is my helmet all wrong?

[Comerus Gallus]

Magnus I guess you can trick it no?... can u reshape or planish...wrong , hammer down these ridges & make 3 instead?... or can be don other way?

actually its only two..
the B helmet has 3 ridges: http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/download.php?id=1141

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/C ... elm001.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/C ... elm002.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/C ... elm003.jpg

[RUBICON]

Hahaha dont worry Ratty, I think a lot of us have bought a Trooper Helmet in good faith.

I have learnt a lot from my learned friends here and now I look forward to purchasing teh correct ones. Discovering the correct points and different helmets has been an experience in itself.

Remember, we have all been there.

[Maximio]

hmmmmm. it'll take some planishing to get rid of where the eyebrows are soddered on.

How about using it as the basis of a cavalry helmet. You can then emboss the decorative covering on thin brass sheet and place over the bowl. You will need to make new cheek guards (similar fashion - basic shape in iron or brass with decorative embossed brass sheet over it), and attach a small neck guard. Not a project for a novice but certainly something to while away the boring evenings till the season starts proper.

[Magnus]

Gioi, you might be able to re-hammer it, I'm not sure...probably a lot of work...unless you cut the existing 2 ridges off, made a new piece with 3 and welded it back on, but now you're getting into a lot more work.

Tough call.

[Comerus Gallus]

Yes it sound like alot of work.... maybe the helme need to be turn into this( Auxiliary B1 Mains), much simple no decorations at all:
http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,96/

What I'm curious is, if the helmet has its protective neck guard like a hearth shape as the deepeeka trooper does?


PS: But I guess turn the bowl into a late roman helmet its more simple no? Yessssss

[Primvs Pavlvs]

Comerus I think it would be easier to make a Late Roman helmet from it. But I would have to handle one to be for sure.

[Comerus Gallus]

Comerus I think it would be easier to make a Late Roman helmet from it. But I would have to handle one to be for sure.

I'm sure that Chucky dont mind to led u experiment with his! :lol: :twisted:

[jvrjenivs]

But I would have to handle one to be for sure.

They're easy to get, and don't cost you a fortune. Just look at ebay.

[Primvs Pavlvs]

Yeah I will have him bring it over sometime and see what we can do.

[Matthew Amt]

I'm very sory for you but this helmet is one of the worst helmet on the market!

Oh, I disagree--there are MUCH worse things on the market! This is just the most popular bad one, that's all. And even so, it is VASTLY better than anything Hollywood has ever come up with! But yeah, reenactors generally avoid this helmet like the plague.

It's definitely going to be a pain to convert this to anything useful. (I hadn't thought of trying an Intercissa, but it might be easier to start with a Civil Defense helmet for that.) My advice, give it a good coat of polyurethane (to prevent rust) and donate it to a local church to use in their Christmas and Good Friday shows! They'll love it, and it will beat the plastic ones they already have.

Good luck!

Matthew

[Comerus Gallus]

Great thought Matt!.... I'm so sorry that I did that with my helm, because after that I thought as u did to donate it to the church...a bunch of my church friend get crazy every time I led them use my roman stuf to their plays at church...

I maight give them my lorica & a hebrom helm... oh! and my Maximus Spatha! hock: :lol: .. the rest they can work with it...