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Merlin the Mad

Halvgrim wrote:Glen, Merlin

Both of you know I am a glutton for punishement
Lets start talking about how to pull this off in the US
Perhaps next spring

Halv

By next pring, you mean 2008 I trust?

Merlin the Mad

I personally think that a Battle of Civitate event would be awesome! The trick might being getting enough Byzantine-esque fellows to make the numbers even close to equal... but surely The self-declared Emperor of the East could take care of that. :wink: Excllent idea, Egfroth. :D Actually, a "battl...

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It's Bill the Bastard! He's been unhorsed! http://www.pixures.be/hast/ings5/pages/hst68528.htm That's the pic just before it. That's me with the swirly yellow and blue shield at the bottom, left-of-center. I had no idea that you were being carried off. Probably, I didn't even know that group was "E...

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Gah! Anyone able to down load it? I can't watch buffering videos that download so slow, it drives me nuts. I think those are the only kind I "get". I just go do something else while the danged thing is buffering. After that, you can rewatch them; but not this one, for some reason; you have to close...

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Sam Winnington sent me this link to a video documentry of the recent event:

http://www2.meridiantv.com/itvlocal/ind ... void=29213

Merlin the Mad

I was an archer on the Norman side on Sunday, what an awesome battle. Hope you all had a good time and your journeys to the UK for the event was a thing worthy of respect, talk about dedication. I only hope that should a similar thingbe on the horizon that side of the pond enough UKers return the c...

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Here you go Odo. We had the pleasure of fighting next to both Sir Richard and Sir Robert. They were at the edge of the Saxon center and we held the edge of the Saxon left. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a127/camric/richard.jpg GreenShield I just noticed something odd: what's up with the "stub" o...

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Egfroth wrote:Well, here's the "MORE" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GdbihJ ... ed&search=

Thanks Egfroth. Some nice images there, but nothing to beat those two short clips of the cavalry charging! Wouldn't it be cool if some more daring footage from within the combat zone surfaced?

Merlin the Mad

Jean-Louis Chabry's piccies are excellent. Thanks for the heads up. I linked to his gallery.

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I know this has been talked about before, (ad nausem to some folks I bet). But could those willing, please chime in and recommend their favorite rust preventative? After four days of sweating in my mail at Hastings, I find the outside still looks great, but the INSIDE is covered with a light coating...

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Steve -SoFC- wrote:Man those videos are bad-ass. I can't imagine staring down cavalry like that in a real battle. Cool stuff.

Steve

I was a leetle bit disappointed, that the ground didn't rumble more, though....

Merlin the Mad

It (safety) counts on human discipline. It would be nice to also see someone acknowlege that eventually that discipline will fail and someone is going to lose an eye, but I won't press it. Someday, someone is going to lose an eye playing with bows and arrows. Someday, somebody is going to die on th...

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Morgan wrote:more more more more

MORE MORE MORE MORE!!!!

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It was an awsome experience! never will i forget charging up the hill with 90+ cavalry, just i will never forget being charged by them in 2000. i chanced upon a horse that was given to mee by mark atkinson, he insisted upon it. I saw it turning and fretting tacked up, tierd to a tree. it looked ner...

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Steve -SofC-: How severe was the injury? What do you think the response would be if someone were to lose an eye? http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_hastings_1066/share/kingharold2.jpg Here's a pic of "Harold" (I think I got the original off a link here). You can clearly see the difference in his e...

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http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_has ... paper5.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_has ... paper6.jpg

Already sized to 1024 x 768 (this is what you do when time is not pressing....).

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[quote]Dying heroically, with my hearth troop crying out â€œalas!â€

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While it happens, direct none volley fire seems to be much rarer. In the direct fire situations, it is required of the archer to have undeniable eye contact (and an approving nod at times) with you before he fires. Really? I hadn't heard of this restriction. And in my (limited) experience, I have b...

