Children\'s kit

[Crispvs]

Thanks for all the ideas everybody.

Anyway, back to my own ongoing project. Having now finished the shield it was time to start on the helmet bowl I had purchased at the same time as the shield boss. The helmet is a conical one, as we believe that most of the soldiers stationed in Judea at the time would probably have been recruited in Syria or somewhere similar.

Drilling the necessary holes was easy of course. Next I made the cheek guard hinges. I had never done anything like this before so they were far from plain sailing, but I think I managed a reasonably job in the end.



Today I started on the cheek guards themselves. Again this was all new to me, but having now finished one and cut the other out I am quite pleased with these too, although I am sure a practiced armourer was would smile gently and try not to laugh. They are based on Robinson's Auxiliary type 'B' cheek guards.



Sorry about the quality of the photo - mobile phone picture again in the failing evening light.

I have hot fitted a blunted spear head to a broom handle as well, but I don't have a picture of that yet.

Crispvs