/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10455311
>Thread question: what's the strangest non-larp-related thing you've ever done for a larp?
I would like to say that taking photos of the local alphabet agency headquarter and flipping them off but that was larp related.

>>10455581
I think we need a storytime.

>>10455311
>what's the strangest non-larp-related thing you've ever done for a larp?
Got involved in a fight at a 1% MC. Didn't get stabbed, so it went alright.

>>10455184
>>10455309
Any good Tutorial or Pattern or what else people use to work with?

>>10455652
medieval tailors assistant is a good start.
But if you want something easier just literally search for cape pattern or fantasy cape pattern there will be a shitload of different kind. I'm pretty sure even the specific ranger cloaks patterns are up in the internet too.

>>10455583
nothing really interesting, as I said it was during a larp and I was an alien hunter and by backstory the local alphabet agency had a team that helped the aliens, and the game had a mechanich where you had to go around and take a photo of your magic device in certain places to do stuff (get mana, purify places, set up traps for others, etc)

>>10455311 (OP)
>Thread question: what's the strangest non-larp-related thing you've ever done for a larp?
I tied some clothes to a rope on the end of my car and drove a couple miles on a dirt road to shred the hell outta them. Worked really well, but I got tired of well meaning people yelling at me that I had stuff attached to my car.
I also accidentally traumatized a group of girl scouts. Wanted some fresh rabbit meat for an authentic meal for the dinner at the camp the night before the event. Made a snare, got lucky, and took it back to camp. As I started to skin and gut it, a pack of girl scouts wandered right through our camp. Little bitches started screaming and acting like I murdered a human.

Anyone got some Arrows from IDV and can tell me, how the Arrowhead is connected to the Shaft? Are they glued or screwed on?

>>10455652
Any Idea how i have to tailer a cloak, so i get a connection like this? Because this looks more comfy then having a ribbon, holding the cloak together

>>10457367
Exactly like that? There's probably some wardrobe info/behind the scenes stuff somewhere. If it doesn't have to be that look, historically many people wore cloak pins to hold the mantle together.

Just checked out the /tg/ thread, and aside from one weirdo, it was surprisingly good.

>>10455311
>what's the strangest non-larp-related thing you've ever done for a larp?

Took a class on midwifery.

>>10455652

>>10457441
No, not what i mean. You can see on the photo that shows his shoulder that it appears to be a button (implying use of a button hole) to fasten it. The part thats confounded me is how the underside fastens on the left. It there a button on the inside? Or is the right side simply longer and tossed over the left shoulder under the cloak?

>>10457935
I would say buttons are on both sides, the under side may have a smaller snap fastener that doesnt show through.

Are there recommended armor producers in the US? I'm specifically looking for a full plate set, though I might just get it part by part if a good full set it too much to drop for at once.

>>10455311
Any good fantasy larps in New England? Specifically CT?

>>10458807
For larp or heavy combat?

>>10458829
Both. My shitting local larp is amtgard, but I do want to find something that does actual RP

>>10458807
Any particular obsession with it being US made or are you just looking for something that is cheap but effective and functional?

>>10459072
The latter I suppose. I just meant for someone in the US, as I figured things from abroad might not be available or feasible

>>10459197
Check out Forge of Svan. Especially some of their budget options are very affordable. Personally I'd avoid sellers and manufacturers who advertise their stuff as larp armor, usually means its overpriced and likely going to have design problems.

https://youtu.be/nwaZunvx--Y

Working on a new shirt for an upcoming 18thc excursion. Just need to attach the sleeves, cut some antler buttons, and see the buttonholes.

What are you up to?

>>10460081
Cleaning and polishing my plate armor, and working in heraldry/emblem/coat of arms stuff. Thankfully as long as I don't do dragons, wolves, and eagles I stand out cause that's all anyone seems to use around here.
I've learned to stop sharing my ideas with my local group though. All my ideas always get stolen and usually bastardized.

>>10460314
Just start being excited as you share really bad ideas, and see who grabs them.
>Guys, wouldn't it be cool to do a nautical character, like a prince of Poseidon. I'm thinking mauve dolphins all over the chest plate. Maybe a manatee shaped helmet.

>>10460314
For the love of God, please use proper heraldic rules. LARPers using red-on-black and green-on-brown with no metals kills me.

>>10460490
How is that a bad idea? Manatees and nautical themes are awesome. Pic related.

>>10460623
again you ruin the thread by not reading.

>>10460623
>For the love of God, please use proper heraldic rules. LARPers using red-on-black and green-on-brown with no metals kills me.
fuck you, you can't stop me. I will amke an updated version of the cock and swallow banner someday and make it break EVEN MORE heraldic rules. If I have to I will invent more rules just so I can break them.

>>10460633
And how did I "ruin the thread"? I'm saying if you want to give somebody a bad idea, this isn't a bad one. Stay mad.

>>10460637
Except that you know that we've already blazoned that just fine. The lady doth protest too much.

>>10460633
Go change your tampon anon. Clownfag is fine.

>>10460637
>>10460663
I thought it was green and purple divided diagonally by white?

>>10460623
>red-on-black with no metals
But this is historical? Seems like you're using Anglo-French heraldic rules and think those are the only ones that existed during the middle ages, but there are plenty of German/Eastern European arms which are black-on-red or vice versa.

>>10460693
>I thought it was green and purple divided diagonally by white?

That's the one we have approved and cleared by the SCA, IMCB and Battle of the Nation's.

>>10460719
I'm sure there are rare outliers, but it is not going to be common, and I'd love to see them. I bet that most you are thinking of they are defined blazons: you can have a color on color if it is either a partial, or defined by an outline in metal. Pic related.

Now, 20thC+ you start seeing fucky things happening with modern vexillology, which attempt to replicate heraldry, but without understanding or following the rules. For example, the republic of Albania tried to make their flag heraldic in 1998, but is heraldicly incorrect as a coat of arms.

This all said: everyone and their dog in larp uses red/black heraldry for edge points.

>>10460719
>Eastern European arms
Don't count, just as slavs don't count as people.

>>10460741
Correct.

>>10460623
I know actual heraldry rules, clown.
And yeah, seeing the dumb stuff my fellows turn out and insist is wonderful hurts me. Plus they get mad when I don't lie to them and tell them what they want to hear. Looking at you Aaron, with your black direwolf with a triforce for eyes and Geralt's sword in it's teeth on a red and blue background.

>>10460693
>I thought it was green and purple divided diagonally by white?
thats the old, boring one without the rape flower

>>10460868
>Looking at you Aaron, with your black direwolf with a triforce for eyes and Geralt's sword in it's teeth on a red and blue background.
We demand pictorial evidence.

>>10460623
I need more bizarre but real heraldry

>>10461129
Ill look it up for you when Im back home but Ive got a 15th century source (manuscript listing names and heraldry in the low countries) with a pair of braies on what I remember is a red field.

>>10461129

>>10461129
>>10461133
I gotchu. It's been making the rounds lately.

>>10461135
Classic

>>10461135
Also, in color

>>10461135
>>10461171
Exquiside :DDD

>>10460737
>That's the one we have approved and cleared by the SCA
YOU MADMAN. I knew it had to be you when I saw it on the herald's registry!

>>10460868
>>10461128
I also demand pictorial evidence.
Additionally who let the /tg/ thread die when I was away over the weekend?

>>10461845
I shift the blame on you

Need good tutorials for painting an unpainted orc mask

>>10461911
look up youtube mask painting tutorials (not necessarily just orks but zombies and the like)

>>10461845
Please keep posting during the weekends in the future, anon

>>10461913
i should probably also buy an airbrush

>>10461128
>>10461845
>demand pictorial evidence
He hasn't made it yet. Just talked about it and posted a bad mspaint image of it. I honestly doubt he'll ever make it or lay someone to make it, he's the type who says a puffy winter coat works just fine as a gambeson.

>>10461964
>posted a bad mspaint image of it.
You say it like that isn't exactly what we want to see

>>10461167
hmmm

>>10461845
It didn't die, it hit limit.

