When/where/why did this trend start?

>>30294783
Way back in the day, when knights with money would pay top doubloon to get their armor fashioned all scary-like in order to intimidate the peasants they were slaughtering.

>>30294783
>"Hey, let's wear spooky masks to scare our enemies while hiding our identities!"
>"Ok"
>"Hold on a second, let's take a picture before we go."
>"Ok"

>>30294804

They're fucking GI Joe dolls you autistic shit stain.

>>30294783
Modern Warfare maybe?

I always chalked it up to Ghost from Cawadoody

>>30294798
This. War paint/scary masks have been used for thousands of years to intimidate enemies.

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>>30294798

>>30294808
>So sa x(((( sori

I was talking about the origins of this "trend"

>>30294818
I love it, it's creepy as hell.
>Hello friend.
>I'm sure going to have a good time today.
>As I'm disemboweling you.
>Your screams will be like music.

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>>30294827
This is more for you then

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>Be rich lord
>Get literal murder boner
>Hurts in armor
>Tell armorer to fix it
>makes pic related

>>30294834
>Mustache armor
Fucking fantastic I love it so much.

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>>30294809

just type war mask into google

there's a lot of fucking masks

>>30294811
The iraqis have been doing it way before cod ghost was a thing

Military fashion is retarded. I know retards whose number one priority is to look good.

>b-b-but look good feel good!
>f-feel good fight good
>wont wear gortex "like a faggot remf" when it's raining hard and they're static
>look how cool and badass I am

The military needs ego and arrogance but there is a very fine line.

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Pretty sure it's just a SOF "Hey look, I can get away with pissing on uniform regulations and wearing THIS" thing.

>>30294783
Dunno but it looks gay af, regular balaclavas are much more intimidating because you know the operator isnt a candy ass faggot who cares about his looks

Is there any way to get a picture of the face of the prophet Muhammad printed on a mask so the last thing they see is an offensive mockery of their beliefs killing them?

>>30294783
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

>>30294996
that is probably considered by the army to be a microaggression now.


>>30294811
This. people might have been doing it beforehand, but that character blew it out into the mainstream. He got a lot of people into the recruitment centers.

>>30294871
Nice shoop.

>>30295011
What the fuck is a microaggression? I don't speak Floridian nightclub target.

>>30294899
Ghost wasn't around until well after the guys in OP's pic stopped wearing coffeestain camo.

>>30295009
sadly this

>>30294818
Pretty spooky

>>30294783
Middle bottom guy looks like cat ears

>>30294834
Where can I find more of these?

>>30294808
Lol I thought it was real

>>30294975
eyyy my comrade on the pic

>>30294834
>armour plated mustache
DO WANT

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>>30294783
you are aware those are small action figures right?

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>When you do jenkem before sacking Helm's Deep

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>>30295009
MW2 copied it from that movie with dubs guy

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>>30294783
>2016
>not wearing skull balaclavas

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>>30294804
>can't tell the difference between actual soilders and toys


YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY BE THIS FUCKING STUPID >>30294804

>>30294783

On a unrelated note, why the fuck do some troops, especially MARSOC wear black and grey tops instead of camoflauge?

>>30294899
It was in Modern Warfare.

>>30294808
i am buying these fucking dolls like yesterday.

>>30294808

>dolls

You mean action figures.

>>30294783

If you're talking about the militia, probably because of the increased threat of foriegn terror attacks in the last ten years, vast distrust in a government that works tirelessly to strip individuals of their rights, and huge social divide where people break into factions based on political, religious, and other personal views. So yea, having a group of armed, trained individuals that swear to protect each other and their communities aren't a bad idea.

If you're talking about the edgy skull masks, it's to protect their identities, intimidate foes, and easily identify one another. Once again, not an awful idea.

>>30295009


More like modern warfare 1

>>30294783

The only guy I know to wear that under his helmet immediately went "I am skeletor, myaaaaa" and would do it on demand. Nice guy.

>>30295915
Chill out man, I wasn't describing the picture >>30294825

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>you'll never slaughter sell-swords in a power struggle for the crown

>>30296109
For an extra $3 you can buy the ones with action PTSD.

I guess the origin doesn't really matter, the problem resides on the trend, and there will always be morons following the trend.

Them dudes could just wear a simple balaclava or a simple piece of cloth, without anything and that'd be enough.

>>30297072

If it includes a liquor bottle and noose accessories then I'm in.

>>30297183
It does. Ex-wife sold separately.

>>30294783

I thought the middle guy kneeling had cat ears at first. When will that be a thing?

>>30297523
Grab a pair of weeb ears, cut the band off, gorilla glue a Velcro patch to the bottom of each ear and slap it on an airframe.

Ralph Wiggums catface warpaint from the Simpsons episode where they spoof Lord of The Flies is optional but encouraged.

>>30294783
action figures became a thing in 1964 when hasbro released their g i joe line of toys

>>30294783
MW2/Chris Kyle

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>>30297737
Gotta admit tho, some cosplays look good with it.