What are the projections on the side of the helm

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What are the projections on the side of the helm

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[img]http://home.tiscali.be/klauwaer/helm/janbrabant.jpg[/img]
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It's boba-fett. One is the rangefinder/scope (when flipped down) the other is the antenna to communicate to Slave-1.

(or, I have no idea. Neat picture tho!)

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Maeryk wrote:It's boba-fett. One is the rangefinder/scope (when flipped down) the other is the antenna to communicate to Slave-1.

(or, I have no idea. Neat picture tho!)

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probably side mounted crests. Kind of like the one pictured in a jousting illumination, the one with peacock feathers? I can't remember the name or find a picture. Sorry.
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Look for pictures of this kind of thing in the Manesse Codex.
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The penant flapping above his R ailette is attached to the post on the L side of his helmet.
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Post by Clinker »

Uh, curb feelers? Otherwise I go along with Irish and K.
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Budobudo wrote:
Maeryk wrote:It's boba-fett. One is the rangefinder/scope (when flipped down) the other is the antenna to communicate to Slave-1.

(or, I have no idea. Neat picture tho!)

Maeryk


Sweet now I have historical justifaction for my jet pack.


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And I thought that they would be documentable viking horns. The armour evolved, why not the horns? :lol:
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