Posts: 285 Location: England, Essex
Mon 09 May, 2011 7:08 am
Vendel madness!
I thought that folks maybe interested in what you may see if you wander the English countryside at weekends.
I have added some pictures of our group, Wulfheodenas, having a bit of fun last weekend.
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Posts: 285 Location: England, Essex
Mon 09 May, 2011 7:11 am
...and a couple more.
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Posts: 37 Location: Netherlands
Mon 09 May, 2011 7:38 am
Thnx for sharing mate! Looks like a very nice group, very well equiped. Good job, very nice!
When you are in the Netherlands, I hope I can meet the group.
Greetings
Posts: 250
Mon 09 May, 2011 2:20 pm
Beautiful beautiful kits guys. Thanks for sharing Paul.
Posts: 1,462 Location: Laurel, MD, USA
Mon 09 May, 2011 7:02 pm
*whimper!*
Thanks for having a bunch of folks with really great stuff.
Matthew
Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Mon 09 May, 2011 7:11 pm
Impressive ! :cool: Makes one want to go pillage something or just break things in general blood running hot. ;) :lol: ( Well, in period of course and not for real but all you would need is a good movie script and your kits look 1000% better than anything Hollywood could come up with ).
Posts: 114 Location: melbourne australia
Tue 10 May, 2011 1:31 am
Hi Paul
Thanks mate you have just made my day always look foward to your posts love to meet you all some day.
Just recived my vendel 8 helm from thorkil but still an long way to go to look as good or impressive as your group.
Keep up the great work and thanks for posting.
Posts: 101
Tue 10 May, 2011 3:58 am
Amazing pictures as always! Greatly inspiring!
Posts: 142 Location: WI
Tue 10 May, 2011 4:36 am
Great pics. Who made all the great Vendel helms? Would like to add one to my collection one day.
Posts: 793 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Tue 10 May, 2011 7:11 am
Vendel Madness indeed!
Truly inspiring.
Posts: 285 Location: England, Essex
Tue 10 May, 2011 2:13 pm
Thank you very much for your comments. The helmets were made by a number of different people -- Thorkil, Dave Roper, Ivor Lawton and Tim Noyes, among others.
We had a really good time at the weekend -- our next gathering will be at Sutton Hoo in July.
Paul
Posts: 33 Location: European Union
Tue 10 May, 2011 10:40 pm
You are a nice spectacle and I wish I were somewhere near, although I think seeing you some centuries ago would be bad news (for the population :D )
BTW how many are in your group, for what I 've seen there are a lot of folk and all with very good kits.
Posts: 285 Location: England, Essex
Wed 11 May, 2011 2:31 pm
Thank you John.
There were 17 of us in the event last weekend (plus 2 friends)-- but we do have about 10 more members not present.
I see that I have posted the same picture twice - tomorrow I will replace the double and add some more.
Paul
Posts: 1,717 Location: Buffalo, NY.
Wed 11 May, 2011 4:19 pm
Hi Paul,
Your pics. are some of the finest on myArmoury in terms of commitment to historical accuracy.
I always make a point to show your pics. to my wife and tell her. "This is an example of a really nice looking historical out-fit" (I don't use the term "kit" when speaking with her) ;)
Posts: 285 Location: England, Essex
Thu 12 May, 2011 12:17 pm
Posts: 336 Location: U.S.A.
Sun 15 May, 2011 3:38 pm
Paul,
I always look forward to seeing your pictures. I think you guys have some of the best kit out there. Thanks for sharing.
Matt
Posts: 10 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Sun 15 May, 2011 5:24 pm
Great stuff - its nice to see this fascinating period being represented in numbers - well done to all concerned and all the best with the Sutton Hoo event!
Posts: 20 Location: Northe East Ohio
Sun 15 May, 2011 5:45 pm
What's with the bloody head guy? That looks like no helm was on??
Ted
Posts: 395
Sun 15 May, 2011 11:18 pm
Now that is quite the warband.
Posts: 285 Location: England, Essex
Thu 19 May, 2011 5:09 am
Thank you again for your comments, gentlemen. Mark with the gash on his head is just showing off -- the wound is fake -- he does it to try and shock the public! It certainly is quite convincing, even when close up.
Paul
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