>>10461896
Seconded.

>>10461964
Post it

>>10462101
it had 205 posts, that's not the limit.

>>10462210
Huh? Weird. I figured since A new one started, it hit autosage.

how do i make a fatsuit?

>>10462256
Open your wardrobe.

>>10462256
Once you're my age, continue to eat like I'm still in my 20's. YMMV.

>>10461984
>>10462101
The conversation that we along with it:
>it's a work in progress, what do you think?
I don't think you should use references to fiction, it's distracting and a lil immersion breaking. Plus, technically you can't use it cause it's licensed
>I don't think anyone will mind. But what about the design?
It could be better. Are you gonna change the colors?
>the direwolf will be black. I'm keeping the red and blue, cause it represents his two sides warring with each other, like fire and water

Someone please take me away to a place with better larp. I'm in the middle of Nowhere USA, it's even worse than the US memes

>>10461070
What's the story behind the rape flower?

>>10462344
I can trigger way more people this way.
Also I like puns.

>>10462343
Jesus Christ, I'm so sorry anon.

>>10462343
Eh, it's lame, but there is much worse out there.

>>10462713
Such as ?

>>10462891

>>10463768
Is this a reference or something? On its own it looks fine, maybe it breaks heraldry rules or something but its much better than vomiting pop culture references on a baby blue/red field

>>10463768
NTA but why is this bad? Maybe a little bit of an ugly color choice, but I'd rather have that than whatever the other one is.

>>10463768
kek

>>10464228
>>10464517
it's a joke, some will get it.

>>10455311
Is a cloak which is 1mm thin too thin? I know, its a dumb question, but i found some cotton fabric for 3€ the meter and it kinda sound like a good offer

>>10465699
the thickness is kind of meaningless without knowing what's the density(or sometimes referred as the weightÖ of the fabric and what kind of fabric it is.

That said if it's cotton and otherwise strong enough it's good for a summer cape or for otherwise good weather

>>10465719
Well, Its Decoration Fabric, 100% Cotton, 196g/m. Hope it is also Decoration Fabric in English.

>>10465728
could work for a budget solution, but try to use at least two layers of it, maybe more depending on how it feels. Also a big cape would probably look weird out of it

Anyone got expirience with mytholon's swords? respectively with the Battle Standard Sword? I wanted to buy my first sword from them for 30€, but im not sure what kind of quality it has

>>10465821
I know a guy who has one. They look okay for the price. Its nothing exceptional, but isn't bad either. You get what you pay for

>>10465860
I saw somewhere in the last thread, that there tip won't bent back if you try to pierce someone. Is it true? Do you know maybe more about it?

>>10455311
I don't know where you are hungarian larpfag but i would still marry you

>>10466112
I'm in hungary and also taken

>>10466102
well, depends on what you count as bent back nearly every larp sword's tip bend back at least a little or get compressed, otherwise it would hardly dissipate any force.

>>10458807
No. Not if you don't want to either spend a lot, or buy bad armor.

>>10459197
>>10459283
This. Svans low end stuff is custom fitted, with, last I ordered (start of rona) a few weeks (3) of turnaround to get it made, and in my case, 5 weeks of shipping. Because the rona slows that shit down.

Price wise, the'yre comparable (sometimes cheaper) to shitty, indian made off the rack imports that WILL look kind of bad and fit badly. Best case with cheapo local stuff, fuck you if you want to bend or breathe.

Worst case? You trip, top edge of breastplate too high, catches your throat, you die. Svans stuff fits so fucking well I can run trails in it, and actually forget it's on when i'm fighting.

>>10462891
I don't have any pics on hand, but one that pops to mind is the metallic silver cross on blaze orange, with smaller black crosses in the quadrants. It looked like a road hazzard sign.

>>10463768
I guffawed out loud at this, not gonna lie. Scared the cat.

>>10464228
>>10464517
Its the society arms for the SCA

>>10465728
If you're making a purely fashion cloak (which was a thing), then its fine. If you're looking for practical, no.

>>10466112
As >>10466118 mentions, you can't have my husbandu

>>10466944
>it's the society arms for the SCA
Thank you clown, I was confused

>road hazard sign
Ew that does sound ugly. Still not as bad as zelda and GoT references

So against what is likely a better idea, the St. Louis Renaissance Festival is still holding it events later this month through October, all while most other faires have been cancelled.

I am low-key wanting to go partially to see how much of a mess it is, on top of missing my usual faires. But at the same time I am kind of worried about getting exposed to the virus.

I guess I'll just have to assume that risk.

And if I were to cosplay as a plague doctor at the faire, would that be in bad taste?

>>10467692
>And if I were to cosplay as a plague doctor at the faire, would that be in bad taste?

No, but you and literally every other renfest nerd will have a shitty pleather mask, thinking they are “clever” and “quirky”.

for real bro, it ain’t worth the risk. All the assholes insisting on going to concerts and fairs and a week later: mass hospitalizations directly linked to said event.

Besides, catching covid at a renfaire is about as pathetic as catching it at a Smashmouth concert.

>>10467692
as Gropey said go for it, the killcount for the virus isn't high enough yet

>>10467853
Most US states are averaging 7-9 a day but prisons and red states are not known to doctor their reports lower.

>>10467851
HEY CLOWN
YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR
GET YOUR LARP ON, GO PLAY

>>10467692
Like the other Anon said, a LOT of people will either be wearing one or buy one at the fair
I had a plague doctor getup BEFORE it was cool

>>10467853
Hopefully the plague rat idiots will lick enough doorknobs and die off so we can get this over with.

>>10468218
I like their earlier stuff, when they sung about things like killing your landlord and an underage, drug addicted runnaway- turned hooker dying in an alley while her baby is in a trashcan.

Now its nothing but Allstar and Walking on the sun.

>>10468264
Plague hipster 2020

>>10468332
>I like their earlier stuff, when they sung about things like killing your landlord and an underage, drug addicted runnaway- turned hooker dying in an alley while her baby is in a trashcan.
Where the fuck is that on the Shrek soundtrack?

>>10468342
It was cut from the soundtrack along with a deleted scene, where Shrek viciously beats donkey with an extension cord.

>>10468332
>Plague hipster 2020
I mean yeah but seriously the same people thinking it was wierd that I knew so much about plague doctors and made an outift by hand for halloween are now getting cheap pleather masks and posting all over social media about how cute and quirky they are

>>10468366
If it wasn’t for the fact that almost everybody conflates plague doctors with the medieval period even know that they were only really a thing for a hot minute in the mid-17th century, confuses me.

>>10468398
What do you mean? I thought it was some sort of big medieval thing?

>>10455311
Are leather waterskins good and easy to clean?
Also is there a "big" different between the 120cm and the 140cm IDV Bow, except the length? Its a dumb question, i know, but i think about to buy one from mytholon, because you can save 16% of the price right now. And im a bit confused, because there page shows some different power, not like the original shop.

>>10468850
waterskins are good but not easy to clean.
two bow will have a different strenght if everything is the same except their length. But that's never the case. So maybe they have the same strength maybe not, but honestly it shouldn't be THAT different as both is sold as larp bows.

>>10468853
How hard is it, to clean a waterskin? Because

>>10468853
>>10468854
Because, i saw one with 1.5l for 10€ at it looks cool*

>>10468850
>Are leather waterskins good
Arguably. The price-quality ratio tends to be fine, but they are cheap for a reason.

>and easy to clean?
Not particularly easier or harder to clean than most bottles, I guess.

>Also is there a "big" different between the 120cm and the 140cm IDV Bow, except the length?
Not at all. Both will release at the 20-something lbs that is the standard for larp bows. Just buy the one you like better.

Since you seem to want to go cheap, allow me to give you some advice: treat larp arrows as a consumable good. You will more often than not go home with less arrows than you arrived with, due to arrows breaking or getting lost. Don't expect to be able to make a one-time purchase and then have everything you need forever.

