• WWI Reenactment
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[video=youtube;ot_XEXl9CTs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_XEXl9CTs[/video] pretty cool stuff and as a bonus [video=youtube;oTsswYzGNIE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTsswYzGNIE[/video]
This is pretty fucking cool stuff
[QUOTE=Michael haxz;48778528]This is pretty fucking cool stuff[/QUOTE] Relatively soon I'll be there, not enough money for equipment at the moment, but I am a provisional member of a British group. Really excited for when I do eventually get to attend.
Reenactments are the bomb. My town does a WWI reenactment but it's really itty bitty
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;48779545]Reenactments are the bomb. My town does a WWI reenactment but it's really itty bitty[/QUOTE] at the museum I volunteer at we have a yearly military history day, and this year they wanted to do it around WWI and of course I was the one they looked to set a lot of it up. Normally we do Civil War since the house was built by a guy who was a surgeon in the Civil War :v: I ended up emailing nearly every group that's a part of the GWA, and we ended up having a couple groups be able to attend, one from local and one that has membership spattered about. One guy from the local group (who are A.E.F.) brought his German impression so at least we had a single Kraut, and then the other group who showed up is the one I'm a provisional member of. It was nice, and the people that showed up enjoyed it a lot, and I ended up starting something I've wanted to do forever. The one real obstacle for me now is monetary, they have some loaner equipment but I'd still need to buy my own PO8 Webbing and boots to start off, of which cost about $250 and $200 respectively. Why do I have to want to have an expensive hobby and be in college at the same time? :v:
Yeah, reenacting is not a cheap hobby. I mean I do WWII, and I dumped about $1250-1350 on my uniform and equipment, and this isn't even counting a rifle/munition. I can't imagine what it's like for Great War stuff since you're basically forced to use reproduction stuff.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;48779718]Yeah, reenacting is not a cheap hobby. I mean I do WWII, and I dumped about $1250-1350 on my uniform and equipment, and this isn't even counting a rifle/munition. I can't imagine what it's like for Great War stuff since you're basically forced to use reproduction stuff.[/QUOTE] Going by everything on the regimental shopping list for required gear (not even accounting extra stuff to really make your impression shine) it's roughly the same without the rifle and munitions. There are guys who are lucky enough to find some original equipment, though it's normally just stuff like bayonets and slings.
Personal items (razors, cigarette holders, mirrors, etc.) are really a one-off sorta buy. Most of the time at public reenactments there are vendors and you have the opportunity to browse for things. Really the biggest costs come from the uniform itself as opposed to equipment. Wools (for Germans) rack up cash wise real fast
Yeah, the biggest costs for the British impression (sans weapon) is the webbing, boots, and uniform itself. Everything else is under 100 bucks, with most of it really being under 50, at least for essential stuff.
I've been wanting to get into Great War reenacting because the period (late 19th-early 20th century) is simply fascinating, but I've found no groups even remotely close (Texas and Southeast)to me that do it. Being in Texas, it's always either World War 2, The Texas Revolution, or The Civil War. Not that there's anything wrong with those periods, but it feels like "Hoo-rah, *insert national/regional pride*" and just the fact it's overdone.
One thing I've always wondered about these kinds of reenactments. How do you know if somebody is killed? They don't fire airsoft or anything by the looks of it, same goes for civil war reenactments. Do they just decide to drop dead at some point when it seems logical or what?
