How to make an SCA legal roman helm?

MarcusMaximus · Post by **MarcusMaximus** » Mon Apr 30, 2001 11:10 pm

I would like to know if anyone out there can tell me how to make and SCA legal roman helmet or where I could buy one in Australia.

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M Maximus

Armourkris · Post by **Armourkris** » Tue May 01, 2001 8:27 pm

I second that, i'm playing a gaul, and the roman helms are VERY similar to the gallic ones last time i looked

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sarnac · Post by **sarnac** » Tue May 01, 2001 9:03 pm

Just about every armouer on the web offers Roman or Roman style helmets.

Check alot of them out here

http://therionarms.com/resources.html

Duc Kjosua · Post by **Duc Kjosua** » Tue May 01, 2001 9:41 pm

Make a roman helmet like you normally would, add a bargrill on the front that stops the cheek pieces from going in, and attach a grill to the back.
http://angelfire.com/tx5/kotc/images/helmets.gif
notice the bottom horizontal bar in the grill slide through the cheeks and it fixed into place by two cotterpins. the back is sorta splinted to take some weight off. If I can find my pattern, I will scan it and post it here, but I dont think i have it anymore.

Owen · Post by **Owen** » Wed May 02, 2001 12:04 am

I got mine from Mandrake; Ironmonger is making them too. Don't know about Australia, sorry.

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Norman · Post by **Norman** » Wed May 02, 2001 2:11 pm

Hmn,
Maybe I shouldn't start on this fight again...
but...

If you want a <u>Medieval</u> Roman helmet (ie; if you find it important and relevant to fit the stated objectives of the SCA) you really should go with one of the Romano-Sassanian style designs.
Something like this:
(put a question mark at the end of the URLs to actually see the picture)
http://www.geocities.com/normlaw/helm-chr.gif
or this:
http://www.geocities.com/normlaw/hlm-rom3.gif

For SCA purposes, just make the back and side plates rigid and (if you really wish to go without a period faceplate) add a bar-grill.

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[This message has been edited by Norman (edited 05-02-2001).]

Duc Kjosua · Post by **Duc Kjosua** » Wed May 02, 2001 5:27 pm

I agree with Norman. Go with a later period helmet if you are using it for SCA purposes. I made my roman helmet only because I wanted to try and make one, and I got alot of steel for making it, which I used for other projects.