Capt. Sterling

Tis Blackbeards for the Archangel crewe that weekend... Why did they move up the date?

Will see if I can pull some strings, would love to attend, but May is major test month for all grades in school. All the lovely state SOLs.. and I think the other teachers would kill me if I took a few days off, not to mention the kids... but we shall see... thank ye fer the invite, hoping at least some of the crewe can make it. We shall discuss this at RF5.

Yes purple is your colour, though I have never seen you wear it...

More like a comedy of errors, Captain. Or severe miscasting...

Of course they couldn't open it in time for Reenactor Fest... Pike sounds like a good time...June is Blackbeards

Proverbs 31... the virtuous woman??? OHHHHHHHHHH tis the beginning of the new theater season in London and ye are auditioning for a comedy eh Lill?

And I always thought execution by gas was a modern thing... well I'll be...

OMG!! I'm laughing so hard I can't breathe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now wait just a moment... who is being punished here? Stynky by cleaning the heads, or Maddogge who has to watch him for ever????

Ah yes, I do have my moments, but at least I saw Waldo, I mean Stynky, in the photo...

Sterling, to add more torture to them both, place a bottle of mead just out of their reach. Don't forget feet as well as hands. And make sure they don't have anything on them they can bribe anyone with, not even the snotties. Animal Don't forget a couple of well endowed females....... Eh? Didn't follow this one. William does not drink, Animal. So I don't think mead is going to tempt him. No but one can tempt William with food... especially when he hasn't eaten.... as to the snotties, no need to fear about them... they are loyal and will do as a I suggest, EVERY time....

Oi Look Again! Yep I'm there sitting on the bench to your left - turned away from the camera. And they call me the blind guy...

For those of you who want a better understanding of the construction of the 18th Century Stays that were mentioned earlier, here is a photo of the photo of the 18th Century Stays with the horizontal caning in the front. Please excuse this content of this shot...Someone I know doesn't care to wear shifts when demoing a newly constructed stays..( )...and no captain...Them ain't ME! Um that pattern is based on a 1780-90s corset, not from our time frame... and that isn't how the "horizontal" boning goes for our time frame... might as well be you.. tis the twin...

Why don't I think you mean the sporran???

Now, now... no one is complaining about Kate's new stays... we are all living and learning and hopefully always will be, as we go along in this hobby... we are all certain that she has done one hell of a job on her first attempt at this and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the finished product. This is the last crewe that is going to shut out folks or point fingers and shout from the roof tops, "Hey they fucked up!" when it comes to their kit or portrayal. None of us claim to be experts, we are just sharing what we find... tis all. Hey at this point, all we know is that some of the existing corsets/stays from the late 17th/early 18th century were actually back stitched.. Now that Lily was kind enough to post the entire paragraph, I can take it one more step.. the interesting point being, once you take that paragraph out of the entire chapter, it throws that back stitching issue into mid-18th century, but when you take it in the entire context, it reads differently as if she is referring to the entire century.. and we have seen the close up on the pink stays... Either way, we all do the best we can and if we learn something new, our next garment will be that much better, we all hope....I have produced eighteen coats so far... would be more if I weren't so busy, but no matter how hard I try, not a one is perfect and not a one will ever be... each time I complete the latest, I learn something new... so I chalk it up in my notes and use it for the next coat... Damnation if we all waited to learn EVERYTHING to make the perfect reproduction prior to taking the field, there should really be NO ONE out there playing at all...

HA! I know I could be persuasive enough to get my way! Tis that yellow silk sash of yers as well, kind of reminds me of them quarantine flags

That would be saucy Haunting Lily, Patrick.... Mary kept all her hair...

Right then I'll be death since I have the mourning clothes and you can be pestilence Mickey with that ill powder of yours...

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pestilence means disease... Mickey should be Death... I'll take Pestilence since I am plagued by it and like to plague others...

I kind of like the ring of that... and skinny Sean sure fits the bill for famine...

Kind of like Maddogge in reverse.. hard to keep him out of his kilt.... damn that just sounds so wrong....

melt

Honestly Jib, kind of hate this thread... almost promotes folks ripping others apart ...

Silas, this is one of my favourite photos from the entire event.... This is the lot of us waiting for the battle and laughing at the cries of "Cousin Johnnie..." from up on the fort wall. OMG this one is priceless...