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Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 2 Nov 1999 16:02:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.general, Mike Stanley writes:
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> > Not sure I care for that helmet, but they both look interesting...
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> Actually, I like the new helmet a *lot*. To me, it shows a return to things
> that are based on a little more historical accuracy, which is a damn sight • more
> interesting to me than the stuff in Fright Knights and Dragon Masters, etc.
> Those big helmets- especially the ones with Bat Wings and the dragon crest-
> were horrible. IMHO. YMMV.
I have to agree on thew new helmet. I like it muchly. Very cool. I'm not
really sure what period it's from or what armies used things like that, but I
know I've seen things like that before. I've never seen the silly huge Dragon
Masters helmets anywhere except in Lego. I can't stand those helmets... As for
eht Bat Wings helmets, they work ok for *1* token character, but having an army
of bat winged helmet guys just doesn't work for me... But having 1 actually
kinda works... I think they did something like that in "Conan the Barbarian"...
one guy had a large bat-winged helmet, while the rest had regular ones...
Anyway, it looks promising! I can't wait to see what they've got for sets!
DaveE
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| (...) Would also have to agree on the helmet. I really like it. For an AFOL looking for an alternate theme this looks very promising as long as the sets look as good as the figs. Please please please bring back the generic fig and lots of peasants (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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| (...) I believe it was refered to as a "kettle helm" or "kettle hat", but all my reference material is at home. Late 1300s, possibly. On into the 1400s definitely. I recall it most strongly with English foot troops, but was probably used throughout (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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