Wargamer & Re-enactor?

[YPU]

mostly War of the Roses as an archer

Some of my wargaming budies do WotR. They aren't particularly positive about the type of person doing archery for that period.  

[FramFramson]

i will try scan and post it

I was making a really bad joke... unfortunately it appears I was too subtle!

Though pics would be funny anyway, I'm sure.

[carlos marighela]

The England football team have been re-enacting the 1950 World Cup campaign. Uniform detail has been sadly lacking but the re-enactment has been otherwise quite faithful. Wayne Rooney of course has been dressing up and pretending to be a footballer for many years.

[Michi]

Guilty...re-enactor of the entertaining kind in 1113 (now in my 12th year - 1114 a.d.): Puppeteer & Musician...  

[Sterling Moose]

Rose to Captain in a Parliament regiment of foote

Which Regt?

Guilty...re-enactor of the entertaining kind in 1113 (now in my 12th year - 1114 a.d.): Puppeteer & Musician...

I think I re-enacted there.....................I recognise the mud.

[smokezombie]

My dad is a SK member. King guard Lindsey's company. He's dragged me along to it a long time ago ( when I was 16). Actually I'm going to the august bank Holliday muster with him.. mainly because my kids think its fun.

I will not post any pics 

[Michi]

so do you people wear authentic shoes? What is a medieval shoe? just curious.

These are:

[Katsuhiko JiNNai]

so do you people wear authentic shoes? What is a medieval shoe? just curious.

These shoes from several centuries, made in italy, not the cheaper shoes available, but some of the best in the market (if you want something of historically accurate):

http://www.historicalitalianshoes.com/

and for clothes and more:
http://www.medievaldesign.com/english.asp

usually for mainstream or progressive re-enactors

however many of the mainstream and progressive groups have one or more members that do clothes and shoes for the group (the owners of the two websites were and are re-enactors too).

[Michi]

are the soles wood?

ps love the shoes in the top pic the drummer has on.

The drummer is me and I made them by myself. The soles are leather of course... 

[Katsuhiko JiNNai]

are the soles wood?

ps love the shoes in the top pic the drummer has on.

Usually the sole are in leather (and maybe iron hobnails), but some shoes (usually pattens) have wood too.

PS: not always easy to walk with shoes with leather sole, I know from experience. In fact some mainstream re-enactors include rubber sole, especially during the renactment battle, but for a progressive re-enactor this is heresy of course

here my XII-XIII century shoes, with leather sole:

[rumacara]

Hello all

If you try to glue some strips of leather on the shoes they will endure a battle and avoid slip on the ground.
I used to do that on mine and it holds.

Cheers

Rui

[John Grant]

PLaced a post but the images didn't work. Sorry

John

[FramFramson]

The England football team have been re-enacting the 1950 World Cup campaign. Uniform detail has been sadly lacking but the re-enactment has been otherwise quite faithful. Wayne Rooney of course has been dressing up and pretending to be a footballer for many years.

 

EDIT: This also explains Suarez. He's just roleplaying an infected survivor. 

[Katsuhiko JiNNai]

Hello all

If you try to glue some strips of leather on the shoes they will endure a battle and avoid slip on the ground.
I used to do that on mine and it holds.

Cheers

Rui

Thanks for the suggestion Rui
Maybe for the leather sole it could be fine to include some iron hobnails too, but sure the strips of leather could be easier

For the re-enactors that are members of some groups, please include the link  

I'm curious about reenactment in America (all, from north to south) and other countries (not only Europe). I know that in the USA and Canada there are many reenactment events and groups from XVI to XX centuries. Especially about XVIII, XIX and XX century. The Russians do many reenactment events about medieval Russia too, and seem they fight really HARD during the reenactment battles.

I found some re-enactors from japan too, here the link for you guys that love samurai

http://www.marvellouswings.com/Kattyuu/

and re-enactors from Taiwan too about the Republic of China 1912-1949:
http://www.fukuo.tw/

[Michi]

I am impressed Michi. Are you a cobbler? next question is are they comfy despite the lack of gripping?

No, I am no cobbler. I simply make everything I need for re-enactment by myself.