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- Sat May 20, 2006 9:03 pm
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: C15 story draft
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3191
OK, back again. Another point to help readibility that I forgot to say- you should also start conversation on a new paragraph with each person, since that makes it clearer what is going on. Gervaise recalled the tall grey-eyed young man from the previous evening. His slender frame had radiated a str...
- Tue May 16, 2006 7:37 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: From Hearth to Chimney, when?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2923
My happen'oth- I think that chimneys, as a matter of a long bit of pipe through the wall came more into use in the 17th century, partly because of the proliferation of stone built houses at that time. Yet if you go up north to see the Black Houses in the Scottish Islands, they sometimes still had fi...
- Sun May 14, 2006 11:34 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: WOTR Patterns
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3156
"The medieval Tailors assistant", by Sarah Thursfield has bunch of patterns, reasonably easy to follow in my limited experience. I would suggest phoning Dave Rushworth, rather than e-mailing him- I didnt even know he has a website, and I've been chatting to him at events now for 4 seasons. A quick q...
- Tue May 09, 2006 10:07 pm
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: C15 story draft
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3191
First impression- its definitely a start. The problem I find is overkill on adjectives. Everything seems to have descriptive words attached, from cold hard ground to incautios swigging to frozen blankets. It's almost too much detail to take in. Also, perhaps if you take a paragraph break every time ...
- Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:29 pm
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: Elizabeth - the 1st page of a story
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3445
HHMMM. Are you writing just for your own amusement, or do you want to reach a wider audience? If the first, you might not like to read much further. If the second, you perhaps should. I would like to suggest that you re-write at least the beggining. eg. The sun beat down on elisabeths fair skin, as ...
- Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:41 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: 14th century young man's kit
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3481
and when it comes to context in terms of location I have purist tendencies which I keep trying to supress..... :D the garments we're talking about are all basically the top layer, (what we'd think of in modern terms as an overcoat, although cut in line with the styles and tailoring tecniques of the...
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:46 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: 14th century young man's kit
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3481
I am afraid I am a little confused. DOes the gardecorps thing go over the top of any kind of supertunic? Looking at the pictures, it seems to go over a plain tunic. Yet Dave Rushworth has something very similar called a "heregaude". And Thursfield doesnt mention it at all. So would you still have 2 ...
- Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:21 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Tudor Tailor Book and Website
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4006
Excuse my lack of knowledge of the tudor era, but when exactly was it? Are we talking 1485 to 1603? Or is the subject of this book more just 16th century? Does it cover all of the UK, or only England? I ask because I have gotten a side sword, fo rhistorical fencing, and now feel the urge to make clo...
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:55 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: How to improve battles?
- Replies: 313
- Views: 61130
- Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:15 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Slavery
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6792
UK slavery? Pardon me whilst I quote reams of Tom Johnstons book "The history of the working classes in Scotland". Oh, I seem to have lent it to a bloke at work... Anyhoo, there was slavery in the East Lothian coal mines up until the early 19th century. Then it was banned, but the slave still had to...
- Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:44 am
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Slavery
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6792
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:45 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: 14C scissors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2790
I got my pretend medieval scissors from the shop in the wee botanic gardens at Lincoln. They look like small versions of old manual sheep sheers. They are usually sold nowadays as small bonsai tree trimmers. Oddly enough the shop sold out of them completely on the first day us re-enactors were there...
- Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:27 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Just how hot would Mercia have had to be to grow coconuts?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5303
- Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:54 pm
- Forum: 1900 onwards
- Topic: How do I find out what my grandfather did in WW2?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3990
- Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:31 pm
- Forum: 1900 onwards
- Topic: How do I find out what my grandfather did in WW2?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3990
How do I find out what my grandfather did in WW2?
I have been wondering for a while how to go about finding out what my Grandfather did in WW2. I have done some looking online, but its not clear where to go, and who to ask. My grandfather died 20 years ago, so, seeing as I was only 9 at the time, I didnt know anything. Besides, he was on Maltese co...
- Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:21 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: What's wrong in WOTR re-enactment?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 23908
- Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:22 am
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Getting Down and Getting Dirty!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8824
- Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:42 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: What is wrong with the film, The Patriot?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9294
- Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:23 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: What is wrong with the film, The Patriot?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9294
- Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:03 am
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Hide and Seek
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3164
- Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:24 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Hide and Seek
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3164
- Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:55 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Pagans, Druids and Witches
- Replies: 66
- Views: 15979
The problem with the labels is that most of them seem to have some reference to religion, and of course atheist is often taken these days to mean "Thinks all religions are junk". I'm still trying to work out what to call myself, who pays little attention to religion, yet doesnt blaspheme because, he...
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:11 am
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Pathfinder
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6398
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:48 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: St. Anthony's fire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3413
- Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:49 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: How to improve battles?
- Replies: 313
- Views: 61130
Yes, thats a godo point Tonw about marshals. What I was thinking wasin part that marshals are easilty recognisable people who can tell everyone to move; whereas unless you have proper good unit commanders, it can be rather hard getting groups of men moving back and forwards correctly, since some of ...
- Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:43 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: USA Event, Conroi Fitzosbern
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6355
- Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:11 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: How to improve battles?
- Replies: 313
- Views: 61130
I thought the marshals were there to remind unit commanders of where and when to go, and that when a marshal says "Get the **** back" you are supposed to retreat. Whether its marshals or individual unit commanders or wing commanders or whatever, the key is having an easily identifiable individual wi...
- Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:48 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: How to improve battles?
- Replies: 313
- Views: 61130
And we all know about groups not following orders on the field. So, as usual, i comes down to a combination of the marshals, pressure from the organisers and other groups to stay in line, and move when your told to. But certainly, before and after battle compulsory commanders meetings are the way to...
- Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:16 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Bannockburn 2006
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4684
For Braes and single leg hose, I find that you need a good, tight belt or piece of rope, not string. I use rope, with strips of leather, and make sure that both are tied tightly, the rope around my waist, and the leather tot he rope. Then the single leg hose feel fine and comfortable, do not sag ann...
- Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:30 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: The History of Re-enactment
- Replies: 63
- Views: 22881