[Ansteorra] painting fencing masks

[Stefan li Rous]

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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