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In lugnet.castle, Eric Lind writes:
> 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 :-)
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> 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).
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 books 'n
stuff.
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> Eric "the 1/4 Swedish person" Lind
I'm a 2/5 Norwegian person. ;)
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> (1) I am by no means an expert on this, but most of my reading supports the
> non-horned Viking helmet position (2).
The only horns they could use would be goat or bison or something like that.
Which is entirely possible. I believe the myths stated the horns were Troll
horns, but I'm not sure.
Jeff
"Was it real, or just my fantasy?"
http://members.xoom.com/aulddragon/
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