Category Archives: SCA

To Colour or Not to Colour: a treatise on digital heraldic submissions

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Rachel

As more and more heraldic submissions are accepted using digitally rendered and coloured means, the question frequently comes up in heraldic spaces: what is an acceptable digital colour palette, in either hex codes or Pantone colours? This article will discuss … Continue reading →

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Breaking Byzantine: building a Byzantine persona for the SCA

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Rachel

This originated as part of building a basic persona guide, written for the Midrealm Pursuivant’s Handbook (located here). Within that guide, I discussed the basic history of the Eastern Empire, as well as basic points of clothing, weaponry, literary references, … Continue reading →

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Omphaloskepsis: But I Can Do It Cheaper!

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Rachel

A thought. SCAdians are really bad about respecting the work of others. Hear me out. Because our culture is very much a DIY culture, it is quite easy to go “psh, I can make that – for cheaper than *that … Continue reading →

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Broke Byzantine: making a sartorial riot happen on a budget

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Rachel

All too often, when the term Byzantine and the Eastern Roman Empire are brought up in re-enactment and recreationist contexts, especially in a clothing context, we think opulence and splendour. We think “guess I’ll have to mortgage my house” or … Continue reading →

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So You Want To Start Scribal: building your scribal box

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Rachel

A lot of people in the past few weeks in the SCA scribal-verse have been asking about how to get started as a scribe in the SCA. I can really only speak as a scribe in Calontir, but the basics … Continue reading →

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Don’t Throw Away Your Shot: proposal-writing for the SCA in five Hamilton quotes

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Rachel

There are a lot of things to get outraged over, including in one’s hobby. In the time of Coronavirus, that all seems to be more magnified, as we’re all stuck at home, with very little chance of meeting our friends … Continue reading →

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The Great Gold Paint Review

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Rachel

As a scribe, I’m often asked what I use for my gold paint, and that’s where I kind of hem and haw a bit. You see, like any other art nerd, I have collected a few different supplies here and … Continue reading →

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Creative Anachronism in the Time of Corona(virus)

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Rachel

Hi all. I know, it’s been a bit since I last blogged. With the global shutdown, and with my modern job heavily tied to taking care of contingencies just like this, I didn’t have much time to devote to the … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Development in the SCA

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Rachel

This article is a companion article to my Volunteer Management in the SCA article, and is a step beyond the items covered within it. If you have not read that one, please do before going forward with this one. The … Continue reading →

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Omphaloskepsis: Anachronistic Learning in the Information Age

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Rachel

The Society for Creative Anachronism is by large a society based on information transfer, whether it be our own customs and law to how to create medieval items or even learning our method of martial art. Even with this, though, … Continue reading →

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