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Gustovic

I'm not using coke, and the steel is normal mild steel. In the next attempt I'm gonna be more careful and from time to time forge the surface to relieve the stress.

Gustovic

Nah this is not for selling. I'm just gonna keep doing them until I get one right =).

And besides, it's too small, even from my tiny head.

Gustovic

I was too hard on the material. A guy from school advised me to forge it from time to time, as these cracks are the result of the meterial stressing out and giving up. So basically every now and then I should "hot planish" the surface to keep the material together and prevent the microfractures from...

Gustovic

You think? Some cracks are quite deep, and I think they might even go through the whole thickness.

Gustovic

I lost. Again. The helm has way too many cracks to be worked on (looks very cool though). http://i.imgur.com/HRW1Mvt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VGomTiQ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pCUjy7z.jpg http://i.imgur.com/iHvt4zr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KyL93a5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/D5KxYUh.jpg So I started a new one. ...

Gustovic

More progress today as well. A crack formed on the nape area and had to cut it away. And that sucks. A lot more are forming on the surface, and some are quite deep. I didn't expect 3mm mild steel to give up so easily. http://i.imgur.com/JjkR5ko.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tDpJpiN.jpg http://i.imgur.com/q...

Gustovic

Modern reproduction are too heavy and... t0o big. Still talking about bascinets, the average distance from ear to ear is 7 inches. Some are bigger, some are smaller. And the liner on extant helmets are not that thick at all, they are there fro comfort of wearing, rather than stopping the blows. http...

Gustovic

Of course I wouldn't cut it off to the final shape, I'd leave couple of centimeters from the actual edge. I was just wandering if cutting the face opening now would affect the raising of the rest of the helm an how the material moves.

Gustovic

Ow, yeah, that. Don't worry, that's just a mark to make understand that that' a bascinet. Fortunately enough the printed images I have on the wall are actually 1:1 scale, so I'll just use them as reference. I fear though that my version is a little bit too small. Tomorrow we'll see =). Edit: and mor...

Gustovic

More stuff happening. http://i.imgur.com/aCa4mlb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DQUgucv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/EvtkVqj.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tahoA3f.jpg Depth: 21.2 cm Diameter: 20x21 cm Weight: 2,5 Kg Only thing is that I don't know if I have to keep the material in the face area or if I can already cut i...

Gustovic

I was just curious, that's it =).

I didn't want to prove at all the existence of solid breastplate worn over maille by 1350.

I was skeptical myself. Thanks for the clarification.

Gustovic

Ok, this time I have a real update, not the usual weird shaped vessel. http://i.imgur.com/HbRqN2t.jpg http://i.imgur.com/g3vWXq3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/scVQhOx.jpg Aaaand... http://i.imgur.com/3a8lCHh.jpg Depth: 21.4 cm Diameter: 21.5x24 cm Weight: 2.5 Kg The thing is finally taking shape. This is t...

Gustovic

Is the dating wrong or I'm seeing this wrong?

Looks like an outer solid breastplate.

Any other suggestion?

http://effigiesandbrasses.com/670/904/

Gustovic

Awesome. Thanks. Because for me it looked like the rivets and the metal strip were all riveted to the gauntlet, and not independent from it. Now it's much clearer.

Gustovic

Well, let's look at the weights of the originals, shall we? =) Let's talk bascinets. Overall Weight (with aventail): 4 Kg / 8.0 lbs http://i.imgur.com/q69D4kH.jpg Weight: 2.33 Kg / 5.3 lbs http://i.imgur.com/GO1ZMch.jpg Weight: 2.89 Kg / 6.37 lbs http://i.imgur.com/1uwHQGg.jpg Weight: 2.5 Kg / 5.51 ...

Gustovic

This gauntlet strikes me as strange. On the outside it seems not to have holes for attaching the fingers, yet on the inside shot there is a metal strip attached via rivets, even though they are aligned quite in a weird way. Any thought? ref_arm_1305 http://i.imgur.com/qjg41tz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/...

