#a&s

[jortschronicles]

Clothing of the 14th Century: an unreasonably deep dive

Hosting the costuming presentation for the Norman Medieval Fair on this blog so it can be shared to the mailing list.

#arts & sciences #a&s #sca #society for creative anachronism #nmf #norman medieval fair #historical costuming

[20th-century-railroading]

Alton & Southern #1511 & #1510

SW 1500s 1511 & 1510 @ Gratiot Street Tower in St Louis, MO. (Jan. 1980)

#a&s #alton & southern #1980 #trains #freight train #history #st louis #missouri

[lykania-ribe]

Playing around with fusing the murine and mosaic chips before raping into a bead, also played with making cut beads with mosaics.

#lykania #sca #a&s

[coelestino]

Working through my landsknecht tellerbarret.

Hand-me-down reed/straw hat brim cut and reinforced with wire on the brim and crown.

Wool cut, and slashed planned out.

Yellow linen cut and wool slashed. I was worried the linen was going to be too sheer and not contrast against the black as it should, but even the one layer of it pops really nicely.

The yellow linen won out over blue or red suiting wool. Those ended up being just a little too undersaturated, they wouldn't quite give that nice contrast I was looking for.

Part 1/Part 2/Part 3

#landsknecht #tellerbarret #sca #historical costume #a&s

[partyinthemysterymachine]

If they married what would their last name be? Two Masons? Sunderlands? I kinda doubt they would double-barrel the surname, cause of Mary. Boy does Munderland sound ridiculous. Imagine if they swapped surnames just to mess with people; someone would call for Mr Mason (hoping for a certain author) then James would just appear. Or maybe they'd just keep their surnames.

..... so i actually rly love talking about this, LOL

bc ACKTSHUALLY, i like to think that they'd go with the hyphenated name - like Mason-Sunderland, in particular. >:3c

tho here and there i've written it in as Sunderland-Mason, and I've actually used only the surname "Mason" for a&s (but also, don't worry about knowing what a&s stands for, bc i promise that it'll only tear ur heart out <;3 RIGHT, @magnolian-gold??? ........ right. >:)))cc) ), but for my own uses and preference, honestly go with the surname Mason-Sunderland. :3c! .. >:3c!

again, i don't post much about it, but Mason-Sunderland is primarily used in the event of -adjacent (an au that is formally called sh-adjacent (as it was in my Notes docs)), and if and when i decide to write some more of my random AUs in which Harry and James are an endgame :3c which there are a lot. .. i have a lot, oh GOD, do i have a lot--

.. but anywhoo: yeah. them's my two cents :3c

hope u enjoyed!! (and i'll add the tags for a&s as well as -adjacent in case u dare to go tag spelunking with this, too >:3c (tho be forewarned for this now-- my "-adjacent" au is NOT GOOMT-compatible, because while it is sort of an offshoot of GOOMT, the timelines and characters have been altered and are NOT the same, with a big, primary difference being that Harry is now trans, and short (demoted to 5'8" 😔 pls pay ur respects in hitting that F in the chat for the poor guy)m and James is, like, well........ Huge. like 6'6" huge. .. yeah. :) and good for him!!!! :3c!)

(and while on that note, too, a&s is also an au that i share with a friend (namely @magnolian-gold, LOL, if it wasn't obvious enough), and contains a LOOOOOOT of Super Sad, And Possibly Triggering Content™️ (such as, including, and not limited to: mentions of self-harm; suicide; grieving and mourning; two men being horribly tragic; and, to top it all off and spin a happier light on the mountain of Hard Things.........: Ridiculous Amounts Of Fluff And Happy Family Hours™️™️ :)!!!)

ANYWHOO. LOL. so YEAH. hope u enjoyed that lil (happy) rant :3c hehe. and idk!! i LOVE the idea that they like to be huge dicks and trolls and swap surnames around, just for the hell of it. i totally imagine that they'd like to be Big Jokesters and fool around with everybody; that's totally in line with what i think their (eventual) marriage would be like >:3c it's really no WONDER where Heather gets her wicked streak, LOL

(tho ok, in addendum: it WOULD be PRETTY FUCKING FUNNY for Harry and James to go with Gail Waters-Waters route and do Mason-Mason or Sunderland-Sunderland (going off ur initial starting comment of Two Masons or Sunderlands), bc that shit would be fucking MINT, LOL!! AAAHHHHH, good times....; and then good times were had by aaaalllll.... >:3ccccccc!!!!)

