finished these today for a 12th century re-enactment group
one was supposed to be blackened with "gun blue" [it was an OLD container]
crusader? helms
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Konstantin the Red
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Re: crusader? helms
Yep, Crusade-era pot helms.
The one on the right.
The one on the right.
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Gerhard von Liebau
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Re: crusader? helms
The guy on the left has been hit too many times on the head... Looks kinda' squat.
Groovy, though, they be.
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Groovy, though, they be.
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Re: crusader? helms
If I could just get the spangen top, I'd be set. Although...the facemasks on these look good, not cartoonish.
Re: crusader? helms
Bulge is at the chin, not nose--perhaps if you're a Hapsburg. From a historical perspective, there aren't any depictions of early face-mask helms with a spangen-top that I've seen. Everything from c.1160-1240 seems to have a solid top.Paladin74 wrote:If I could just get the spangen top, I'd be set. Although...the facemasks on these look good, not cartoonish.
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