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Jack Roberts

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  1. Aye, i've been thinking 'bout them myself. I second the question.
  2. Well it seems I missed a bit of excitment on this tread. :) So let me see if I can get it back on track. I just bought some felt hat blanks from Jas Townsend, and I'm to cock them. One is for my wife and the other is for me. The pics I have are for my hat but the other is similar. Anyways I want to trim the edges with a band of ribbon and just want to know should I cut the edge and then trim? In the senond pic you can see the length of the brim. One side is 4.75" and other is 4.5". So it looks like I may have to cut and trim. But how wide can the trim be? I want to trim it like this (I hope they don't mind I borrowed their pic. Gentleman of Fortune ) I plan on using X's for the pattern on where I sew the brim up. So thats alot to say but thanks in advance for any help. Rob PS Any weather proofing techniques I might be able to treat the felt with?
  3. well you asked for some pics. So here they are. For PiP in Key West, I plan on having the coat and vest, with more pistols and swords. Planning on going with a gray color sceme for the outfit. I think it will pop more, but for now I will use my ren faire costume. Still working on the backstory. (PS That's my wife in the pic with me.)
  4. Not yet, I'm still seeing if we want to do that. I need to start researching the tents and the like. We live in orlando and we have a good 7 months or so to gather up the proper equipment. So we won't have to fly at all. The other issue is we have 2 other couples that want to come but i'm not sure they will want to camp out. I'll have to sound them out and see if they want to do that. (I have a feeling they might not want to. Considering the period stuff.) Although my wife and I would love to. :) Also do you have to set up for the whole event or can you come in a day later or such? Thanks for the info and the word. I'll get back to you if we decide to do it. Thanks
  5. So I’ve read through some of the posts here and my wife and I are definitely coming. We just want to figure out where to stay. I've heard some people talking about camping onsite at the fort I was wondering how? Do you have to sign up? Are there any requirements? (aka Period tents and such) Just wondering. Thanks for any help.
  6. AYE, that I will, post ye some portaits of me outfit. Its probably more of the fantasy type, but hey its a start. Besides I love the bucket boots and paid good money for them and I can use for both the Faire or pirate fest. I also love the costumes from PoTC. So I may lodel after them a bit. I at least want to have a good background thats based on history than speculation. But back to the topic... I found some info about my first ship i used that may make everything a little easier. Portrait of the Mordaunt, Fourth-Rate 48-Guns, Built 1681. Bought from Lord Mordaunt 1683, wrecked 1693 By: Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611-93) Date: c. 1681 Repro ID: PZ7281 Willem van de Velde the Elder was born in Leiden, Holland in 1611. He began his career as a seaman and went on to become one of Europe's leading marine artists. Indeed, he became so popular that the States General of Holland gave him a small ship so that he could witness the sea battles of the First and Second Dutch Wars first-hand and record the action. The privateer Mordaunt 1681 was a fourth-rate 48-gun ship built by William Castle on the Thames at Deptford for Lord Mordaunt. The ship was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1683 and was sunk off Cuba on 21 November in that same year. (www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/contentTypeA/conMuseumAsset/contentId/1787) I had to search it in google and read the cache. Source 2 SO maybe I can just have my character just work on that ship and start my pirate life off on the right foot (or wrong, depending on how you look at it) Just a though anyways, and as I learn more about the period then maybe I can expand the story abit more. Thanks again to everyones help. I'll post some pics soon.
  7. Awsome!! Where did you learn the history of the ships, thats crazy. Then lets make myself born in 1684, joining as a middy in 1694, and becoming a Lieutenant in 1704. Let me know if any of the ships I've chosen would work. All i did is just look at that list, I found on the linky I posted earlier, and match some of the dates with my story. So I had at least some acuracy. Although nobody but us will know that it's that acurate. As far as my costume goes. I plan on distressing it and aging it so it will look as if I've been wearing for years. (or at least months depending on how often they changed clothes, I assume it wouldn't be very often. And looking at how well clothes hold up in the ocean enviroment, I'm sure things would get pretty beat up.)So for my justacorps I will be working it to be somewhat aged. I love playing with the distressing of items. I've done just a few pieces and its been a blast. My wife rocks and is going to make my next costume. Shirt, pants, vest, and coat, then I plan aging and distressing the pieces to give them a nice authentic, worn in look. So far I've been able to distress my waist scarf and my "dew rag". (for lack of a better term.) Looking forward to the rest of the costume. Please let me know what books would be good for me to pick up and read or any websites I might be able research. Thanks Foxe and Daniel. You guys rock, I'm so glad I've found this site. Its exactly what I was hoping for.
