#reenacting

[bantarleton]

#history #reenacting

[fulminata2]

New armor got here today! Winged Hussar kit is now 95% complete. I have all the armor, the sabre, and the zupan. Now I just need to build my wings.

#sca #armor #winged hussar #reenacting

[aceofwhump]

Hi everyone!

Sorry I've been a little absent for a bit. First I got sick which took me a while to get last and this past week I spent time travelling! Aka I was participating in a WWII reenactment which means no internet. It was such a blast as usual but man I'm tired lol. Here have some pics:

Back home now and exhausted but super eager to see what I've missed here for whumptober! I'm finally over my illness and my schedule is now gonna open up a bit which missed I have more time and energy for gifmaking and finally answering all of your lovely messages that have been waiting in my inbox (sorry for making y'all wait!) Also today was the last post I had prepped for whumptober so I'm gonna be behind now but I am not giving up!

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

#mod post #that's me in the first pic btw #wwii reenactment #not whump #reenacting

[amnesiacprophetphotography]

A very fun trip to Fort George this summer to see the 1812 reenactment. As I get older the camp life stuff and work in the kitchen becomes a lot more interesting than just the drill and soldiering (still fun). Met lots of great people and learned a lot of cool stuff.

#photography #mike wonnacott #photograph #uniform #photos #film #hamilton #fortgeorge #reenacting #reenactor #redcoat #redcoats #british army #british soldiers #musket #1812 #war of 1812 #cannon #niagara-on-the-lake #niagara #history #living history #history channel #loyalists #41st regiment #89th regiment #49th regiment #2nd york militia #fort york #ontario

[macaron-n-cheese]

Oops I forgot to post-

Here are some photos from the Huntington Beach Revolution Reenactment! We had a wonderful time except the weather was stinky. It rained a lot and was cold and windy. We did not get to do as many activities as we wanted to do, but we were able to do all four battles! Everyone I got to talk to is absolutely lovely. It was also a blast teaching people history who came by. I got to help with the Culper Ring scavenger hunt and I'm so glad I did! It was a fun activity for younger visitors :). It was an honor to serve with His Majesty's Marines. God save the King! 🇬🇧

Here are some photos :)

#reenactment #amrev #reenactor #reenacting

[eazyate]

Updated my kit, decided to take this pic on Leif Erikson Day, and forgot to upload it lol. Really proud of this

#viking #anthropology #viking age #Norse #historic fashion #reenacting #clothes #historic drip #medieval #early medieval #medieval clothing

[augenimregal]

sketchbook painting of reenactors and corgi

sketches from nature in 40 minutes

#artists on tumblr #illustration #art #character design #reenacting #sketchbook #sketch #traditional art #queer artist #small artist #portrait #artwork #gouache #sketchbook tour

[movark]

Some nice photos from Chickamauga 160th; Field music

Btw, wanting to put together a queer space for reenactors. DM me if you'd be interested

#mov_irl #reenactor #reenactment #reenacting #american civil war #acw #federal #Chickamauga

[victusinveritas]

#berserker #hema #martial arts #reenacting

[operation-priority]

Great War French Tankiste Impression, circa 1918. Airsoft compatible here!

#uniforms #gear #tactical gear #history #tanks #renault ft #technology #military #ww1 #ww1 history #world war 1 #world war one #great war #military history #reenactment #reenactors #reenact #reenactor #reenacting

[pattern-53-enfield]

Oh boy another special snowflake kit thats gonna wind up costing me someday

US Army "Blue Force" during the 1941 Carolina Maneuvers. (Photo via Historical Wardrobe)

#us army #history #reenacting #ww2 reenacting #m1 garand #carolina maneuvers

[bantarleton]

I need to start doing more reenacting posts on here.

#history #military history #american revolution #reenacting

[ceresprime]

Being a trans person in historical reenacting has been such an oddly gender euphoric experience.

