Subject:
|
Re: Viking Hats
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.castle
|
Date:
|
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:43:40 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1015 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.castle, Tony A. Rowe writes:
> > The Viking helmets I've seen were most like the classic Castle 'vader'
> > helmets,
> > conical and with a 'nasal' to protect the face, although without the 'flare'.
> > I think those are the ones you were referring to...
>
> Removing the 'flare' from a 'vader' helm would make an acceptable nasal helm,
> much like those used by Vikings and Normans alike. Normans would often wear a
> mail coif underneath this helm to protect their necks, shoulders, and all of
> their head except the face.
The much reviled bat-wing helmet isn't too far off of some viking helmets if
you slice off the bat wings. I intend to perform some further surgery on a few
of these to see what I can come up with.
Bruce
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Viking Hats
|
| (...) Removing the 'flare' from a 'vader' helm would make an acceptable nasal helm, much like those used by Vikings and Normans alike. Normans would often wear a mail coif underneath this helm to protect their necks, shoulders, and all of their head (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
21 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
