My scooter

[alysten]

LJ hive mind, I need some help. I have this scooter. It's really neato. It lets me varoooom around the house and chase my cats. But as you can see it is VERY modern, but necessary (at least for the next 6 weeks). I want to dress up my scooter and make it a little less, 21st Century. I still need to be able to move it, so I am limited by what I can do. But I'd like to try and blend in a little for SCA events. Our first event is this weekend for K & Q rapier champions. I am thinking I might start with a bag that I can hang off the handle bars.

Any other thoughts? Thanks in advance!



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Comments

[skaldic.livejournal.com]

You may very well have different feelings about this, but personally, I always cringe when I see something made up to look like something it's clearly not. Trying to make this look like a horse, for instance. To me, that ends up being considerably more jarring than something modern but necessary -- mostly because we see those things in our everyday lives. Something that looked like a small wagon as loosecanon would be great, but since it only resembles one, you still have to do something to it.

Honestly, I'd simply have a slip cover for the areas that you can -- the foot rest (obviously), and the handlebars/stand (or as much as feasible), and perhaps the horizontal struts. I wouldn't go for something bright and foofy -- doing something in colors that remind you of a caparisoned horse will only draw attention to it -- and then remind the viewer that it's a piece of modern equipment. Muted colors, then -- browns or grays, or anything that doesn't stand out.

A lot of people in the SCA like to try and dress things up so that they can pretend that object is something else. But the way I see it, those attempts just highlight the fact that it isn't medieval, without actually making it look period. Your own mileage may vary, of course.

[alysten.livejournal.com]

I've stopped at a bag that has my arms on it for over the handle bars for now. I am not sure how much of the scooter will show with my garb.That will work for this weekend.