In the colder months of December through to late February, LARP events for the most part tend to go into hibernation. Some of the events that will run in this time will typically avoid camping outside due to increased risk of cold fingers and toes, and will instead be held indoors where central heating is your best friend - not the most conduicive to smacking each other silly with foam swords.
Halloween is the one time of year that the average person will indulge in makeup and bring them very close to the level of effort put in at every LARP event - which means that Youtube is flowing with great makeup tutorials for you to check out.
Ruth Bedder of Foul Mouthed Fairy also takes on commissions, so if a spot of DIY isn't your thing, or you have better things to do like being an adult, jumping up and down and dressing in black and yellow pretending to be a wasp, then you can drop her a message on her Facebook page and you can get some armour made for you instead.
It's good to know that with white, a couple of blues and blacks, you can create an intricate and extra-terrestrial look which shouldn't be too difficult to apply in a field. But just in case, we will road test this makeup in the future, and see just how easy it is to do in a tent potentially in the middle of winter with limited access to water and mirrors. I remain positive.
Between now and issue 2, any awesome things we find (unless they're REALLY awesome and we want to keep them secret squirrel to show them off to you in January) we will post them up on the blog and on our Facebook page so you won't be short of cool things to drool over!
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