The Armour Archive

accdntprone

Making the nasal and brow separate pieces sounds like a thing to try. The cheeks? They are going to be under chainmail so they are just kinda there.

accdntprone

Subject pretty much says it all. I wish I could help the guy but I know bugger all about Japanese armor and he is pretty set on having an at least reasonably accurate Japanese helm.

accdntprone

I see what you ment about the tops being dished more.

accdntprone

@ Patternweld,
I don't know, perf plate might be the one thing that is actually uglier than a bargrill....

accdntprone

I think it would make the helm easier to see out of. Its just tweaking the size and shape of the ocular while still having it look cool that's kind of tricky. Spending some time looking at examples (both period and modern SCA versions) is on my to do list.

accdntprone

Yeah one question I have to answer, is it worth having to put a crossbar in the ocular? (as in make the opening greater than an inch). I will have to give it some thought. This thing will have about the same vision as a great helm.

accdntprone

OK, so my next question is does it need to be 31 inches? That's a really big hat. I do 28" for a 23 - 23.5 inch head

accdntprone

Hmm. How big around at browline?

accdntprone

I think the face looking overlong is a result of how its sitting and that the back has not yet been attached. (Im hoping anyway). I agree about the outward slant. I have the same problem with my nasals, trying to make sure there is enough room for the persons nose. I try to add some for / aft depth ...

accdntprone

Attempting a spangen with ocular instead of just a nasal like I usually do. Has been a pain. Just laying the thing over the bar grill looked bad. Modifying the bar grill (was working with an already made helm) likewise turned out poorly. So I ended up starting from scratch. This is what I have so fa...

accdntprone

It was a paypal account, I do not have the paypal debit card. Never got around to getting one. One thing I have not been able to find out though, is if they used my email address (which is also my paypal user name) and password, or my mobile phone number and pin. In any event this is the response th...

accdntprone

Roflmao...

accdntprone

Ok, I have money coming in on the 2nd. Will that work?

accdntprone

OK, give me a moment to figure out my budget

accdntprone

Still want it if that's ok. Just need a little time to get money back into the bank.

accdntprone

Broadway, good idea. I wish I hadn't.

accdntprone

You may recall my recent post about my paypal account being hacked. So paypal is NOT honoring their guarantee. They claim there is "not enough evidence" of it being an "unauthorized transaction", even though the IP address that authenticated against my paypal account to authorize the transaction was...

accdntprone

Lol @ Yojimbo

accdntprone

No problem. I charge $150 for the plain steel greathelm, $225 for the blackened greathelm with cross (in steel or brass). Sugarloafs with cross are also $225

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accdntprone

I have always liked greathelms and sugarloaf (which is a type of greathelm). I just have gotten spoiled fighting in an open faced helm. Better pic btw.

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accdntprone

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Still working on the ocular for the spangen....

accdntprone

Ill message him on facebook for ya.

accdntprone

So my question is, what are your intentions for this bead roller now that you are done retuning it? If you are happy with your lowbuck and were just doing this for the fun of it you could sell it to me and save me having to perform the same surgery

accdntprone

I think its awesome seeing one of my helms in use

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Basic steel greathelm. In this pic the breaths had not yet been drilled. Will post more of the pics as I find them. (the other two are a blackened greathelm with polished steel cross and a two color norse spangen)

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accdntprone

unfortunately you are right. For ages I only had a prepaid visa card linked to paypal, not my checking account. Then with helm sales kinda blowing up I linked my checking account to make withdrawing the funds easier. I never wanted to fool with the authenticator either, just because its a pain. Look...

accdntprone

Fairly competent computer geek here. Have MSE and malware bytes running, plus do scans with portable versions of tdssk and hitman pro from time to time. The only unusual thing that I did was pay for some groceries at dollar general using my paypal account (uses mobile number and pin) yesterday. So I...

accdntprone

Yeah, spent most of the morning on the phone with PayPal

accdntprone

My paypal account got hacked yesterday. Pretty much cleaned me out. Sent the money to Mohamed Abusedo, overseas somewhere. Emptied my paypal balance and hit my checking account for the rest, leaving me with a negative balance on my checking account as well. So I'm pretty much at a stand still till s...

accdntprone

Shameless plug for myself.... Im nearly (not quite but close) caught up with my que. I make a pretty decent starter bucket. I make nicer helms too. Pic of starter bucket attached (since you mentioned being on a budget)

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accdntprone

I think Im going to try and trade Hrolfr out of his tipi

accdntprone

Lol ok, let me know!

accdntprone

InsaneIrish wrote:

Blech!

A slightly shorter Car port is still a car port.

$70 more and it is much better:
http://midwesttent.com/catalog/product_ ... cts_id=495

I agree, I like that one better.

accdntprone

How hard would it be to chop 7' off of this? (its 10' wide by 17' long)
http://www.harborfreight.com/10-ft-x-17 ... 69039.html

accdntprone

Couple of things, I would be happy to buy a tent as opposed to trying to make my own, I just have a bad case of BAS (that's broke as shit) disease. I got my start making helms way back when because I simply couldn't find one that I could afford. There have been several good suggestions as for the ty...

Re: FU$%#$@@ ocular

new guy looking for japanese helm, budget cap $400

Re: Visored Sugarloaf Helm with Patterns (Version 2)

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Re: height of a spangen top?

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FU$%#$@@ ocular

Re: cautionary tale about paypal

Re: My HF Bead Roller Rebuild

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cautionary tale about paypal

Re: more helms for krb278

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more helms for krb278

Re: Anyone heard from Torvaldr?

Re: My HF Bead Roller Rebuild

starter bucket on new owners head :)

helms for krb278, one of three

Re: paypal hacked

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paypal hacked

Re: (WTB) Cheap helms

Re: Not exactly armor but .... Period tents

Re: Not exactly armor but .... Period tents

Re: Not exactly armor but .... Period tents

Re: Not exactly armor but .... Period tents

Re: Not exactly armor but .... Period tents