>>10468855
depends if it's really a waterskin or just a plastic bag covered in leather or fake leather.
But as long as you only store water in it and don't leave it there for a week then there shouldn't be a problem.
But if it needs to be cleaned then there can be problems mostly with the leather part.
Or if it's that cheap you will probably have other problems, like it won't be that durable

>>10468858
> Material: plastic, suede
So not really recommendable?

>>10468862
ehh, for 10 euro, it's good enough. you don't have to pay for a shitton of money so that you have even artisan toilet paper. Manage your priorities.
If you just want a passable waterskin that you won't use that much anyway then go for it.

Thread inspired me to grab a wineskin off of amazon. Actually fills a few holes in my kit, lacked accessories and a good way to carry water on quests, which is just stupid for my character. Thanks faggots.

>>10468624
Nah, they pooped up in the 1600s, left only two surviving mask of waxed linen and leather, and made such an impression in the European zeitgeist that it became the associated image for centuries after.

Its actually pretty interesting just how powerful the image became.

>>10468850
>>10468853
>>10468854
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>>10468856
>>10468858
>>10468862
>>10469034
Sorry im late to the party, but back in the day, you could buy hard plastic inserts to convert waterskins for hygenic purposes. Im sure you could still find them, and a pattern for an leather cover. Pic is mine.

>>10469114
There are three "surviving" masks in Germany but their authenticity has been questioned in recent years. One is in the Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum in Ingolstadt, one in the DHM in Berlin and another one in the Reiss-Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim which is dated to the late 16th century for some reason.

>>10462344
how do people survive with that ? do they take only non combatant, non exausting role ? Just a wig make me overheat pretty quickly.

>>10469604
If I recall correctly, the Reiss-Engelhorn mask was disproven as a Victorian amalgamated piece a long while ago.

>>10469615
Acclimatization to basic physical activity and good quality kit.

>>10469615
You'd be surprised what people can do when they're actually active and outdoors regularly. My sallet doesn't exactly breathe, and I don't have an issue.

>>10469642
I'm active, too.
I'm also the type to be dumb ennough to wear armor and latex mask to a powermetal concert.

That just that I wearing a big wig to hide the base of my elven ears and trying to do stuff seem worse than be normal, and wear a helmet.

>>10469635
>>10469642
>Active and acclimatized mind

>>10469659
Sounds like excuses.

>>10469642
Sallet have their gap between them and the bevor, they still breathe more than, say, a armet with the common visor.

>>10469664
Sound like you are not providing any answer beyond "git gud". Come on.

>>10469635
By kit, the entire set, or way to mitigate heat dispersion with latex, wigs and stuff ?

>>10469677
Depends on your sallet style. My late one is full face.

>>10469677
>Sound like you are not providing any answer beyond "git gud". Come on
But he’s right though? A little douchy, but right. Its all about conditioning. The only two ways fix the complaint is to change your set up, or get used to it.

>>10469692
With all do respect, that helmet gives me a boner.

>>10469615
not being a pussy

>>10469692
Mine too, but the vision and breathing it offer are excelent. Your visor really look like one of those common armet visor i personaly dislike. At least it has breathing holes.

The thing is, I don't mind being sweaty as fuck in armor. Won't die from it if I drink ennough, I know the drill.
I mind it when i'm wearing face makeup or bodypaint, lenses and that the sweat could fuck up both of them, plus making it look shitty.

>>10469817
You sound like a bitch. Quit whining or stop wearing the stuff if its such a problem.

>>10469817
There's no avoiding sweating. Get better makeup or bodypaint, the only alternative is skipping them.

>>10470406
that or hypotermia

>>10469114
The hard plastic with leather cover looks dope.

I got some stuff in the mail today. They are the first items of my larp collection. I really like the sword. The weight is nice, it just have some tiny holes in it, which "is ok for 35€".
Havent tested the water skin yet, got to clean it first.
And the bow is something. Kinda scared to pull it too much back and risk a slap from the sling. Otherwise it is cool

>>10470412
>Havent tested the water skin yet, got to clean it first.
be prepared that that kind of water skin will taste like platsic for the first 20-30 uses, maybe even after it.
You can pull the bow as much as the arrow allows, there will be no problem.

>>10470418
I see. Thanks for the Information Anon

>>10470418
Before i forgot
> You can pull the bow as much as the arrow allows
How do i know it? Is that a feel?

>>10470427
not, it's the lenght of the arrow if we are talking about standard IDV or similar arrows. from the nock to the arrowhead. Full draw.

>>10470412
>Kinda scared to pull it too much back and risk a slap from the sling.
It's not that bad at the draw weight of a larp bow. It'll sting a bit if the bowstring hits your arm but nothing more. Don't worry about it.

>>10470432
Ah, got it. Thank you
>>10470434
So i just need something, that protects my arm?

>>10470491
Wearing an archery bracer on one arm and an archery glove on the other is common, but by no means necessary.

>>10470494
I understand the bracer, but the glove?

>>10470500
after the 20th shot you will understand. Either that or your fingers will have thick skin

>>10455311
Just wrote a minilarp in the span of an evening. It's about six criminals that have to split the winnings of their heist, but all want to have more than their fair share.

How's your evening, larpthread?

>>10470747
Pretty shitty, desu. I just found out that one of the players in my larp died of covid. She was a nurse, and a few weeks ago had some guy spit in her eyes for refusing to let him in the hospital without a mask.

They can’t prove anything, but they pretty sure that’s how she got it, because he was there to see his wife, who also had Covid

>>10470412
>Kinda scared to pull it too much back and risk a slap from the sling
Your arm should be bent just enough that your bowstring doesn't touch you. If it is touching you, you're either fat or wrong. Don't wear hoodies or dumb, baggy shit when shooting, by the way. It will SERIOUSLY fuck you up, and if you're inexperienced you won't notice and it'll hamper actually learning.

Practice often, (weekly at least) consider finding a professional. I've been shooting bows for 14 years, and genuinely competent- I can snapshot gaps in the armor of moving targets on a good day- and even 20 minutes with a teacher watching me is super helpful and has had direct impacts on my ability.

Also, put TWO knocks on the string, not just one. Makes stringing your arrow very quick and easy to do by feel.

>>10470423
Washing it out with lemon juice and baking soda may help. commonly done for hydration bladders, google should have exact steps.

>>10470500
Bowstring will make your fingers bleed after an hour or so of continuous shooting. You'll develop calluses eventually.

I don't use a bracer or even really recommend them to people, but gloves are always a good idea.

>>10470747
Decent, should have a substantial check in the mail. Enough to order my last piece of harness, offset the cost of my french lessons, and still increase my savings.

>>10470776
Jesus fucking christ clown.

>>10470747
wires won't work properly for my airsoft IEDs so I can't blow up people on the weekend. I'm sad.

>>10462891

>>10471527
And the full photo for max cringe. Check out the tool in a lacross helmet on the left.

>>10470776
Can they be tried for assault? I heard something similar happened to an old woman working at a store and the infector was charged with assault. I'm sorry you lost a buddy

>>10471550
Not Gropes, but in the US, most medical staff have a lot of contractual stipulations against filing assault charges for anything short of attempted murder, to keep cost to the hospital’s legal department down.

Because America is insane.

>>10471532
This makes me deeply uncomfortable.
>>10470747
noon is going well, best friend has the corona but hopefully he gets better. Just trying to figure what colour scheme I want to go for my soft kit.

>>10471532
>>10471625
America is not alright.

>>10470862
>>10471550
>>10471625
>>10471948
Its all just fucked. For reference, we’ve had a 9/11 worth of deaths every three days since the first reported cases.

>>10471527
>>10471532
The dude in the hockey helmet is a whiny tool in several SCA and larp sale pages.

>>10471550
I feel worse for her husband (another player) and their newborn daughter.

>>10471788
I hope your bro recovers. Apparently the lasting effects are worse than originally thought.

>>10472174
>The dude in the hockey helmet is a whiny tool in several SCA and larp sale pages.

Big shock. Head shots are normal in my game. Have been for decades. Some annoying cross gamers caused drama. Now, somehow, people are now talking about wearing "safety" helmets. If I catch anyone in a fucking sports helmet i'm going to break weapons on them until they quit.

