[MR] Celtic Severed Heads - Want one for your home?

[Shanna Pajac]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Wendelken" <davewendelken at earthlink.net>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:09 PM
Subject: [MR] Celtic Severed Heads - Want one for your home?


> 
> The ancient Celts used to take the heads of their defeated enemies and
> preserve them.
> They would bring them out to show their guests and relate their defeated
> enemy's heroic exploits.  All in all, a charming custom.
> 
> Personally, I like to put them up on spears around my encampment, wear
> them on my belt, and throw them at my enemies in a melee.
> They are also fun to bring out and show to my guests at parties.
> 
> Fuil and I will be making a goodly number of these over the next few
> months and thought some other folks might want one (or five) for their
> own purposes.
> 
> We make them out of styrofoam wig stands (they are like mannikin heads),
> and cover the with flesh-colored t-shirt material.
> Then, we add a touch of color to them.  You know, a few mottled bruises
> and dried blood on the severed neck, that sort of thing.
> We top them off with a head of hair and occasionally a mustache or beard
> using a variety of materials.  My personal favorite is flax, for the
> popular "dead Saxon look" in my persona's homeland.
> 
> They are a very effective shock tactic for a melee.  They don't count as
> weapons, but they can sure bring disorder into the ranks of a unit that
> has never experienced being bombarded by the heads of their friends and
> relatives.  And they are perfectly safe!
> 
> They might be handy to have for Halloween.
> 
> Anyone want to make a few?  Materials cost will be about $5.  The
> styrofoam heads are $3.50 of that amount, so if you find one in a garage
> sale or a flea market for less, you might want to grab it.
> I ordered a case of 24 heads (the only way I could find them in the time
> I had alloted for it) and they should arrive in a few weeks.
> 
> Andras
> 
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