Conquer Club

DirtyDishSoap wrote:Any of you debbie downers dressing up this year? Share your costumes! It's the only time of the year where you can dress as you want and not be judged for it!

Take Saxi for example! Been dressing up as mrswdk for years! No judgment!

If you share yours I'll share mine to double down on this thread

HitRed wrote:Fishbowl

Make my costumes from scratch every year. Past years: Rubik’s cube, calculator, dice, deck of cards, street signs, cow, tick tack toe.

HitRed wrote:American flag, bus and another year a Texas flag.

Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.

I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.

Votanic wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.

I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.

Which painting is that?
I did a quick search, nothing definite, ...but I think the first painting shown is really a close-up of two of the Three Magi.

KoolBak wrote:Did you use shoe polish for the skin color?

Dukasaur wrote:

Votanic wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.

I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.

Which painting is that?
I did a quick search, nothing definite, ...but I think the first painting shown is really a close-up of two of the Three Magi.

saxitoxin wrote:I went as a Sexy Amazon Prime Driver.

(Which is basically just an Amazon Prime Driver outfit, but I was wearing it.)

I got the vest and hat off eBay and the box from ... Amazon. I made the ID card in Photoshop and printed it at FedEx Office then got a badge holder from Staples.

Votanic wrote:Uh, ...real Amazon Prime drivers don't wear chaps without pants, saxi.

Votanic wrote:Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??

Dukasaur wrote:

Votanic wrote:Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??

The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.

I imagine this painting to represent the two of them looking out at the carnage they had created and sharing a moment of private horror.

Votanic wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

Votanic wrote:Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??

The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.

I imagine this painting to represent the two of them looking out at the carnage they had created and sharing a moment of private horror.

Huh?, they're almost smiling?!

Votanic wrote:Though the smiles do seem somewhat fake, like the kind used to disguise a grimace of disgust, ...such as when looking at an ugly baby perhaps?

Dukasaur wrote:

Votanic wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

Votanic wrote:Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??

The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.

I imagine this painting to represent the two of them looking out at the carnage they had created and sharing a moment of private horror.

Huh?, they're almost smiling?!

Don't look like smiles to me.

Guy looks pensive, contemplative, regretful.

Saladin looks more like this...

Votanic wrote:Though the smiles do seem somewhat fake, like the kind used to disguise a grimace of disgust, ...such as when looking at an ugly baby perhaps?

Or 30,000 mutilated corpses.

Votanic wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

Votanic wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

Votanic wrote:Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??

The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.

I imagine this painting to represent the two of them looking out at the carnage they had created and sharing a moment of private horror.

Huh?, they're almost smiling?!

Don't look like smiles to me.

Guy looks pensive, contemplative, regretful.

Saladin looks more like this...

Votanic wrote:Though the smiles do seem somewhat fake, like the kind used to disguise a grimace of disgust, ...such as when looking at an ugly baby perhaps?

Or 30,000 mutilated corpses.

I am vindicated. There already seems to be widespread concensus that this Van Lievens also-ran 'heavily borrowed' from Peter Paul Rubens Adoration of the Magi paintings. It seems he really didn't do much more than fancifully interpret gold jewelry to be handcuffs, ...and of course, change the title. Seriously this painting is poor quality shlock that does nothing to reveal the supposed history, characters, setting, or theme. The composition, expressions, lack of background, foreground, etc. Everything is wrong. I honestly suspect that Van Lievens did a sub-mediocre copy of a detail from a Rubens, and then gave it an contrived ad hoc new backstory for added attention.

Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.

I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.

jusplay4fun wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.

I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.

This?



or this?