Spanner wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:28 pm
Though I thought all Goths wore black clothes and heavy makeup, mate? Or is that Punks?
Not sure. Sub-cultures tend to blur & merge over time. What was radical becomes passée.
I remember my tatoo'd grandfather (he was a RN sailor) was regarded as rather louche by my Mum's strictly Wee Frees' family. Now, everyone's tatoo'd - well not me, but neither am I judgemental.
You and I both, mate. I can't tell a bodgie from a budgie or an emo from an emu. As for tat's, I considered a blood group and skippy badge tat when a young grunt, until one of the bloke's brand new tat got badly infected out bush. (Getting a tat done a couple of days before an exercise was not really smart.) I decided to waste my money on my car, girlfriend and wargames stuff (not necessarily in that order) instead.
If "The System" is the answer, who asked such a bloody stupid question?
I *do* have a unit of Gaestati - naked Celtic warriors- and rather enjoyed using a blue paint pen to add suitable "body art" to them.
The boys at work keep me as up to date on sub-cultures as I want to be. Eshays, for instance -originally from SA but now, so I'm told, infesting urban areas all over OZ.
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:50 am
You've definitely cracked it, Donald. Very nice toys.
Iain
Thanks, Iain. I'm not so sure my painting has improved as my photography has. Overuse of extreme close-ups has been abandoned - they only show up the errors you can't see with a naked eye.
ochoin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:16 pm
I'm moderately pleased with my attempts at blond-headed Goths:
Well yes, they certainly look the part, but the real test is are they terminally stupid?
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.) Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
ochoin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:38 am
The boys at work keep me as up to date on sub-cultures as I want to be. Eshays, for instance -originally from SA but now, so I'm told, infesting urban areas all over OZ.
donald
A new one on me, but apparently from Sydney. https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/what-is-an-eshay makes me glad I'm (a) getting old & (b) have managed to avoid producing any such individuals amongst my kids.