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14th century sugarloaf
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:12 pm
by Olivier L-Beaulieu
Another helmet I made from 14 GA steel. The visor is raised from one piece and the reinforce is heat blued. The helmet is welded. For more authenticity, I decided to do not align the holes for the linings and the holes in the visor.
This helmet is loosely based on monuments.
http://azimar.myphotoalbum.com/view_alb ... me=album16
(See the "heaume à visière")
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 12:13 am
by Konstantin the Red
Fun! The nasal bar dividing the sights is rather unusual, isn't it?
"Man walks down the street in a hat like that, he ain't afraid of anything!"
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 1:00 am
by RandallMoffett
It looks good. Good job. Can always take some more 1st half of the 14th century helmets. Its a good time period that is fun but unlike the late 14th or 15th fewer actualy armour remains which might be why so many chose later time periods to reenact. Nice work.
RPM
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 1:07 pm
by shaohu
Awesome.... I've been wanting to make one myself but haven't had anytime to. Gotta say I love the face plate on it. Did you fabricate the top or was it prefab?
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 5:25 pm
by Olivier L-Beaulieu
I made all the helmet myself. I never use prefab items or spun top or anything like that. I want to hammer all the plates in my pieces.
For the nasal bar, I dont think that it is unusual. The helmet on the monument I took to inspire me had this feature. It is like the nasal bar on the great helm from the 13th century.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:23 am
by danfrombham
Alot of reproduction sugarloafs look the same this however really gives
the sugarloaf a breath of fresh air, never seen one done quite like this
looks very nice. I would like to see the monuments you based this off of
could you post picks or give us links?
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 4:33 pm
by Olivier L-Beaulieu
I based this helmet on this monument. It is in Italy I think.
I extrapolated a lot of things like the top of the helmet. At the beginning, I wanted to do a bascinet with, but I decided to do a sugarloaf.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 4:50 pm
by Armoured Air Bear
do you know the date of that monument? I have seen it before but cannot remember a date to it.
Thanks,
Aaron
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:21 pm
by Olivier L-Beaulieu
I think it is 1320 or 1340. But, I'm not sure. For sure, it is in the first half of the 14th century.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:28 pm
by Bleddyn De Caldicot
is it just me or does it look like theres an edge of a breastplate or COP behind his shield on the sword arm?
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:14 pm
by Donald St. Colin
Scale gloves? They look nice.