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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Alan Gerber writes:
> > For Viking hats with horns, you could use those wild west Native American • hats
> > with horns.
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> That was the first and only thing that came to my mind while looking at those
> hats ;-)
> But I don't 'do' Vikings :-)
Not to quibble... I lied, I am quibbling... Vikings didn't have horns on their
helmets. It's a myth, propogated by Wagnerian operas. Or the Pork Industry.
A "realistic" LEGO Viking helmet would be more in line with the archer/spearman
type helmets from older sets, I think (1).
Eric "the 1/4 Swedish person" Lind
(1) I am by no means an expert on this, but most of my reading supports the
non-horned Viking helmet position (2).
(2) Not to be confused with the lotus position or the fetal position.
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| (...) Either old helmet would work, I believe, if you cut it. You'd want to cut it right at the top of the face-opening part, leaving a peaked cap. Hmmm... I may have to try this... FTR, I'm not expert either, this is just from memories of pics in (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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| (...) Eric, you are completely right. No horns on Viking helmets, historically speaking. The Celts, on the other hand, sometimes did have horns. The Viking helmets I've seen were most like the classic Castle 'vader' helmets, conical and with a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) ;-) (...) Hmm. I've never heard of this, but I don't know anything about Vikings. That's pretty interesting... But like I said, I'm not so much into Vikings. I like the traditional Euro- style better... If I would ever make Vikings, I'd look (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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| Wouldn't a viking theme be based on the Viking Mythos anyway? I mean, there were no dragons in medieval times either, but I gots ta have my dragon in my castle set. Even the pirates are kind of archetypical, based more on Errol Flynn movies than the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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