Nun wimple

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#22

Last year on the Bloth I was wearing bright green dress with bright yellow decorations, and a white wimple-like thingy. My Russian friends, looking at the picture, said I looked like nun.
But the most funny was the intonation. It was well felt even through online text (yes, emoticons are helpful too): they felt pity for me looking that way.
Oh dear. Funny people.

Seems like white wimple is a really good thing for nun, so I’ll forget about the black one. Black will be the robe…
Authentically I’m supposed to make white cape, but I’m in doubts about that. It will get all the dirt around…

#23

EDIT: Pedantry that was not entirely accurate removed.

I think he was working up to attempting to say something cutting if we’d answered yes.

I found wearing that white cloth on my head was great for keeping cool in the heat - I would have thought that layering cloth on would be a pest, but it was more comfortable with it on. And I wear a lot of caps and such when I go out, 'cause it keeps my hair sort of under control.

#24

[quote] i usually distract them with something shiny and scarper.
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roflmao. for some reason this comment almost made me fall off my chair. thanks for the visual imagery! :slight_smile:

#25

Found an amazing amount of nun costumes examples here.
It’s a catalog of nun fashion in the last thousand years… :laughing:

#26

Nifty. :slight_smile:

The ones with red were very dramatic. Some of the veils looked incredible!

#27

Pedning GM approval, I’m not gonna be a nun after all - so now I’m wondering: what do slum kids from Jerusalem wear?

#28

Rags?

#29

Yeah, but how do you actually make rags??? 13th century rags no less. And make them in such a way that they hide the fact that I’m wearing thermals underneath cos it’s WINTER. And how will I survive with no shoes…

#30

Make your rags out of wool. If you keep your head and kidneys covered in heavy wool, being a bit ragged elsewhere will be okay.

#31

I would’ve thought that peasant gear is pretty much stock standard throughout yonder middle ages. A tunic and a big heavy skirt are about all you need. Make them out of not-so-pretty materials to convey yon impoverished look.

It just does not get easier than peasant costumes. :smiley:

#32

For impoverished footwear in cold weather, you could wear warm shoes (even sneakers) and bind them in rags.

#33

I was thinking even MORE impoverished than that - especially since I’m coming from a hot country. And believe me: the Holy Land in summer - you’d be quite happy wandering around in your underwear.
Still - maybe someone nice gave me warm clothes so I wouldn’t die wherever in the world the game is meant to take place.
Good tip about the shoes - that might just work, thanks!

#34

If you work for St Wolfgang I would assume they took care of you. A good option can be warm very plain-looking and not new-looking clothes that is obviously of a bigger size that you need (or actually the obviously smaller will do the trick as well). Then you’ll look as if someone else gave you their clothes out of charity reasons. And how you call it when you attach a piece of fabric to the clothes to cover the hole? Those things would be nice too.
Plus, I don’t think they teleported you to Europe straightly from the Holy Land, so you have a right to have found something warm on the way there.

#35

They’re called patches. And they would look good.

#36

Perfect excuse for having good clothes: I stole 'em off a dead guy

#37

Mordavians - all together now…

#38

" why thank you i stole it from a dead man"

#39

Errr, have I accidentlly stumbled upon something here? I hope I haven’t woken the beast…

#40

Yep. Once upon a time, in the land of Mordavia, there was a character called Count von Braun. He was a big, scary vampire, a very powerful noble and as always when you get very powerful and dignified people, you get people wanting to take the piss out of them. In this story, that person was the character Baron Underwood, the very ignoble ruler of the town of Berium who got bored one evening and decided to play a prank. With the help of an alchemist, he brewed up a potion that meant that whoever drank it would be forced to say “Thank you, I stole it from a dead man.” every time he was complimented or agreed with. Baron Underwood slipped this potion to Count von Braun and it became one of the running jokes of Mordavia.

Count von Braun: I think we should all go and get some sleep.
Baron Underwood: An excellent idea, your Grace.
Count von Braun: through gritted teeth Thank you, I stole it from a dead man.

#41

“I like your helmet”
“Nice hair my lord”
“You have a very attractive retainer”
“I heard gossip about the size of whats under your cod peice and I’m very impressed”

Equal with the “Von Braun, Von Braun” potion (the peseants had a field day with that one)