[MR] painting fencing masks

[David Chessler]

I have seen a few viking era helms that are "reconstructed" to have brass
facial hair (eyebrows, mustache), and shaped major features (eyes, nose ,
mouth). There is evidence that late in our period, armor was painted, but no
examples have facial features. 

There are a few people here in "north Atlantia" who paint their masks, or hire
it done. Mostly, they do not seem to be trying for representative art work. It
does have a practical advantage of keeping your opponent from reading your
eyes.

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Received: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:22:41 PM EDT
From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: Atlantia maillist <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: [MR] painting fencing masks

> 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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