[MR] painting fencing masks

[Alric O'Connor]

Stefan,
I think if you consider the mask to not be there then painting a face on
could be considered an attempt to make it look like you weren't wearing one.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Stefan li Rous
<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> The subject of painting modern fencing masks used for SCA rapier combat has
> come up recently on the Trimaris list. The idea is apparently to paint a
> "face, an animal, of a helm" on the grill of the mask.  One of the strong
> points of SCA vs. the LARP groups has been the ability to look for period
> examples and "see what they did", but I don't know that there are any
> equivalents.
>
> I would be interested in hearing if this is done in your area and any
> opinions or ideas, pro or con, on this subject.
>
> Thanks,
>   Stefan
>
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