#reenacting

[macaron-n-cheese]

People talked about my special interest without me at my reenactment today :,(. Sailor yaoi...WITHOUT ME!!!!!

[theherbstorian]

What got you into reenactment? I've always wanted to try it in some way, but I've never had the time. I have seen a few tours/events though.

Thanks for the ask!

As a nerdy homeschooled kid obsessed with the Texas Revolution since I was 11, I started off attending events with my family as a spectator. Eventually when you've been to the same events year after year, you get to know people in the hobby, and participating on the reenactor end starts sounding more and more fun.

The very short version of how I got into it is: Texas Rev events are always in need of more soldados. Moreover, Mexican Army reenactors are some of the most friendly, welcoming, helpful people you will ever meet in the hobby. I ended up getting recruited by a couple dragoons I met at Washington-on-the-Brazos one year, they introduced me to their friend who had some infantry loaner gear that would fit me, and I got hooked pretty quickly. (Esprit de corps, historic sites, and black powder make for a heady combination.)

Not to get too "woo-woo" about it, but there's something almost metaphysical about reenactment, too. You can get really attached to the people you portray, and that further motivates you to keep digging into the history, keep building/improving your impression [however slowly that may be, as life is busy and expensive], and do their memory justice.

[bantarleton]

[sammyj-studios]

Another set of colored pencil drawings from Red River Meeting House events.

[fabric-whore]

Baby's first SCA event!!!!

I spent too much money but I got so many goodies!!

[grants-blue-eyed-stare]

Why does your musket need a condom?

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YAY I can't wait to explain this. So my college's reenactment group has to store our muskets in a room (they are put in the police station so they are secure) with horrible humidity that rusts muskets no matter how much gun oil is on them. There is rust in the locks and barrels which is particularly an issue because it stops the muskets from firing well. Hopefully we get a real gun safe eventually, but for now we have to improvise. Condoms just are good at sealing the musket (rubber bands and ziplocks are ok too) and relatively easy to get. Our group (*ahem* mainly @boats-and-cabbages and I) will be raiding the college's free condom boxes in the near future.

This is a goofy aaa tip for any gun safe-less reenactors out there 🫡

[markschneiderlover]

Mark Schneider as King Ceorge III!

Good grief he's hot. He has such big DILF energy.

Also never have I ever wished that George would have remained the king of the North American continent. Man I wish Benedict Arnold had gotten away with those documents.