Let's discuss: Reenacting!

[Duuring]

Oh joy, I can barrow saddle and horsegear for event next week. It'll be so much swaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag!

Now I just have to learn how to gear my horse up, Napoleonic style.

[joer5835]

I don't know who you are, Duuring.

But at Bourtange, I will find you and I will meet you.

[Vincenzo]

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"Ihre Söhne um Schutz für Vaterland Begleiten Sie uns heute! 275th Infanterie Division"   lol wot m8

No idea, asked a kamerad what i should put there, he just gave me this. 

I wanted to say Die Schlacht um Aachen.  But i just found out that event wasnt really purely Aachen-based.  Just a generic 1944-45 Last Stand of the Reich scenario.   

I think its suppose to say "Your sons at guard for Fatherland. Join us today! 275th Infanterie Division."

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Living in Germany for a year i can tell you that is some of the worst German language abuse Ive seen in a while.


In other news I might attend a reenactment event in montmirail France end of May.

[Mortem]

In other news I might attend a reenactment event in montmirail France end of May.

AWESOME! I will be there aswell

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btw i will get my new shoes next week

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[DeoVindice61]

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"Ihre Söhne um Schutz für Vaterland Begleiten Sie uns heute! 275th Infanterie Division"   lol wot m8

No idea, asked a kamerad what i should put there, he just gave me this. 

I wanted to say Die Schlacht um Aachen.  But i just found out that event wasnt really purely Aachen-based.  Just a generic 1944-45 Last Stand of the Reich scenario.   

I think its suppose to say "Your sons at guard for Fatherland. Join us today! 275th Infanterie Division."

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Living in Germany for a year i can tell you that is some of the worst German language abuse Ive seen in a while.


In other news I might attend a reenactment event in montmirail France end of May.

Now I am going to ask him if he used Google Translate for this.   

/note to self, better to ask a native German speaker for translation, not another American. 

[Duuring]

I don't know who you are, Duuring.

But at Bourtange, I will find you and I will meet you.

Find the guy on a horse under the age of 30. Can't miss me.

[Millander]

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"Ihre Söhne um Schutz für Vaterland Begleiten Sie uns heute! 275th Infanterie Division"   lol wot m8

No idea, asked a kamerad what i should put there, he just gave me this. 

I wanted to say Die Schlacht um Aachen.  But i just found out that event wasnt really purely Aachen-based.  Just a generic 1944-45 Last Stand of the Reich scenario.   

I think its suppose to say "Your sons at guard for Fatherland. Join us today! 275th Infanterie Division."

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Living in Germany for a year i can tell you that is some of the worst German language abuse Ive seen in a while.


In other news I might attend a reenactment event in montmirail France end of May.

Vince you should write about your experience at Leipzig. I believe were friends on Facebook and I saw your pictures from that event.

[Millander]

Also a photo of me just after firing a shot from behind a rock.

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 A question to all you other guys. If there was a unit/impression you would like to portray in your in whatever your main period is what would it be? I would love to do western Federal or the 24th Massachusetts.

[kpetschulat]

If I was in a far better physical shape, I would absolutely love to portray a WWII German Fallschirmjaeger. My great-grandfather was a Fallschirmjaeger, and I just have this thing for Fjr's. If Napoleonic Reenacting was much more popular here in the US, I would absolutely do that, and probably do an Austrian or French impression.

[Duuring]

The Doauniers (that group, yes) are apparently thinking about doing Field division of fallschirmjagers/luftwaffe. Multi-period yeeh.

The groups president, who also happens to be the commanding officer, site maintenance and researcher, already has been to one or two WW2 events with the uniform of a luftwaffe officer. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

To counter that, me and a buddy, who does musician in the 7th Bat. of the line, are probably gonna join a Soviet group 

[DeoVindice61]

I would love to portray 5th Florida of the Florida Brigade. A small but spartan band! 

[joer5835]

Anything British, I freaking love British Napoleontic uniforms. And perhaps if I was in better shape a 80 Years War/30 years war/ English Civil War unit.

[Newkirk]

Company C, 26th North Carolina Regiment. "The Wilkes Volunteers." Gotta represent the home folks first.

Totally not an excuse for subscribing to the thread.

[Duuring]

Anything British, I freaking love British Napoleontic uniforms. And perhaps if I was in better shape a 80 Years War/30 years war/ English Civil War unit.

Do the 8th Line in 1814. They wore British uniforms. Which they were given by the Prussians. Makes sense eh?

[Ililsa]

Given that 3 or 4 years down the line it's entirely possible (perhaps a little unlikely) that I could be portraying an English Knight, we'll rule that one out.

Keeping it within the Medieval era rather than going into the Dark Ages (I wouldn't mind portraying a Northumbrian during Oswald's reign) then perhaps a monastic knightly order would be cool to have as an impression.