Painted mask this weekend

[Purple Fencer]

Seen at the San Bernardino event this past weekend, courtesy of a fencer from Cour de Lion in San Diego...probably the prettiest mask I've seen in awhile.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...p/IMG_0162.jpg

'Course, as FormerFencer told me when I showed her the pic at Orange Coast the following day "She'd better be able to back that up!"

[Inquartata]

Not even going to look. My blood pressure doesn't need the boost.

[jkormann]

Excellent.

[hello?]

Please refer to "Are all fencers nerds?" thread.

[swordsen]

I like it. No backing up needed.

[migopod]

I like it. No backing up needed.

I agree. I think it's only necessary to "back it up" if the mask design is intended to make the fencer look badass. Butterflies and floral themes are just pleasant.

[jeremyb215]

I think it's very pretty and a nice design.
I'm kind of curious as to what's meant by backing it up though.

[formerfencer]

I really don't remember being that nice.

[vivoescrimare]

I think it's very pretty and a nice design.
I'm kind of curious as to what's meant by backing it up though.

FormerFencer's reply notwithstanding...

There's a certain component of the fencing community that feels strongly about things like painted masks, eye-burning sock colors, bandanas, and generally wonky behavior/fashion decisions. (Fuzzy blade covers, perhaps.) The consensus is generally that if you can win the majority of events you enter (Basically if you're a serious bad@$$) then you can wear whatever you like. This is called "backing it up."

[jeremyb215]

FormerFencer's reply notwithstanding...

There's a certain component of the fencing community that feels strongly about things like painted masks, eye-burning sock colors, bandanas, and generally wonky behavior/fashion decisions. (Fuzzy blade covers, perhaps.) The consensus is generally that if you can win the majority of events you enter (Basically if you're a serious bad@$$) then you can wear whatever you like. This is called "backing it up."

Thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression, like migopod, that having to back something up would be based on the design.

[Purple Fencer]

I really don't remember being that nice.

I couldn't really present your vocal inflection in type...

[ladyofshalott99]

Every now and then my boyfriend has talked about getting :eek3: on his mask, but no idea where to take it to get it airbrushed.



eek3.jpg

[migopod]

Every now and then my boyfriend has talked about getting :eek3: on his mask, but no idea where to take it to get it airbrushed.



eek3.jpg

Compass, exacto knife, sticky back contact paper and spray paint (yellow, black and white. (primer too if you want to be pedantic)). DIY is fun!

(edit: You should encourage him to get the awesome smiley instead though)

[Superscribe]

I would like to know if this girl was able to "back that up". This kinda thing make a fencer wanna spend that cash. With the big thighed women I like to see them "back that up".

[TooLoftheDeviL]

I would like to know if this girl was able to "back that up". This kinda thing make a fencer wanna spend that cash. With the big thighed women I like to see them "back that up".

Here ya go

[fencerX]

Here ya go

Or here ya'll go

[jkormann]

Compass, exacto knife, sticky back contact paper and spray paint (yellow, black and white. (primer too if you want to be pedantic)). DIY is fun!

(edit: You should encourage him to get the awesome smiley instead though)

When I was shopping for a mask, I ran across this yellow mask . Nearly got the yellow one and I would have painted the eyes and mouth.

[migopod]

When I was shopping for a mask, I ran across this yellow mask . Nearly got the yellow one and I would have painted the eyes and mouth.

Those look really weird. Do they really look like that, or are they uniformly colored and just look patterned because of photographic artefacts introduced by the mesh?

[Purple Fencer]

I would like to know if this girl was able to "back that up". This kinda thing make a fencer wanna spend that cash. With the big thighed women I like to see them "back that up".

12th out of 16 (4th in a pool of 5. Beaten by a teammate in her first DE. Got a pounding according to the Ask Fred results...probably a 1st year fencer. I hadn't seen a lot of the CdL people before)...D1 tourney (1 C, 1 D, 14 U). A fairly weak event, but the strongest one in San Bernardino in the last couple of years...sabre even more so (15 people, D1 event). Epee's been the heavy one for the last 2-3 years...only one time in that period we haven't had an A2 event.

[Purple Fencer]

Those look really weird. Do they really look like that, or are they uniformly colored and just look patterned because of photographic artefacts introduced by the mesh?

#2 is my guess.