The Armour Archive

Considering buying an open face bascinet to supplement my klappvisor. Was looking at one in mild steel, but I live on the gulf coast, mild steel rusts almost overnight here. I'd considered painting it red or green and I was going to ask what the hivemind thought of that idea.
My documentation for painting it would be from
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/media/c ... allery.jpg
and here
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/media/c ... _large.jpg

The second one for sure looks painted, though I wonder if it is a realistic deptiction since the description says that is an Arthurian romance. Figured I'd ask y'all before I paint it and then have to strip it off since it's not documentable.

I should think that'd be enough. They had their rust problems too.

Alternatively, Turtle Waxtm auto wax still puts a barrier between steel and corrosion, adds shine, doesn't chip off as paint might.

We have documentary evidence for leather covered bascinets, so it could be colored leather. Hard to say it's paint based on an image.

Is there any evidence of a visor being painted or covered?

There are certainly sallets with visors which were painted, but I can't think of any evidence for them on bascinets.