Links & inspiration

This forum is the place to share all the cool links you have found that can help your fellow larpers.

SHOPS
One of the best professional tailors you can find, that has experience from making larp and steam punk suits (in Swedish):
http://www.mytomsydd.se/
Get you suit for Clockbottom from No Clock (in Swedish):
http://noclock.se
Steampunk emporium, Gentlemans emporium and Western emporium. Cheap sources for clothes that can be suitable for the larp.http://www.steampunkemporium.com/steam.php http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/gentlemans.phphttp://www.westernemporium.com/western.php
Historiska Kompaniet – steam punk gear, in Swedish
http://historiskakompaniet.se/
East Coast Quartermasters Suttlery – soldiers’ uniforms
http://eastcoastquartermasters.com/american-civil-war/uniforms.html
Fall Creek Suttlery – soldiers’ uniforms
http://www.fcsutler.com/
Uncle Sam Suttlery – soldiers’ uniforms
http://unclesamsutlery.com/
Military Clothing, see their civil war stuff
http://www.militaryclothing.com/
Old Western Store – see their civil war stuff, in Swedish
http://oldwesternstore.se/

HISTORY LINKS
Stokes almanac of fashion and data from the Civil war http://www.retronaut.com/2014/03/stokes-illustrated-almanac-fashion/
National Coal Museum for England – 19th century coal mining and other fact sheets
http://www.ncm.org.uk/learning/mining-factsheets
The official history of the Cherokee nation
http://www.cherokee.org/AboutTheNation/History.aspx
Cherokee on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee
Civil war soldiers – information and letters
http://www.soldierstudies.org/index.php?action=webquest_1
Civil war life – Union infantrymen at camp
http://garytameling.hubpages.com/hub/American-Civil-War-Life-Union-Infantryman-Life-In-Camp-Introduction-and-Army-Indoctrination-Camps-of-Instruction
Women spies during the war
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-spies-of-the-civil-war-162202679/
American Indians who fought in the Civil War
http://melpor.hubpages.com/hub/Native-Americans-Fought-in-The-Civil-War-Too
Civil war laundresses
http://melpor.hubpages.com/hub/WasherWomanCivilWar
Manly friendship in 19th century pictures
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2012/07/29/bosom-buddies-a-photo-history-of-male-affection/

OTHER LINKS
Gilham’s manual for civil war drill
http://www.acws.co.uk/gilhams/
Operation Java – another larp by Bruk i baljan, in Swedish
http://operationjava.se/

I have found this one, with alot of civilwar items: medievalcollectibles -dot- com

cant post link, because Im a new member - would have been nice to know beforehand

Hmm.. that is odd. I will look into that. Thanks for letting us know!

//Forum admin


Edit:
Found the default option which prevented users active less than 1 week to post links and deactivated it. It should work now.