07-23-2008, 07:54 AM
After much thought on either making or modifying a corinthian helmet I have finally decided to modify a depeeka helmet seeing as they are pretty cheap and most of the work already done!
I just recieved it in the mail and noticing the cheek guards are extreamly long I have cut these back, rolled the edging outwards, and extended the nose guard by forging it out, this is just after hammering so needs to be filed to get the more globular shape in the images I based it off below. The brass is quite thin so this was a tricky job and time consuming. I also pushed the cheek guards in to close it a bit more at the mouth. Of course it needs ALOT of cleaning up, and I will post pictures of it when finished.
I may paint or lightly chissell into the cheek guards the images of pegusus and the chimera, as I want to have a hoplite impression from Corinth at the time of the Peloponnesian wars. I may replace the olive vine over the brow with a water wave pattern.
If I am wrong PLEASE tell me. I think the helmet is a much better style now and fit, as I can now wear it on the top of my head where previously the cheek guards would not allow this.
![[Image: P7230307_edited.jpg]](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p149/aldoray/P7230307_edited.jpg)
![[Image: P7230309_edited.jpg]](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p149/aldoray/P7230309_edited.jpg)
Basis for the modifications, given the limits of the thin brass material to work with.
![[Image: corinthian_helmetqq.jpg]](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p149/aldoray/corinthian_helmetqq.jpg)
I just recieved it in the mail and noticing the cheek guards are extreamly long I have cut these back, rolled the edging outwards, and extended the nose guard by forging it out, this is just after hammering so needs to be filed to get the more globular shape in the images I based it off below. The brass is quite thin so this was a tricky job and time consuming. I also pushed the cheek guards in to close it a bit more at the mouth. Of course it needs ALOT of cleaning up, and I will post pictures of it when finished.
I may paint or lightly chissell into the cheek guards the images of pegusus and the chimera, as I want to have a hoplite impression from Corinth at the time of the Peloponnesian wars. I may replace the olive vine over the brow with a water wave pattern.
If I am wrong PLEASE tell me. I think the helmet is a much better style now and fit, as I can now wear it on the top of my head where previously the cheek guards would not allow this.
Basis for the modifications, given the limits of the thin brass material to work with.
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