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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Awsome_guy on 20 Jul 2011 19:39

Newton30 wrote:Heer or waffen-SS ? 8O

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Heer, no SS, probably Heer or mayby his a über Heer-SS?

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Sapper44 on 20 Jul 2011 23:44

Here in TX there are units that get by with as little as possible. Just enough to take the field, but not to have authentic camps. Other units have awesome camp impressions, but don't take to the field that often.
What it really comes down to is that the so/so units shows up at show battles/tactical with 8-10 guys regularly and most of there members have half ass impressions but have a blast at the events.Then there are the units with really together impressions show up every once in a while with 3-4 guys and spend most of the event complaining about other units not being up to there standards, and in general don't have a good time because the other units suck so much and that kills their buzz.
I honestly don't know what can be done, I have started to look at it this way: I go to an event, do the best impression I can, have as much fun as I can, and don't let the BS get in my way. The only thing that can kill your good time is you letting others "make" you have a bad time. You can't really change anyone else, it dosn't really help to try to restrict other units/people from attending events as it wont change the other units/people at all, just do the best YOU can and hang the rest of it.

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Siegfried Wilhelm on 22 Jul 2011 19:40

That last photo looks to me like a case of
"Heer today, goon tomorrow!"

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[for those who may not get it, this is a play on a popular English language cliche]

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby metzger76 on 31 Aug 2011 03:58

What is LQ Jones doing in that German costume.

http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/l-q-jones-picture-15074618.htm

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby LSSAH1944 on 31 Aug 2011 17:47

What unit are these guys? Heer, SS, Fallschirmjager, or Farbjager?

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Freiwilligen on 01 Sep 2011 01:36

If only we could set up a "Farb-Jager" squad...

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby LSSAH1944 on 01 Sep 2011 17:07

Sadly then we'd have to kill half of the world's reenactors :lol:

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby cpittman on 01 Sep 2011 17:57

I might point out that the word is "Jäger" or "Jaeger" and not "Jager." In any case, I would dispute the suggestion that half of the world's reenactors are farbs, unless by "farb" you mean someone who does not reach 100 pecent authenticity- in that case I would argue that all reenactors are farbs. Most units are led by experienced reenactors who understand what is right and what is not and put into place standards to ensure that a unit presents a reasonable portrayal. Different units have different levels of authenticity, some are more strict and others more lax, but a unit that fails to achieve a minimum baseline level will, in most areas, struggle to find recruits or to be invited to events and will soon disband. The unit in question, here, seems to be an exception to this rule. It seems that in their region there is zero expectation of authenticity and so something like what we see presented here continues to survive and even, apparently, to thrive. I would hope that the discussions here might provide some impetus for these reenactors to improve their impression in easy and basic ways. I would not want to attend an event where this unit is taking part.

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Berthier92 on 17 Sep 2011 02:50

my DAK unit has a great way of avoiding uniform disasters as such. our organiser buys all the correct and authentic looking uniforms and when you join for the first time, he will loan you a complete german battledress, and you slowly buy the gear which you are loaning off him until you own all of it. and with that money our organiser can buy more equipment for us
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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Dare Furor on 17 Sep 2011 04:18

Berthier92 wrote:...our organiser buys all the correct and authentic looking uniforms and when you join for the first time, he will loan you a complete german battledress, and you slowly buy the gear which you are loaning off him until you own all of it. and with that money our organiser can buy more equipment for us


Now that is a good idea.

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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Schwarz Edelweiss on 17 Sep 2011 06:40

You gotta love them, they have have spirit and thats what counts :lol:
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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Berthier92 on 17 Sep 2011 12:54

And what would you say to this man who appears to be the cousin of the long haired man inn the first photo? 8O
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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Schwarz Edelweiss on 17 Sep 2011 13:06

Wehrmacht " Hells Angels " Division , all he needs is a Harley :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby Berthier92 on 17 Sep 2011 13:08

Schwarz Edelweiss wrote:Wehrmacht " Hells Angels " Division , all he needs is a Harley :lol: :lol: :lol:


I can hear banjos playing when i see him :) it should be the " Das Harley Division"
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Re: Why is this sort of thing permitted to happen....revisit

Postby B Hellqvist on 18 Sep 2011 09:05

Heil Hickler. ;)

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