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I was wondering what people think about black face paint? I like to throw some on because, due to my stature, it helps me look meaner and tougher. I know that one year a guy from our team had the Braveheart deal on his face during the conference tourney and we all got a pretty good laugh. I personally like the cat wiskers. Do people actually think that this stuff helps deflect glare from the sun? I say no, but its fun to throw some on.
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i did a french painter's moustache for that extra edge in our consolation game i STL. i broke my thumb in that game.

I don't do any of it mainly because I don't want to have to deal with washing it off afterwords. Although mostly it is for intimidation.

I like it for practices, social events, and bowling tournaments. I find that wiping it off with a dry paper towel gets most of it, and then hopping in the shower finishes the job. I don't really think it does a whole lot to keep the glare off, but I do use it on the field. Any hints as to how to get the cat whiskers to look right? Sometimes I just can't make it work.

I never really used the face paint but if I did I would paint "Iron" Mike Tysons tatoo that he has on his face. Cat whiskers are quite unusual, but really funny. Imagine Mike Powell painting whiskers on his face before a game at syracuse.

Brandon Carlson wrote:I like it for practices, social events, and bowling tournaments. I find that wiping it off with a dry paper towel gets most of it, and then hopping in the shower finishes the job. I don't really think it does a whole lot to keep the glare off, but I do use it on the field. Any hints as to how to get the cat whiskers to look right? Sometimes I just can't make it work.

three whiskers on the cheeks, don't forget to dot your nose. we had this canadian kid on our team that used to do it. i got a kid on my hs team that does the 'dead cartoon' which of course is big black 'x' s over both his eyelids/cheeks

I've actually kept a copy of a Mike Powell picture in my pocket during games so that if an official was going to "flag" one of my players for it (which one official said he "could do but wouldn't") I could show him the picture of Powell and say that if he could w/o getting flagged, we could.

Thankfully, I've never had to have that discussion.

Rob Graff wrote:I've actually kept a copy of a Mike Powell picture in my pocket during games so that if an official was going to "flag" one of my players for it (which one official said he "could do but wouldn't") I could show him the picture of Powell and say that if he could w/o getting flagged, we could.

What could/would that flag be for?

Sonny:

The official in question informed me that by putting inverted triangles under their eyes, my players were either violating rules on uniform standards, or skirting the boundry (on the wrong side) of an unsportsmanlike penalty. Mind you, they players were emulating exactly what Powell did.

I raised it with the Assigner at the time, and I'm fairly certain he addressed it with the official, as I didn't get the same warning from the official in the next game he did.

Rob

I always wear eyeblack other than back in the day at practice but I do think it helps with the glare of the sun into your eyes and it was a just something I did before every game.

Sam,

You looked sweet with that raccoon paintjob you sported.

I can't imagine penalizing someone for their makeup! Unless there was an obscenity or baiting and taunting involved. I'd be a little upset if one of my players got called on that, and at the half I'd ask the official to point out what rule that fell under.

I remember that some of the players from Duluth get pretty creative with their paint. I think one player had a stick horse on one cheek during the St. Olaf game.

No Obscenity.
No Baiting
No Taunting.

As a goalie, I definately use eyeblack for all the games. One line under each eye is enough and it cuts down glare for sure. Practice isn't as critical, but I don't go for the huge triangles. Just one straight line.