>>10472369
>If I catch anyone in a fucking sports helmet i'm going to break weapons on them until they quit.
You could, you know, talk to the organizers instead. Voice your concerns, raise valid arguments and persuade them, convince like-minded people to do the same, and accept defeat if it turns out your local game's desires do not align with yours.

But you do you, I guess.

>>10472369
>>10472390
Dagorhir/Belgarth etc don’t allow headshots. Guy just looks like a pussy who calls himself a “stickjock”

Wtf is with the fancy steel legs?

>>10472394
>Guy just looks like a pussy who calls himself a “stickjock”
Still better than people who unironically call themselves a "foamsmith".

>>10472390
No. Violence is required.

>>10472399
>foamsmith
I want to genocide the foamsmiths. Those fuckheads are the single biggest obstacle to getting rid of dickswords.

>>10472394
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>>10472416
>every person in the pic has a lightsaber dildo

>>10470776
We haven’t lost any players, but one of our’s lost his dad last week :/

>>10471532
>>10472394
>>10472439
They're foamfighters, not LARPers. Looks like Amtgard, class sashes on several of them, also why the one dude is wearing steel legs that might not be suspended at all.

>>10472588
They are escaped late term abortions.

Why couldn’t the wuflu take them instead?

Is there any shop in europe, where i can buy some acceptable Foam Arrowheads? Or are the one from Amazon ok? I tried to buy them from IDV, but there only sell the Arrow at once and not just the Foam Head itself

>>10473458
No. Those are shit. My local larp bought a dozen of them, then threw them out without ever having fired them because they're so unsafe.

Don't buy larp arrows without having held them, and only buy from reliable manufacturers.

>>10473545
any recommendation of right manufacturers, except idv?

>>10473568
I've only ever found one place that sells larp arrowheads separately, and that was by striking up a conversation with a bow vendor at a fantasy fest. I believe it was Fairbow, but I'm not 100% certain. Might be worth e-mailing them.

Why do you need only the arrowhead?

>>10473652
A friend of mine got some blank arrows without knocks and screwable head. He made me the offer to give me the arrows, but i wanted to make sure of getting the foam head, before i end up only with the blank arrows. the nock isnt a problem, i can buy some safety nocks from idv. 10 Peaces for 5€

>>10473673
You're probably not going to save any money that way. The arrowheads are what makes larp arrows expensive. Any place offering separate larp arrowheads isn't going to sell them significantly cheaper than the cheapest place selling whole arrows.

>>10471527
>>10471532
America is canceled

>>10455311
>meet new friend at a campaign
>first time larping
>goes a handful of times
>a year later, anonette has garb on par with veteran players, a cohesive vision for her armor, and practices/crafts constantly

PRIDE.jpg

I didn't realize it until now, but I haven't seen a new player hit the ground running and actually apply themseves in YEARS.

Everything people say about american larp is true, fuck all the local, lazy shitheads.

>>10473985
Post pictures of good veteran kit for reference. I'm in the process of kitting up but it's a bit much jumping in with no experience.

>>10473872
>>10473985
I used to think clownfag was exaggerating all these years.

>>10474044
I don't have any on hand, but if the threads up around the weekend i'll see what I can find.

A good rule of thumb is that a good kit isn't a costume, it's clothes. Very different mindset producing different results. Be cohesive with colors, and accessorize in a way that ISN'T schizophrenic.

In other words, do what you (hopefully) do with your normal, day to day clothes, but with an older style of clothing and you'll look good.

>>10474351
He's not. Playing with dirty canucks has really put this shit in perspective. 95% of US larpers need to be shot. They're useless people and there's no fixing them, even if you got everyone around them to be not shit at larp, they'd still fuck it up because that's just who/what they are.

>>10474044
what kind of kits you want to see?

>>10474652
Byzantium and Slavic(700AD-1300AD) is ideal but mostly interested in soft kit at the moment.

Omg ahahaha is that a *worksafe* plug? Ahahaha

Are rawblade foam soft enough for western europe larp, or hard like hammerkunst ?

>>10474351
Nope. Life is suffering.

>>10475166
I passionately hate anyone who stores larp weapons on their tip so it's shit by default.

>>10473458
>>10473545
He could mod them like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pBlAUgOeSAA
He says its helpful. Sadly, i cant see shit and still dont get how this would fix the problem. I wish he would post a unblurred version of the arrow

>>10475701
Unfortunately, the core is just one of many problems. The foam itself is also just plain wrong, in both layers. The top foam does nothing to slow the impact, and the bottom foam is way too hard and unyielding.

>be me
>live in middle of nowhere America
>only one larp near me
>it's pretty shit but hey can't be picky
>don't wanna start my own cause that's split player base making our already small group smaller
>time goes on, larp gets worse and worse
>eventually a bunch of players ask me to make another fantasy larp for everyone
>local larp has stopped doing fantasy "for the foreseeable future" so this is the best chance to do this
>working like a madman to make something cool quickly
So anons, what's a rule in your larp that sticks out to you as really cool, handy, fun or whatever?
Also
>trying to convince fellow americans to try out more european style rules
Kill me

>>10476212
You anywhere in the midwest by chance?

>>10476212
Telling you now, The barest hint of implementing European rules or costume standards, will get you branded as an elitist exclusionary dictator by the greater community in your area. Even the ones that don’t play.

Where are you located?

>>10476355
>Telling you now, The barest hint of implementing European rules or costume standards, will get you branded as an elitist exclusionary dictator by the greater community in your area
NTA, but i've actually found (potentially) a workable solution.

Knigthoods, in game, are private associations. They universally are (in theory) made up of respected, established players who hold each other to standards and set an example for their nation and anyone they encounter. Traditonally they're able to use knightly gauntlets, which lets a fully armored fighter 'store' a single use of a healing spell in each hand. At it's weakest, it usually allows a direct upgrade to the basic heal limb/raise dead spells, and allows an armored fighter to use them. At its strongest, it can make knights ridiculously effective on quests. Some orders have additional powers. Magic items vary in power, but it's rare for a totally new player to access one in their first year or two, and they ALL have to be checked in and approved.
Knightly powers and Magic items don't function if you're not wearing garb. Neck to ankle is going to be my proposed "standard" to start with. I'll hopefully be able to tighten that as time goes on. Eventually I want to convince people to water down magic items checked in by someone in weak garb who's had too long to improve.

>>10476285
>>10476355
Rather not say, otherwise you'd find me pretty easy.
Northeast quarter of the United States though

>>10476366
For sure I am rewarding people for cohesive kits. For example, the guy in my group with just gambeson/padded armor is gonna have more hit points available than the "vet" who has a cheap thin breastplate and a puffy winter jacket (which he insists is just as good as a gambeson)

>>10476366
Sounds like a decent plan. I don't like the play-to-win mentality Amerilarps seem to have, but just maybe playing into it is the right approach here.

Another thing that might work imo is offering some reward to "promotional models". Basically, people can volunteer for modeling for advertising pictures, on the condition that their garb is "promotionally appealing" or some other way of disguising costume standards.

>>10476417
There's no centralized authority or structure, so i'd have no way to implement that. The game is purely player run and has been for decades. Even the website is just... sort of run by a couple guys who play and will take feedback if it's given.

Still, not a bad concept. I'll think about adapting it.

>>10457367
because it's a film production, they most likely stitched the cloak's folds at the button into those folds. The cape would look much like a normal cape, but with a "tab" of fabric on each side of the hood, letting you toss it over each other in an X shape. The "button" is most likely a pin, sticking through the fabric and sliding into a pinback on the other side.
for the side where the tab goes UNDER, odds are they just tacked it to his shoulder, which you could do, but it'll be pretty secure just due to the friction of being wedged between your jacket and the upper cloak tab
Here's the underside of the cloak they used for a frodo figure

So who’s been doing the little bullshit chores to get ahead of next year? I’ve been making so much cordage for loaned kit.

>>10476366
Congrats, You are now to be accused of preferential treatment, exclusivity, and pay to win. You will be taken out back and beaten with dick swords until you cry.

