Hyperion wrote:Again proving why the SCA rocks.
Great people, and certainly the events are the largest gatherings of honorable and nice people in the modern world at this point. Besides, where else can you feel perfectly safe totally unarmed around a few hundred people with enough bladed weapons to take over a city?
And if there is ever a need for a damsel in distress to be rescued, every man there will drop everything for the privledge of being the knight in (slightly tarnished) armor
This is making me want to try to go to some of the winter events out here, but my cold tolerance is a joke. I am doing sword training though.
This is why the SCA garb is wonderful, Hyp.
Ever look at how the Vikings were dressed for the weather? Long pants, with high fur-to-the-inside boots laced tightly to them. Two or more knee-length long-sleeved tunics, layered and belted. Fur hats, and heavy sheep-skin lined woolen cloaks, with wolf-fur lined hoods to keep frost from forming near the face. That kept them warm in the worst of winters, and I understand this is what the Alaskan SCA members try to imitate.
As for my neck of the woods, where winter temps usually range 20-35F, if I'm going to be outside, themal leggings under the heavy linen undress, covered by the long-sleeved overdress, with a surcoat over that, and a woolen square belted over all, with enough to serve as a hood. Tada! Medieval Winter Garb!
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