08-26-2012, 08:06 PM
Hello Rado,
It is making progress to be sure. But if I may give you my input. I agree with your drawing that the neckguard needs to have sharper corners and the "eyebrows" need to be slighly curved.
However, there are certain things that need to be adjusted.
1) The flange of the ear guard that is riveted to the bowl must be made smaller (look at the original). The flange in the reconstruction is too big and ruins the effect of an elegant ear guard.
2) The rosettes on the neckguard should be the same as those on the temples under the browband. There is no reason they would be different. In helmets where the rosettes are different it is only because repairs have been performed.
3) The rosettes where the browband is are too big and come out of the browband too much. Only half should be seen not nearly all of it.
4) The browband is much....much....too wide, it should be made narrower.
5) The cheekpieces appear squashed towards the bottom and not proportional.
6) The loops to tie the crest must be made much closer to the ear guards.
It is obvious that the original helmet regardless of its current state must have had decorations that were very fine as is obvious from what is left over. Thus the reconstruction should also have very gentle and fine details not mass produced ones.
It is making progress to be sure. But if I may give you my input. I agree with your drawing that the neckguard needs to have sharper corners and the "eyebrows" need to be slighly curved.
However, there are certain things that need to be adjusted.
1) The flange of the ear guard that is riveted to the bowl must be made smaller (look at the original). The flange in the reconstruction is too big and ruins the effect of an elegant ear guard.
2) The rosettes on the neckguard should be the same as those on the temples under the browband. There is no reason they would be different. In helmets where the rosettes are different it is only because repairs have been performed.
3) The rosettes where the browband is are too big and come out of the browband too much. Only half should be seen not nearly all of it.
4) The browband is much....much....too wide, it should be made narrower.
5) The cheekpieces appear squashed towards the bottom and not proportional.
6) The loops to tie the crest must be made much closer to the ear guards.
It is obvious that the original helmet regardless of its current state must have had decorations that were very fine as is obvious from what is left over. Thus the reconstruction should also have very gentle and fine details not mass produced ones.
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Paolo
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