>>10476412
Dude, you’re anon on 4chan. No one is going to track you down and molest you.

>>10476877
>preferential treatment, exclusivity
Yes. That's the beauty of knighthoods. We're supposed to be exclusive clubs that treat some people better than others.

>You will be taken out back and beaten with dick swords until you cry
Don't threaten me with a good time

>>10476417
>promotionally appealing
It's an idea that sounds good at first glance, but then you'll just get people saying your playing favorites cause "my kit is amazing and you just don't like me"

>>10476877
>no one is gonna track you down and molest you
Said a man called Gropey
For real though I give you the state anyone could figure out. Maybe once I actually get this stuff off the ground when secrecy doesn't matter.

>>10476910
> We're supposed to be exclusive clubs that treat some people better than others.
RIP Anon.

>>10476912
>Said a man called Gropey
Honk honk

>>10476877
>Dude, you’re anon on 4chan. No one is going to track you down and molest you.
Not him, but don't make assumptions. I've had 4chan find my wedding photos before

>>10476982
That begs the question what you did to make 4chan want your wedding photos, and what board you were on.

I know a lot of your new folks don’t trust it, but larpthread is different. We’ve been doing damn good and incident free for over a decade.

>>10477006
I would be hesitant to reveal location because I seem to catch hate for recommending boffers that don't look like penises while not being a fan of latex/injected foam weapons.

>>10477017
You’re safe with ol’ papa Gropey. Clown’s promise.

>>10477033
Sweet christ what 30 year old tech monstrosities am I witnessing here? Those don't even look safe. Also why is the fuckknuckle in the middle in jeans?

>>10477043
Gotta ask Hungarian. He made the pic if I recall.

Guess everyone backed off from /tg/ again huh? Ah well, just means the threads a bit slower.

>>10460081
Had my German Kettle helm show up, just been goofing around with it, its so incredibly dumb looking and I love it to pieces. Other than that I need to add some eyelets to a few bits of armour, and get around to making a shit ton of warskirts for my group.

>>10477033
Americans why

>>10472174
>I hope your bro recovers
Thanks, so far so good.
>>10477142
Not really much going on to talk about to be honest.
>americans why
I still can't get over this burger

>>10477142
>Guess everyone backed off from /tg/ again huh? Ah well, just means the threads a bit slower.

I've been checking for a thread every few days, I don't really have the images to start one. I enjoyed the faster paced shenanigans.

>>10477159
OGRE

>>10477142
>Guess everyone backed off from /tg/ again huh? Ah well, just means the threads a bit slower.
It's the same for many generals on /tg/: juuust not enough content to keep them alive. People keep trying to keep threads alive for a few weeks, but eventually give up, the general dies, and it springs up again at some later date.

>>10477268

truth to be told, generals kind of killed /tg/. way less random threads with great ideas this way. Obviously way less random threads with shitty ideas too, so there is that.

>>10477047
>>10477043

Well, it shows the main difference between a boffer and a dicksword, and for fairness sake, both pic is from hungary and from roughly the same year (kinda).

The thing is that while neither of them are good, dickswords are worse and exists solely to be hated. Boffers have their time and place.

It's an important distinction because on one side of the horse everything that is not a dicksword is either too dangerous or too much effort and we clearly can't put effort into a hobby, otherwise we wouldn't be manly man who doesn't want to take risks (because anything else than an ultralight dicksword is unsafe for the manly man)
On the other side of the horse we have elitist pricks who doesn't even dare to look at any fugly thing that isn't a mastercrafted costume made specialized latex weapon that is made for their special snowflake half-fae catboy, and said weapon should cost an arm and a leg and anyone who doesn't spend a car's worth of money on weapons alone (matching sets for every character obviously) must be banned from existence.

My new orc mask just arrived in the mail, so I'm feeling pretty good. It fits like a glove, or like wrapping a condom over your head, so now I just have to wait until the rona ends to use the fucking thing. How's everyone else doing?

>>10477212
I might post one in a few days if nobody else does.The increased activity was nice,and I visit /tg/ a lot more than this place.

>>10477268
>>10477416
I agree with this, when the only threads hitting bump are bait or the big generals its a little depressing. You do sometimes get some really good shit though that busts its way through for a little while.

>>10477159
I wish I remembered where I originally found this pic, there must have been so many similar ones that would have provided excellent chuckle material.

Ordered some pants from Armstreet so I'll post pictures and thoughts about that when it arrives.
Any recommendation for medieval rain gear? I was thinking of a wool hood and then treat the wool with lanolin but always like a second opinion.
>>10477632
Any pictures of the new mask?

>>10477638
An umbrella sounds like a pretty good idea to me

>>10477638
separate hat without feathers, half cape or something along that line. Also about wool, the beauty of it, you doesn't really have to treat it to be semi waterproof. I mean as long as there isn't a real downpour you will be okay. And in a real downpour you shouldn't be out there.

>>10477638
Here you go Eirefag. The dreads reach down to my lower back, I'll take a picture with it on tomorrow when I've gotten my lower face a bit more presentable. The nice thing about this is having a fuck off latex mask on means nobody can really recognise me, so I can post pics fairly easily.

Rain gear wise, I use a fairly solid cloak that manages to at least keep me warm and keep the rain off to some extent, at least while I dash between tents or go for brief excursions. It dries fairly quickly as well, benefits of wool.

>>10477638
>Ordered some pants from Armstreet
Why? Armstreet is overpriced to hell, and the quality doesn't match the price.

>>10477934
I got it for a substantial discount (40ish euro down from 90ish)

>>10477936
Thats a fairly good price. Avoid their armour and armour related stuff though, that shit has prices that are through the roof.

>>10477940
While on the subject of armour and armour related stuff any recommendations for good armour merchants? I was looking at some stuff from truehistoryshop (vambraces and greaves). I'm new into the hobby so not really sure how to tell the good from the bad and at these prices I want to hedge against foolish purchases as much as I can.

>>10477945
Truehistoryshop is pretty good, but his lamellar is a bit on the stiff side. A few reenactor friends of mine made a handy little reenactment maker database that has a bunch of good manufacturers listed.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17TAuvYh7aJtkUBzsXQ3fduYgneKxLRKJirV5xylzFpU/edit#gid=1643752388

>>10477945
Forge of Svan is solid and tends to have very good prices. Anything made for BotN/HMB should be solid, some of it might be a bit pricey, I'd recommend shopping around as you can find most of it for quite reasonable prices.

>>10477416
>truth to be told, generals kind of killed /tg/
No offense, but do you remember how it was before? The same number of spergy 40k shitpost threads as there are generals now. And there were a ton of shitty quest threads, Excuse Me Commissar, Elf Slave Wat Do etc. I think more space now for random idea threads than there ever used to be.

>>10478125
the same amount of retardation was at that time but it was easier to find fun ideas

>>10477945
Svan is probably the best for entry level custom fitted stuff. Which is, to be clear, the only thing you should buy. It's not like buying a tshirt, if your bracer is a few centimeters long you may be unable to bend your wrist or forearm properly, or at all. Overlong greaves will interfere with walking, shift around a lot, or even injure your knee.
Oversized breastplates, can, at the absolute worst, literally kill you.

I've looked at true history, but don't know anyone who's used them. I CAN tell you forge of svan actually has lamellar at a good price, and WILL take custom work.

As a rule, you don't buy larp armor. You buy IMCF/ACL armor. "larp armor" is almost always bad quality at a bad price.

>>10477945
I've had good experience with Helgi's. Our group ordered about 6 lamellars and got a decent discount on them. He was good in contact and kept us up to date + managed to answer questions in decent English.

He's a bit of a character though, but that's about it.

>>10478405
How is he on sizing? I know a woman who REALLY wants a russian kit, but is fucking tiny.

>>10478412
All custom sized, all of ours fit great. Not sure what consistutes as tiny, but one of our girls is decently frail (you can blow her over just looking at her) and it fit her well.

