[MR] painting fencing masks

[Dante di Pietro]

Very, very, very few of the masks I have seen with things painted on
the mesh have looked good. The humanoid faces are almost always
especially bad. I find that barring a helmet/faceplate of some kind, a
nice outer hood covers the mask very well without the need for
additional adornment.

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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