The Armour Archive

Sir Omarad wrote:Beautiful work.
A twisted square stock would look awesome if used only for the "beard/mustache" part.

I agree with the twisted square stock but with my current abilities I fear I would destroy the effect in the cleanup process. I don't take progress pics because before the final clean up, my helms look like, as Audax once said "a bag of smashed assholes" IMO.

Sir, you make bargrills into works of art. I salute you.

Thank you! I've made very few with basic grills. I normally try to do something different with them so that each one has its own character.

So I went back to work on this one.


I thought it was pretty cool but it was very plain. It is very comfortable but I fought in it and found that I couldn't breathe and couldn't see! That combination makes it a miserable excuse for an SCA fighting helm so I punched a LOT more holes in it and tuned it up with some brass.

Brass and holes makes it mo better!

Now with BLING power!

And a front view pic taken inside.

Is that Cameron's? The one you're working on I mean, not this one.

Damn! I was just reading this thread through and as soon as I saw that closed face I was thinking "that is going to need more breathing holes..." and then I click on the next page and WOWZA!

Great job man, that is really cool looking!

Brennainn wrote:Is that Cameron's? The one you're working on I mean, not this one.

Camerons got put on the backburner after my pops passed away. His is next on the list of things to do. I just felt the need to get back in the shop and force myself to make something cool with the tools. My father made me promise him I would make use of it all. I think he'd be pleased with the results.

Camerons should be epic though. I hope to start work on it soon.

BdeB wrote:Damn! I was just reading this thread through and as soon as I saw that closed face I was thinking "that is going to need more breathing holes..." and then I click on the next page and WOWZA!

Great job man, that is really cool looking!

Thank you. Yeah I couldn't breath or see anything! Now with the larger holes I can breath just fine and have nearly as much vision as my grilled helms. I was surprised at the difference a few large holes made really.

Those are some really amazing helmets. I love how you modified that last one making use of the holes that you already made before. Great job!

Camerons should be epic though. I hope to start work on it soon.

I owe him one myself. It's easy for me. His head and mine are practically identical in size.

The third hat has the spirit of the Middle Ages in it rather than the Spiryte of ye SCA. Guess it is the lack of bargrill. (Well, it did when it just had the small holes. The biggies have their function, but they're so utterly nonmedieval.)

That sort of form is not too unlike that of a, say, c. 1430s great bascinet. Hmm. Once that kind of face becomes a temple-hinged visor and a barbe-plate, slightly mobile, takes over at chin and throat... hmm hmm.

I thought this looked oddly... familliar?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180750932093?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1202

Is that one of yours?

PatternWeld wrote:I thought this looked oddly... familliar?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180750932093?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1202

Is that one of yours?

Nope, I built that for Sir Stryder of the West, he wanted a copy of his original helm.
His son wanted the exact same helmet, so I don't know which one it is.
Looks like it was never used, not something I would normally build, you cant see it in the image but it has a large brow reinforce on it.

Nice hat, Johno!

Konstantin the Red wrote:The third hat has the spirit of the Middle Ages in it rather than the Spiryte of ye SCA. Guess it is the lack of bargrill. (Well, it did when it just had the small holes. The biggies have their function, but they're so utterly nonmedieval.)

That sort of form is not too unlike that of a, say, c. 1430s great bascinet. Hmm. Once that kind of face becomes a temple-hinged visor and a barbe-plate, slightly mobile, takes over at chin and throat... hmm hmm.

Yeah the big holes are a bit out of place but they were needed or else this helm was never going to get used. I see it as some strange mutation between a flat top crusader helm with that bulbous face and a sugarloaf. With the brass it seems to definitely have greater medieval flair making it more period plausible rather than glaringly modern.

Hrolfr wrote:Nice hat, Johno!

Thanks man!

I liked the way that last one came out with the brass bling and decided to go for a more period project. I just finished this one up last night.

14g 308 stainless steel. 3/16 Brass rivets and welded on inside seams for extra durability.

total weight 7.5 lbs

Sugarloaf









That nasal was a pain in the backside!

Better pictures of my first Crusader-ish helm.

New camera

Pseudo pig face bascinet....

This helm was sort of an experiment I made several years ago for HG Duke Jonathan von Trotha of Atenveldt. I think since he bought it it has been more of an art piece than a fighting helm but there are some elements I was quite pleased with. It was the first time I did the layered steel stuff. The leaves are dished and fluted 16G stainless welded into place from the back through slots I cut in the dome before mounting them.


The guy in the orange shirt is HG taking the pics.






leaf detail..

Very nice stuff!

Max Von Halstern

Looking Good!
The crusaderish came out real sweet.

Donngal

Barbute inspired sport helm

I was down in Tucson for war practice this weekend. The friend I was staying with comes out and says "I bought this helm from a guy who needed cash. I think pliska made it."

I laughed and told him that it was a helm I had made and sold about 7 years ago but I never saw the buyer after that and never expected to see this helmet ever again. Small world LOL.



Front view picture seems a bit distorted. Not sure why.