Pirates
Groups will be split up by Coloured Sash
Due to overwhelming response, and the numbers of people
wishing to participate as Pirates, the Outlaw Groupings will
now be split up with the aid of coloured sashes. This will
allow Pirate groups the freedom to oppose each other without
having to adopt distinctly different dress codes.
However, if friends and clubs wish for a look of their own,
then here are some suggestions below: - |
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Barbary Corsairs –
main period 1490 to 1640 but continuing to the early 1800s.
Turbans or Fezzes, dressed in silks and pantaloons or richly embroidered
hats (Fez shape) and cloaks as worn by Sir Francis Verney with the
Corsairs 1607-13. Authentic tents and those with a Moroccan, Tunisian,
Algerian flavour. Pistols, Scimitars and Nimchas plus axes.
Maltese Corsairs –
in 1530 the Knights of the Order of St. John were given the island
of Malta and until the 1680’s brought great wealth to the
island by attacking and raiding their Barbary/Ottoman enemies. Armoured
breast plates with Spanish style pot helmets, using Rapier &
Italian style Targe, or, Rapier & Dagger.
Buccaneers & Freebooters – French settler/backwoodsmen of Hispaniola (The Dominican
Republic) who cured meat in smoke houses called Boucans (hence Boucaniers)
and who used canoes, small/fly boats (Flibotes – hence Freebooters
or Filibusters) to attack larger ships between 1620 and 1680. The
island of Tortuga and Port Royal, Jamaica were there main communities.
The cutlass, developed from their short butcher knives, and less
likely to get caught in a ships rigging, was their weapon of choice.
French Corsairs/Corsairs of St. Malo (from the French “la course” meaning Privateer) 1650
to 1830 harassed and preyed on English shipping. St Malo was called
“the nest of wasps”. Frock coated dandies with over-the-top
French accents, and dress sense. Crafted pistols and fine basket
hilted broadswords to pose with. A less historical, more humorous
suggestion.
Pirates of the South China Seas – distinctly oriental in look with coolie hats, silks and
some samurai armour, no full sets please, samurai swords and, for
Chinese pirates, two handed hackers. Japanese pirates preferred
to fight with shorter swords, one in each hand.
The above are only suggestions. For simplicity, the opposing
groups will now be identified primarily by different coloured sashes.
For full details of the all the other groups visit
the Who you want to be section
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