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Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:04:19 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> 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.
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> 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 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 western europe.
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...
Dremel off those wings and it isn't too bad as a viking helmet.
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> Anyway, it looks promising! I can't wait to see what they've got for sets!
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> DaveE
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| (...) more (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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