05-03-2012, 06:17 PM
Hi
Hoplite Panoply, 490-480 BCE, Red Figure Hydria - Departement des Antiquites Grecques/Romaines, Louvre.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/7138710627
(photo is not mine, I only have uploaded for educational reasons)
We had a lot of brainstorming to find out what is the "cap" above the eye openings on the helmet (decoration? functional?). We used soft leather strips to make the cap (as appears on our fotos in Ancient Warfare). If you fold the stripes upwards, they shape is similar to original painting.
But (during a sea-side photo shooting) we found out that unfolded they are perfect for fighting onboards or close to sea, where strongsunshine limits the warrior vision.
So sometimes we present the leather strips unfolded (like in Ancien Warfare) sometimes folded.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/5966943063
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/5967385306
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/5967417978
I hope this helps
Adonis
Hoplite Panoply, 490-480 BCE, Red Figure Hydria - Departement des Antiquites Grecques/Romaines, Louvre.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/7138710627
(photo is not mine, I only have uploaded for educational reasons)
We had a lot of brainstorming to find out what is the "cap" above the eye openings on the helmet (decoration? functional?). We used soft leather strips to make the cap (as appears on our fotos in Ancient Warfare). If you fold the stripes upwards, they shape is similar to original painting.
But (during a sea-side photo shooting) we found out that unfolded they are perfect for fighting onboards or close to sea, where strongsunshine limits the warrior vision.
So sometimes we present the leather strips unfolded (like in Ancien Warfare) sometimes folded.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/5966943063
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/5967385306
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koryvantes/5967417978
I hope this helps
Adonis
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