I thought you'd all be interested in seeing The Vikings reenactment group slinger division attending the Battle of Hastings 950th anniversary reenactment this year. I've attached a couple of pictures of us in action, walking onto the field and skirmishing the Normans. Although we numbered only seven out of an estimated 1200 combatants on the field I thought we had a really positive effect on the battle and looked really excellent. In the first picture I am the slinger at the front in the white kyrtle.

Wow - looks really impressive. Awesome idea for Reenactment as well, i bet there´s not too many slingers in the Reenactment scene.
The Photo also looks very professional.

How did you go about the Battle? What were you doing with that heavy Rock? 
And what did you and the other slingers do after you hat depleted your Rocks/ the Melee began?

Those pics look great. Thanks for sharing

Wow, lot's of questions! Glad you liked the pictures and I'll try and answer as fully as possible.

Bill Skinner: As Curious_Aardvark said it's not in fact a rock but a 3 ounce bag of dried peas wrapped in duct tape, which looks surprisingly rock like from a distance but slings well and won't injure someone. In the second picture the Saxon line is indeed about to receive a Norman archery bombardment, with the slingers moving forward to skirmish the archers.

Alex.Ost: As I said they're not rocks but essentially duct tape beanbags. I didn't actually run out of shots in the battle (I bought 110 bullets onto the field and used about 80), however it did involve a lot of the slingers running forward to scavenge shots back when the armies broke up.

Parmenion: I've never larped with a sling, since I've never really found any systems that are friendly to it, but I'd be interested to hear if you know any? And yes, it is a sculpture of a giant arrow. Not sure why English heritage thought that was a good idea.

Curious_Aardvark: I was at Tamworth, and I took my original sling test there. We did meet, as I still have your business card, but I don't blame you for not remembering me  . Hastings was great fun, and we did get some good volleys onto the Norman line. The guy in the second picture is Taran, one of the Viking's best slingers and a sling thegn.

Ah the you were the chap who turned up late - decent fig 8 as i recall, it was the costume that confused me

Cool photos!! It's great that there are such festivals with the participation of slingers. I was also lucky enough to participate in the reconstruction of battles several times, in the ancient period. We have an annual festival of Times and Epochs. Our theme is the ancient world. We're making a shooting range with a sling there. And we also play out the representation of ancient battles according to a pre-planned scenario.

Awesome video! Looks like a really cool event. I would love to do some slinging at a Finnish event sometime.

Winter and snow have come to us now. That's why we sometimes gather in the warm beach volleyball hall. It's interesting to watch the surprised onlookers who see slingshot shooting for the first time.

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