Traditional Hair Styles

[Bugbear]

No man, it's got to be one of those big Castro cigars.And to get it back on topic, I keep feeling the need to get a big silver hair clasp thing that kind of looks Dine' or Zuni. My hair isn't quite long enough for that, but it will be. I also want to get a zebra paterned wearing blanket. I have a tiger striped one, but I feel the zebra stripes calling me...
I know, I know, it won't be a real wearing blanket made by a Dine' weaver,, but does it have to be? Gees! get back over there into that lobe of my brain already.
Anyway, that's what I see.

[string]

I haven't seen String on the forum for a while. I hope she's OK. I was hoping she would jump in here too and tell us some bear grease lore.. Hope you're doing OK String.

*** Oops! Right after I posted this, String popped up on the index thingy. Freaky...
Come speak your grease, String, if you're not too busy knitting.

** And I saw your post about the dial-up in the knitting thread a while ago. Glad you're Ok, and hope to see you back on line soon.
Grease out

I am out of the dial-up land, I moved back on campus on Friday, but I've been umm... distracted. Yeti finally got home and he spent the weekend with me. Most native reenactors that I know are poor and don't have access to actual bear grease (although some do and use it) many use mineral oil as the base for their paint. The cleverest substitute was sunscreen because it washed out of the clothes perfectly.

Some pics of my "work"

Jayd, he's actually got a clean shaven head so I ended up gluing on his hairpiece every morning.

Scott, I didn't do the design, just the back of the neck and other spots he couldn't see.

Jeremy, affectionately known as "Mom," he won't let me do the designs either sadly, But he and I have an unspoken agreement, If he makes sure I survive every event, eat, breathe and all that (camping + asthma = much fun). I will make sure he also survives, and carry his firewood and such as he has a degenrative bone disease in his spine and just can't do all he used to, although he tries.

I personally am not a native reenactor, I actually portray a white spinster (the profession not the marital status) and weaver. The guys refer to me as border trash.

How 'bout Vader in a black utilikilt playing the "Imperial March" on the bagpipes!!

that was the exit march at my sister's wedding. it was a kilted wedding too

[Bugbear]

Thanks, String, and um... have fun. Good to hear from you again.

[Bugbear]

String, I like the face painting, but I can't look at it and enjoy it on myself. Here's what I do, I take Vix or something like that and face paint with that. That way I can feel it as it does what ever Vicks is doing. It's like the feely version of glow in the dark bear grease paint or something.

[string]

Hehe, I don't think I've ever been painted up myself, unless you count evil people who will get it on you just to be spiteful. I am simply the hair braider and the paint assistant, none of the other females around camp will do it, I personally have no fear of a wee bit of grease and Shawnee cooties.

[Bugbear]

Cool. I usually put horizontal lines under my eyes, like on my cheek bones. Keep in mind that this is just vicks with no color. Then, I put slanted tears from the corner of my eyes, a curl on each cheak... kind of tusk-like, then lines in the mustache area. Um... it kind of goes with the moode too. It's not based on any one particular culture of face painting. After that I sit in front of the fire or the oven or what ever and feel the effect, and go from there...
Thanks for sharing with us String.

Oops oops oops
I forgot the most important part. I put nine dots or fingerprints around each of my eyelids. It's suposed to be nine different colors, but not black or white, or just black and white with one red dot with no other colors. That all has to be in my imagination though because it's just Vicks.

[string]

And without one's imagination what good would any of this be?

[Bugbear]

And without one's imagination what good would any of this be?

I don't know... It's all in your mind and you just don't know how big your mind is... I still want a poster of Darth Vader smoking a cigar... Not that I could look at it. Guess I could just buy a big piece of paper.

[TheSp8]

The guys refer to me as border trash.

I resemble that comment. My hair is cut close because the Army wants short hair. In my mind, my hair varies between being clubbed like Daniel Boone or being a long braid to my backside to make a worthy trophy like Lewis Wetzel. I do part time farmer, hunter, and brigande. Of course, the matchcoat is sort of kilt like.



YMOS,
Tony

[Nick the DSM]

You know, I've been calling that black shadow tartan on the SWK heavyweight wool kilts, the "Darth Vader Tartan" for a long time. He didn't have hair though...
I think I would want a poster of Vader sitting at a cafiteria table with a styrofoam cup and a cigar; 3CPO sitting next to him. That's what I'm hearing with my third eye...

its C3PO!! gosh get it right!