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In lugnet.castle, Eric Lind writes:
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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).
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 into this more.
Definitely food for thought.
-Shiri
p.s. Hmm, maybe I can make, Thor, the Norwegian god of thunder, with my new
hammer:
http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/customize.html
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| (...) Someone would have to figure out how to make a LEGO goat-drawn chariot. Really. Those wacky Norsemen had some "interesting" ideas. Eric "the" Lind (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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| (...) dark-grey hand, the brown-ish/red-ish bearded face from Western/Castle/Pirates, and some red hippy-hair, and you're in business! Steve (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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