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Uwe Bahr · 04-05-2004, 10:34 AM

Hallo commilitones, 
 
I found this beautiful commercial site in the Internet about Roman Officer's equipment. For me very new the reconstructions of the consul's and Alexander's helmet: 
 
[url=http://www.niximperial.biz/collection1.html" target="top]www.niximperial.biz/collection1.html[/url] 
 
Greets Uwe

04-05-2004, 01:43 PM

Yes, nix makes some good equipment. Too bad 80% of it is cold cast junk. Magnus/Matt 
Legio XXX "Ulpia Victrix" 
Niagara Falls, Canada

04-05-2004, 03:31 PM

Nix's signa are really well made. 
And about cold cast: I vaguely remember that it's made with powdered metal and resin (I think..). What's wrong with it? Is it fragile? Does it looks fake? (It doesn't on the pictures). Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 4/5/04 5:31 pm

Daniel S Peterson · 04-05-2004, 08:44 PM

The best quality of Terry's creations are electrotypes (galvanoplastic) of a real metal skin reinforced with resin behind to make stronger. The regular quality are cold cast with powdered metal in the resin (like the original Ermine Street guard helmets). These are not as convincing. 
 
Theoretically, you can leave a galvano in the bath long enough to make it very thick. If done with an inexpensive metal like nickel (and then silver plated), helmets of this tupe could be nearly as strong as those made in the authentic fashion. 
 
Dan

johnlg3 · 05-10-2004, 07:25 PM

To answer the earlier question cold cast IS fragile and doesn't look like metal at all. I purchased an Aquila from him, his more expensive "metal" one, and while it does look ok from a distance, up close it's obviously very "plastic" like and to the touch feels like plaster. So, I wouldn't recommend purchasing one for the prices he charges. I've been trying to find someone to cast a bronze one for me, but haven't had much luck so far. 
John Gross 
Legio II AVG 
Oregon

05-13-2004, 06:48 AM

Hi John 
 
I am working on one now with a bonze sculpter. The only worry we have is that if we cast one in bronze, we might end up with a very heavy eagle. We have almost finished the wax model. After we have done the latex molding we can start making a test version. I hope we can keep the weight down. But because of the shape of the bird, the wings will be full and maybe the head as well. There will be a lot of polishing, later we will cover the eagle with gold (sheets of gold been glued to the surface, don't know the english word for it). I will post once we are finished. Maybe we will sell a copy of it, that is down to the museum I work with and the sculpter. Keep you updated.

05-13-2004, 08:33 PM

Did someone take a look a these? 
 
home.att.net/~dutchbarns7/patriotic_3.htm Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 5/13/04 10:34 pm

05-13-2004, 08:56 PM

This is a good size, but the eagle is to modern in style. The Roman sculptures are very exact. The wings of the eagles are not correct. The type of eagle is an american eagle not an European eagle. But if you want to cut corners this is a bargain. Check if it is full bronze, could be very heavy...

johnlg3 · 05-13-2004, 09:10 PM

Hi Gauis, 
I'm VERY interested to see how you do with your project! If you do decide to sell a copy let me know. What is the cost looking like so far? By the way, you might be able to recoup your costs by selling more than one of them, a good copy would probably be in demand with other re-enactor groups. Do you have any pictures you could post of the work so far? What are you basing your copy on, meaning what historical references? 
John Gross 
Legio II AVG 
Oregon, USA

05-13-2004, 09:28 PM

We ended up getting an eagle off of Ebay...solid brass. The standard itself is unfinished, but so far what we have done to it is really cool. We had some pics from our last event, I'll try to get them up. Magnus/Matt 
Legio XXX "Ulpia Victrix" 
Niagara Falls, Canada

05-14-2004, 07:14 AM

We have two copies planned. At this moment I only have pictures of the old wax model, when I have new ones I will post them. I have used pictures from the trajan column and the aquilifer gravestone of Sertorius at this site. For the stick the Eagle has in his feet, I use a famous statue of Jupiter in a chair with the stick in his hands. 
 
If you start looking for evidence you quickly find that it is all stone evidence. And if you see what a segmy looked like in the day's we copied them from the trajan column... you have room for artistic interpretation. 
 
For the bird and his correct position we went to an expert at the zoo to check that we have a European bird and that the anatomy is correct. By tilting the wings we go away from the perfect image, but not very much. We are a long way from home and it will cost 1700 Euro. It is all hand work and the polishing is very hard long work. As I was saying earlier I am afraid for the weight. Tiberius, do you have an indication of the height and weight of yours?

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