So I'm genderfluid, and when I'm in a ftm vibe (which is most frequent honestly), in daily life I'm still perceived as "woman." But when I'm dressed as a male soldier in the 1770s British military, this happens very infrequently. In fact, I'm correctly gendered by folks (e.g. old cis white men) who normally wouldn't be so kind to trans men like me. My heart swells and I can't stop smiling every time a boomer calls me "he" or even corrects himself without my prompting. My shoulders are broad enough and 18th century fashion tailored enough that I truly match my comrades. I cut my hair short, which is less accurate to the period, but I've gotten more folks immediately see me as male. One soldier asked if I was my sergeant's son and neither of us corrected him. We're not related btw. I'll never forget my colonel at Fort Ti catching himself at "She--" or the way I now have learned my name, Samuel, and respond well to it and unlearned my deadname. I have an excuse for my transphobic parents to see me called by my male name. I have an excuse to buy trans tape (I can't even articulate how much binding tape has saved me--reenacting is intense exercise and therefore a binder isn't healthy) and deepen my voice to sing or yell HUZZA and use makeup to simulate facial hair (NOT for 1700s though).

Even so, some members of the audience demand to know "why I'm a girl." How can I, a person born with "F" on my birth certificate, dare dress as a male and carry a musket? What do I know about history, being a "woman?" And I tell them about Hannah Snell, Deborah Sampson, Mary Lacey, Mary Ann Talbot, Phoebe Hessel, Johanna Sophia Kettner, Anna Maria Lane, Ana María de Soto, Jeanette Colin, and many more. And while these people cannot be labelled "queer" or "trans," I wonder if they felt the way I feel. At least, in the context of my existence, I can speak about theirs. Yet still, even men I consider friends, doubt this reality. Yes, he's right to say Sybil Ludington and Molly Pitcher and Lucy Brewer are likely fiction, but even so, reality inspires fiction. Hannah Snell was very much real and very much did serve in the army and later the marines. Why is that history so hard to believe? Why does my existence demand an explanation?

And yet reenacting is my gender euphoria.

#history #reenacting #american revolution #gender #lgbtqia #trans #it's late and im tired and i needed to say this i think #reenacting is my escape from reality 100% #and so with that comes a lot of unexpected acceptance #and also the usual transphobic comments or implications #but less so

[victoriansecret]

hi! i'm sure you've answered questions like this before, but do you have any tips on how to get into living history / reenacting? i'm super fascinated by it and would love to work in/with it!! also i think you're super cool and i hope you have a great day

If you're trying to do it as a hobby, then the first thing to do is figure out what period and type of portrayal you want to focus on (civilian? military? etc.). Then look around and see if you can find perhaps a local unit. Not that it's impossible to join a unit that's further away or spread out. Most units have facebook pages etc. and you can search for them and will get related pages. Alternatively, if you find out there will be an event - especially a big event - perhaps go as a spectator and talk to the various people and units there and see if they're accepting members, try to get a vibe for what they're like etc. There are also the "umbrella" organizations that units subscribe to, who put on big events, and that can help direct you to events and units as well. For a career, you'd be surprised at the wide variety of backgrounds that bring people to it. Obviously some people have the pure history background, but some have more of a performance background (and not only those who do "first person" portrayals, i.e. in character), some come with more of a communications/language background because of course communication is the main component of what we do. Etc. Look at various historic sites that have living history programs and apply for jobs. Or if you're able to, you can even possibly volunteer or get internships (ideally paid) to get experience. There are also a lot of seasonal museums that may be easier to get a start in, which both gives you experience as well as builds your skills and helps you determine if it's something you're interested in making a full time career. My first museum was seasonal, and I worked there for four summers (really it was half the year, but still) before getting my year round job at my current museum (which I then left to go to another museum, but eventually came back). If you have any more specific questions please feel free to let me know, and you're welcome to message me privately as well, though of course feel free to maintain your anonymity!

#asks #living history #reenacting

[amnesiacprophetphotography]

It was also a lot of fun to make it out to the Battle of Stoney Creek war of 1812 reenactment. I’d wanted to get out to an 1812 event to take photos and this was great. Unfortuantely I only had a couple of hours to stick around. I’d like to get more opportunity to shoot a full event, especially the camp life, women, kids, officers - the stuff you don’t see the details of during the battles. 

#reenactment #reenactor #reenacting #living history #49th regiment #41st regiment #imuc #stoney creek #battle of stoney creek #history channel #war of 1812 #1812 #musket #uniform #shako #redcoat #redcoats

[markschneiderlover]

Mark Schneider is an arctic wolf in human clothing!

#mark schneider #reenacting #education #napoleon bonaparte #being napoleon #napoleonic era #colonial williamsburg #youtube #marquis de lafayette #beauty