Ravine Battle video from Gulf Wars

iaenmor · Post by **iaenmor** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:54 pm

Thought some of you might want to see the Ravine battle at Gulf Wars this year. Its from a helmet cam on one of the combat archers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StkyajKkku0

Euric Germanicus · Post by **Euric Germanicus** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:58 pm

That is SO cool!

People always ask me "What's it like out there?"

Now I can show them a video!

Ieuan Gower · Post by **Ieuan Gower** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:05 pm

This is from my Man-at-Arms, William Arrwemakre. It is a new rig... he apparently has more footage but was eager to get something up on the web to show his friends. There should be more posted in the next week or so.

Ieuan

P.S. This is some of the better helmet-cam footage I have seen, (as far as viewability is concerned), unlike heavies combat archers tend to look in one direction long enough for a viewer to follow. Some of the other helmet-cam footage make you motion sick to try and watch.

Maelgwyn · Post by **Maelgwyn** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:24 pm

Cool! You caught me and several of the Bryn Gwlad fighters near the end of the video. I want to see the next segment!

iaenmor · Post by **iaenmor** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:46 pm

Cool didn't know Bill was one of yours. Smack the bacon loving fool for me the next time you see him. Didn't make it to GW this year and he was camping and shooting with my group this year.

According to Bill he has about the first 30 minutes of the ravine battle on the camera. He is working on the rest and I or others should keep it updated here. Kinda neat to see it that way ain't it.

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:39 pm

Very cool.

AJ · Post by AJ » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:52 pm

Ok, that actually managed to make combat archery look pretty cool.

Luca Sogliano · Post by **Luca Sogliano** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:00 am

Without sound its kind of surreal, almost like playing a computer game. I would not show this to someone who has never seen SCA combat before, I don't think it gives anywhere near a full impression.

All that said, its REALLY cool to watch! Good job William!

Sextus Maximus · Post by **Sextus Maximus** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:31 am

I even had a brief glimpse of me being pummeld to the ground after a charge

That is so cool, can't wait to see more.

Aedinius

Kilkenny · Post by **Kilkenny** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:32 am

iaenmor wrote:Thought some of you might want to see the Ravine battle at Gulf Wars this year. Its from a helmet cam on one of the combat archers.

Could you get us some tech specs on the helmet cam ?

It's one of those things I've occasionally considered doing for years, but have never had quite enough information about which gear to use and how.

Thanks.

William of Stonebridge · Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:18 am

Lucius Marius Scaevola wrote:... almost like playing a computer game. ...

That's what I thought too. It reminded me of playing Morrowind, or Oblivion. Very cool.

Luca Sogliano · Post by **Luca Sogliano** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:20 am

William of stonebridge wrote:
Lucius Marius Scaevola wrote:... almost like playing a computer game. ...

That's what I thought too. It reminded me of playing Morrowind, or Oblivion. Very cool.

I had the distinct feeling my fingers should be on the wasd keys. Must be a whole different experience than a meatshield.

Agnarr · Post by **Agnarr** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:18 am

That was cool.

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:53 am

Funny -- it does kind of look like a video game. When William drew an arrow back and the camera was looking right through the ABD tube, I almost expected a little circle and crosshairs to appear on the target!

William Arwemakere · Post by **William Arwemakere** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:52 pm

Hey all,

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the video. I missed one plug in, hence the lack of sound. Future videos will be better. I'm new to youtube posting, so it's taking me a bit to play with the best compression settings to maintain the resolution to still see the arrow hits. At full resolution, the 3 minute segment is over 1Gb!

The setup I used was purchased from www.QVCVideo.com . They make a number of compact video solutions, including 4 way PiP setups for autoracing (or helmet cam w/ one shot wireless arrow cam perhaps?)

Here's a link to the eBay listing. You can contact them directly as well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/RACE-Dash-CIGAR-Cam ... dZViewItem

The camera is metal bodies, and quite tough. No, I haven't been hit on the cam, but I did roll down a hill over the cam several times with no damage. I mounted the cam on the righ side of my helm, as I usually get hit on the left. It will be tucked up under the rim of my new kettle when it's done.

The fact that I draw to right in front of the camera was a complete fluke; this was just the best spot for it. Nice to know I have a fairly consistant anchor point.

Stay tuned, I'll have more up soon.

William Arwemakere
Kingdom Protector, An Tir

Halfdan · Post by **Halfdan** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:21 pm

That's awesome! Thanks for posting this!

I listened to this while the video was playing, made for a nice soundtrack:

http://www.myspace.com/desteufelslockvoegel

Healfdene

William Arwemakere · Post by **William Arwemakere** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:37 pm

Okay, I've got more footage up. Still more of the same.

Search for AnTirKP (me) or "GW17"

Enjoy.

William

Jean Paul de Sens · Post by **Jean Paul de Sens** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:27 pm

Btw, you're a very good shot....

JP

iaenmor · Post by **iaenmor** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:53 pm

http://www.youtube.com/user/AnTirKP

AriAnson · Post by **AriAnson** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:00 am

That's really neat. I bet if we could hear sounds, we'd hear "FUCK" or "GODDAMMMITTTT" every time you fired

It's funny how the SCA is a small town. I recognized a few people.

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