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RichardDeBenthall
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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 7:33 am 
 

Hi all,

One thing that seems inextricably linked with heavy metal music, especially forms such a Power Metal, Black Metal, Viking Metal etc, is that of history and warfare.

I'm an Anglo-Saxon and Viking re-enactor from England and pretty much everybody I meet is hugely into rock/metal music. I've traveled to continental Europe to fight and live as an Early Medieval Warrior for a week and 'killed' some lovely Polish and French fellows.

When we weren't busy slaughtering each other in front of eager children shouting at us in incomprehensible languages, we usually got drunk and talked about metal music.

I was wondering if there are any re-enactors on this site?

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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 8:18 am 
 

I re-enact wars that haven't happened yet.
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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2016 12:50 pm 
 

RichardDeBenthall wrote:
I'm an Anglo-Saxon and Viking re-enactor from England


do you work in any of those medieval-themed restaurants, where there's no cutlery or paper napkins and you get to save the damsel in distress everyday? :D
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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2016 9:46 pm 
 

I used to be part of a steel weapons combat group but I gave it up when I moved countries and started playing in bands - too many hobbies and not enough time. Sold my Hauberk and Gambeson, sword, shield etc. Still have a great helm sitting on the mantle[piece though.
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2016 12:45 pm 
 

I'd like to do some WW2 re-enactment but never went and looked into it very much.

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2016 5:25 pm 
 

I've always been very interested in that sort of thing, and as someone whose close family member performs in renaissance/medieval music groups often, thus being found at renaissance and medieval festivals often, I've met many people who deal with that sort of thing. I'd definitely love to do re-enacting when I'm older (an adult, really) and more independent, looks real fun. Hopefully I'll be alive when the millenium of the Battle of Hastings comes, would absolutely participate in the re-enactments that will undoubtedly appear.
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 12:28 pm 
 

i don't renact because i dont have the $$$ but i've met a couple through the years and quite a few were into metal. kinda the same people who study archeology actually.

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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 1:51 pm 
 

I went to the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery two weeks ago to visit my Dad who was a Viet Nam vet and when driving out I noticed there were guys dressed in WW2 garb walking around and some half tracks. Turned out there was a WW2 weekend thing going on with a base camp and mock battles. Had guys in US, British, Russian, and German garb walking around. Had a Sherman and a Stuart tank there, along with tons of Jeeps, armored vehicle, and trucks. The base camp was full of gear which was cool to see. I should contact them and see if there is something a out of shape 43 year old can do.

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Scorntyrant
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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2016 8:04 pm 
 

Ancient_Mariner wrote:
I should contact them and see if there is something a out of shape 43 year old can do.



This is something of an issue with all sorts of historical re-enactment......because of the expense involved, participants tend to skew way older than reality. The average age of soldiers in WW2 was 20. Look at nearly any re-enactment group and you'd be looking at mid 30's, which was considered "old man" territory historically.
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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 3:24 am 
 

Scorntyrant wrote:
Ancient_Mariner wrote:
I should contact them and see if there is something a out of shape 43 year old can do.



This is something of an issue with all sorts of historical re-enactment......because of the expense involved, participants tend to skew way older than reality. The average age of soldiers in WW2 was 20. Look at nearly any re-enactment group and you'd be looking at mid 30's, which was considered "old man" territory historically.


I think this depends quite a lot. I'm in two major societies in the UK, the Vikings and Regia Anglorum. The Vikings society was founded in the early 80's and is the biggest of the two. However, it's primarily ran by old farts who can be miserably, stuck in their ways and dismissive/hostile to newcomers.

Regia Anglorum is slightly smaller and has a reputation as a sticker for authenticity (no furry hats!). However they contain a lot of new blood and are very welcoming to new comers and starters.

Most societies will welcome anybody over the age of 18 and will try their absolute best to kit you out cheaply. Just don't expect to be wading onto the battlefield in burnished maille with pattern welded sword. That shit comes later.

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RichardDeBenthall
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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 9:36 am 
 

Sepulchrave wrote:
I've always been very interested in that sort of thing, and as someone whose close family member performs in renaissance/medieval music groups often, thus being found at renaissance and medieval festivals often, I've met many people who deal with that sort of thing. I'd definitely love to do re-enacting when I'm older (an adult, really) and more independent, looks real fun. Hopefully I'll be alive when the millenium of the Battle of Hastings comes, would absolutely participate in the re-enactments that will undoubtedly appear.


That's always been my aim! 2066, standing in the shield burgh as a long moustachiod Huscarl, yelling at the whippersnappers to keep them in line.

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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 10:45 am 
 

Scorntyrant wrote:
Ancient_Mariner wrote:
I should contact them and see if there is something a out of shape 43 year old can do.



