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Post by Hobo Joe on Dec 11, 2019 1:18:54 GMT
 Me, in Confederate Infantry gear, in Florida! |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Dec 11, 2019 3:13:31 GMT
cool! how I wish my country has similar events... but nah the trauma is too real. Imo the more recent the war is the less unlikely people will be interested to participate
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Post by Hobo Joe on Jan 14, 2020 1:58:45 GMT
Next event this weekend!
I'll be firing off ~450 rounds of ammunition over the course of three days!
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Jan 14, 2020 9:06:37 GMT
Next event this weekend! I'll be firing off ~450 rounds of ammunition over the course of three days! what... an actual working cannon? Not live rounds for sure, but seems pretty cool  |
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Post by Iron Duke on Jan 14, 2020 13:56:46 GMT
Anyone else who can tell us how reenactment works in other European countrues? Here in Germany there are living too many pacifists i couldn't imagine that something like reenacting wars would ever happen. Back when I served in the Army (Bundeswehr) i rember that most of the odenary people dislike the military. That's a shame, you guys had some really cool uniforms in the 30s & 40s. |
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Post by Hobo Joe on Jan 14, 2020 15:01:57 GMT
Next event this weekend! I'll be firing off ~450 rounds of ammunition over the course of three days! what... an actual working cannon? Not live rounds for sure, but seems pretty cool Oh I'm an infantryman, but there will be ~8 artillery pieces at the event. For safety reasons only one can fire at a time. I'll be firing blanks obv, from an Enfield P53. I'm not 100% sure how the cannon works but for the muskets we just load gunpowder into the barrel, a cap onto the nipple (we use caplock muskets instead of flintlock because of the time period) and fire without loading ammo. Actually, we don't even use the ramrod because of safety regulations. |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Jan 15, 2020 8:32:28 GMT
^ I see, the scale of the reenactment sure is huge!
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Post by Hobo Joe on Jan 15, 2020 16:33:26 GMT
^ I see, the scale of the reenactment sure is huge! It's the largest CW event in Florida! |
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Jan 25, 2020 11:42:41 GMT
what... an actual working cannon? Not live rounds for sure, but seems pretty cool Oh I'm an infantryman, but there will be ~8 artillery pieces at the event. For safety reasons only one can fire at a time. I'll be firing blanks obv, from an Enfield P53. I'm not 100% sure how the cannon works but for the muskets we just load gunpowder into the barrel, a cap onto the nipple (we use caplock muskets instead of flintlock because of the time period) and fire without loading ammo. Actually, we don't even use the ramrod because of safety regulations. Lucky you. In Romania, due to strict regulations, we are not allowed to use any kind of ammunition, not even blind cartridges or simply gunpowder when reenacting 19th century. For providing gun sounds, we are using a tape with stock sounds from old war movies (probably the same that we're used in every Romanian war movie ever). The only loud thing we can use are some overglorified crackers shaped at German grenades, some that explode and some that release smoke. Very rarely you can get your hands on a Maxim M1910 or a Chauchat or even a grenade launcher (sometimes, I have the feeling that our most interesting reenactment are done when we are going abroad). I think cannons or armoured vehicles are completely banned, plus that there is no-one here in Romania owning a reconditioned tank, armoured car or anything of the age that could be used. But I guess it's enough when your reenactment consists of 10 people (in total, both sides counted) at best. |
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Post by Hobo Joe on Jan 25, 2020 17:56:01 GMT
Oh I'm an infantryman, but there will be ~8 artillery pieces at the event. For safety reasons only one can fire at a time. I'll be firing blanks obv, from an Enfield P53. I'm not 100% sure how the cannon works but for the muskets we just load gunpowder into the barrel, a cap onto the nipple (we use caplock muskets instead of flintlock because of the time period) and fire without loading ammo. Actually, we don't even use the ramrod because of safety regulations. Lucky you. In Romania, due to strict regulations, we are not allowed to use any kind of ammunition, not even blind cartridges or simply gunpowder when reenacting 19th century. For providing gun sounds, we are using a tape with stock sounds from old war movies (probably the same that we're used in every Romanian war movie ever). The only loud thing we can use are some overglorified crackers shaped at German grenades, some that explode and some that release smoke. Very rarely you can get your hands on a Maxim M1910 or a Chauchat or even a grenade launcher (sometimes, I have the feeling that our most interesting reenactment are done when we are going abroad). I think cannons or armoured vehicles are completely banned, plus that there is no-one here in Romania owning a reconditioned tank, armoured car or anything of the age that could be used. But I guess it's enough when your reenactment consists of 10 people (in total, both sides counted) at best. I've noticed in Europe that reenactments either have like no safety regulations, or are basically illegal. It's really quite unfortunate, as the hobby is an amazing educational resource, and those restrictions only hurts knowledge.... |
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Post by Gone on Jan 29, 2020 20:24:31 GMT
Here in Brazil, there aren’t really any military re-enactments. We didn’t really fight any major battles in Brazil aside from the ones in the War of Independence.
It’s probably a combination of the lack of good education, the country being pacifist, and the fact that many believe we don’t have time for re-enactments. Most people just know that Pedro I declared independence, fought the war and won. They don’t know how it was on the battlefield, what the major battles were.
Many Brazilians are also unaware that the country was an empire in the 19th century, thus they also don’t know about the Paraguayan War and that it was one of the events that marked Pedro II's rule.
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Jan 6, 2021 11:36:55 GMT
I am working on a school paper on the topic of historical reenactment in the US and UK. However, I am not very sure what sources to use for that, and any recommendations would be wonderful.
In order to make it easier, this is what I have to cover:
- a brief history of reenactment in the two countries
- types of reenactment events
- types of reenactors (like how seriously do they treat the topic, from "farbs" to "progressives"
- media support (for examples how reenactment groups have been used for historical films)
- the academical reception of reenactment
- possible controversies on the topic
I need to cover 8 pages in the work, so again, any information on the topic or where to find it would be welcome.
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Jan 7, 2021 2:37:40 GMT
I am sorry for the urged aspect of my request, but I need to find some sources quickly because our teacher has asked for a first draft of the study until Monday (at least that is the current deadline)
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