[QUOTE=CommanderPT;48780877]One thing I've always wondered about these kinds of reenactments. How do you know if somebody is killed? They don't fire airsoft or anything by the looks of it, same goes for civil war reenactments. Do they just decide to drop dead at some point when it seems logical or what?[/QUOTE] usually its all scripted
[QUOTE=CommanderPT;48780877]One thing I've always wondered about these kinds of reenactments. How do you know if somebody is killed? They don't fire airsoft or anything by the looks of it, same goes for civil war reenactments. Do they just decide to drop dead at some point when it seems logical or what?[/QUOTE] Depends, public events are generally fairly scripted so at a certain point a bunch of people on one side or another will stop dropping. Can also be situational too, like say your musket just keeps misfiring, your officer might just ask you to drop (saw that happen recently). The Newville Spring and Fall tactical for WWI is a private event, correct me if I'm wrong, because of that there's a bit more leeway in what happens on the ground in terms of personnel, but there's still a general schedule of when things are going to happen (in terms of attacks and drill), as such from what I've been able to gather it's more of whenever you want that seems reasonable, and of course since it's not a public event you can get back into it fairly quickly.
[QUOTE=EdvardSchnitz;48781108]usually its all scripted[/QUOTE] With the reenactment I was at, it went "Okay the British are going to force us out of the town so we're going to lose. Die if you want, but we need to be out by the time the Brits get past the Cafe". And you'd call your own hits, basically. But it really varies, and this was a public event too. @bdd458: Tactical events are really different and also the same. There's more, well, tactics and strategy involved as well as more in-depth involvement in terms of movements, but the firing rules are generally the same
I worded it badly, what I meant was that the individuals have slightly more leeway in when they choose to die, but yea. I think it was last month they started drawing up the plans for November in Newville. My friend is going, so he'll have to give me all the details since I can't go this year.
[QUOTE=bdd458;48781211]I worded it badly, what I meant was that the individuals have slightly more leeway in when they choose to die, but yea. I think it was last month they started drawing up the plans for November in Newville. My friend is going, so he'll have to give me all the details since I can't go this year.[/QUOTE] Yeah no problem. I'm headed to my first tactical in October, which is going to be sick radical. Honest to god curious to see how a WWI tactical would work. Would they be doing conventional or mobile warfare? The trench battles would be really odd to simulate in a tactical.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;48781226]Yeah no problem. I'm headed to my first tactical in October, which is going to be sick radical. Honest to god curious to see how a WWI tactical would work. Would they be doing conventional or mobile warfare? The trench battles would be really odd to simulate in a tactical.[/QUOTE] This is from the schedule for the Spring tactical (I've cut it down a bit) [quote]Friday: 700pm-1100pm Occupy Trenches. (Units that fail to stay on the line until 1100pm will be given work details on Saturday. It is important that we as a Company remain at strength throughout the event) 700pm Stand to 1100-200am Company Social, Chez de Borders (The drinking will cease at 200am. We need everyone able in the morning. Units that fail to make morning inspection with the majority of their men will be held off the front line, they will instead be assigned work detail until they are at full strength and sober.) 600am (Dawn) –Stand To 605am- Company Dawn Attack (pending battalion approval) 700am-745am Breakfast in the front line. (Combat is potential during this time) 900am Occupy Trenches/ second Stand to 900am-1000pm Combat Operations/ Company organized work parties/ Trench improvements/ Living History Scenarios 100pm-300pm – No. 9 (UK) Platoon Training – Rear Training Area. No. 10 Platoon occupies C Company Line. 700pm Third Stand to 1000pm Combat ceases. (All units need to stay on the line until 1000pm. If a unit has no ammo left they will come as a unit to the company HQ (location TBD) They will be inspected by a member of the command and dismissed from the trenches. This is the only reason a unit will be allowed to leave the trenches before 1000pm. Units that leave the trenches early without clearing the Company will be held off the line and perform work details in November.)[/quote] There's a lot of training and such in between a lot of that. Generally it's Trench era stuff though.
Where's the reenactment of Trenchfoot and shellshock?!?
[QUOTE=hoodtocoast;48781317]Where's the reenactment of Trenchfoot and shellshock?!?[/QUOTE] you actually can get trenchfoot from reenacting too long also, i think people act out shellshock in mock hospitals, at least in the reenactments of occupied towns. the army hospitals in those are usually filled with reenactors acting out injuries
oh my god i would love to fly one of those aircraft. that would be an incredible experience
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