This is something of an issue with all sorts of historical re-enactment......because of the expense involved, participants tend to skew way older than reality. The average age of soldiers in WW2 was 20. Look at nearly any re-enactment group and you'd be looking at mid 30's, which was considered "old man" territory historically.


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PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2016 8:55 pm 
 

RichardDeBenthall wrote:


This is something of an issue with all sorts of historical re-enactment......because of the expense involved, participants tend to skew way older than reality. The average age of soldiers in WW2 was 20. Look at nearly any re-enactment group and you'd be looking at mid 30's, which was considered "old man" territory historically.


I think this depends quite a lot. I'm in two major societies in the UK, the Vikings and Regia Anglorum. The Vikings society was founded in the early 80's and is the biggest of the two. However, it's primarily ran by old farts who can be miserably, stuck in their ways and dismissive/hostile to newcomers.

Regia Anglorum is slightly smaller and has a reputation as a sticker for authenticity (no furry hats!). However they contain a lot of new blood and are very welcoming to new comers and starters.

Most societies will welcome anybody over the age of 18 and will try their absolute best to kit you out cheaply. Just don't expect to be wading onto the battlefield in burnished maille with pattern welded sword. That shit comes later.[/quote]

Yeah, that was my experience as well - soft kit can be done pretty cheaply for dark ages stuff and most clubs will have some cheap and cheerful weaponry. I think it gets way more expensive when you stray into the era when uniforms were a thing. I was looking at repro Waffen-SS camo gear a while back and that shit gets pricey as hell. Having to provide the whole uniform and equipment would run into the thousands.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 3:27 am 
 

Relevant to this thread... I recently got this sword for training use with a buckler:

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It's not a very agile sword, but it was cheap and (if the reviews are to be believed) fairly sturdy, so I'm happy with it. It's a Hanwei practical norman sword, and I've replaced the grip with something a bit nicer (looking and feeling).
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RichardDeBenthall
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 3:46 am 
 

@Rosenthorn, nice!

I also run a HEMA group in the UK and we practice I.33 Sword & Buckler and Liechtenaur Longsword. I find I.33 a really interesting source to study and I think it shows how technique can easily overcome brutality.

I've engaged in a number of sword & buckler fights with re-enactor friends who think the style is to dainty and nimble to actually be effective against a brutal opponent. They swiftly conceded the point when they realised that the binds in I.33 use their strength against them and usually end up with a neat little stab to the face!

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Ancient_Mariner
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:00 am 
 

I read Medieval Warfare magazine and they always advertise swords and other ancient weapons. I'd like to get one that is a real sword, aka wouldn't bend or snap if you put an edge on it and wailed on some guy in mail. Seems expensive though.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:30 am 
 

Ancient_Mariner wrote:
I read Medieval Warfare magazine and they always advertise swords and other ancient weapons. I'd like to get one that is a real sword, aka wouldn't bend or snap if you put an edge on it and wailed on some guy in mail. Seems expensive though.


It certainly can be. Authentic swords are made differently than the ones we use in re-enactment or HEMA. We typically put our swords through a lot more punishment than real swords would have ever been put through e.g. much more frequent sparring etc. As such they are usually made from EN45 springs steel so they are flexible enough to last for years and years without breaking.

Real swords were made with a soft metal core, so as to be flexible, and a hard carbon steel edge which would take and hold an edge. If you bought a sword in the Medieval period you wouldn't go around bashing the hell out of it like we are want to do at times.

If you want to check out some real sword porn:

Paul Binns: http://www.paul-binns-swords.co.uk/Coll ... words.html Viking Re-enactor from England. Also probably one of the worlds best sword makers and a foremost expert on pattern welding. Here is a small selection of his sharp ('real') swords, mostly Viking Age/Medieval

Albion Swords: http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/alb ... extgen.htm Simply the closes replica swords you will find in the world. Many of them literally look like they've been plucked out of the historical time period they are aping.

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Ancient_Mariner
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:35 am 
 

Nice swords but you pay a premium. Out of my range right now.

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RichardDeBenthall
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:15 am 
 

And mine haha, my re-enactment swords only cost £240 and £100 respectively. You get what you pay for basically!

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Ancient_Mariner
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:20 am 
 

I should just settle for a nice display piece, its not like my old ass is going to become a skilled sword fighter. :lol:

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Rosenthorn
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 7:55 pm 
 

For reference I picked up the sword I had a picture of earlier for $120, which seems to be about where the line starts for battle ready stuff.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:18 am 
 

It'll do you for now :) They are fairly weighty and unbalanced but I've known very good warriors who have fought with worse!

Are you looking to study anything particular?

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Heh, I never really thought about reenactments in countries other than the U.S. Back home the most popular reenactment stuff by far is Civil War, mostly with the dad demographic. I went to quite a few of those as a kid since my dad was really into it. He kicked around the idea for a while himself but I think he couldn't ever really justify the expense (though he did have a fair bit of Civil War memorabilia).

