Lech Gallic H w/crest

[Tiberius]

Here's my crest for my Lech Gallic H


Details to follow.

[Magnus]

Looks good Jeff.

[Matthew Amt]

Nice job! Your Beloved Commander approves.

Matthew

[Ironhand]

Looks great. Only thing I personally would have done is made the crest box a different color, but that a personal thing. The Romans definately did love lots of color though.

[Tiberius]

I originally got the idea for a shortened crest block from a picture by Peroni. The block was cut from two 3/4 inch pieces of red oak glued together. I used a jigsaw to cut the block.

I drilled 1/4 inch holes with distances as prescribed by Matt in Legio XX's site, except, instead of using a 1/4 inch drill, I used a 1/4 inch forsting bit.

The block was painted red, and then the tie downs were attached using brass nails.
I cut the horsehair from a 27 inch bundle, into 9 inch lengths.

Then I made tufts of about 1/8th inch diameter, and double knotted them using brown linen thread. (snip the thread ends close to the knot!)

I put the middle row in first, putting two drops of Elmer's Wood glue in each hole.

The one inch tall crest holder was made by Dean Cunningham.

I'll trim it down to about 3.5 inches later. My advice is to make the tufts one at a time, and glue them in as you go. You get a much better feel for an average diameter that way IMHO.

[Magnus]

Yep, ditto to Jeff's last piece of advice.

[Doc]

Jeff,

Dean Cunningham is making armor again?

[Tiberius]

Apparently yes. The magnificent Gallic H Helm you see at the beginning of this post is his handiwork. He also, if I'm not mistaken, made Rich Campbell's Italic C (a few years ago). But I purchased the Lech Gallic H last year some time. I also believe that he made a copy of the very same helm for Jef Pincel aka Marcus Mummius after he made mine.

[Marcus Mummius]

Yes, Dean made a copy of the Lech gallic h for me to size.

vale,