Then happy 947th anniversey
so rumours have said that the dates have been confirmed for Hastings 950th.
It is apparently set to take place on October 16th 2016.
book it in your diaries! its gonna be epic! They are expecting twice as many reenactors as there was at the 150th of Gettysburg.
the 940th of Hastings in 2006, had 15 000 reenactors on the field!
I will be there, swinging my future dane axe around :D
so rumours have said that the dates have been confirmed for Hastings 950th.
It is apparently set to take place on October 16th 2016.
book it in your diaries! its gonna be epic! They are expecting twice as many reenactors as there was at the 150th of Gettysburg.
the 940th of Hastings in 2006, had 15 000 reenactors on the field!
I will be there, swinging my future dane axe around :D
Where they holding the main Event? England?
And what sort of Troop are you, Bowman axeman, etc
Ontop of this what sort of armour do you wear?
Looks awesome, wanting to go and see it, fingers crossed might be able to..
Enjoy your awesome flight from Australia to...........England my good sir ;D
Enjoy your awesome flight from Australia to...........England my good sir ;D
i love flying. sometimes i go on a trip just for the flights.
Enjoy your awesome flight from Australia to...........England my good sir ;D
i love flying. sometimes i go on a trip just for the flights.
$2000 a return trip
Enjoy your awesome flight from Australia to...........England my good sir ;D
i love flying. sometimes i go on a trip just for the flights.
$2000 a return trip
plus the equipment i have to buy thats accurate to within a 15 year period. and i have 3 years to do it.
EDIT: $2000 is at the moment. It could rise or it could drop between then and now. I dont think I can actually book my ticket for 2016 yet.
Hey, I've met that guy in the red/white spangenhelm.
He was King David when we did the Battle of the Standard at Kelmarsh, seemed like a cool guy, got really into it and got people to drag him away from the battle when our army routed.
Some of the cavalry guys look familiar too.
So many cringes in that gallery though. So many farbs with rusty gear. All those lopsided helmets. Leather vambraces hghghnghnnn.
But seriously, rust makes me want to smack a bitch.
Leather vambraces don't appear in any historical source that I know of, and I don't even think I've seen any osprey style modern drawings that feature them. As far as I can tell they're just from D&D/Hollywood because both consider it sacrilege to show someone's wrist.
Wearing a spangenhelm with the noseguard sticking out like a duck's bill is just wrong and letting your gear rust is just completely moronic, especially when it's so easy to prevent.
Maille was (and still is) expensive as hell, and your life relies on it, you're not gonna let rust eat through it because you had to wear it in the rain. You're gonna coat it in oil and if it does happen to rust despite that, you scour it clean - if you're a Knight you're lucky enough to have a squire who can put your maille in a barrel of sand and roll it around.
Letting your sword rust is a great way to make sure the blade's gonna fall off and get you slaughtered too.
Look after your gear, kids.
Who is going this year?
I don't do re-enactment and I've never been to see one before, but I live close by and I've decided I'll definitely come to watch. I'm assuming you're all referring to the English Heritage event? They're saying there's going to be over a thousand reenactors:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/battle-15-oct/
So I have a question-which day is the battle going to be reenacted? They sell tickets for Sat 15th and Sun 16th Oct. Or is it going to be done on both days?
I'm off to the battle now, if you are going look for this banner:Spoiler(https://i.imgur.com/uHcltCe.png)[close]
I'm off to the battle now, if you are going look for this banner:Spoiler(https://i.imgur.com/uHcltCe.png)[close]
How do the archers work? Do they just shoot like sticks or something?
yup that is correct, the draw weight is maxed at 35lb simply to prevent permanent damage, however back in 2006 some idiot decided to use sharps with rubber covers that meant as the arrow hit a shield, the sharp broke through the rubber and in bedded in the shield- so glad no-one was hurt. Realistically though the arrows still leave a mark like paintballs, so it hurts to get hit- during training we had a few archers shooting us from close range and that did hurt a lot XDI'm off to the battle now, if you are going look for this banner:Spoiler(https://i.imgur.com/uHcltCe.png)[close]
How do the archers work? Do they just shoot like sticks or something?
Not a re-enactor (though I am an archer) but:
What I have heard is that on arrows during re-enactments, there aren't actual arrowheads but 're-enactor points'). Which is basically a small rubber tip over the point of the arrow.
These are not the giant, squishy heads they use in LARP, but like this:Spoiler(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.azincourt-alliance.org.uk%2Fuk%2F_private%2Fredhead_files%2Fredheads.jpg&hash=c923a05bce5b80ae19b8d85b26a3ba901356a8ef)[close]
Additionally, but I do not know if this is standard practive, is that the draw weight of the bows is limited to a set amount. Historical warbows would be immensely strong and even with a rubber tip, you could break someone's bones when you'd have a historically correct warbow. (120lb for an English longbow (usually, but could go up to 160lb) and roughly 80lb for a turkish horseman's bow).
Besides the danger of causing damage to people, it is very hard to find people strong enough to draw even a 60lb bow.
A draw-weight I have heard repeatedly was 40 or 50 pounds in draw weight for re-enactments.