There are also Revolutionary War and French & Indian War reenactments, though those are much more popular in the theaters where most of those battles were fought. I'm from Maryland so it was totally about Civil War stuff there.

Anyway I definitely think it's a super cool hobby.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 11:24 am 
 

In the UK there's quite a lot of variety really. I think the largest re-enactment groups are War of the Ross era groups (e.g. 15th Century Medieval). The Dark-Age Saxon and Viking re-enactors probably have about 1500-2000 active members so we can put on a really good Battle of Hastings display if we get help from the continent.

There's also a fair amount of Napoleonic War, WW2, WW1, Roman and English Civil War too.

In the US I know there are a few fledgling Viking re-enactor groups in Austin, TX and Boston. A lot of the other stuff is SCA though so more LARP really.

I always knew American Civil War re-enactment was a big thing though. Makes sense I suppose!

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 2:19 pm 
 

I'd love to do Wars of The Roses re-enactment, I'm a sucker for European history from 1300-1500. But us Yanks aren't really into that period since we didn't exist then.

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I went to Stella Natura a few years back and there were a couple Viking cos-players around. That was pretty neat. I don't have the money for anything like that myself, though.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 4:17 am 
 

Richard, I've been investigating various HEMA schools around me, and chances are it'll be I.33 or Fiore, but I'm not sure what exactly I'll do quite yet. Ancient Mariner, there's a really excellent map for finding historical European martial arts (HEMA) that can be found here: http://www.communitywalk.com/user/view/81443 if you'd like to investigate further.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:12 am 
 

Good look Rosenthorn! I study I.33 in my local group (although admittedly does play second to our focus on Sigmund Ringeck) and it's very enjoyable!

I was never particularly interested in Fiore until I've seen a few videos of Richard Marsden, Guy Windsor and Matt Easton sparring. They're all big advocates of Fiore's system and I quite like the fact that its a fairly simple, restricted system that works.

The Liechtenaur tradition can be very cryptic and overly complex at times.

Either way, I'm sure you'll find something to enjoy!.

AncientMariner, War of the Roses re-enactment does look very cool. I have quite a few friends who do it and speak very highly of the organization and tactics. They don't tend to fight competitively (e.g. the battles are scripted) so it is a very different fight from a Viking re-enactment show (who do a scripted fight and then follow it up with a free fight to see who may have actually won if history was different etc.).

I can heartily recommend anybody to get involved in historical re-enactment or HEMA.

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I re-enact WW2 (Great Patriotic War) and starting to get into WW1.

Been collecting/re-enacting since 2012.

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From what I've seen around the Midlands (UK), most re-enactment seems to be Tudor era or Victorian era. I know when I was in school, (I'm 20 now, so this is about a decade ago), I used to go to Tutbury castle every weekend dressed as Edward VI and wander around talking to visitors, but the highlight for me was always watching the visiting re-enacters and talking to them. The Vikings of Middle England visited a lot as did a Boer War re-enactment group. It was a good mix but when I've visited other places since they've mostly had Tudor or Victorian re-enactment, but then the Midlands has its connection to the Industrial Revolution.

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I saw an American Civil War reenactment for the first time a few weeks ago. I was excited to see it but disappointed with how it turned out. First off, this was a re-enactment of the extremely minor Battle of Munfordville. There was only about two, maybe three dozen people on each side. Second off, it had this inorganic feel because it felt like I was watching a turn-based strategy game. The South advanced, then fired their guns, then the North fired theirs. And so on until it was over.

Was this how the war was fought? Didn't Americans figure out that politely waiting for your enemy to return fire isn't very effective during the Revolution?

Anyway, I wasn't expecting anything as massive or impressive as the Pickett's Charge scene from Gettysburg but this was kind of lame. I assume there are re-enactors putting on much better shows than this. I'd love to see one on a much larger scale and played out in a way that feels somewhat realistic. A re-enacted Civil War battle done right always seemed like a sight worth beholding to me.

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Valfars Ghost wrote:
I saw an American Civil War reenactment for the first time a few weeks ago. I was excited to see it but disappointed with how it turned out. First off, this was a re-enactment of the extremely minor Battle of Munfordville. There was only about two, maybe three dozen people on each side. Second off, it had this inorganic feel because it felt like I was watching a turn-based strategy game. The South advanced, then fired their guns, then the North fired theirs. And so on until it was over.

Was this how the war was fought? Didn't Americans figure out that politely waiting for your enemy to return fire isn't very effective during the Revolution?

