as a writer of fantasy, with technology from The Pike and shot era injected into it, videos like these are absolutely priceless. Thank you so much for posting.

@whyismyricewet1986

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, any tips?

@RedJohnO22

2 жыл бұрын

@@whyismyricewet1986 Remember....write for yourself and for the art of it, not for profit or the potential of. For this kills imagination.

@jack1701e

2 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering how to have some ECW influence into the fantasy world building project I'm doing, but there are no guns in it... perhaps I can replace them with something more magical maybe!

@RedJohnO22

2 жыл бұрын

@@jack1701e maybe. ;)

@user-pt7ch9tr4h

6 ай бұрын

what book? @RedJohnO22

Would love to see this with - as outlined - the shot, artillery, and horseman!

@joeerickson516

Жыл бұрын

"The Arawak tribe, Aztecs, Mayans, Mixtecs, Olmecs, Toltecs, Zapotecs, Incas, Mapuche tribe, and the Muisca are no match for the spanish,🇪🇸 conquistadors."

@joeerickson516

Жыл бұрын

"The natives of mesoamerica and the andes, are no match for armored pikemen and arquebusier formation, Italian, 🇮🇹 Genoese, crossbowmen formation, cannonball volley fire, 🔥 from light 🚦 bronze 🥉 spanish, 🇪🇸 cannons, armored horsemen, 🐴 cavalry formation, from Granada, Spain."🇪🇸

@joeerickson516

Жыл бұрын

"Overkill!"

Another I remember was, adopt a lazy posture, but I can't remember what that was. I remember the annoyance of sparks in mine ear from the pan of the musket next to me, which made me ponder upon a choice of helmet with ear flaps.

Very good reference for writers and concept designers. Thanks a lot :)

Love it! The expressions, the beat up gear instead of some shiny museum set, the practical advice & info...All of it! Down with the bloody Roundheads and/or the Cavaliers!

We need more videos like this. Very good production

@wadebradsher2973

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I’d love to see one on shot as well.

@wildbearsphotography

2 жыл бұрын

@@wadebradsher2973 I am writing it this very moment. Thanks all for the kind words.

@wadebradsher2973

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildbearsphotography I suppose the rules on the other side of the pond makes pike easier to film.

@Spetsnaz0o1

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildbearsphotography any news on the next video? I am eagerly awaiting!

Really good to watch and brought back lots of great memories, I was a pikeman for over 12yrs in John brights regiment of foote in the English civil War society HAPPY HAPPY DAYS 😂😂 brilliant 👏 😀

This was so entertaining, informative, and funny too! We got to see all the little details step by step. Love to see more like this.

Not bad although where I am we had no King Charles, it would be an Emporer and it would be Generalisimus Wallenstein.

I discovered the horses stables, hidden in the cellar of the now called "stables" building on Appleton gate, opposite church walk, back in 95. 😊

Excellent video

Im from Newark-upon-Trent 😊

Fantastic !!!

Fun as well as being informative. Well done!

As a colonial, I tend to talk about the War of the Roses, because Americans don't really understand pretty much any of the English Civil Wars. (They also imagine Kepies, cap, and ball muzzle loaders when they hear "Civil War.") They also ask FAQs, like "Why's it called the War of the Roses" so i can tell them about the Lancasters, and Yorks.

@Psiberzerker

2 жыл бұрын

Okay, while it's true that there were Pike, and Shot Squares, there were also Archers, Mercenaries (Such as the gallowglass) and other irregular Skirmishers. This is about the Pike, which was pretty typical of the Levees, because as you pointed out, massed Pikes are pretty much the easiest to train, and the most effective (For protecting the Muskets) in formation, at the time. Likewise the Cavalry, and Cannon, but TWotR was such a widespread, and lucrative event, they attracted people from the Continent (Especially with Queen Margaret of Anjou, and her ties with the French courts, as well as relations with the court of Naples from her father...) I know, this is simplifying things, and focusing on the Pike in Pike and Shot. Hopefully, you'll get to the irregulars, like the Gallowglass, because those are honestly the most fascinating to me.

@vaudevillian7

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a shame as I’d argue that it’s quite integral to understanding the American Revolution

@TheSkullboy1996

6 ай бұрын

this get up is several generations removed from the war of the roses, this is the English civil war

Good job!

RIP headphone users at the start

@pickledblowfish6178

Жыл бұрын

Aye, 2am. Thanks for the heads up

Yo! Looking for the rest of this series. Fun stuff.

Good channel

01:03 Hmmm... it appear we have a pikewoman in the company.

