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FakeSteel Armory @fakesteel.bsky.social · Apr 25

⚔️So who would you root for?⚔️

Team Knight or Team Samurai?🇪🇺🔥🇯🇵

👉 Check out an interesting video by YouTube channel Dequitem, where they tried to stage such a non-choreographed fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=umLz... 👈

#samurai #knight #duel

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · Jun 25

Some digital art I did for an upcoming medieval military simulation event. Check it out in instagram at lands_of_turmoil

#medieval #digitalart #15thcentury #14thcentury #cuirass #armor

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Lady Fey @littleladyfey.bsky.social · May 25

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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · May 24

Some guy on Twitter made a point of announcing that thousands upon thousands of men are descended from rapists, and we women "aren't going to like it when [they] stop asking nicely."

Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.

The painting titled Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting portrays the moment that Judith beheads Holofernes, mid act of sawing his head off with a sword. Judith grasps his hair as he lies face up on his bed and cuts the sword across to behead him while blood spurts out of his neck. Another woman helps hold him down as he attempts to resist.

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you!! I’m excited to wear it around dragon con!

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you love!

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · May 23

The doublet is made of linen, multiple layers to provide a bit of padding but is still relatively thin for armor to fit properly. For doublet and lacing it came to around 600$ after shipping

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you! I designed the garment but it was made by the Art of Steel workshop!

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · May 23

Doublet is finished and in hand!

#medieval #15thcentury #medievalclothing #armingdoublet #sword #hema #reenactment

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · Apr 21

Photographed the buckles I offer in my commissions. The few modern styles of buckle are left over and are the “economy” options. For the past 2 years I’ve only been ordering medieval buckles to maintain the quality I aspire to personally.

#leatherwork #medieval #larp #reenactment #medievalleather

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Ironlily @ironlily.bsky.social · Apr 6

omg she's not wearing luxurious bulging codpiece today...

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · Apr 3

Progress photos by the maker!!

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · Apr 3

Biiiiiiig step

#medieval #knight #buhurt #longsword #brigandine #closehelm #15thcentury

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Lady Fey @littleladyfey.bsky.social · Apr 1

QOTD: "That's the sword in the stone pose, because it's gonna take King Arthur to pull me out."

#facedownassup

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · Mar 26

Some updates on my doublet being made by the craftspeople of Art of Steel. I'm excited to see how it turns out! I used remnants of extant printed cloth to make a vector image to make the stamp they're using. I also did the sketches of the concept of doublet.

#medieval #larp #hema #15thcentury

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FakeSteel Armory @fakesteel.bsky.social · Mar 26

🤺After three months of intensive testing, Matt Easton has released a review of our foam weapons on his Schola Gladiatoria channel.⚔️

🤺The video is really interesting and we love how he breaks down each LARP weapon we sent him from a HEMA perspective.💪

youtu.be/XjV8jWWg14o?...

FUN & SAFE training weapons for SWORD FIGHTING: FakeSteel Armory REVIEWED

YouTube video by scholagladiatoria

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · Mar 2

Did a full face of goth makeup last week! Didn’t go or do anything special, just felt like dressing a bit.

#goth #gothic #tradgoth #alternative #makeup #gothmakeup #gothicmakeup #nonbinary #androgyny

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · Mar 2

Thank you! It’s also a bit different from my typical late 15th century equipment, but it’s fun kit!

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Matt Ledford @knyghtpurpel.bsky.social · Feb 24

I got to play around with my low fantasy depiction of a Norman soldier around 1200 CE for War of the Barons LARP event. My kit is inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry as well as the Morgan Bible.

#larp #medieval #knight #sword #nasalhelmet #surcoat #kiteshield #hema #gambeson #aketon