ANYWAY CHEERS, MATE, AND THANK UUUUU AGAIN SO MUUUUHHHCHHHH ILUUUUUUU~~ ���💖💖💖💖💖🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺🙏🥺��🥚🥚🥚💖💖💖🥚🥚🥚🥚!!!!

#ches writes #a&s #adjacent #>:\ aGAIN i want to put this with the character tags but i DON'T want to clog up the main tags and RRGGGHGHGHGHGHHHH-- ah w/e #harry mason #james sunderland #FUKIT enjoy <3 #TY AGAIN ANON ILUUUUUUUUUUUUU--- #(hi tags!! ... sorry tags!!! :3c?? kiss kiss ilu222222222~~)

[k1ngdomfa11]

Happy Birthdays belated to us this month.

<3

Made this of us, not really my best work but I had to make this *kisses*

💙+💚 🎂🎉

#A&S #my art #The Pillar Project #hope you've had a good birthday babylove #* kisses * #I'll edit this and give it more depth but I just had a stroke of inspiration #<3

[stone-and-glass]

#st pattys day #st patricks day #SCA #Irish #Norse #Lykania #a&s #Coin Art

[laerling]

Starting a new journey; 100 days of Arts & Science work. 10 minutes per day, of anything related to crafting, arts, research, etc. Daily learning and creating break. Day One: working on finishing the group Canton Embroidery Project for the Barony of Ramshaven kneeling pillow, and German practice on Duolingo. (This is an initiative in the Arts & Science community of the Society for Creative Anachronism.)

#100DaysOfA&S #SCA #Embroidery #ealdormere #ramshaven #a&s

[nerdygaymormon]

#mattxiv #lgbtqia #queer history #most would be in their 50’s & 60’s today

[bloodstainedmuzzle]

Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023) Leon S. Kennedy [ 1 / ??? ]

#Resident Evil #Resident Evil 4 #Resident Evil 4 Remake #REmake4 #Leon S. Kennedy #Leon Kennedy #RE4 #survival horror #residenteviledit #gamingedit #video games #videogamemen #dailygaming #my gif #my edit #loyal guard dog ~ ♥ #*LeeleeRE

[jortschronicles]

Coronet V: Sheep and Bears

Armiger Runa Bjarki fought for me at Vindheim's fifth coronet tournament, after fighting for me for the first time at Vindheim's fourth coronet tournament.

This will be a bit more of a costuming diary than anything, detailing my process from design, to drafting, to learning new arts, to the finished project, and what I learned along the way.

Our arrangement began prior to Vindheim's 4th coronet tournament, arranged by my wife and Runa's teacher much in the style of an arranged marriage. Runa would fight for me in exchange for me making our coronet garb, giving me an excuse to step up my garb game and enjoy some pomp and circumstance and giving Runa a growing closet of fancier garb. Our arrangement stipulated that I get to make Runa wear Pink, sometimes at least.

Our first outfits were pink and orange with black accents, which is TECHNICALLY Vindheim colors (dark Or, light gules, and sable :P) and includes the pink and orange which I have become associated with in the kingdom. These outfits would not have been possible without Dvorianka Anastasiia and Boiarynia Koia, who loaned me veils and undergowns, gave me instructions on drafting and assembly, and zhuzhed me incessantly day of to make sure the Rus impression was both up to their standards of accuracy and made me feel pretty.

A fun fact about this procession, we were the first ostensibly f/f entrant couple in a Vindheim coronet tournament, we were dressed as lesbian flags, and our procession was riddled with pride flags. Overall, a good day.

I created the following patterns for Runa's and my outfits, respectively:

Our arms:

Time passed, the second coronet tournament was fast approaching, and per our agreement, the next set of outfits would be Vindheim/ Free Company / Runa's own colors. Rather than struggling with pens and sketching over and over and over, this time I simply made "dress up dolls" in GIMP to present design ideas to my fighter, which included the following:

I cannot recommend this process enough. I just sketch outlines of my design on paper, upload into GIMP, adjust levels and brightness, then set the alpha channel to white. Under the lines layer, I make a series of layers in neon colors of each of the "sections" of color I might want to adjust, which allows me to bucket fill to make different designs.

