Vendel madness! -- myArmoury.com

Paul Mortimer · Posted: Mon 09 May, 2011 7:08 am Post subject: 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.

Paul Mortimer · Posted: Mon 09 May, 2011 7:11 am Post subject:

...and a couple more.

Magin Hard · Posted: Mon 09 May, 2011 7:38 am Post subject:

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

Myles Mulkey · Posted: Mon 09 May, 2011 2:20 pm Post subject:

Beautiful beautiful kits guys. Thanks for sharing Paul.

Matthew Amt · Posted: Mon 09 May, 2011 7:02 pm Post subject:

*whimper!*

Thanks for having a bunch of folks with really great stuff.

Matthew

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Mon 09 May, 2011 7:11 pm Post subject:

Impressive ! Cool

Makes one want to go pillage something or just break things in general blood running hot. Wink

( 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 ).

Jerry Monaghan · Posted: Tue 10 May, 2011 1:31 am Post subject:

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.

E. Storesund · Posted: Tue 10 May, 2011 3:58 am Post subject:

Amazing pictures as always! Greatly inspiring!

Jim Adelsen · Industry Professional

Great pics. Who made all the great Vendel helms? Would like to add one to my collection one day.

Johan Gemvik · Posted: Tue 10 May, 2011 7:11 am Post subject:

Vendel Madness indeed!
Truly inspiring.

Paul Mortimer · Posted: Tue 10 May, 2011 2:13 pm Post subject:

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

John Coris · Posted: Tue 10 May, 2011 10:40 pm Post subject:

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 Big Grin

)

BTW how many are in your group, for what I 've seen there are a lot of folk and all with very good kits.

Paul Mortimer · Posted: Wed 11 May, 2011 2:31 pm Post subject:

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

Jeremy V. Krause · Posted: Wed 11 May, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject:

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) Wink

Paul Mortimer · Posted: Thu 12 May, 2011 12:17 pm Post subject:

Thanks Jeremy.

Here are a few more.

Matt Corbin · Posted: Sun 15 May, 2011 3:38 pm Post subject:

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

D. Swift · Posted: Sun 15 May, 2011 5:24 pm Post subject:

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!

Ted Bouck · Posted: Sun 15 May, 2011 5:45 pm Post subject:

What's with the bloody head guy? That looks like no helm was on??
Ted

B. Stark · Industry Professional

Now that is quite the warband.

Paul Mortimer · Posted: Thu 19 May, 2011 5:09 am Post subject:

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