We have found better middle ages...

... and now I have gained:



1) a proper sharpened sahs knife of sturdy steel



2) a dramatic-looking bruise on the inside of my left elbow which was caused by archery: an improperly loosed bow-string snapped against my arm. Ouch!!



Here are the archery butts where it happened. Please note the young orc who wears armour over blue jeans. We found that a tad historically incorrect...

Proper picture post tomorrow, when I have processed the Nazgul's photos!

Maxlrain -- picture post!

When nazgulwears and I go to medieval events, we go for three things: a) to invest time and research in our costumes, make them, and wear them; b) to see the market stalls, eat, drink, and be merry, and perhaps buy some nice medieval things and c) see the show they put on.

We found Maxlrain 'the better middle ages' than the big event in Kaltenberg, beause it was less commercial, and there were lots more people in period costumes, period however counting as 500 to 1500, with some un-historical elves and undead on the side. Too many people wear black and dark red, too, if you take into account that there was no reliable black dye, and dark red (= purple) was costly in the middle ages. But it wasn't mostly mundanes come to gawk and see the show, and the market stalls were to the point, instead of selling cheap stuff for kiddies. They carry that too, but we could have found trim there, and I did find a sensible, working sahs just as I wanted.

( See Maru and the Nazgul being big-G Goths! )

( See a medieval market in torchlight! )

( See a show with horses! )

Maxlrain: - picture post!

When nazgulwears and I go to medieval events, we go for three things: a) to invest time and research in our costumes, make them, and wear them; b) to see the market stalls, eat, drink, and be merry, and perhaps buy some nice medieval things and c) see the show they put on.

We found Maxlrain 'the better middle ages' than the big event in Kaltenberg, beause it was less commercial, and there were lots more people in period costumes, period however counting as 500 to 1500, with some un-historical elves and undead on the side. Too many people wear black and dark red, too, if you take into account that there was no reliable black dye, and dark red (= purple) was costly in the middle ages. But it wasn't mostly mundanes come to gawk and see the show, and the market stalls were to the point, instead of selling cheap stuff for kiddies. They carry that too, but we could have found trim there, and I did find a sensible, working sahs just as I wanted.

( See Maru and the Nazgul being big-G Goths! )

( See a medieval market in torchlight! )

( See a show with horses! )

Elections

There were elections here today, and the conservatives were re-elected. But instead of the social democrats, they are going to be in a coalition with the cat discrimination party.

Who got 14% of votes.

14%?? Where the fuck did 14% of utter morons come from to vote for a party that stands for nothing but raging predatorial capitalism, a maximum of exploitation, and unchecked financial markets that started the fucking crisis in the first place?

Pissed-off Maru is pissed off.-