Share Some Work Fun :)

[Jolynn]

Well I thought i'd share my office photo with you all, considering the theme

I'm a creative retoucher at a photography studio (I do the client's artwork) and my boss wanted the team to do an office photo of ourselves to put on the wall. It had to be different and individual to us, so.... I ran with it lol

I chose to use the green one.

[Thomas Hayman]

What was your phone number? missed it the first time round...

Seriously nice work though!

[Jolynn]

LMAO, thanks. And if you call Dominoes Pizza, you should get through to me, lol

Really wanted to take some with a sword but I didn't have one of the right time period Sucks aswell because I was so close to buying one at Herstmonceux that would have been perfect! *facepalm* D'OH!

[Medicus Matt]

Really wanted to take some with a sword but I didn't have one of the right time period

Nice work on the photos but I have to ask; what do you think would be 'the right time period' for which you could have bought a sword?

[Jolynn]

Celt. But I could have probably gotten away with something Saxon/Viking just to get the look. Would sort of screw it up if I was holding a hand-and-a-half

Thanks

[Optio]

Celt. But I could have probably gotten away with something Saxon/Viking just to get the look. Would sort of screw it up if I was holding a hand-and-a-half

Thanks

Oh dear, you said the 'C' word

[Medicus Matt]

Would sort of screw it up if I was holding a hand-and-a-half

Oh, I don't know. It wouldn't have been any more or less in keeping with the costume.

[Thomas Hayman]

Would sort of screw it up if I was holding a hand-and-a-half

Oh, I don't know. It wouldn't have been any more or less in keeping with the costume.

Meow!

[Jolynn]

OI! Don't be picking on the newbie! You knew very well the style I was refering to, even if my naming of it was off so THERE! *blows childish raspberry*
I'm still a learner, show some mercy!

[Medicus Matt]

I'm still a learner, show some mercy!

You've been here 5 days, the honeymoon's over and you're not the newest newbie anymore.
Anyway, spend more time around re-enactors and you'll come to realise that that WAS merciful.

Mwahahahahah....etc.

[Jolynn]

I'm still a learner, show some mercy!

You've been here 5 days, the honeymoon's over and you're not the newest newbie anymore.
Anyway, spend more time around re-enactors and you'll come to realise that that WAS merciful.

Mwahahahahah....etc.

If that's the case, would this be a good time to mention that I have 4 yrs Kung Fu, 2 yrs Judo, 2 yrs Karate and was a self defense instructor..??

[WorkMonkey3]

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[Captain Reech]

You might have put an NSFW on that one old chap.....Personally I think that was a wee bit on the low side, giving the lady a chance to find a group of her own before taking potshots might have be a wee bit more generous perhaps? Sure, the pictures are a little bit "Red Sonia" but she wouldn't be the first reenactor on this site to "Costume up" for a non reenactment related photoshoot now would she?

[Medicus Matt]

If that's the case, would this be a good time to mention that I have 4 yrs Kung Fu, 2 yrs Judo, 2 yrs Karate and was a self defense instructor..??

Probably not. They're not really very useful skills to bring to any conversation.
I've got a polka-dot belt in Origami if that helps?

[Jolynn]

You might have put an NSFW on that one old chap.....Personally I think that was a wee bit on the low side, giving the lady a chance to find a group of her own before taking potshots might have be a wee bit more generous perhaps? Sure, the pictures are a little bit "Red Sonia" but she wouldn't be the first reenactor on this site to "Costume up" for a non reenactment related photoshoot now would she?

Thanks Captain! Me likes you, you take pity lol.

You're right about the pics, I wasn't really going for authenticity because I couldn't whip up an outfit in time so had to use left over leather. Hence slightly Red Sonja. But I tried to get it to look sort of believeable.

If that's the case, would this be a good time to mention that I have 4 yrs Kung Fu, 2 yrs Judo, 2 yrs Karate and was a self defense instructor..??

Probably not. They're not really very useful skills to bring to any conversation.
I've got a polka-dot belt in Origami if that helps?

I do believe I've discovered the cheeky sod of the forum lol.

[Fox]

If that's the case, would this be a good time to mention that I have 4 yrs Kung Fu, 2 yrs Judo, 2 yrs Karate and was a self defense instructor..??

Then you might find you'd be interested in HEMA, histroical martial arts, (sometimes called WMA, western martial arts).
A lot of what you'd find in Foire (early 15thC Italian) will seem very familiar to you, for instance, but will also give you that genuine knowledge of how people defended themselves, both armed and unarmed in earlier periods of history.

[Jolynn]

If that's the case, would this be a good time to mention that I have 4 yrs Kung Fu, 2 yrs Judo, 2 yrs Karate and was a self defense instructor..??

Then you might find you'd be interested in HEMA, histroical martial arts, (sometimes called WMA, western martial arts).
A lot of what you'd find in Foire (early 15thC Italian) will seem very familiar to you, for instance, but will also give you that genuine knowledge of how people defended themselves, both armed and unarmed in earlier periods of history.

WANT TO LEARN WANT TO LEARN!!!

[Fox]

WANT TO LEARN WANT TO LEARN!!!

The British Federation for Historical Swordplay is probably the place to start, although I don't think there's a group very close to you.

Lots of re-enactors dabble a bit [guilty of dabbling, m'lud], so, with a little patience, you might find something that way.

Alternatively, some of the groups do one day seminars if you're prepared to travel.

[Jolynn]

*begins to salivate at the thought*

[Alan E]

Since Fox mentioned it (but didn't supply a link) :
http://www.bfhs.co.uk/html/groups.html is a good place to start looking for a group near you.

Fiore (as mentioned by Fox) is one of the earliest 'styles' of which we have evidence, I33 is (probably) slightly earlier.

[Medicus Matt]

Or there's the Order of Scáthach, who combine Eastern and Western martial disciplines with Wican ritual in an attempt to recreate the techniques taught by Scáthach herself.

http://dunscathach.com/training.php

Based overseas but they do offer distance learning courses.

[WorkMonkey3]

I take it no one wants to join my group then?

[Fox]

Or there's the Order of Scáthach, who combine Eastern and Western martial disciplines with Wican ritual in an attempt to recreate the techniques taught by Scáthach herself.

http://dunscathach.com/training.php

OMG. Make it stop.

[Teagirl]

Or there's the Order of Scáthach, who combine Eastern and Western martial disciplines with Wican ritual in an attempt to recreate the techniques taught by Scáthach herself.

http://dunscathach.com/training.php

OMG. Make it stop.

I won't say that you should have known before you clicked on the link.

[Biro]

Magickal weapons!?

Who makes those?

[Teagirl]

Folke from ye Darke Ayges?

[Dan of Britannia]

Lovely Germanic/Saxon knotwork in the first image!

[Medicus Matt]

Lovely Germanic/Saxon knotwork in the first image!

Interlace.
Only mystykl keltykl types call it 'knotwork'.

[Dan of Britannia]

[sillicus]

I used to retouch photographs with a DeVilviss airbrush!!!!