  8. Excellent!! Thanks for helping me out. I'm still just learning the ropes. (No pun intended.) This is exactly what I was looking for. This is just a rough draft, so I’m willing to teak it. A few notes and my thoughts behind the motivations for some of the events. The reason for not being a midshipmen is, I wasn't aware of how old you could start out as one. As for captain, in my costume I wanted to wear one of the overcoats (justaucorps??) So I wanted be a captain to able to justify the costume piece, but my understanding might be off. Could I have one? I'm alsp trying to keep with my real age of 24. As far as the pirate details, I think I just got tired and kinda glazed over it. Now that it’s a fresh day maybe I can work some details into it. Also my wife if working on her back story, so I’m waiting also to see what might happen with her. Anyways just my thoughts and reason for writing what I did. Let go back to the drawing board and rework some of the details. Anyone have listing of what ships were in the service in the Caribbean at the time? The ships I’ve used were in service, (at least according to this site, Ship List Linky ) but I would love to have some more info on actual ships in the area. I need to look up the naval wars for the time so I can have a better understanding. Thanks to everyone for your insight, and whoever else might help. This is great.
  9. Excellent info! How would someone of my age and stature get into a midshipman's position? Did they just start out in an apprenticiship? I didn't start out that way becuase it seemed to me that the boys on the ship started out low. Please enlighten me on the ways. All my research has been done on the internet and I really haven't read any books cartered to the topic yet. Thanks again for your input.
  10. I just recently joined the crew here at the pub but I've started to work on some elements for my costume and back-story. So what I’ll do is lay out what I have in mind and let everyone take a stab at it. Let me know what would be accurate or not. So here it goes. My name is Robert Jack. I was born in 1684, Yorktown, Virginia. My father was a good man. Worked hard as wheelwright. He made a good living for my mother and me, for I was the only child they had been able to have. I was schooled but only for a short while. My father always wanted me to follow him and become wheelwright. I never could get over my love for the sea. Every chance I would steal. I could be found on the shore. As I grew older I realized I needed to become a sailor. My interests and passions would draw me to the sea. The Royal Navy came to my calling. I in listed as soon as I was old enough. Ahhh, my first ship, no one ever forgets there first, ship. The Mordaunt, she was a forth rate ship, started out my career as a power monkey and soon worked my way into bell boy. When I was old enough I became a Midshipman. As soon as I turned 19 I took my exams for a Lieutenant. I worked hard on those and was able to get the position on my first try. Then I moved on to my second ship. The Devonshire, Aye that was a beautiful ship, 80 guns, 3rd rate. We started patrolling the Caribbean for the Spanish. It was at this time I got word that my father had passed away. I had no way of getting back to my family. I was on duty in the Caribbean. I was soon promoted to Captain of the Falmouth, she was a wreck, being only a 4th rate ship with 50 guns. I hated the position. My crew was a bunch of misfits, without discipline. The previous Captain had no control. I tried to established command but alas to no avail. I was soon to be demoted if I could not control my ship. The Admiral sent us on a deadly mission. It was suicide. Our ship against one the Spanish flag ships. The battle raged on for hours. I lost many men. Not that I cared, for they were damn near mutiny. While in battle, a chain shot missed its aim and hit the helm were I was trying to regroup and mass a last stand. When the shot hit I was blown overboard. I still to this day have no idea how I survived the impact. As I came to I found myself floating in the water. The ship was overrun, the Spaniards had won. They soon captured the ship. I floated for days and soon a local privateer ship found me and hoisted me aboard. They nursed me back to health. The captain of the ship recognized me from a few months earlier. He kept my identity a secret till we could talk in private. I told him all that had transpired. Now I needed to make it back to the Admiral and confess what had happened. My captain friend opened my eyes and made me realize that this was a new beginning. The Royal Navy thought I was dead. My crew saw me go overboard. Why not join him and his crew. He had just lost his 1st mate in a recent scuffle. I without anything left and fed up the Royal Navy, I agreed. The first year or was extremely profitable. I was in and out of ports and sucking the marrow out of life. Soon we were charged with taking a 3 ship group outbound to Spain loaded with the spoils of South America. Little did we know that she well guarded. We attacked in the middle of the night. One of the bloodiest battles I have ever encountered ensued. Our ship was blown apart. I was in the middle of reloading a Swivel gun, and we were hit. It was the end, we were over whelmed and outnumbered. I jumped ship, saving my own hide. I knew we were close to port, having attacked the Spaniards just a few leagues away. I grabbed a piece of wood and paddled my way to shore. Now, once again I had been reborn. I knew my fate. I became what I already had been. I boarded the first ship that would take me and began my life as a pirate. Now I am a rogue looking for a crew, who will take me. My name is Freebooter Jack, but Freebooter is just fine. I’ll answer to both. Weather you need a blade for combat, or a Captain for ship, or a good shot by your side. I’m your man. Tally ho, and onward to the open sea. Only Neptune himself knows what lies ahead.
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