Coolus crest

[scotti73]

Having been given a load of horsehair, i'm going to make a crest for a coolus helmet. It is planned to be the short box crest seen on some coolus helmets. Can anyone give any advice on dimensions and the type of wood to use.

[dragon25]

Sounds cool, I am thinking of making my own crest, got the wood for the crest box,
just trying to source house hair

Adam

[Magnus]

Pine 2x4 works well...I know they are smaller...say about 1/4 to 1/3rd of the size of a regular one.

There is some information here that should tell you what you need.

http://www.larp.com/legioxx/crests.html

[PhilusEstilius]

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Here is a method I have used for many years where you don't have a problem in drilling the outer two rows of holes that can indeed be difficult
The measurement of 3/4 of an inch is just about 2cm

[PhilusEstilius]

Here is another type of crest that I fitted to a Montefortino helmet that I created, however I don't know if this type would go with a Coolus maybe.

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[scotti73]

Thank you for the comprehensive instructions. Very much appreciated.

[damianlz]

That absolutely needs to go into the tutorials thread

[PhilusEstilius]

If Magnus would like to have it in the tutorials thread I agree.

[MartinWard]

Adam

House of DeClifford??? i think sell giddyup tails, as far as i know you can not get 'processed' tail hair anymore from uk, last lot i obtained was from a bulk order from the us. have seen household cavalry horse hair crests on ebay though

martin