Does William Wallaces ansiktsfärg i Braveheart har en speciell betydelse?

Kort svar: Nej.

En av de mest historiskt oriktiga filmerna hela tiden.
Dessa var helt enkelt dekorativa för filmen. De flesta av bilderna kan tas med stora saltkorn.

Kolla in denna fantastiska uppdelning av History Buffs youtube guy:

Här är också en lista över Fel i Braveheart, men de målade blåa ansiktena är inte helt felaktiga. Det är bara att det inte bara användes för strid och utövande vid tiden för Wallace, eftersom tanken på det kan bero på Pict Tradition .

Error #4: The Scots didn’t paint their faces for battle

At least they no longer did by the time of Wallace. What Gibson was obviously alluding to is the Scottish Picts’ tradition of painting their faces blue to scare off those pansies, the Romans, from their lands. Of course, Emperor Adrian would have nothing of it and built a wall to keep those evil buggers from sacking the rest of Britain while the sandal-folk still ruled the scene.

The blue face-paint is so iconic, though, you couldn’t imagine BraveHeart without it. These days of course the tradition is to paint the flag of Scotland (a white X across with blue sides) for sporting events.

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Q: Why do they wear blue or blue and white makeup?

If you didn’t know, these are the Scottish colors. You can see them on Scotland’s flag.

Q: What is that paint?

It’s called woad. It’s a plant and the blue dye is produced from the leaves.

Q: Did Braveheart really wear that paint into battle?

Probably not. Most historians think the paint was an earlier phenomenon (Wikipedia has a lengthy section on historical inaccuracies in the film). We also like the nit-picking produced on this blog’s Braveheart tag.

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