The Armour Archive

Charlotte J

Like Jeff said, if someone comes to the table with commitment and drive, no reenactor I know would care in the slightest if they have inauthentic physical needs. What do you think, though, of the example of somebody on oxygen, and a tube in their nose that they can't cover? Or somebody unwilling or...

Charlotte J

--I dont support the idea but you do realise there there are groups that forbid women serving in male roles (ie no women in combat or on the field) right? Halv This one is very group by group. Personally , I think if a woman can hide the fact that she's a woman, she should be able to do it. If you ...

Charlotte J

Fat white samurai! YES!

For the record, when Jeff and I were in Codnor last fall (as in Lord Grey of Codnor) there was a shop selling samurai swords. We have documentation!!

Charlotte J

To achive "the right look" would you exclude persons of ethnicites that did not have contact with the people in your time of study from participating in your events? A person can take off their glasses to be "more period" but they cannot change their skin color or look European if they are not Euro...

Charlotte J

Maeryk wrote:
So it's fine. Relax. No one is putting their standards on _you_. It's all good.

Maeryk

And that, Maeryk, is exactly the point. Thank you.

Charlotte J

People in the SCA wouldn't like it so much if Living History people started bashing how they play, saying that they shouldn't use rattan, that their tents all suck, and they should change the rules. How much do you think a LH person likes it when a SCAdian who has never been to see a reenactment wou...

Charlotte J

Would a person in a wheel chair be allowed to fight heavy? Actually, there WAS a guy in the SCA who used to fight in a wheelchair (I haven't seen him in a while, but that could just be that I don't spend the time out on the battlefield that I used to). There is also a knight in the SCA with only on...

Charlotte J

Better get to work knockin out some of those pearly whites then. Cause that for DAMN sure is A) not period, and B) quite obvious.. Dang it, I would have been quite a catch back then; I was BORN with these beautiful straight teeth! Braces, shmaces. Cheaters. Not to mention my lush breeding hips...

Charlotte J

Dirk -

Come play with us sometimes! You're cool - I like you.

Charlotte J

The tattoo would have to be covered. If somebody was unwilling to cover their tattoo or remove their 15 facial piercings, they couldn't play. Is it unethical for the pyrotechnics guild to ask the person on oxygen to please stay home? Mord, you're purposefully coming up with the most out-there situat...

Charlotte J

now.. I'm _not_ saying there is no work around.. but for some people, (like Animal as a frinstance.. he will _forever_ be wearing a boot for his one foot, if I read his posts right. I will damn near guarantee he is not going to be able to find a period shoe that does what that medical device does. ...

Charlotte J

I am not in a group that is normally exposed to more MR or Renfaire style of dress. So I don't see the Celtic Jewelry or the bodices or moccasins, etc... Every group has different standards... In light of that, all of the examples I've listed above are things that I've seen at a timeline LH event. ...

Charlotte J

I often think of jell-o, where the slightest movement on the part of the wearer will result in wave upon wave of trembling quivers... It only helps them on their way, of the inevitable creeping over the bodice line, until they're hanging, limp, barely held up by the muslin chemise. Eh, some guys pro...

Charlotte J

--To take a small step back for a minute, you may be setting your goals to high, especially if you are just getting back into the swing of things. I have yet to come across a group that at some time doesnt have an anachronism or two occasionally, even the great and might Regia Anglorium has their f...

Charlotte J

I find that you paint the SCA with a very wide brush. Some folks in the Society are very interested in authenticity. Some folks. That's absolutely correct. Folks like me . Mord, I'M IN THE SCA . Did you miss the last time that you accused me of insulting "your" beloved organization, when I said tha...

Charlotte J

It's a cheap shot because there's an assumption that simply because I'm a member of the certain group (the SCA, which is very large), that my point of view, purpose, and reasoning is somehow inferior. Charlotte's words were a pithy, insensitive dismissal, and, yes, I am offended. Mord, Your post se...

Charlotte J

I wear contacts and use Focus Dailies which come 90 to a box. Each box is about $35. Both of my eyes are the same, so I only have to buy one box and it lasts me 45 days. They are great, except it's sometimes hard to tell if the little suckers are inside out or not. You just put them in in the morni...

