[MR] painting fencing masks

[Joe S]

Well, here's a late-period example of a helmet made to have facial
features:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-jousting-accident-that-turned-henry-viii-into-a-tyrant-1670421.html?action=Gallery&ino=4
.

It was a gift from Maximillian I to Henry VIII.

However, I don't really think thats going to be anything similar to the
effect you're going to get from painting your fencing mask.

-Gawin Kappler

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:42 PM, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> 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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Joseph J. Shaffer
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Curriculum in Neurobiology
University of North Carolina
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