nah they're prob like, damn today? im young as hell!

I had not considered that, oops haha. It was a red vs blue army situation, and since the video is from the POV of blue army's cavalry, and they defeat the reds, it made sense at the time... Ah well.

Funnily enough, it's not that far off. In the 1960s, the famous Soviet film director Sergei Bondarchuk approached the Soviet Army with a request - to use some of the army's last remaining cavalry units to portray the French and Russian cavalry charges in "War and Peace." In response, the army created an entire unit - the 11th separate cavalry regiment. The men of this regiment would be trained in Napoleonic era tactics, and would perform in 19 films during its existence, most famously of course the aforementioned "War and Peace" (1967), but also "Waterloo" (1970), an international production with Soviet, Italian, French, American, Canadian, and British crews all contributing. Later on, they'd expand their repertoire - by the end of the regiment's existence they've pretty much done everything from the Crusades to the Napoleonic Wars to World War II.

​@@DawidKovcheers to the Red army of working men and peasants !

Thank you for that high compliment!

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Lol, the pov camera looked exactly the same as your view in KCD.

+ Farm simulator on the background. But, seriously, imagine such graphisms for KCD 2 ?!

Thank you for your kind words! A supercut of all the POV footage is a bit too much (nearly an hour in total) but now that I have a bit more time I'll see what I can do to upload a more strategy focused edit.

Yea as long as there are tents so we would last longer

DEATH! DEATH! ....oh, okay, then just tap him with the lance if you wish

Haha yes, that would have been funny as an alternative ending to the skirmish.

the second armour for 'arrow vs armour 2' was made in my garden: in the village under this hill. And Augusto and Toby were in the charge too, btw

You are in luck! While not a full 2 hours, the next video will be an edit of the POV without music, just tactics, armour clanking, the chaos of a skirmish, and nice scenery. Hopefully out this weekend 🤞

@@estherkok I'll definitely watch that, but what I meant was an actual movie, one with special effects and stunts. So it could have that really visceral feel as you see lances smash into people.

Ah yes, I misunderstood. I'd also watch that movie for sure!

Haha yes, a backlog is a familiar issue! The drone I use a DJI Mini 2, can highly recommend it!

@@estherkok Thank you. I am thinking about to step up my filming a bit, especially for riding parts and a drone would be a great addition, ut I still need to dig in this field.

I can neither confirm or deny any affiliations with blue army ;) To be fair and give credit where it is due, red team defeated blue team on the first day, but the gopro battery unfortunately gave out before that moment.

Thank you for your interest! I'm working on a full cavalry edit, no music, with the tactics/commands included, which will also contain the charge. So keep an eye out for the next video!

@@estherkok thanks!

​@@estherkokI'll be looking forward to this!

Please do, the music is good but alot of people would like to hear the raw steel and horses sounded like

We used rubber heads. And pine lances, not ash ones. But the number one factor for safety is riding ability and lance control. Training and good sense cannot sobstitute any rueset or safety precautions.

You don't, this absolutely isn't safe. Looks dope, though.

It’s all fun and games till a horse loses an eye.

There's a huge reenactment in Grunwald, Poland every july. You may need to contact some Polish group for info about participation, but it's definitely worth seeing even from audience :D

@@stachwel5547 oh is that Grunwald?? I know it! I would certainly be able to join in the infantry, I was referring rather to the cavalry reenactment!

A number of things would tell you whos friend or foe, heraldry, colours, flags, banners, shields, armor etc

@@DiamondxCyborg Yes, and other than the banners carried behind the first rank, they have none of these. Well armour, but that would mean you'd have to know the armour of everyone within your unit.

You can check out the website of the event (feldlager.eu), which contains a link to the Facebook group. Depending on your interest and area, you might find some groups there that you can join for the next edition. Getting started is usually a matter of finding a nice group that can give you more info on what gear is needed for the time period etc. Good luck, hope you find some likeminded people!

Unfortunately, siege engine being in the name, they weren’t used in fields generally. Field cannons DID exist by this period, but they were rarer, seeing as I THINK (not sure) this looks like the 1420-30s, given their gear.

we had cannons at the siege, and siege ladders and a stormram, when we assaulted the gates, there is a seperate vidoe of that part of the event the cannons had no way of getting up those hills quickly. the handgunners could, here hand in hand with crossbowmen

@@TheBetterBleedingBladesKZfaq the event was aiming for 1475, most people are pretty close to that date.

@@airnt Ahh alright. I still need to significantly increase my knowledge of later medieval armor and stuff… really unfortunate I missed the mark by so much!

that would be a brilliant sight to see @@airnt

Cavalry alone about 1 milion in armour and saddles, the horses are that again, the camp that again, the infantry about 2 milion in gear... Yeah, about that

Germany, next edition is probably in 2025, but keep an eye out on the website for future editions: feldlager.eu/

the groups who join are always looking for new people. often it requires a lot of training and coaching getting the gear etc. A full 'knightly' representation is rather a big ask, but there are many less ambitious protrayals that you can start with. it depends a lot where you are based, but there are participants in here from Australia, USA, and all over Europe. do you want to ride or fight as infantry? the full get up involves: -historical clothing and armour underclothing, shoes, belts pouches -tentage, bedding and historical recepticals, pots , cutlery -weapons (swords bows, crossbows, lances, pikes, halbards, pollaxes) -armour -horse... bridle, saddle, horse armour, in this event i actually supplied the tents and stables for the horses present, as well as several tents for long distance visitors. often groups will pool tents witht he newer guys in the group. a basic kit can be about 1000€ or so realisitically. A full knightly representation is a many year process (part of the fun) and costs a great deal more. having said that, several of the riders here are riding horses we lent them out, on saddles we supplied with horsearmours we had for the animal and with armours even that i uppliued them with, using lances and swords i lent them. making things, training the tactics and the skills, the martial arts, the riding, the tentcraft, etc, is all part of it

It's the Feldlager at the Brandenburg (feldlager.eu/). There is another edition planned for 2025, so check out the website in a while for more updates about that.

saved the page, will attend 100%, thanks for the info mate@@estherkok