Hi everyone!
I’m Viktória Laukó from Hungary, but I'd rather be called Viki. I haven’t spoken German since secondary school but I’ve already started to brush up on it. However, this little ’report’ of mine would still be in English since it’s much faster for me.
Anyway, this summer there will be a small bunch of incoming Hungarian people, some of whom would like to be part of the Landsknecht camp and accompany Sonir Norend on his mighty duty, if possible. This year would also be my first DrachenFest.
Next month I’d like to order the materials for my Kampfrau/Trossfrau project, so until then I’d like to show you my concept and ask for your opinions. Of course, I’ll upload WIP photos as soon as I’d be able to start working on this outfit.
I’ve studied many woodcuts (~holzschnitte), blogs, articles and some books on this topic, as well as other historical images and descriptions, mainly in German and English. In the end, I’ve decided on making an outfit based on the sources about this historical era around 1520-1540. I’d like to create my outfit based on the following woodcut dated back to ~1535-
I’ve made a 29-page-long summary about the different details with many pictures but it’s in Hungarian and I’m no sure that I should post all of it here.
So I’ll just show the main parts of the concept.
The ’dress’ itself
The colors of the skirt and bodice would be red and yellow with red being the main color. I will use red and yellow wool for them and they’d be lined with linen. The same linen would be visible through the slashes. I’m not sure about the linen’s color yet – Sonir suggested green. I will use simple '/' slashes as shown on the woodcut. As for the closing, I’ve yet to decide whether to use lacing or hooks and eyes. Which one would be better?
I’m also thinking about adding some slashes to the elbow parts, too.
(scource: Ehefrau eines Landsknechts ~1530)
The chemise/Hemd
It would be made of white linen and will have a high neck collar.I’d like to try honeycomb smocking for it as it’s shown on my main woodcut.
Hose and Schuhe
Would be made of wool, not sure about the color yet. Won’t be striped, they’d be in one color (on the chosen woodcut they are also in one color). I’d also like to add a pair of linen socks, based on Whilja’s. This way the wool would hopefully worn out slower, would last longer. My pair of Kuhmaulschuh would be also made by us, we’ll use leather for it.
(source: Erhard Schön, Schneider und Neterin ~1520/30)
Extra stuff
[li]Head: I’d like to make a birgitta cap, using white linen.[/li]
[li]Tellerbarret:Would like to use the main woodcut’s concept with ostrich feathers. Maaaaany feathers. I’m not sure about the color, yet.[/li]
[li]Gollar:I’m not sure whether I’d have the time to make a gollar, too, we’ll see. Basically I'd like to create one.[/li]
The pattern
As for the pattern, I’ve purchased some from Reconstructing History. I’ll use them as the base and make some modifications and editing to match my ideas and concept. I'd like to order my materials, at least the wool at the beginning of next month. We're thinking about stoffe.de, but if you have better suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.
That’s it for now. Thank you for reading it and feel free to add any comments or ideas.