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How to make cheap fake blood that does not go bad or stink?
For a vampire-style larp event, and for the Curse of Strahd session I want to make a fake blood that looks good on photos. Sadly, professional Kryolan blood I usually love to use is out of my budget ...
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How to get real-looking rust that will be safe to the touch?
Normally when I build a prop, I use steel, or cover it with glue and iron dust, and then apply various oxidizing compounds, acids (and sometimes salts and bases) to make a real rust. Then, I gently ...
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How can I get latex-like finish on my foam sword, and avoid biggest pitfalls with applying latex at home?
I'm in the process of building my own LARP weapons, using EVA foam on glass fiber core. Construction itself, and sculpting, luckily won't be a problem for me. Problem will be with coating.
The ...
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LARP Weapons on a Plane: Can you put your LARP sword in checked baggage?
I'll be taking a flight soon for a Blockbuster LARP, and was wondering what would be the best means to get my latex weapon over there.
Is it possible to just check it, even if it doesn't fit inside ...
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How should I handle signalling & costuming for an "ascended mook"?
I am a crew member with a LARP system. When I'm playing a minor NPC who isn't very important to the wider plot, I have some fairly standard and basic kit that I just throw on. If I'm a labourer, I've ...
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How do I promote the use of crossbows instead of bows in LARP?
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Around my area (Russia), bow and crossbow energy in LARP is mostly limited by their draw weight, which is around 16 kg for bows and 18 kg for crossbows. However, bows usually have a lot ...
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Are anti-personnel catapults used in LARPs?
In a previous question I saw that cannons do exist in the world of larping, used against gates and castles but not against people.
Are there things like catapults that target people instead of gates ...
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How do I safely paint a latex-coated LARP weapon?
I am trying to re-paint a cheap, kind of ugly weapon I bought somewhere, but I can't seem to find online what kind of paint or mix I need to paint over the current color.
It says on the site I bought ...
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Creating otherworldly opponents on a (time) budget
For an upcoming LARP event we want to introduce a horde of demonic/otherworldly/non-human opponents that our players will have to fight at some point.
Due to how we are organised we, the organizers, ...
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How could I phys-rep a swarm of flying creatures?
Suppose my referee friend wanted to send a swarm of bees, bats, crows, or some other small flying creatures at some players. How could he simulate something that'd evoke the right reactions?
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Prop Coins: How to get many coins for little (real life) money? [closed]
This related question on prop coins inspired me to revisit an old problem we're having at a fantasy LARP I'm co-organizing.
So far we have not yet found a currency which we can use throughout the ...
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LARP Cannon with actual projectiles
This years story of our fantasy combat LARP features the siege of a city. Eventually this will culminate in a battle, where there is an actual siege of a palisade-type fortification, including siege ...
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Is expanding foam a suitable material for LARP weapon construction?
I've seen a few images on Pinterest (unfortunately all go through to dead links) that show people making the general shape of a weapon with expanding foam, then carving the excess off.
Here's an ...
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Are there any generally accepted standards for larp weapons? [closed]
Many historical and fantasy larps use latex covered foam weapons for combat simulation and some of these larps (presumably) have minimum standards for these weapons.
I know that many games have ...
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How could I procure an Illithid mask?
I'm playing going to be playing Elementum, a LARP (or in french, Grandeur Nature) on the south bank of Montreal.
Their rulebooks account for Illithids (mind flayers), which seem to be really fun to ...
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