09-09-2016, 08:21 AM
Long time I delayed improvements of my new centurion crest. After I did some research on the scant information regarding of archeology on preserved centurion crests. I did my version of Vindolanda crest of a centurion helmet.
The only one crest of a centurion’s helmet that has survived until our days was found in the Vindolanda site and is currently exhibited in the Roman Army Museum. As far as I know the original hair was made from some sort of British moss!
https://wormwoodscrubs.wordpress.com/2014/08/
The pictures in internet are very limited.This is the only information from which can be imitate the topography of the crest (with which I'm available ). This hair is marsh grass of some sort but typical of Vindolanda that (most likely) have been used for this purpose in the antiquity in Roman Britain for crest hair .
The relief here is quite different to be recreated .
After many tests and experiments my centurion Vindolanda model crest is ready! Unfortunately the information which I have is very limited. Although I searched in Internet and wrote a request (to knowledgeable people) I came across very few sources.
The only one crest of a centurion’s helmet that has survived until our days was found in the Vindolanda site and is currently exhibited in the Roman Army Museum. As far as I know the original hair was made from some sort of British moss!
https://wormwoodscrubs.wordpress.com/2014/08/
The pictures in internet are very limited.This is the only information from which can be imitate the topography of the crest (with which I'm available ). This hair is marsh grass of some sort but typical of Vindolanda that (most likely) have been used for this purpose in the antiquity in Roman Britain for crest hair .
The relief here is quite different to be recreated .
After many tests and experiments my centurion Vindolanda model crest is ready! Unfortunately the information which I have is very limited. Although I searched in Internet and wrote a request (to knowledgeable people) I came across very few sources.
