Tips on the Art of Death

[Dan the Seagull Chef]

Seppuku (切腹)

Middle of the battlefield, 3 lads run out to set up for your seppuku.

[Thomas Gordon Baker]

Seppuku? That's pretty heavy for a re-enactment, slowly disemboweling yourself as your friend mercifully removes your head.

[Duuring]

That's why invincibility is the best.

#NoHits
#NoDeath
#FullEventEnjoyment

[Landrik]

That's why invincibility is the best.

#NoHits
#NoDeath
#FullEventEnjoyment

Fall in a hole, please.

[Duuring]

That's why invincibility is the best.

#NoHits
#NoDeath
#FullEventEnjoyment

Fall in a hole, please.

I'm on a horse. So no 

[GodsonGuys]

That's why invincibility is the best.

#NoHits
#NoDeath
#FullEventEnjoyment

Fall in a hole, please.

I'm on a horse. So no 

Yeah.. what happens when you "die" n a horse. do you fall off, or ride off. And do you ever enact your horse dying underneath you?

[Ililsa]

The point is, cavalry just don't die, it's much safer for them and their mounts that way.

Falling off a horse is a pretty decent way to die full stop, and horses don't take falls unless they're trained to do so, like circus horses.

[Landrik]

I've seen people just lay their torso down and have their horse trot away while still maintaining control.

[George385]

in my medieval group, we have so much fun with this.

this year at a public fair, i did a lord of the rings death and took like 10 mins to die XD

[DeoVindice61]

Saw a guy "die"at Gettysburg and his horse nearly ran over the spectators as it galloped away.  I would rather the cavs to be superheroes or just take a nap on the saddle please.

[Duuring]

I've seen people just lay their torso down and have their horse trot away while still maintaining control.

Yeah, that's the best we can do. Problem is that we have people who do that and not maintain control.

You can take lessons in falling safe out of the saddle, but the problem will always be that you have to abandon your horse, and that's just a no-no. Your horse, your responsibility.

[Barnesy]

The way I die depends on how close to the crowd we are, the further away the less dramatic I'll make it, maybe a drop with a twist clutching my shoulder but ensuring that my rifle doesn't drop to the floor (not gonna drop my baby!)
If i'm near the crowd then I'll make it dramatic, take a hit, start crawling back towards them before succumbing to my wounds etc.
My best death was in the 95th rifles pursuit video where I took a headshot at a run downhill. Cue heavily bruised shoulder (from multiple takes) but a great outcome

[Landrik]

Good hits will get you bruises, but it's worth it, IMO.

[DeoVindice61]

At a tactical, I got shot and I somehow decided to be wounded. Sat back dazed and calling out my kameraden to help and shaking slightly to death. It was awkward the way my leg bend back sideway and my back on gas mask canister and I woke up violently since I didn't expect a Gruppe charging over me and firing mp40 and k98. Boy that sure did hurt my ears.

[Ililsa]

Done a few exercises on taking hits with my group now.

Jerk back your shoulder for arm blows, stagger and whip your head back after taking a head shot (never pre-empt the hit, though, or you look like a knob and risk having a sword in the eye), stagger for leg hits and bend over the sword for stabs or cuts across the belly.

Pretty simple. Finishers are usually a pommel to the helmet or a (pulled) kick in the ribs depending on how you want to fall.