the word go I want the only initial
Immersion breaker to be the phones and app which would quickly become just an aspect lf the at game culture.

In terms of the hug box, I’d just want to throw in a longer bleed out time (unless being murdered) based on whatever mechanic fuels special abilities you have unspent at the time (though shortened by how strong a hit threw you into that bleedout) and not having character bound items, but having a locker/inventory system besides open or in person theft that some thief abilities can crack.

>>9966837
Sounds very ambitious. Are you actually planning to do this, or is this just idle theorycrafting?

>>9966776
do you mean this as character idea or general setting?

as for character, nice touch but be beware if you talk about cellphone etc some people may not react to it IT bcs they think you are talking OT. so could be hard to pull of in playing with others if they dont know what you do or wanna have that in their experience.

as for setting i think this may take too much out of the "LARPlife" that people could want attending such an event, if you dress it up as some form of AR maybe...

>>9966840
Theory crafting, but I’ve run a few annual silly mashup parlor larps, do some american larp which you would probably call hugbox. I’d want fo organize it maybe as a oneshot event, even without the app development and see how it went for fun.

What is the worst garment color combination /larp/?

>>9966938
Green and purple, just trust me

>>9966863
I mean as the primary theme for an emtire fucking LARP.

Congratulations, your playing MMO players who’ve all gotten stuck in the game and none of you know what might he going on or how this came to pass.

So you make your Character Build AND create the player behind them now trapped in their avatar.

>>9966938
all black

>>9966934
It'd probably be easier to skip the whole app thing, and just set up some IC chatrooms. Maybe a general chatroom and one for guilds/groups, with the option to send personal messages. That would already give an interesting touch to the game without requiring too much time investment.

I've also heard that there's this Facebook-equivalent specifically made for larping. Maybe something like that works for you.

>>9967143
I’ve heard of something like that. Home of Larp?

>>9966126
The old ones are way too wobbly, the new one which is kind of shorter was felt really okay, apart from the crossguard which was too wobbly. I met a guy who had a new shorter version at drachenfest and tried it out, felt okay, and PROBABLY the longer one would be okay too.

>Is it rigid enough to bind against swords, and deflect pikes?
little better at it than the average larp weapon, and yes

> Is it flexible enough to be safe on both thrust and cut?
Not much flexibility but I'm still with those people who say flexibility while nice and dandy it's not a must have for safety. Sure, it will hit harder and everything but will give greater control over your weapon. So don't hit like a retard and you will be alright.

>Are there better options for a similar weapon?
There were latex bidenhanders too for the price of 300 euro that were better than the calimacil ones. Not more cost effective though.

>>9966462
that's fucking retarded. I mean, only true in the US.

>>9966628
>but I've seen two Calimacil swords tear at the tip within two years of purchase
Had kind of similar experience with some of the bellators, but after such usage that would give you the same or worse damage on other larp weapons but within a few months.

>>9966938
something along the lines of this

>>9966938
Mixed leather colours, together with almost-but-not-quite-the-same-colour clothes.

>>9967136
This.

>>9967185
Saw far too many cores break through a Cali weapon, what are you talking about? Stab safe weapons require completely different building styles if you want them to last.

Spears usually have leather reinforcement around the core, or fucking kevlar in the case of Freyhand with a specific non core part for stabbing.
I don't think Cali does this. And to my knowledge most German, Dutch and English LARPs don't allow stabbing with their weapons.

>>9967841
calimacil usually use a different type of rubber around the tip which is worked into the rest of the rubber they use.

The only thing that is really needed for a stab safe weapon is something that prevents the core from damaging the padding material. This can be done in several ways and generally the longer the tip is after the end of the core the more likely it will get damaged.

> And to my knowledge most German, Dutch and English LARPs don't allow stabbing with their weapons.
What does this have to do with anything?

>>9967845
Yes and no, on the whole part that the only thing needed to keep a weapon stabsafe is just a buffer to keep it from going through. In essence it's correct but the durability of it is what's pulled into question.
>that's fucking retarded. I mean, only true in the US.

>>9968229
I only heard US guys saying calimacil weapons are not stab safe. And the fact that various countries banning stabs as a method of attack doesn't question the safety of one weapon.