When we asked him about women's sizes he sent us back something along the lines of: "It's not a dress but I can make fit. If she wants hips she needs to buy dress"

Which gave me a good chuckle and a reminder that he was from eastern Europe.

>>10477953
Thanks for the helpful database.
>>10477991
I was looking at some of his stuff and it looks very good; how is his gambesons? I was looking at steel mastery but they seem very pricey for their gambesons.
>>10478174
Thanks for the input, yeah I noticed a lot of places that do larp armour have extremely high prices.
>>10478405
Thanks so much I always love hearing feedback from people who have dealt with vendors before.

>>10478417
>I noticed a lot of places that do larp armour have extremely high prices.
Yeah. EA, for one, is not only trying to make a profit while employing westerners (expensive) they need a shipping department (smaller armorers just drop that shit off at the post office during the day), warehouses, and have to source all their shit tier armor from india, so you're paying their international shipping rates, AND subsiding them sending people to india to slap useless pajeets around from time to time.


Ukranians are usually, as far as I can tell, an armorer or five, and maybe one girl who does customer service, if that.

Plus, larpers are fat, stupid, and incompetent, so you can overcharge if you show up on google first. They literally won't look past the first three results and these companies know it.

Hence my post on /tg/ doing price comparisons where off the rack larp armor is either the same price or $100+ more expensive than the exact same thing custom fitted from an actual armorer.

>>10478414
Thanks, that was the ONLY thing stopping me from recommending them. I sent her forge of svan, but they don't do a ton of eastern kit.

How do people feel about Bors Larp? A guy I know is setting up a Warhammer fantasy larp here in Bongland, and I'm tempted to go full pistolier, and like the look of Bor's commission stuff. Whats pricing/quality/general ball-achey-ness like?

>>10478869
no idea about the pricing, but he is making high quality stuff, so probably worth the money.

>>10475701
Explanation please.
What exacly is he doing and how is this helping?
im too dumb to get it right now

>>10478869
god i love those kits

>>10477940
Still laugh my ass off at the one dude that had some armstreet armour bend in regular transport

>>10479194
Fucking what
How

Question of the day LARPthread:

What are some reasonable accommodations for somebody who wishes to join your life, but it’s confined to a wheelchair. This assumes that they are just in all aspects of LARP, including exploration and fighting

>>10479235
For fighting? There aren't any, really.

>>10479235
For fighting, not really possible unless your fine with a total lack of mobility. For example a post apocalyptic setting with guns could work, but not a medieval fantasy setting. Exploration depends on the terrain, but again not truly feasible most of the time. For just social stuff it's 100% possible

>>10479235
exploration will be difficult, depending on terrain, but you have to know how easily can you get around. As for fighting, melee is out of question with a few exception. But archery, magic, guns, etc is doable.
Also building some monster/golem/dwarven siege engine/whatever prop around the wheelchair could also work (and gives you a melee option maybe.
Otherwise try to hide the wheelchair's modern aspect as much as you can but don't overstress it. It's a nice touch if you can do it, but not a must have.

>>10479235
That's a very difficult question that hinges entirely on the word reasonable. My sci-fi chamber larp could have a wheelchair-bound player with no issues at all (apart from the elevators being kinda hard to reach). The average medieval weekend larp, on the other hand... I'm not seeing it. I know someone who plays wheelchair-bound, but she doesn't fight or leave town.

From a larp organizer's perspective, I don't think there's much you can do. The forest floor will always be uneven and hard to traverse. A wheelchair-bound person basically needs a dedicated pusher for the entire event, and that goes way beyond reasonable to provide.

Honestly, larpers probably aren't the right people to ask. Find people in wheelchairs and ask them what facilities they'd hope for if they went to a weekend-long camping event.

>>10479205
Thin shitty metal construction

>>10479347
Christ.

My low tier ukranian demi greaves/poleyns (from a "larp" vendor) that isn't shaped right is tougher than that. The metalworker I hired to cut it to fit better and re-roll the resulting edges is working his ass off because the steel is either hardened, or substantially thicker than the 1mm they listed it at. If they can do that for ~68 usd, armstreet can fucking do better for how much they charge.

Holy shit /tg/ actually has a thread

>>10480805
Okay I have to ask, is Niels posting these here?
These seem to pop up around the same time he posts them.

>>10481087
Probably not. Whenever he posts anything I quickly see it from like five different people via five different channels. It's getting a bit excessive.

> Would love to Larp a Bard
> Cant play shit, except for Bongos
Fml, i found an old wooden flute, which i got from my grandpa. It would be cool to play it, but im not sure if its too late to learn an instrument with 25

>>10481322
>im not sure if its too late to learn an instrument with 25
No. Just requires work.

>>10481087
poster here
not Niels - i just pop them on here a they seem a]relevant to the thread
b] makes a change from the usual rants
and c] something for people to have a chuckle at.

Is 19 gauge mild steel to thin/soft for larp combat?

>>10481322
It's never too late to learn a new skill Anon. Most "bards" in larps are actually pretty terrible singers and have no musical instrument skill. Be the cool bard everyone loves. I know you can.

>>10481455
In my experience, no. BUT if someone is a little too aggressive with their hits you might have a dent.

>>10481325
Well then. I will give it a try.
>>10481501
That kinda makes me happy. Thanks Anon. Time to learn the flute

How do you feel about people who show up in full stylized armor?

>>10482108
awesome, as long as it looks good and not some half assed shit

>>10482108
Good armor is good armor.

>>10482108
Depends on the setting. Someone in full WOW style enormous pauldrons showing up to a low fantasy game would raise some eyebrows, but as long as it fits the setting I'm totally happy to see it, good kit is good kit

>>10455581
bought 300 santa hats

I just want a game where there aren't any warriors just retard peasants beating the shit out of each other with Fishing rods, Axes and brooms.

>>10482548
Me too. I even commissioned a larp pitchfork a while back, but it was rejected because the design was too difficult. It doesn't really surprise me two-pronged pitchforks are difficult to make, but it's kinda sad nonetheless.

>>10482548
>>10482582
and here I am with larp bricks, crowbars, bottles, clubs and whatnot and all of them are used frequently...

https://youtu.be/Gm8XZ2TEo2w

>>10482739
I've actually done really, really well with wish garb.

Careful selection (Will it take them any actual thought to copy this from a picture?) and a willingness to accept that 50% of your shit WILL be the wrong color is important. The real key, though, is this:
Don't be fucking fat. Their small/medium shit consistently fits. Larger sizes are a total mess.

>>10482582
Go ask the Grumpy Dwarf he even made brooms. I think its doable if you make the prongs out of collapsible foam or if you cast them.

Anyone knows a good shop for buying a back quiver? I saw some on amazon, but most of them is full of plastic shit. And some i saw and liked cost almost 90€

>>10482900
That's literally what I did. The answer's "no", unfortunately.

I've got an antler I've found in the woods a long time ago, would like to add it to some barbarian garb somehow but not sure how without making it awkward lol

>>10482942
>back quiver
>good shop
No, because good shops don't sell garbage.

>>10479235
Pretty easy answer actually, as my mom literally deals with this as a professional ADA advocate, who volunteers to deal with this in the SCA:

Flatly put, people with disabilities know their limits, and know what is the realm of reasonable access. We have a ton of them in the SCA, with our local kingdom being the highest population of deaf participants, for example. We have fighters in wheelchairs or on crutches who can fight tournies, but know the woods and field melees are out. They know what they can and cannot do. There’s no such thing as reasonable accommodation past that point when you’re getting into broken terrain and such, and they know it.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this is brought up by a bleeding heart who isn’t actually disabled? They tend to be a loud, and counter-productive problem.

>>10481015
Its been having more since more people are online due to the plague.

>>10481322
Dude, woodwinds are easy. A good wooden recorder or tin whistle will ease you in.

>>10481455
Too thin in my opinion. Probably a crap alloy as well.

>>10482108
Looks both reasonably realistic and functional, yet elfy. His goblin nose is ridiculous though.

>>10482548
So the end stages of a peasant holiday?