Great LARP video.

wish you guys could do this for musketeers

@03:46 oh baby, work that "pike" man

He's carrying a sword. In a pike unit that's just something else to trip you up !

I accept you're going by what is in a drill manual from the period (I assume), but it seems incredibly awkward to hold a sword AND the pike while preparing to receive cavalry. Is there any accounts supporting they actually did it this way in the field?

Would anyone be able to tell me the source of the song played in the intro to this video? Thanks!

@wildbearsphotography

2 жыл бұрын

It’s based on ‘The Good Old Way’ by The Watersons.

I really like this. But what I'm more interested in how you convince a country bumpkin (who could be quite smart actually) to risk his life for your cause. What gets said farmer's son (I am actually one from the modern era) onto a battlefield where he watches his comrades scream in agony as they die horribly, or inflicts such a death on someone on the opposite side very much like himself? What keeps him steady when he's facing a line of musketeers who are about to send a volley his way? What does he tell himself that makes this risk and horror worth it? Why should he serve the king? Why should he serve parliament? What role does religion play in this? How do recruiters appeal to him? Who is he that he should take on such risks and suffering? Does he feel coerced? Trapped by economic circumstances? Bored? I know some of the answers to these questions. I was such a young man 40 years ago. I joined the Reserves in Canada because I wanted to be a soldier and defend my country and people against communism etc. I wanted to be part of the valour, adventure and sacrifice that was celebrated by my elders who had gone through WW2. And I was young and had no imagination for the horrors of war.

@piney4562

6 ай бұрын

It's an interesting question, with a fair few answers. The first that come to my mind, are A) In the 1600s, being a farm hand was probably incredibly boring, so doing something different, anything different, would be welcome occasionally. B) Mob mentality and/or peer pressure. If everyone else is doing it, you don't want to be left out, or worse, called a coward. C) Poverty is a big motivator, if our country bumpkin is poor as poor can be, a steady wage is nothing to scoff at. D) Tradition/wanting to emulate your ancestors, indeed the same reason you mentioned. But I think possibly amplified in this period due to the regularity of conflict. E) Less a reason to do it, but a reason not to do it, having absolutely no understanding of what it entails. In the modern world we have countless media, and documentation, from poems to films, telling us every day, how bad war is. Back then, they had the opposite. Miniscule media (accessible to a bumpkin) and almost all of it, pro war. F) and of course, potential personal grievances, if Cromwell and his cronies have just burnt down the next village over, that your cousin happens tonlive in. Why wouldn't you fight for the king?

@ganjacomo2005

6 ай бұрын

​@@piney4562sadly the majority of them was conscripted because they quickly ran out of people.

A thousands like for the model

Where is the second part? 😢

i suppose we aren’t getting a sequel

Where'd you get your sword my man?

During the deluge I believe Gustavus did not use peasants rather well trained men. And earlier on 1600s 1630s the Poles had the best cavalry in Europe. You need good pikemen to defeat such cavalry

If standing sideways won’t they need shoulder pads to deflect enemy pikes.

I am curious where you got that stabbing technique from, as it's kind of horrible and awkward. Is that actually how they were trained?

@wildbearsphotography

2 жыл бұрын

Jacob De Gheyn’s exercise of arms for caliures, muskettes, and pikes. However I am quite curious how you would do it?

3:45 sassy

No different than what the American Army issued me before Iraqi. Albeit it was updated to modern standards.

Your demonstration pike is too short 😅

@Tyrannocaster

6 ай бұрын

No shit. It's too thin to be a real pike, too.

@chrisball3778

5 ай бұрын

1) if it was full-length it'd be very hard to get the hole thing in shot, especially as it was filmed in someone's back garden. The voiceover does describe the real things as '18 feet long', so they're clearly aware of the real lengths. 2) there are contemporary accounts of pikes during the English Civil Wars being chopped in half to make them easier to manage by poorly-trained troops, so it's not necessarily that anachronistic for the time period being depicted.

@chrisball3778

5 ай бұрын

@@Tyrannocaster There are plenty of real surviving 17th century pikes in museums that are that thin, especially towards the head end. They could be very, very long, so if they were thick for their entire length they'd be impossible to wield effectively. If it's being used properly, it should only be used for stabbing, not hitting, so having something that's light and nimble enough to aim at your enemy's unarmoured parts is arguably more important than having something with a lot of lateral strength.

Very good. Except for the pike. Not quite a spear. Perhaps more a straw aspiring to attitude? Note to author. Get more followers to achieve more budget. but carry on. Please,