#combate viking

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Consider this as your annual reminder to 10000% join your local SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) if you're into the middle ages (Anywhere in the world, you don't *just* have to do vikings/norse/europe, it's just pretty common to lmao), crafting, sword fighting(or any other type of fighting, they've got lots!), sewing, cooking, art, dressing up in cool period accurate(or even just semi accurate, I've heard a lot of places aren't *SUPER* picky as long as you make an effort to dress appropriate for the period)!!!

My sister and I joined our local chapter about 6 months ago and it's amazing so far! We jsut went to our first actual event (a 6 hour drive away bc we live in the middle of nowhere) outside of monthly meetings and it was so friggin fun!

We learned how to make (Finnish/Lithuanian/Latvian/Estonian) spiral ornaments for clothing or decoration(the square looking thing below), learned how to make a silver ring from some fine silver wire, learned how to make a 12 strand braid with wrapped ends, and made a few friends while we were there! I've also learned how to use a lucet fork (honestly kinda like a loomband bracelet but with string lmao), a tablet weaving loom, and I'll be learning how to weave wire to make necklaces, how to brew mead, and a few traditional recipes from the other members, too!

So if any of that sounds fun or interesting, consider joining! Our group meets once a month on the third Thursday, but your local group might be different, I linked the website for the sca down below this, so definitely contact them and jump down this rabbit hole, I promise it's worth it!

This metal square thing is a spiral ornament! It's sewn onto clothes, aprons, bags, anything you'd like!

This is my first by-myself tablet weaving! It's a pattern found in the oseberg viking mounds(not sure if 'hat's 'mounds' is the right word but I've seen it used so oop-), creative liberties taken with the yellow border and the colors obv.

https://www.sca.org/about/kingdoms/

SCA's main website(which can be a little confusing to navigate at first), and the link to find your kingdom(so you can find your group easier, but def check out the other parts of the website too, it's got great info!)! You should be able to find your kingdom and local group by clicking the area that your state/area fall under! I know it says there's a fee, but I don't think it's mandatory right away (it wasn't for our group), and if you have troubles paying it, talk to the group and explain your situation, thy might have funds to pay for you instead! (our group has mentioned several times that they have the funds to pay for our memberships of we decide this is something we'd like to do long term!)

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The Viking Duel by Fortunino Matania

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25 novembre 885 : siège de Paris par les Normands ➽ http://bit.ly/Siege-Paris-Normands Après leur défaite par les milices de la Neustrie, en 884, les Normands restèrent pendant une année sans reparaître sur les rives de la Seine. Ils y revinrent en 885, et entrèrent dans le fleuve avec sept cents vaisseaux à voiles, et un nombre d’autres petits navires si considérable qu’ils « couvraient les eaux de la Seine sur un espace d’un peu plus de deux lieues »

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USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) - 1 April 1981

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Swedish Marines with a traditional combat axe.

[aelianur]

Some snaps from Brokkarlag's Blod og Vin in Barcelona last month. Western style fighting is a bit too soft for me but appreciate all the new friends made and the lovely reception from the Catalunyans.

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[educationaldm]

Matt Easton (@ScholaGladiatoria) takes a look at Norse Sagas to better understand Viking combat.

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[beeapocalypse]

lot of ppl i follow are getting into lancer. starting to get osmosis-thoughts abt it now lol

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How Historically Accurate is Skyrim?

How Historically Accurate is Skyrim? [Published Nov 2014] #Gaming #Blog #History #ElderScrolls

I began to play Skyrim for the first time last week. After finally jumping onto the bandwagon the game loaded me into a much more literal wagon, and announced that I was to be executed; a bad way to start a Wednesday evening. I was then told that another passenger was the true ‘High King’ of Skyrim. “That’s convenient!” A cynical voice in my head crowed, “Fancy being in the same cart as the…

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[francepittoresque]

25 novembre 885 : siège de Paris par les Normands ➽ http://bit.ly/Siege-Paris-Normands Après leur défaite par les milices de la Neustrie, en 884, les Normands restèrent pendant une année sans reparaître sur les rives de la Seine. Ils y revinrent en 885, et entrèrent dans le fleuve avec sept cents vaisseaux à voiles, et un nombre d’autres petits navires si considérable qu’ils « couvraient les eaux de la Seine sur un espace d’un peu plus de deux lieues »

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