Charlotte J

A cheap shot, Charlotte, and below what you advertize yourself to be. What are you talking about? I respect the SCA for the ability for anybody to do anything. You can start out (and continue) with what you have laying around at home for camping equipment. You can fight in a dress and look like a g...

Charlotte J

Mord.. the ones that get me are the people carrying Asthma inhalers, or modern prescription medicine, and diabetic stick kits, and anti-bee epi-pens. THEY DIDNT HAVE THOSE THINGS! Leave em at home or stay at home yourself. Maeryk Stick 'em in a pouch. No biggie. Hide them. If you can manage to hide...

Charlotte J

I'd hate to say this, but I don't have to reenact a near-sighted person--I am a near sighted person, and the next time I go to the eye-doctor, it's probably time for bi-focals. There are other eye alments--astigmetism (sp), for instance. And what do you do with the person who wants to shoot archery...

Charlotte J

Sunglasses are the absolute worse. Glasses are bad, but it all depends on what you're doing. If you're at an SCA event, who cares. If you're reenacting, then reenact an impression of a nearsighted person. Period problems need period solutions. Problem - I can't see. Solution - don't shoot archery.

Charlotte J

Kevin wrote:So where and when is the AA gathering?

Your tent. When are you not fighting?

Just kidding - never been there before...

Charlotte J

What two classes are you teaching? My armor is various stages of dis-repair and rebuilding, so I won't be fighting Plenty of class time then! I think they're the only two on Saturday: 11:00am A & S Class - Fingerloop Braiding 1:00pm A & S Class - Handmade Buttons, Buttonholes, and Eyelets Come play...

Charlotte J

"The peasants dress pretty much as they always dressed, the upper classes in shorter, tighter tunics, and tighter, longer hosen." So we're willing to be lower class types until we decide to commit to a group and make gear specific for them. Kind of. We don't really portray peasants, we have yeomen,...

Charlotte J

We'll be there, Saturday only. So, what's there that's interesting to take pictures of at this event? I'm teaching two classes - Jeff'll have to find something to do.

Look for us - I'll be the pregnant chick in the half unlaced dress.

Probably green, maybe beige.

Charlotte J

Speaking of smoke...

Glasses are glaring, but not as glaring to me as somebody smoking a cigarette. Ick.

Charlotte J

Congratulations!

What an excellent selection. They're already working at providing heirs...

Charlotte J

Ziad,

Another thing to consider - some people are just plain jerks.

Charlotte J

A BAKER; now there's something I've *never* seen done at a re-enactment encampment. Build a clay/mud oven, thresh the grain, grind it in a rotary quern, and bake bread. Uh-oh I feel another project coming on.... Now all you'd need for that is one of those portable beehive ovens. We had access and d...

Charlotte J

Thanks, Kel. Silly me, I forgot my one other piece of advice for folks looking for arch supports. If you don't put them in your shoes, put them in your pattens, instead. Jeff made me a great pair of pattens retrofitted from dutch wooden shoes - arch supports already built in, but you can shape them ...

Charlotte J

A chat with an art historian I bumped into at the National Gallery in London last fall confirmed one of my suspicions about 15th century English art. Yes, they were behind the curve of the French and the Flemish, but in addition, the art that *did* exist was mostly destroyed during the Reformation. ...

Charlotte J

Pictures?

Charlotte J

yeah, I have been researching all the pluses to having them. I am not sure if a Podiatrist is covered. The other thing is I am not really keen on having to take one set of supports out of one pair of shoes to put into another. I used to sell shoes and repetitive removal and insertion of insoles int...

Charlotte J

Orthotics? I have started to look into those, but they are damned expensive and my insurance won't cover it. They are, but consider this: They can allow you to wear almost any shoe, and have proper support. This can save you money on shoes, in the end. Properly fit, they can help with anything from...

Charlotte J

I have the EXACT same problem! I have extremely LOW to NO arches and I have been on a hunt for years to find someone who will put birkenstocks soles into periodesque boots. NO ONE will do it. Everyone says "just put inserts into them". Well that would be fine if I didn't walk the average arch suppo...

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