Gustovic

Feel a little bit ashamed, but it needs to be done :oops: . Here it is, our Facebook group trying to collect everything that concerns XIVth Century armour. We have originals, with weights, dimensions, thicknesses and materials. We also have effigies, miniatures and frescoes. We just want to collect ...

Gustovic

Alright people, time for updates. The blank I've been working on is now officially dead. It's too thin (started as 2 mm), too battered and of the wrong shape. So I started a new one, 3 mm this time. Dimensions: 42x2 cm Weight: 3.4 Kg http://i.imgur.com/ePEu05V.jpg Initial wonkyness after dishing htt...

Gustovic

There are horizontal lines in the middle of the thing, so I would say hinge.

And just look at how much detail there is there!!! The artist took time to put highlights on the rivet heads of the mail!

Gustovic

Well, there are all sorts of shapes. Some are more rounded, and some a more oval. http://i.imgur.com/n2lfrPd.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xW8TOzc.jpg http://i.imgur.com/bpt8r1L.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LXOaTSz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9pUDoCL.jpg http://i.imgur.com/MKV3VK8.jpg http://i.imgur.com/zCoA1Wi.jpg h...

Gustovic

Love this kind of conversation =). There you go (I guess not all the visors belong to the skull, but it's worth showing what I've got) http://i.imgur.com/hLP1HeJ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Ju3k6AI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HnDnDDy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RpTUUkS.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5H93Zdi.jpg http://i.i...

Gustovic

Problem solved =).

Name: Sir Nicholas Burnell
Dating: 1382
Location: St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England
Gender: M
Costume: Martial

http://effigiesandbrasses.com/654/880/

Gustovic

Maybe these might be helpful for you (from my pinterest page https://www.pinterest.com/aboerbront/) http://i.imgur.com/Cuu7ndi.jpg http://i.imgur.com/q69D4kH.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WbLIZAd.jpg http://i.imgur.com/r4fuuso.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ApG78XW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/K7E1MGU.jpg http://i.imgur...

Gustovic

Well, it looks like you could also go like this, splinted back cuisse. http://i.imgur.com/Dq6dqPs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UJMOH34.jpg http://effigiesandbrasses.com/1083/1658/ And I honestly don't understand why you are so troubled. You can just go with the normal outer back coverage o no back coverag...

Gustovic

Today I tired to use Per's method on a bycorne. It's aggressive, but if you are careful enough I think you can get pretty good results https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10205523462227835&set=vb.1290176079&type=3&theater7 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10205523457547718&set=vb.1290176079&typ...

Gustovic

Ok, back from the dead.

One more pass.

Depth: 22,3cm
Diameter: 27x29,5cm

Gustovic

Tom B. wrote:Augusto,

Have you seen this thread from the AAF?
Especially Mac's drawings.
Two Great Helms

Thanks Tom!

I was looking for those sketches for so long!!! =)

Gustovic

Great helm in the Higgins Armoury

ref_arm_1489

The size of the rivets and the shape of the top are kind of suspicious. But it's heavily corroded, so I don't know what to think.

Gustovic

You just need to click the link in my post =).

Duke Christoffer
1363
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark

Gustovic

Interesting effigy from denmark

http://effigiesandbrasses.com/1315/4645/

Gustovic

New stake

Ugly as hell, but it works. It was kinda rushed.
Surface is smaller than the other one with a smaller radius.

Gustovic

Will try that, thanks Tableau. Today more stuff happened. Raising here, raising there... But then I've got to the point where I needed another stake, as the helm is becoming too narrow to comfortably fit into the stake I have now. So today i started a new stake, taller and with a smaller surface are...

Gustovic

Oh yes sorry, I forgot the ref numbers

ref_arm_1529
ref_arm_1540
ref_arm_5002

Gustovic

Yes, the "leather" strip of made of metal =).

Gustovic

For me two bascinets and an arm harness

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