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I love that last pic- it's so reminiscent of the rows of near-identical knights you see in the tapestry (mostly the Saxons, though, being on foot). K To get this side angle shot with all the shields facing the same direction: isn't this a "bore's snout" being formed? I heard that at least one of th...

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I have enjoyed every picture of the Franco-Flemish contingent that I have seen. Those guys were simply the best. The (girl?) with the floppy helmet reminds me of the horse that I saw following the other horses and riders around (on Saturday): sans rider, and soon to be sans saddle, as it was loose a...

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http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_has ... diary.html

If you're interested, I put up my diary and pictures, of our recent trip to England and France.

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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wanted to go EVEN HAD MY STUFFFFFF!!!!! (minus decent weapons) DAMMIT!!! Glad yall had fun though You do realize that once you've gone 11th century you won't want to go back Indeed. Of all the possible medieval "periods," the 11th century was t...

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http://home.armourarchive.org/members/flonzy/images/Hastings/BoHUK06/Full/PICT0620.jpg Biggest and best pic of me I've seen so far. That's me, right in front of the guy with the bald spot, backside to the camera. I remember this moment very well, as we are near the barrier rope, and down to almost ...

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Hey? You're from Bari, site of Robert Guiscard's four-years-long siege against the last holdout of the Byzantines in Italy. How cool is that? And that's all I know about Bari, but at least I know that much. I have a friend, Sebastian Pengue, who was raised in Guardia San Fermundi -- I think I have s...

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Hi "Dunkeljorm" I will go looking, but I bet this is the only one that shows you at all. My wife angled at "me" from different vantage points. That's why I thought that yous all must have been in company one or two: because company three was lined up furthest from the path, and this one seems to be ...

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I made a wallpaper out of some of my Hastings 2006 images. It's already sized for 1024 x 768, just center it.

http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_has ... paper2.jpg

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LOL! That's even better! You got a mad "destrier" confrontation. That makes your 300+ pounds about as significant as a poodle. Hehe. I think you did the right thing backing out of the line. The worst thing you could have done is keep making face to face eye contact with a horsey which has gone aggre...

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...I quickly had to switch from Dane Axe to Sword and Fyrdmen (i.e. sword in one hand-the nearest Fyrd member in the other) during one of the charges:) You GRABBED a neighbor and made him chase the Franco-Flemish with you!? Is that what you mean? LOL if that's the case. What did you do with your Da...

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It was really special to see things in such a large scale, even though the fighting was mostly crap. Being bumped aside by a horse hitting my shield with its chest, and pushing back (after being encouraged by the rider) was great. Endre's "death" described above felt frighteningly real. Thank you t...

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Arrows? With open helms... How do you guys do that with out somebody "really" playing the part of King Harold... You know the arrow stuck in the eye Cheers from the envious frozen north, DT The guy who played Harold actually WAS shot in the eye earlier this year, by Dave Hall, the health and safety...

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http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_has ... s2006.html

Six pages of piccies. Enjoy.

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Is that "Halfdan Armbreaker" and "Kari" I see before me? "Kari" playing the berserker. That would RL Lance Peacock, and Eddie Hurman. Can't tell for sure about Eddie, but surely that is Lance Peacock. Who were the other three Brits, Robb? (Just curious if they were at TFBO last September.)

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Here's the eBay listing, on till late Saturday:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kite-shield-for-re- ... dZViewItem

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http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_hastings_1066/share/meinmail.jpg http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_hastings_1066/share/meinmail7.jpg And a pair of pics, showing the staps and my hollow for the boss. http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_hastings_1066/share/shield4.jpg Here's an example of one of...

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I just love to hear of people having a good time at something I LIKE! Am looking forward to the pics too. I have toyed with the notion of shaving the back of my head for TNBO too. A "Norman" with a 'stache and beard; or an Englishman with a "Norman" 'do. Take your pick.... (I have a 25mm miniature N...

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