#pennsic

[sca-nerd]

[the-merry-otter]

Wishing everyone a very enjoyable pennsic if you choose to attend

[drizzeltheraincat]

Wishing a safe and happy Pennsic to those who celebrate.

[avaseofpeonies]

Dear Writeblr friends, every summer I attend a two-week medieval reenactment camping event (it's Pennsic War if you're interested). It's coming up very soon and from here out I'll be swamped with prep and then on vacay (plus I do want to try to get a few more chapters of Salvage written before I go) so I probably won't be back to regular activity until mid-August.

You can still tag me in stuff, but I might only manage an odd one here and there. Since it will be a while, I wouldn't want any of you to think I've dropped out completely. Thank you all for including me, I appreciate it so much!

Tagging my usual taggers: @the-golden-comet, @wyked-ao3, @gioiaalbanoart

💗💗💗

[bubbles-and-bat-wings]

Last night I dreamt that Linda Monroe and Wilbur Cross time traveled into the future and went to Pennsic, accept they were both a little more dumb than they were in canon and Pennsic was held in a big sci-fi space ship.

[ryeoduibggeannain]

a few of the photos I got at Pennsic ft. a wild cybertruck spotting that I was not expecting lmao

I didn’t take as many pictures as I wanted, but since it was my first time I really was living in the moment, and I don’t regret that

[emalinathorn]

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

Wrong, the road to hell is in Pennsylvania...

[rederiswrites]

Pennsic camp details.

[sepdet]

Oh my gods. I've had this random old film canister for years I never got around to developing and finally gave it a go. To my surprise, it's not from a 2005 trip to Greece, it's from Pennsic. Probably 1998, to judge by the fact I look like an INFANT, plus I seem to be very attached to that historically-dubious lyre which I had just acquired.

The point is, I have two photos with Robin Wood before her passing, and with Sky whose surname now escapes me.

I need to clean up these images, but I'm just so happy to see Robin again, looking like she always did when a camera tried to trap her soul. 😬 Yeah, Robin, same.

Retouched version:

I miss her. Too. Damn. Young.

(originals digitized straight out of the can):

[thatwholebrevitything]

Last night in the modern Middle Ages. What a lovely Pennsic it's been. Can't wait for next year already. ❤️

[relevant-catnik]

I'm on my way home!

[sca-nerd]

[wavefoot]

I did not estimate how much meat for the dehydrator to make jerky for Pennsic but holy shit. We’re gonna have oodles of jerky

[vindalf]

The Adventures of Vindalf#52

Naturally, "The Throne Room" from Star Wars soundtrack is playing.

[avaseofpeonies]

I hope these truck drivers who like to drive past Pennsic and blast their horns to purposely annoy us know that this whole campground is full of pagans and we're cursing them every time they do it.

TICKETS!!! TICKETS FOR YOU!!! TICKETS FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS OF YOUR FAMILY!!!

Jerks.

[greenhorn-art]

Annual enemies, eternal friends — here's the coptic bound notebook I made for Pennsic this year!

I wanted a notebook to take notes in at Pennsic, and since I've now taken up bookbinding as a hobby, thought why not make one myself? And so I decided to take a stab at coptic bookbinding (which is a period method :D )

FONTS: Alegreya (Google Fonts), The Quality Brave (DaFont)

IMAGES: Tiger from Rawpixel (ID: 6258161); Dragon from Rawpixel (ID: 6258161)

MATERIALS: Domtar Earthchoice multipurpose copy paper, cream, 11"x17" cut in half to form short grain letter-sized paper; Neenah 65lb (176gsm) cardstock, bright white; waxed linen thread, 30/3 size; 2mm binder's board; wheat paste, 1:4 flour to water.

PROGRAMS USED: Affinity Photo V2, Affinity Designer V2 (Bought Affinity during the recent summer sale. The background removal brush very useful.)

The book itself is really thin (only 2 signatures of 4 letter-sized sheets, folded folio style), but it's more than enough for what I need it for. (I also ended up making a few quarto-size notebooks for my family too!)

When designing the covers I made sure to include the important information of which Pennsic it's for, and when (in hindsight, including the society date or mundane year as well would have been nice). Then I added a tiger for the East Kingdom and a dragon for the Middle, to represent the two sides of the Pennsic War.

The covers were designed as a spread, with both covers forming the entire image. The Tiger of the East is on the right (front cover) because east is on the right of a compass. The Dragon of the Middle has a stripe behind it to reference the kingdom's arms.

When choosing the images I wanted them to have a similar art style in order to make it all look a bit more cohesive. That being said, the art for Western-style dragons did not look remotely like the tigers'. So I went with a Japanese (-esque?) art style — less accurate to the European-style heraldry (snake vs lizard dragon), but it looks nice.

I especially liked the postures of the two beasts. The tiger is making a playful bow to the dragon, which almost seems to return the gesture. And doesn't that just feel fitting for Pennsic?