>>10483117
Two major questions to ask yourself:

1: what is the reason and purpose of the antler, and why wouldn’t it be better used as materials for buttons/toggels/buckles etc?

2: if you can asspull using a whole ass antler, if you wear it and fall, will it impale you?

>>10483122
Whats the problem with Back Quivers?

>>10482547
Anon, you can't just drop this here and then not tell us the story

>>10483222
>I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this is brought up by a bleeding heart who isn’t actually disabled? They tend to be a loud, and counter-productive problem.

You are correct in your assumption

>>10483222
Sounds like the bullshit “combat wheelchair” D&D5e thing. IRL cripples hate it, but tumblrtards just shout them down.

>>10483462
How else would you equip elves?

>>10483256
Not used in a lot of places, so it's wrong for most kits, and it's shit for actually drawing arrows from. Plus any open container on your back is just asking to throw your shit on the ground.

Buy a hip quiver, they're better in every way unless you REALLY want to be an assyrian or something equally obscure and unlikely.

>>10483529
Ignore them. I've seen actual cripples ask about going to shit like bico, and they're universally not insane enough to expect someone to take heavy machinery to a site or build ramps through the woods for them.

If an ACTUAL cripple ever approaches you, talk to them like a normal person, explain what goes on, and give an honest assessment of what is and isn't possible and you're probably fine. Some stuff is utterly impossible, some isn't, and fucking nobody likes being treated like an other, so ignore the stupid bleeding hearts.

One of my group members is a midget, I can assure you he hates those faggots more than any of us.

>>10483691
>Not used in a lot of places, so it's wrong for most kits
that's not an argument for larp kits

>>10483691
> wrong for most kits
I dont think so, pal

>>10482942
They are some on Amazon, Battle Merchant, Epic Armoury. Pic Related costs 50€ and can "only" carry 6-8 arrows. Which is kinda sad. It looks nice and isnt too big like the other, but only 8 arrows isnt nice at all. It must be at least 10-12

>>10483759
man that's a great looking kit, but I have to wonder how functional it is. Anyone who does ranger like gear give an opinion since that looks like a lot of layers.

>>10483832
The last time I played anything ranger-like is years ago so take this with a grain of salt, but: the only real "impracticalities" I've experienced when rangering were puffy sleeves and billowing cloaks. In this picture the upper arms are wrapped together and the cloak is secured behind the quiver. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. I imagine archery with fingerless gloves might be a tad inconvenient, but that's about it.

>>10483759
>>10483832
Fell and Fair have some awesome looking kits. But not only for Rangers. I wish i had some talent in tailoring, so i can creat a some parts of pic related

>>10483759
Look at how the quiver is tightened at the top. Slows down the process of actually getting at your arrows, which is bad for anyone who actually wants to do combat.

Leave it open, you risk launching shit if you bend over too fast.

>>10483890
To be fair, its a Ithilien Quiver, from Lord of the Rings. Its normal for it to use a arrow bag

>>10483890
>>10483896
Forgot the Pic

>>10483896
>>10483897
>arrow bag
Gross.

Then again, it does actually look good, so i'm more than willing to accept that it's fine if it's not intended for a super practical kit. And if it's LOTR kit, it probably isn't meant for a lot of practicality.

>>10482942
If you want to safe money and dont want to buy a 60-90 €/$ Quiver then build one out of a shipping tube. I know its not that elegant, but its kinda unique(?). Its your own self made quiver.... hurray

>>10483910
Or just buy some leather, roll it into a tube, glue or rivet it close, cut a circle slightly larger than the diameter of the tub, blue or rivet to the bottom to seal it, attach desired straps, and call it a day. Cheap quivers are easy, it's good ones that take real work. Kind of like all leatherwork, really.

>>10483915
Leatherworking looks like fun, but just the right tools costs so much money. Its kinda insane

>>10483910
>>10483915
Both sounds like a good plan. It would safe me some bucks. Any recommendation for the Dimensions?

>>10483928
Nope! all depends on what you want. Can probably find patterns online.

Only correct way to back carry arrows is in a basket, preferably by one of the tross

>>10483986
Do not. It'll give me flashbacks to the guy who strapped a hamper to his back, stuck his arrows in it, and then ignored hits to his back because HAMPER.

He eventually got booted from an event for trying to assault people with his bow, guy was mad they closed on him.

>>10483915
>glue or rivet it close
Don’t do this. Just stitch the damn thing instead of making life harder and uglier than it already is.

>>10484055
We're going with super easy, no skill mode today.

But also yes, stitching is indeed better.

>>10484057
Riveting is more work, more tools, and higher failure rate.

You don’t glue leather seams.

>>10483992
That's.... wow. Now I gotta admit my archery group just has a 14 year old boy who runs between our standing pavises and sometimes takes it off to go arrow catching.


Sounds like you guys need specialist as well

>>10482942
If you want a nice back quiver I'd buy a Hill style, actually go to the Howard Hill archery website and buy from them it's surprisingly affordable for a full grain leather nice back quiver. Not in anyway historically accurate to anything other than early-mid 20th century but whatever. If you're in Europe there's Bearpaw/Bodnik, but I have their back quiver and honestly it just feels cheap, the leather is spongy and weird and it's not really commensurate with it's cost.
Or buy some leather and make your own, they're not complicated.

>>10483881
>I wish i had some talent in tailoring, so i can creat a some parts of pic related
Why not grab some wool and a few hand sewing needles and have a go at it? The basics are straightforward enough and honestly hand sewing can be pretty relaxing.

>>10483896
In reality though, if you're going to have an arrow bag it should be long enough to cover the full arrow, since it's the fletching that needs protection. When using it actively you'd have the excess folded down. Refer to some of the medieval and renaissance arrow bags such as those from the wreck of the Mary Rose.

>>10484059
>You don’t glue leather seams
Didn’t sound right to me either.

>>10484305
A quiver out of wool? never thought about that. Never saw one eather.

>>10484805
I suspect he means the rest of the outfit. And he's right, none of it looks complex. I have a friend who could probably bang out that outfit in a week/week and a half around their work schedule.

>>10484305
>>10484997
Ah, i see. My fault. Well then. I think i gonna start with the cloak then. What material and how thick should a cloak be?

>>10485247
For a cloak I'd go medium-heavy weight, you'll often see it listen as coating weight or outer-wear weight. But it depends on what you want too, I wouldn't get anything too stiff since you still want it to drape well.
As far as the quiver same advice, why not get some leather and leather sewing needles? It's arguably even simpler than tailoring. Just cut you pieces out (a large rectangle for a quiver basically, or a trapezoid if you want it tapered. Then the bottom piece. Poke all your stitching holes ahead of time, then saddle stitch it. Of course you could use fake leather or some kind of vinyl or canvas or whatever too for the quiver if you don't want to spend money on leather. Or, if you can find an old leather couch being thrown out, that's a great place to harvest some free leather, though it's generally more garment weight. You could back it for something stiff like a quiver or use it for other parts of the ranger outfit. Of course depending on where you live leather couches being thrown away may be more or less common.

>>10485255
Looking at the image again, I'm not sure the cloak is even wool (or wool-alike) it may just be cotton, it's definitely lighter than the doublet and tunic/coat under it, those look more like coating weight wool. Best to go in person to the fabric store so you can feel it, but the best deals of course are online. Sometimes when it's cheap enough I'll just order a bunch of stuff that looks like it may work, but I've definitely gotten stuff that wasn't what I expected (like weird lightweight wool knits (more appropriate for women's wear I guess)) though it's always possible to adapt.

>>10485256
One last thing, I'd suggest finding a copy of the Medieval Tailor's Assistant, it covers are the basic stuff you'd want to know including basic patterns. For further tailoring guidance there are plenty of books from the 19th and early 20th century floating around about proper tailoring for menswear, and though they obviously cover mdoern garments, the stitches and basic construction are essentially the same.

Hey guys, I 3D modelled a crest for my soon-to-be-dead character. I want to print this and use it as a wax seal to use it for his farewell letters.

What do you think of the crest? Is it to edgy? How could I improve it?