After selecting a design, I obtained stamp carving supplies and sent them to Runa for her to carve my fleece and her bear, the animate charges in our arms, to be applied to the final product.

I commissioned trim by trade from a local to me, Lady Kenda, to accent the borders of the red facings. I only asked for 6 yards. This would prove to be a mistake, although the trim itself was LOVELY

My first attempts to use the stamps were...fraught. Many inappropriate jokes were made about the sheep, in particular. Koia and Anastasiia troubleshooted the problem remotely and provided better paint, respectively, resulting in the superior stamping on the right.

Not a single picture I've taken captures the depth and warmth of the brown in the bears, unfortunately. In natural light, they're clear, vibrant, and a warm coffee brown. In every photo i've taken, they're barely there. With stamping conquered, so began the cutting, serging, and assembly.

I used the crimson and the black linen from OKC fabric market, which are both soft, mid-weight linens with an apparently short staple, but are plenty affordable for my needs. After cutting and labeling all t he pieces with chalk, I ran them through the serger to keep the pieces from fraying while I work. This also let's me be lazy and not do any seam finishing at the end of the proecess, when I may be very pressed for time.

I prefer to attach the two body pieces at the shoulders and apply the neck facing ASAP, as it's easier to cut and turn before the entire tunic is assembled. I also attached the facing to the cuffs before attaching the cuffs. I lay everything flat, attaching gores to the sides of the gown and tunic, then I run one seam each up from the hem to the cuff. The exception to this is the side on which I include my pocket, since I like to have my phone, emergency meds, eye drops, and lip balm on me at events. Runa's tunic does not have this pocket, but her pants have both the cell phone pocket and the Jameson pocket. I should make a post about these pants at some point ;)

I didn't bother turning in the edges on much of the facings of my gown, anticipating applying trim over the top. Then I looked at how much trim I had left, and quickly decided to trim both of our sleeves, the bottom of my skirt, and the neck facing on Runa's tunic.

To the places I did not actually add trim, I embroidered the edge with a tacked herringbone stitch to add visual interest. Luckily, it turns out this particular design delights my fighter, is fairly strong, and has a very pleasant texture to the little hamsters in the brain.

Overall, I'm incredibly satisfied with this result and look forward to wearing so much Rus in the future. I finally feel comfortable enough with the construction of both of these tunics to offer them on commission locally.

Some more glamor shots:

Endless thanks to Dvorianka Anastasiia Dmitrieva Sokolova and Boiarynia Koia Karasova, my Rus Mamas and tolerators of many midnight questions about stamping and styling.

So what am I on to next? Med Fair cotehardies. I'm currently handsewing the supportive underdress for my own impression. Fingers crossed I maintain my sanity!!

#sca #society for creative anachronism #a&s #arts & sciences #historical costuming

[20th-century-railroading]

Alton & Southern - East St. Louis, IL by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: A&S SW1500 No. 1511 is coupled to the only MP15 on the roster, No. 1522, while A&S SW1500 No. 1502 works behind at Gateway Yard, in September 1986.

#a&s #alton & southern #cnw #chicago & north western #1986 #trains #freight train #history #east st louis #illinois

[lykania-ribe]

Beads made form Tessera

#sca #lykania #a&s

[kociamieta]

a router is a type of beast. thumbs up

#i dont have the energy for anything nice but i want to draw. the curse . it s so dark in here #my art #robot

[coelestino]

Edges finished on the crown. This is the only part that was done by machine, it was just so much faster to bag stitch this one because it's a simple square.

Outer brim hand stitched. I just went around with a ladder stitch and it looks way better and more controlled than I could have gotten on a machine.

Found a cute button and stitched down the crown.

Getting very, very close!

Part 1/Part 2/

#landsknecht #tellerbarret #sca #a&s #historical costume

[krunkidile]

found you a new hat.

#s m e l l y #draw your oc wearing this