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Short of steam bending I often am able to select a log whose circumference corresponds to the desired crest box arc.
I made a "J" crest for a Spartan friend using a branch of nearly the correct shape.. would have loved to use a sapling with a dense root mass.. kinda like a hurley bat or field hockey stick
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Nice stuff, Magnus!
I'm starting to really like the natural wood and horsehair look for crests as much as the painted [red]. 8)
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My new one is painted in the greek style of 3 rows of black checkers on white...then i'm really going out there with a striped crest of black and red.
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I still have to put the hair into it, i'll post pics when it's done
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Love the Vexillation...GREAT job. A quick question, if I may: 1.) Does it look like there is even a remote chance that the crest box might split at the front where the wood grain runs parallel to the hair "holes"?
2.) Have you, or any one considered making a steam box to bend the wood to make a crest box. The steam box wouldn't need to be very big, neither would the fire underneath it. We use steam boxes for bending the ribs in boat building and I think this might work for your crests. That way one has the grain going horizontal all the way and no chance of the drill holes breaking the wood. Let me know what everyone thinks.
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Sorry, didn't see your questions Larry!
1), Not really...the wood is just supporting horse hair, it's not under any pressure so as long as your holes turn out ok, the box itself shouldn't be damaged.
2) Your method sounds good...you could also try using a harder wood too in order to increase the box's strenght. I use pine, which is havoc when it comes to drilling the holes cuz the bit will drift, but it's easier to cut with a a hand jig-saw.
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Great looking stuff! Excellent work on the lettering!
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lol...i figure it's bad enough that i'm putting a greek style crest box on a roman helmet...you really want me to get flogged don't you?
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Ok, fixed the Vexillum!
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OK, what was wrong with it?
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It was missing that line over the number...christian and matt had said that in reference to legion names, there was a line over the unit #, in order to differentiate it from regular abbreviations. So I added one in.
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Ahhhh........right....the seive is on form again.... :roll:
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