Hello all
Long time reader, first time poster.
My Wife and I reenact Landsknecht, in the period 1500-1570 so a big period, with something for every one, our group, isnt that big, but we have fun :D

First a of picture of my soft kit.

The armour will follow when I get the helmet home :D

Most of the other reenactors dont want to fight us, because of our very scarce armour.

But Rome wasnt build in a day

Hope you like the pictures

Kasper from Denmark

I portray a Landsknecht Captain



"sorry about the spelling and typos"

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my softkit with my wife [ Download ]

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here I am in my Captains uniform, with my rote, an we going out to bash some peasent rebels heads in :D [ Download ]

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Here I command for the attack, Pikes at the ready [ Download ]

Hello,
My name is Gleb Borysov, I am from Sevastopol (modern Ukraine). I'm in reenactment for about 5 years, for now in reenacting c. 1470 Itallian soldier. I am a leatherworker, so all the leather stuff in my kit is made by me.
At "war"
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In civil life
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and with my fiance
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Nice kit Gleb.
I'm curious, do those glasses actually work, or are they just for looks?

Thanks Sam!
The glasses do actually work, yes. Though they are not for every-day use, cos they have no shakles. But while sitting or reading they work perfectly! Also I have made a leather shealth for my new glasses
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This prevents glasses from damage while not wearing them :)

My latest get up; 7th century Anglo Saxon. I made all the clothing, leather goods, the brass chapes on the straps, the buckle and buckle plate on the shield strap, the whole scabbard, and shield. The helmet belongs to Chuck Russell (he made it) but I added the hinges to hold on the cheek plates:

These images are from a demo at the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC from last Sunday. My wife and I participated in a demo in conjunction with the visiting Anglo Saxon Gold Hoard Exhibit.

First off: James, you are such an inspiration in that you are so hands on with the making of each of your kits.
Now that I am done fanboying, I notice a proliferation of clenched over nails in your shield's construction. Is there any reason you chose this instead of peening? Is that the method used in the finds? (I have never seen any documentation regarding the ratio of clenched to peened nails in Saxon shield construction, so I am sorry if it is a dumb question)

I have peening and clinched together but as to why the shield was made a number of years ago I do not recall why I went that way at the time. I know several viking era shields had cotter pins that are passed through and hammered down however not clinched; that may have been my inspiration. I recently added the shoulder strap and it is peened on the back with a steel washer.

This is my impression of a gunner from northern europe ca 1350-1400. The helmet is'nt mine though.
Photos: Peter Ahlqvist. Minor photoshopping: Fredrik Carrasco.

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Swedish knekts always look good. Must be the snus that makes you focus so diligently on details ;-)

A quick first experiment in plate. The problems are obvious but it was somewhat rushed. Many lessons learned.

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Some nice kits you are all posting.

Sean,

Looks good!

I am planning on building a Coat of plates for my 5 year olds 6th birthday and maybe a bascinet. Still recovering from an injury but that is what I want to do. Have most a year so we will see.

RPM

Be sure to post it, Randall! I love this stuff!

Light armoured Norweejun knecht mid 15th century. The PTSD stare is because I just ran 500 meters for the first time in 10 years ...

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Awesome, Sir I like your kit. I love the deep kettle, and dig the gorget!