>>10485287
View from the side.

I've not thought about larping in ages, but since the thread on /tg/, I've been thinking about getting back into it. For fun, instead of trying to fuck a girl, this time. Obvious horse related problems aside, anybody know any larps near virginia where a cuirassier or hussar or something like that would be a good fit? Failing that, something vaguely Georgian?

>>10485287
I think it could do with a bit more texture, I can't really tell for sure what the crown-looking thing and the little hammer above are supposed to be. I wouldn't call it too edgy though (or edgy at all).

>>10485368
We’re literally a not!18thC low fantasy/ fairytale horror game, based out of Williamsburg. Most of out players are museum interpreters. Drop me an email at Screwloosecircus AT gmail

>>10485257
http://www.strony.toya.net.pl/~kuswir/MTA.pdf get it while it's hot

>>10485529
Thanks lad. I owe you one

>>10485520
Nta but messaged

Anyone got any tips for getting good IC boots in bongland? Putting together a pistolier outfit, and want some proper boots rather than just disguising some regular hiking boots.

>>10485785
Do you live in one of the most open markets for reenacting equipment. Get yourself some repro late 15thC/early 16thC boots. There are literally hundreds of vendors and makers, you can even score a decent pair off the shepf for under £120

Don’t cheap out on your feet

>>10485790
Anything in particular I should look for? I'm used with boots to being able to actually try them on, and even if I could make it to a reenactment market, the 'rona is making that a little difficult.

>>10485793
Good shoes will bring up your kit by at least 30%, but if you’re going with shoes that are fitting the Warhammer aesthetic, what you’re gonna be historic shoes, you’re gonna have to understand I’m gonna wear quite a bit differently from modern shoes. First off, most likely gonna be leather bottoms and less you get rubber soles added to them. They’re also going to be a softer leather, And the sole isn’t gonna be nearly as thick. They really do help your footwork and footing though if you do any fencing whatsoever.

Keep in mind that I am amerifat, And this is just a company that was suggested by a bong friend, but they don’t look bad.
https://www.re-enactmentsupplies.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=60_75

>>10485520
Anon actually mentioned you in the tg thread, actually, so I dropped you an email.

>>10485799
Thanks gropes. Didn't expect them to be quite this spenny, so time to save some dosh. Seems to be what I'm looking for, but I'll ask round some reenactment mates as well.

>>10486006
Yeah, but think of the amount of leather involved. I actually just retired and sold my thigh high riding boots since I switched back to my older leg harness, and needed shorter boots. $300 usd, but they gave me 5+ years of buhurt/larp/living history use, and still had plenty of life left

Anyone else had their interest in LARP go to a complete 0 since having everything close down this year?
Like a bad addiction it was probably what i needed desu
How the fuck do i get rid of all this gear though.

>>10486323
I mean, it's on the downlow. But I'm still working on projects, reading researches and improving the LARPs I was working on.

If the hobby was toxic for you, then this might be a good time to just let it die.

>>10486323
I've had the complete opposite, actually. I've been itching for my larp fix more and more, and picking up several larp-related crafting projects on the side.

In my experience, motivation for any hobby can die quickly if you don't get a chance to practice it for a while. I wouldn't get rid of all your shit just yet. You might just find your fun in larping again when corona is over. You'd regret selling all your stuff then.

On the other hand, the lockdown has definitely held a mirror in front of everyone's face. It allowed us to reflect on our lives from an outsider's perspective, as it were. It's entirely possible that you should've quit earlier and realized it only now. Then again, it's entirely possible that you shouldn't. I wouldn't bet on either possibility right now. If you're not in urgent need of extra space or money, I'd keep your stuff around just in case. It's not going to be worth any less by the end of corona, so if you decide to quit for good you can always sell it off then.

>>10486323
No, but i'm a well balanced person with plenty of other hobbies and a good capacity for self reflection.

Most larpers aren't, and it, along with literally all of nerd culture, is a thing they'd usually be better off replacing with therapy and a normal life. Instead of doing what half they usually do- run away to the woods constantly so they can avoid their personal problems/mental health issues/ pretend their acquaintances from larp are their friends.


I've just used the time to get better armor, get work done on my kit, and work on my fitness/language skills. Live better, larp better as a secondary benefit.

>>10486182
What are you switching to?

Can someone point me towards patterns for long tunics or dresses, pants?

>>10486568
Looks wise, pretty generic 15thC boots, but they have steel toes, reenforced ankles, and a steel sole shank. Better for fighting in.

>>10486660
Sounds like you’re looking for something along the line of the basic “t-tunic”. Hang on.

>>10486660
Tunics are dead simple, long rectangle (or two sewn at shoulder) for the body, a rectangle for each sleeve, and a square for each under arm gusset. Just take your measurements but it doesn't need to be particularly precise. Add some triangle gussets in the skirt if you care to.

Also the Medieval Tailor's assistant is handy and readily found online.

>>10467692
>99.89% survival rate globally

>>10469114
>they pooped up

>>10486984
>>they pooped up
Well, the situation was pretty shitty

Does anybody know how they made the mantle part (part in front around the neck) look like this? Is it one piece, or is it sewn on? Can't figure out how they made this.

Anyone with a Ranger Kit and a back quiver:
2 Point or 3 Point Quiver?

>>10487238
https://youtu.be/d2brtPZfGWw?t=386

It looks like one piece. Like a poncho, but thrown behind your shoulder.

>>10487259
Yeah that looks like it, thanks

>>10487238
When did shitty tassets become such a common thing with larpers, and why?

Looks stupid and does very little in a fight.

>>10487392
The origin is from armor as worn power gaming. The top of the hip joint is naturally a pocket that is easily struck from an onside or offside strike. By wearing plate armor on that spot, you’re affectively using the system to protect it instead of just learning to block or void.

>>10486697
Those are badass. Where you get them?

>>10487470
Are the people you encounter just not competent enough to strike the hands/arms/torso/head? Hip shots aren't worth throwing in location systems and tend to go to shit against people with shields bigger than a buckler in my experience. Too easy to defend, I probably get hit there less than a hundred times a year, out of a few hundred hours of fighting.

>>10487633
Location games that take legs make it a tactically viable method. “Leg them and leave them” is better than sending them back to res.

>>10487633
Also most games nerf shields, and most people cant use them properly anyways

>>10487633
Did you have a seizure typing that?

So it’s been a few years, but I want to run another contest! Small financial windfall, as well as extra prep materials has led me to be able to produce some good prices, and I just feel like everyone can use some cheering up.

Problem is, I have no idea with the contest should be. It’s not like there has been enough events or games to really have done anything of interest since the whole pandemic started.

If anybody’s interested, I’ll be taking suggestions for the subject of the contest. Please note that it’s not just larpers, but reenactors who are welcome to participate.

>>10488524
not participating, but you're a good clown.

>>10488567
Thanks anon. Sometimes its just nice to hear that.

>>10488524
Best shit tier american garb.

I only say this because i've managed to put together a mostly functional outfit out of that trash, and now I shit on excuse prone faggots even harder than before.

It's good fun.
>we're too poor to not look like total shit
>I'M FROM THE SAME COUNTRY AND MY SHIT WAS MADE IN A SWEATSHOP WHERE NOBODY TAUGHT THE DICKS IN CHARGE OF DYE ABOUT THE COLOR WHEEL YOU FUCK

The individual bits are spectacularly cheap, and I love it.

>>10488603
Nah, I’d like something a bit more positive

>>10488524
Can't really go wrong with "craft <thing> within <time limit> based on <prompt>". Other than that, I think it'd be a fun challenge to see who can imitate a random historical artwork best.

>>10488749
I really like the imitate artwork idea, even if that doesn't end up being the contest I might save that for potential future jokes with mates.

>>10488524
This seems like great fun gropes. Can't think of any good ideas off the top of my head, but can't wait to see what you choose.

>>10488612
>Nah, I’d like something a bit more positive
so, corona virus tests?

meanwhile, we are in autosage so here is the new thread

>>10488839

>>10488839