I mean even the new wyvern stab safe spear that they pretty proudly advertise in germany is not allowed to be used for stabbing at the end battle of Drachenfest which is organised by Wyvern, the very producer of that weapon.

And again, my experience is that the longer calimacil weapons indeed tear up at the tip after a few years but that happened with us after heavy use with lots of stabbing. Nothing else came close to their durability so far.

"Stab safe" doesn't mean the same thing to different people. A weapon designed to be stab safe for the weapon has a flattened or rounded tip with tear protection. A weapon designed to be stab safe for the target has a coreless section at the tip that can compress or bend. A lot of this confusion comes from people not specifying which one they mean.

Calimacil weapons (except the original Agrippa) are the former form of stab safe, but not the latter.

>>9969293
>A weapon designed to be stab safe for the target has a coreless section at the tip that can compress or bend.
calimacil has that. Actually most of the tear protection nowdays works in a way that allow the tip to bend while not tearing up the padding.

What actually really differs from person to person is what counts as safe.
I was stabbed in the eye more times that I care to count with calimacil weapons, roughly twice a week I got some kind of head hit too and I'm still here shitposting on 4chan, so for me it counts as safe. BUT obviously those things could be painful and we have different trashold for this, hence why for some people it doesn't count as safe

>>9963950
Nah. Between work and most of my fun-money being devoted to paying off a new car, I was SOL.

>>9963987
>"Do not reenact Flesh&Blood with random people at LARPs"
You have my undivided attention.

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>>9965717
Seconding stirrups instead fool foot, at least for my fighting kit. I just use normal socks, which you'll never see with my boots on.

>>9965584
I only wear my linen braise when in my fancy/100% accurate clothes. For daily wear, I use white cotton boxers.

>>9966938
Purple and red. Some egostroke group in my local battlegame scene rocks this eyesore.

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>>9970420
Pardon the stretched out ankle. It's about 6 years old.

>>9970411
>You have my undivided attention.

It came down to: "Movies aren't real you enormous mongs. Don't jump this shit on random women like it's a magic spell that will get you laid. Why do we even have to tell you to not do this shit with strangers or people who didn't agree to it in the first place?"

>>9965644
How many people tried to fertilize these?

>>9971430
the chaos camp is very far away so I would say 10 people per day tops, but that's just a guess

>>9971430
could see them pretty easily from where i camped and i can say they got no real traffic besides the times people brought another one, too hot most times

Had a blast at my first pennsic, only took a couple pics though

>>9966776
>Be me
>Some high-and-mighty edgelord warrior in my anime world
>Best sword-fighter in the realm
>One day I find myself in this strange, foreign world
>Still dressed in my pauldron-to-toe (To show my funky anime hair of course) armour, made of the best metal known in my realm.
>Some guy walks up to me
>Has a tabard, but has some strange clothes underneath it and what seems to be protective gloves from a material I've never seen before
>Holds something that looks like he has his bedrolls wrapped over a club and held in place with fabric
>"Hey. You new here?"
>Still confused as hell, slowly nodding my head
>"Then take off that armour. Newbies don't get to wear stuff like that."

>>9974809
too true

anyone here ever went as centaur or any other 2 (or more) people monstrosity and what are your experiences with it?

>>9975036
I want to have exactly that charge me in open field combat.

>>9975157
I have only shit tier experience with those kind of monstrosities, but then again that was back in the shit tier days.
T-rex suits on the other hand could be pretty fun

>>9974809
Amazing

What's a good wizard costume? I'm playing a caster and want to do something other than a pointy hat and bathrobe.

>>9976073
Tunic and no pants, toppled with a leather coif and some functional animal carcasses.

>>9976149
What is a functional animal carcass?

>>9976260
They are not for decoration.

>>9976262
They are the wizard's packed lunch

>be me
>go to hardcore slav larp in Poland
>it's like STALKER but medieval.
>heard stories of horror but it seems like a normal larp so far.
>combat begins. Big Ivan Draigo motherfucker pulls out a broadsword.
>ACTUAL FUCKING METAL BROADSWORD.
>shit myself.
>Ivan charges.
>get cut on my hand nearly to the bone
>"don't worry Anon they're blunt" says slav friend
>friend gets Tetnus from slash straight across his arse
>back at camp
>ivan claps me on the back.
>"is fine. Was only playing."
>next day there's a big fight between the orcs and everyone else in the wastes.
>hear a rumour they're bringing a fucking tank to the fight somehow.
> i fucking sneak out in the dead of slavic night.
>never going back.

