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Aug 14, 2011 20:00:37 GMT -5
Post by Sir Didymous LaRoth on Aug 14, 2011 20:00:37 GMT -5
So much of what we talk about here is armor related, is anyone here willing to post a pic of their persona in their daily wear?
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Aug 16, 2011 3:29:25 GMT -5
Post by Frere Reynald de Pensax on Aug 16, 2011 3:29:25 GMT -5
It's funny you mention civilian attire, because it's something that I've been devoting some time and attention to recently. I've got twelfth to thirteenth century knightly attire, but though I've had it for quite some months now, I haven't had time to try it out properly; and I'm also looking for a suitable hat to finish it off. However, I have got full cloistered Templar gear; so I'm attaching a photo of this outfit. Attachments:
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Aug 16, 2011 22:56:25 GMT -5
Post by Sir Didymous LaRoth on Aug 16, 2011 22:56:25 GMT -5
I have the good fortune of portraying noblity so I have been running into the issue of finding a good crown. As to hat situation, here are some links that you might find helpful. Though I don't know your your tastes in hats. storiedthreads.com/medieval_hats.htmlwww.theinnerbailey.com/helmsetc.htm (I direct you to the leather cap) There are others, but I will need to know if you consider hoods, biggins and "Robin Hood" has as possibilities.
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Aug 17, 2011 4:13:43 GMT -5
Post by Frere Reynald de Pensax on Aug 17, 2011 4:13:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the links. The 'Barbarossa' looks like what I had in mind; although the 'Alan -A- Dale' might go quite nicely with my fourteenth century kit. In the latter case, I have in mind a hood, coif and hat combination to replace my helmet. My High Medieval knightly civilian kit is based on the Manessa Codex. It consists of a long tunic in pale orange with embroidered borders at hem and cuff - which I added myself. Then, depending on the weather, I can wear an optional black surcoat over this. The outfit is finished off with blue hose, blue hood and a linen coif; but a nice hat would just finish it off to my satisfaction. I've also been working on my Dad's civilian kit. He's got full Templar cloistered gear as well, and he has Minnesanger kit too, which consists of a brown tunic, with a blue over tunic; parti-coloured hose, a burgundy hood and a black hat, rather similar to the Barbarossa, over a linen coif. He's also got non-com squire kit. He wears this when we present our take on the tale of the Sockburn Worm. He's a bit long in the tooth at 70 to be a squire, but that's part of our act, which is a bit Pythonesque anyway. I've attached a photo. I'm rather pleased with the surcoat. I made this myself, and I think the passant lion turned out really well. Attachments:
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Aug 17, 2011 21:51:15 GMT -5
Post by Sir Didymous LaRoth on Aug 17, 2011 21:51:15 GMT -5
I guess now I don't feel out of place with my Step father being a Baron under me. Here's a snap-shot of my wife and I in our semi-formal attire. Attachments:
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Apr 23, 2012 5:08:22 GMT -5
Post by Frere Reynald de Pensax on Apr 23, 2012 5:08:22 GMT -5
I think I've got my Sir John Conyers civilian attire about finished now, and below is a photo of the results: Attachments:
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Apr 24, 2012 13:24:54 GMT -5
Post by Sir Didymous LaRoth on Apr 24, 2012 13:24:54 GMT -5
It looks very good. It seems to have a lot of black, which I think I read somewhere was an expensive dye back in the day. What's your take on that? I belive I read that in a history of church vestments. It said that many vestments were black, as was the formal attire of the attendees, because black was expensive and showed solemnity and wealth at the same time. It seems a bit far fetched to me.
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Apr 24, 2012 13:37:29 GMT -5
Post by Frere Reynald de Pensax on Apr 24, 2012 13:37:29 GMT -5
Dark pigments were always expensive because of the difficulty in making them colour fast. In the twelfth century one of the most expensive colours was green, although scarlet was more popular because of its vividness, and not because it was slightly less expensive. Certainly by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, black was associated with the nobility, which was one of the reasons that the artist Carravaggio always affected dress of this colour. The cloak is actually a dark blue, thrice dyed with woad to deepen the colour. There's a story that William Marshall was given a cloak of this hue at his knighting. I checked on the cut of this garment, and it appears that a wealthy or aristocratic person would wear an open cloak of this type to show off the garments beneath, whereas an ordinary guy would wear a poncho type cloak.
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Mar 10, 2013 22:44:20 GMT -5
Post by Sir Didymous LaRoth on Mar 10, 2013 22:44:20 GMT -5
Earlier in the year our troop was asked to attend the Living History Trade Fair in Fremont Ohio. We were the only group representing the middle ages in two buildings full of Early American reenactors. Knowing this we all wanted to make a good show and those who worked the event as representatives of the Order all commissioned new civilian kits that span the time line of our common portrayals. I went with the turn of the 13th-14th century. Here's Dame Latitia and I And here is Squire Andrew and myself
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