Anyway, I wasn't expecting anything as massive or impressive as the Pickett's Charge scene from Gettysburg but this was kind of lame. I assume there are re-enactors putting on much better shows than this. I'd love to see one on a much larger scale and played out in a way that feels somewhat realistic. A re-enacted Civil War battle done right always seemed like a sight worth beholding to me.


Sorry you got to experience a dull show! Unfortunately there is a big variety in quality of re-enactment groups with some having much higher standards of authenticity and display than others.

Certainly from a historical point of view however what you observed may actually have been quite accurate. Early firearms were quite inaccurate at distance so the way to maximise enemy casualties was to form battalions and fire in mass volleys on their opponents. Many of the shots might miss but a few certainly would and the way rank rotation worked meant that you could fire very quickly.

Often the historicity of a fight doesn't meet the public perception of warfare which is created via Hollywood. Take longsword fighting for instance. Hollywood would have us believe that incredibly strong men wielded incredibly heavy swords and battered each other to death which slow but strong strikes. Looking at the sources we have we can show that is completely false. Longswords were really quite light, between 1.4-2kgs, and they were meant to be used in incredibly efficient and intuitive winding maneuvers, usually threatening their opponents face or throat with the point. Why do we rarely see this on the big-screen? Because it doesn't look as good!

However, regardless of the above, it may just be that you saw a shit group of re-enactors who couldn't get enough men to put on an exciting battle! It does happen haha.

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I wonder if there are any "partizan" (Tito's guerilla army) re-enactments in my country. I wouldn't be so surprised if there are any in the more "Yugonostalgic" areas. I'd love to join if possible, though. Hiding in the bushes on dry limestone ground, my uniform partly taken off just to make the heat a little more tolerable, waiting for a German supplies unit to come by, and when it'd came we trigger an ambush.
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Valfars Ghost wrote:
Was this how the war was fought? Didn't Americans figure out that politely waiting for your enemy to return fire isn't very effective during the Revolution?



It's one thing to "figure something out" and quite another to get a bunch of scared, half trained farm boys to do it while someone shoots cannons at them. The other thing you have to consider is that it WAS actually quite effective - with a musket or rifle only accurate out to 100 meters or so, closing to volley-fire range then bayonet charging was the best way to maximize weight of fire and momentum.

You can snipe and take potshots at the enemy all you like, but if you don't take the ground you lose. Small unit tactics work with highly trained men and proper command and control. In the black powder era the battlefield was so confused and choked with smoke that the only effective way of getting a bunch of guys to go in the right direction was to have them close enough together that they could all see each other.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:44 pm 
 

Forgot to mention this last time but there are also apparently people that re-enact the Lewis and Clark expedition. I'm assuming they don't travel from St. Louis all the way to the Pacific and back (maybe just re-enacting key moments like meeting Sacagawea and the death of the only member of their party who didn't survive).

Does anyone here happen to know about this subset of re-enactors?

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Sepulchrave wrote:
I wonder if there are any "partizan" (Tito's guerilla army) re-enactments in my country. I wouldn't be so surprised if there are any in the more "Yugonostalgic" areas. I'd love to join if possible, though. Hiding in the bushes on dry limestone ground, my uniform partly taken off just to make the heat a little more tolerable, waiting for a German supplies unit to come by, and when it'd came we trigger an ambush.



What country are you from?

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Croatia. Silly of me not to say it in my original post so people have some idea what the hell I'm talking about, but what can you do.
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Someone really needs to make a Civil War movie with the same attention to gore and details like the opening of Saving Private Ryan.
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Rainbow wrote:
Someone really needs to make a Civil War movie with the same attention to gore and details like the opening of Saving Private Ryan.


I've always wanted someone to do a really accurate movie about the Battle of Hastings. It was one of the most decisive and bloodiest battles in European History and it completely changed the political make-up of England and France.

Most movies set during the Anglo-Saxon/Viking age deal with the myth of the Vikings more than the reality of the period. Instead of depicting two sophisticated cultures who were capable of incredible naval feats, wore the fanciest jewelry since the Egyptians and didn't look like weird post-apocalyptic raiders (basically the Vikings TV show).

It was a battle of probably around 20,000-30,000 men (absolutely huge for this time period) and lasted for c. 9 hours (again unreal amount of time to fight for). The English Anglo-Danish aristocracy was almost completely eradicated and replaced by Norman, Flemish and French Knights who joined William's conquest out of the promise for land. It was one of the first examples of effective use of cavalry on a medieval battlefield but I think it was really special due to how close it was.

Even the Norman sources, people like William of Poitiers and William of Jumieges, state how deadly the English Huscarls were with their Dane-Axes. What's even more impressive is that literally three weeks before, King Harold Godwinson defeated Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire which was over 300 miles away. When William landed he marched his victorious army 300 miles in three weeks only to fight an even larger force. And still nearly won!

These guys were hard as balls!

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