>>9976435
I want to believe this is real.

>>9976479
If he got cut "nearly to the bone" on his hand and didn't receive treatment, he would have bled to death.

Doesn't mean slav LARPs aren't hardcore though.

Does anyone have the Landsknecht lager patterns?
I remember there being a page with some basic stuff.

>>9977915
https://www.landsknechtlager.info/w/index.php?title=Hauptseite

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>>9970423
Neat idea.Thanks.

Thread is slow. Post pictures!

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I'm going to a Fallout LARP. Any inspo you guys?

>>9979697
You mean, besides Fallout?

Does anyone know any good websites to buy (medieval/fantasy) suiting tents from? I live in (non-EU) Europe, but I am open to most locations.
A nice.... "first-timer" tent... suggestion???

>>9979759
General postapo really. But style over substance.

>>9980071
What kind of postapo? Total barbarism, (re-)builders of civilization or remnants of the old world?

>>9979918
No idea about shops in your part of the world, but have you considered making it yourself? A simple one man tent should be easy to make, especially with online guides.

>>9980545
I have studied sewing, so it came to mind, but I feel like I don't have the expertise to make a bigger tent, as we are at least two people who want to peruse the tent.
I got notified of a certain tent type called Canvas Bell Tent? Which isn't that pricy, and would keep us dry and comfortable!

>>9980550
>Canvas Bell Tent
I know them as Sahara tents, but yes, those are excellent. Depending on the diameter you can get quite quite a lot of people in there.
The price is also good if you split it.

>>9980561
I mean, me and my friend are two people, but I'd love for the option to have more people (or small furniture). It's probably what I'm gonna go with if I end up needing a tent, haha.
I've never larped before so I'm planning ahead for an event in Germany next year.

I have a stupid newb question: I keep losing corks to my bottles, what can I do to stop this?

I've even put a jewelry loop through a cork and leashed it to the bottle but it still falls instead of staying in well.

>>9980656
Don't use cork. Get or make a simple wood stopper. Either put a cord hole, or make a small staple to attach a cord.

>>9977971
Thanks!

I said I would post my 1800's civilian outfit like 2 months ago, but I am an expert procrastinator.

Here are some pics of my outfit I just took.

I wore it to a Renaissance Faire a few months ago, will do so in the future and also cons and civil war reenactments.

Yes I know my bathroom is a mess.

Boots are reproduction WWI British Army brogans with tan leather lace as oppose to "modern" cloth laces.

They have non-grip soles and heel-plates so walking on anything other than the woods is a nightmare.

Slightly more formal outfit with my grey tweed sack coat and a meme from about 200 years in the future.

Last pic: my haversack and contents and Scottish sporran.

After no answer was found on Google: What's the closest thing to a bandaid like pic related in any time period from the 12th to the 16th centuries?
Was there anything for minor wounds or do I have to go full wrapping mode for small scratches?

>>9982810
Of course I forgot the pic.

Do you ever find that after roleplaying an intense or romantic scene with another person, you end up crushing on them?

I don't know if I'm crushing on this person or whether I'm just experiencing residual feelings that my character felt for their character, but it's making me a little uncomfortable and I want these feelings gone.

>>9982741
That's certainly a costume.

>>9982810
For small cuts and scratches, waxy balms and salves seal and protect. Anything larger is bandaged. Pic is a 17thC balm I made for my medicine chest at work.

>>9982828
Don't fall in love with a character. It rarely ends well. It's also perfectly normal, though.

Try to answer for yourself whether you have feelings for the character or the player. If the former, don't get attached. Tone down play if need be, it's for your own good. If the latter, get dating advice from a place that isn't 4chan.

>>9982828
It happens from time to time in either director from love to hate. You will get over it, or if after a few months the feelings are still there they might be genuine.

Also, the nordic guys usually call this "bleed" if you want to look it up.

>>9983929
>get dating advice from a place that isn't 4chan.
While I totally agree with you on this I also have to mention that I've seen more than a few surprisingly good dating advices on /tg/ and a few guys actually got their life better through it.

