My name is Kramer and I'm an actor and medieval enthusiast, with the goal of creating an aesthetic lifestyle so immersive that we can all feel like a characters in our favorite genre. As members of the community of the sword, we appreciate Medieval Realism in our books, tv shows, movies and games. So as an actor myself, the following questions bare answering: What would life in a fantasy/medieval world actually be like? What is practical? What can we copy into out own lives? And what of what we see on the silver screen is an utter disaster in real life? Through Experimental Archeology, re-creation and research; actors, writers, dungeon masters, can bring a heightened level of realism and immersion to our chosen mediums and with anachronism, we can bridge the worlds of fantasy and reality.
If you like swords, armor, fantasy, (pretty much anything that would make you a Dungeons and Dragons nerd), I hope you enjoy my content.
In armor wise stuff I tell myself what would I realistically wear if I did live in the medieval era if I was fighting....would I love to wear the heavy full plate armor...yes but in reality I would be a low infantry peasant so I would wear body chain-mail with no hood, a helmet and if I have some extra money any arm armor....does that make my legs unprotective yes but am I really worrying about my legs as 10 spear heads gets thrusted at my body probably not
Im working on an aedernian style jacket that hopefully people wont think im just trying to cosplay Eskel. It's mostly black and brown, and im working in chainmail like the wolf school gear.
Your choice of textiles is important. If you’re using anything with a modern synthetic weave such as polyester is going to retain so much of your body heat. Polyester is effectively plastic, so it’s absolutely terrible for direct sunlight and higher temperatures in general. You sweat so much more because the heat retention is ridiculous. Cotton and linens are ideal as those are organic materials with different leaves and so they allow for better breathing,. You touched on it, but I don’t think you fully elucidated the point. :)
Rather than grommets - which are expensive and can be difficult to use - try hand sewn eyelets. Hand sewn eyelets are stronger, cheaper, easy and historically accurate. There are lots of tutorials on how to sew these, mainly in medieval bodice and stays construction.
This video speaks volumes to me. I've gone in trying to be a ranger, then I changed to pirate, then a knight and now a hunter rogue of sorts... My main problem right now is finding the right sword. I keep buying different swords that I think will work in my larp but they don't. I've got Mitryls Gladius, but it hits too hard and the later of foam is quite thin. I have a couple epic armory swords that are hybrid but I find out my larp had a rule against the hybrid line. NOW, I say a sale in medieval collectibles that includes epic armory stronghold line and I'm looking to get the bastard gold. ....ugh, I hope this is the one.
Perhaps the noggin head-cup conondrum comes from violent tribal types drinking from the skulls of enemies. A less dark thought is that the cup was made of wood which is hard like one's head.
something to think about is the term "adventurer" implies sword for hire, and much like other independent contractors (think Uber drivers) the pay gets higher when there aren't enough other contractors to fulfill the demand. winter time adventuring may be harsh but for those willing to brave the conditions they should be rewarded handsomely and that should incentivize people to take on those jobs. and it's not like people haven't done hard work outdoors in the winter in primitive conditions. watch the movie "Happy People" about a town of Siberian fur trappers for an insight into people living alone in the worst conditions possible, and sustaining themselves all winter long, and making enough profit to sustain their families and communities.
For me, its not so much about fashion or architecture so much as it is about the level of technology. Does it look like something that COULD have been made during such and such time period rather than a reflection of what actually happened?
The best thing that I used on hiking boots was goat fat. It comes as a cake at room temperature. You heat the shoes, melt the wax, and apply it over the leather shoes. The coating lasted for years, and we were mostly hiking in the winter snow at that time. I am not familiar with deer fat, but I was told it works the same.
Thank you very much for making this video. I am a complete noob when dressing for Ren Faire. I just went with a simple costume with elf ears and a cloak. I might try to replicate Legolas entire setup in the future.
Where did you get the backpack from 9:31? I was in halfmoon bay and a guy was selling the exact same one ( I bought it ) for like 100 bucks and he said his family made them. I figured he was lying and maybe was a scam, but I feel like he was now lol
Actually plantain is native of eurasia not america, it was introduced by colonizers. I read somewhere that native americans called plantain "the footprints of the paleface" because it growed wherever they settled, but dont quote me on that.
🤔🤔🤔 That's very interesting question. In fact, it took for me almost 20 years to finally understood who I WANT to be 😅😂 In fact, my first ever DnD character somehow happened to be who I once was, and my second - he went from some stupid joke one-use concept straight to something deep, what I realized I wanted to become. Always wanted, in fact, just didn't heard my own voice in all that "running for your life" lifestyle.. So, I kinda understand what do you mean, and I'm REALLY wishing for you to find it, I'm just sorry I couldn't tell you something useful for that search ❤❤❤
