Officials claimed the "painted faces" - as army dissidents are known - were planning some new action.

The mocking voice emerged from a bitter, painted face amongst the crowd.

A savage raised his hand and the chief turned a bleak, painted face toward him.

Staring into that beautiful, painted face, he felt an exquisite pang of longing and grief.

"We want to make all the other teams afraid of the team with the red, painted faces."

But some zealous individual had managed to stain the plump, painted face with what appeared to be dung.

In silence, the gourd was passed around the grim circle as savage eyes followed it from the tense, painted faces of the warriors.

They could see the hideous, painted faces of the newcomers and the grinning mouths that exposed the yellow teeth, filed to sharp points.

The field is ringed by thousands of little painted faces.

B'Elanna stared up into her fierce, sharp-toothed, painted face, and found her beautiful.