>>9982830
i rarely injure myself so i dont know better, do you mean work work or LARP work? also do you use this as temporary help and after that get modern treatment? also which sources do you use for your recipees? since IT healing is a thing i could dabble in this sounds interesting if not useful out of LARP

>>9984466
Gropey works at a living history museum. He's a professional LARPer essentially.

>>9984466
Work-work. >>9984563 sums it up nicely. Historic medicine and surgery is one of my academic focuses.

>do you use this as temporary help and after that get modern treatment?

Its the whole treatment. Most historic medicine is pretty common sense. We have several thousand years of trial and error, and most of it is still used today. Sodium bicarbonate for stomach issues. Aspirin for pain. Antiseptic/astringent herbs. Alchohol/vinegar for cleansing. etc etc. Some meds still available over the counter haven't changed in centuries.

>which sources do you use for your recipees?
Original documents. There are literally thousands online for free. I have an 18thC kit at work, and a late 15thC/early 16thC kit for my personal historic interp, but the medicines are still similar. I'm currently working on a republic era Roman medical kit.

Vinegar is the go-to wound cleanser throughout history, and is still suggested by doctors (and grandmas) today for minor home wound care over alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. Follow that up with an waxy sealant (think beeswax based lip balm), and the wound will be "plugged".

Pic is me doing a decompressive craniectomy on a watermelon as a special program at one of our dig sites where we found surgical tools and medicine bottles.

Kind of a weird request here. Anybody know how to make a back sheath, that can also be unbelted and moved to the waist? Essentially I'd like to be able to carry the weapon on my back during everyday activities, and move it to my waist when I'm expecting a fight.

To illustrate what I mean, what Conan does at about 3:00 in this video: https://youtu.be/YH-EW44aBGU?t=175 (Apologies for the shit quality, couldn't find any better footage).

I'm not terribly concerned with historical accuracy, because the game is fantasy. Moreso just wondering if it's possible to achieve this at all.

Secondary, more realistic request: I'd like any guides you have for making a buckler from eva foam.

>>9985077
For the sheath, I would say it's pretty straigthforward especially if you use flexible materials or has a ring on it somewhere.

As for the buckler
>Secondary, more realistic request: I'd like any guides you have for making a buckler from eva foam.
The best course of action would be using som kind of hard backing for it if you want durability and prolonged lifetime. ABS or other plastics that can be shaped under heat works pretty well. Then just put a handle on it, and a layer of eva foam at the outside and you are mostly done just have to do the covering part which could be either latex or textile or whatever you want

>>9979588
>Reading Rainbow Warrior

>>9984927
I can't believe that they let you around children or sharp objects. I thought clowns ate children?

>>9985108
Yeah, I was able to find a guide for the buckler that I think will work, using eva foam and plastic shaped with a heat gun. The handle seems like it could be a challenge since I get pretty into combat and end up throwing myself around a lot; do you think contact cement will hold a handle well enough, or should I go as far as bolting it on?

>>9985855
contact cement will hold in place anything that is used according to reasonable rules.

>>9985360
Despite what 4chan might make you think, most posters offline are decent people.

>>9985855
What game are you building for? I might have a design that could help.

Also, have you ordered the EVA foam yet?

>>9986209
nah, we are all faggots, even the non4changoers

>>9984927
thanks for the info, maybe will look into it

>>9986291
A medium-touch colonial-era fantasy game. It's just started, so it doesn't really have much of a community yet and it's hard to say what the trend is as far as heavy vs. light combat.

I haven't ordered any foam; I figure a buckler isn't going to take a whole lot, and many of my friends have extra foam, so I'll just use theirs. Avoiding waste, etc.

>>9986748
>Colonial
>Bucklers

>>9986750
It's a very loose theme. Bucklers remained in use a lot longer than mail did, and there are some people in the game still wearing that.

>>9986773
>Bucklers remained in use a lot longer than mail did

We still produce mail.

>>9986863
And riot police still use shields. You know what he meant.

>>9986873
every buckler is a shield but not every shield is a buckler.
Also in the 19. century mail was still in use for protection purposes from edged weapons in some parts of the world. Probably early 20th century too.

>>9986773
The colonial period is tricorns and muskets. No one is using bucklers nigger.

Choose your setting and why.

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>>9987131
Or this.

