S.C.A events

[ku-kal]

Im a new fighter and reenactor in the s.c.a, i was wondering if i could get any tips on irong age or 2nd century celtic garb/food/camps/armor etc... I need to find something my girlfriend would like as well. Any examples would also be apreciated.

[druid]

hrm....well, I'm not a member of S.C.A but I know a few sites that may have the armors and stuff you are probably looking for....

http://www.sjleather.com/osCommerce/...af2a43451ddcbf

http://www.by-the-sword.com/

http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog...er_Armour.html

http://www.empirecanvasworks.com/heritage.htm

http://www.arrowgiftshop.com/Knights.html

http://www.talesofvalor.com/

http://www.garbtheworld.com/items/g0112.shtml

http://www.thefrugalcorner.com/

I think that should get you started on your way...lol.

[Kiltedfirepiper]

2nd century celts wore breeks( pants) tunics and brats ( short cloaks) not kilts

and btw just as a fyi its reCREATION not reENACTMENT.....we dont reenact any battles
we make up our own!!

hey! Druid youre in PA....are you in the SCA? and if you are, you going to pennsic war?

[Kiltedfirepiper]

http://www.renstore.com/

is another store run by SCA'ers check them out too
and if the GF is good at sewing I sugjest going to joanne's fabrics and buying a few patterns to custom make outfits herself...its the only way she'll truly like what she wears
(trust me....my wife is the same way)

KFP

[Ayin McFye]

The best store (in my opinion) for purchasing armor in the SCA is http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/ I am best friends with the armorer and they can and will make any style and era fighting kit that you need. They can be moderately expensive but if you check the website then you'll see why.

I've been fighting in the SCA for 9 years now and trust me the better armor you get the better it is for you. Just walking out on the field wearing really cool armor makes a world of difference in not only your own fighting style, but how others will react to you. For example if you square off against someone in a $60 dollar helmet and a blue plastic bucket as a chestplate, odds are that he's pretty new and you probably don't need to fear him as much. On the other side, if you are wearing a awesome looking suit of armor you can actually scare people by just acting the part, even if you don't know what you're doing. It's fun.

Good luck!

[Kiltedfirepiper]

For example if you square off against someone in a $60 dollar helmet and a blue plastic bucket as a chestplate, odds are that he's pretty new and you probably don't need to fear him as much.

Good luck!

unless the guy sold all of his armour due to the cost of upkeep...or wanted a real cool panther pavillion that was JUST out of reach cost wise and at the same time found out he was a rhinohide beware the rhinohide!!!!

[ku-kal]

well if your all s.c.a veterans you may know Ulfblud The Berserk? he is a good friend of mine and has been fighting for a long while now. anyways thanks for the sites, i cant show the lady them at the moment but im checking them out. i have my own suit of armor that keeps me as protected as i like, the rest is just a good hurt.

[druid]

2nd century celts wore breeks( pants) tunics and brats ( short cloaks) not kilts

and btw just as a fyi its reCREATION not reENACTMENT.....we dont reenact any battles
we make up our own!!

hey! Druid youre in PA....are you in the SCA? and if you are, you going to pennsic war?

Nope, not a S.C.A member and I know nothing of their events really. I just knew a few sites where he may find some things of use to him, is all...lol.

[Morris at Heathfield]

For Iron Age Celtic clothing:

http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/clothing2.htm

http://ironage-history.com/brigantia/kit_clothing.htm


Both sites make a point of discouraging the use of "tartan", whatever they mean by the word. There are few surviving examples of tartan cloth from the Iron Age or earlier, but not all of them are as simple as the Falkirk tartan (aka Northumbrian tartan, or Shepherd's check). Those that I have seen examples of are the leggings of the Chärchän man (ca. 1000 BC, in what is now the region of Xinjiang, China), one of the Hallstatt tartans (sometime between 1200-400 BC, in what is now Austria), the Huldremose skirt and scarf (ca. AD 55, in what is now Denmark), and the Thorsberg mantle (ca. AD 200, in what is now Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).

Of those, only the Hallstatt tartan was found in an area that could be regarded as Celtic at the time. However, taking them all together as the Iron Age state of the art, I think the following generalizations can be made: 1) Iron Age tartans contained only two or three colors. 2) Undyed wool (white, brown, black) was as common a color (at least) as dyed wool. 3) Iron Age tartans were not necessarily symmetrical. 4) Iron Age tartans were not necessarily identical in the warp and weft. 5) Iron Age tartans were not terribly complex.

Of course, now that I've said that, one of these days some archaeologist is going to dig up the Iron Age equivalent of Ogilvy of Airlie.

[Finn]

Morris~
Thanks! I wasn't aware of those groups. Those are very good examples of living history. The photos illustrate the understood reality pretty well.