>>9985360
My enjoyment of eating children, is a personal one and has nothing to do with my family's clowning tradition.

>>9986209
This is true.

>>9986348
This is also true.

>>9986708
I have a bunch of scans for several periods and countries. Pic is my medieval/renaissance kit.

>>9986748
Where at?

>>9986750
>>9986957
the colonial period spans from the end of the 16th century, until the end of the 18th. You at least have a good hundred years of buckler usage.

NOT!15th/16thC fantasy, ala Warhammer or The Witcher is my true love, especially if it has dark fairy tale themes. I also like 18th century horror/fantasy.

>>9987438
It's in the north-central VA area, so reasonably close to you, but I don't think you'd like it much aside from the theme. It's hard for me to say exactly, having not gone to a game yet, but it's a bit heavier on rules than this particular community tends to go for. Not quite enough to drive me off, but my tolerance for that stuff is also a fair bit higher.

>>9987458
Whats it called? Its been a while since I wore my morion and hauled out my matchlock.

>>9987469
Lost Colonies.

Firearms are Nerf only though, sorry.

>>9987477
Okay, just looked him up. That looks terrible. It's just generic American fantasy LARP with tricorn hats. Hard pass.

>>9987482
Hoo boy.

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>>9987483
Why don't American games have standards?

>>9987639
technically speaking they have a standard that you can't look too good

I’m from Denver, how do I get into LARP?
I have a couple horses I’d like to use in LARP if it matters.

Making a new doublet and a pair of hoses.

These are the fabrics I'm going to use, how should I color coordinate them?

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>>9987482
Yeah, like I said, I don't think you'd be interested. Sorry buddy.

>>9987816
It does look pretty fucking awful desu.

>>9987482
Dear god. Only one person in that pic looks remotely OK

>>9988008
Wait, just noticed his big ass watch. Never mind.
>also other guy holding sword by the blade
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>9987639
Because standards and minimum requirements are "exclusionary" and "elitist".

>>9987697
Horses? Awesome! Got pics? You might be better off looking into the SCA or a reenacting group.

>>9987721
>>9987722
I dig the aesthetic. How froggy do you feel with piecing motley? I would suggest using white thread to make it "pop".

>>9987816
I had a little hope. Thats my fault.

>>9988009
Whats wrong with that? Pic related.

>>9987816
The bar is set low, so you shouldn't be afraid of showing your costume.

I'm getting burned out on Amtgard because of some of the people and politics, but there aren't any other LARPs in my area.

>>9988179
Ain't done yet, and half my shit is packed away atm because of moving.

>>9987482
I don't get all of the hate. This looks like a pre-game pic to me. The amount of stuff scattered in the background suggests they're still unpacking. That, or they're just in an OoC area.

Dude on the left looks good. The watch is bothersome but again, I'm assuming it's because the game hasn't started. Dude on the right has an acceptable low-effort costume with the exception of the elf ears. Only the dude in the middle looks plain bad, I completely agree on that one. Looking at the rest of the pictures from that game, I think you can do much worse. Nearly all of them at least look like they are trying, which is better than I've seen of most Amerilarps.

I think the main reason the pictures look bad is because half the people in it are overweight. I doubt they'd look good in anything other than a complete specifically tailored outfit. Not really something you can blame this specific larp for.

Anyone got a pattern of this doublet, or in a similar style?
Preferably with measurement directions.

>>9988070
>How froggy do you feel with piecing motley?

Probably just gonna go all blue on the doublet, that leaves a lot of creativity for the hoses. Was thinking something like separate color combinations/patterns on each leg.

>>9988645
look up medieval tailors assistant

>>9988608
The guys on right are literally wearing 21st century hipster clothes, and look like they put zero fucking effort into not looking like shit. Compare this to any Euro game.

>>9988665
>Compare this to any Euro game.
like, really ANY euro game?

>>9988608
Nope, those pics are deep into the scenario. And no, >>9988665 is correct that they are clearly wearing modern clothes, and most likely the clothes they wear daily.

Also, my god, that "elf" needs a comb and some shampoo.

>>9988645
Honestly, buying a pattern from Reconstructing History is a worthy investment for a good doublet.

>>9988682
Anon generalizes, but lets face it, in general, western European games wouldn't tolerate this fine example of Amerilarp.

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