08-09-2015, 02:01 AM
Yeah, it's been frustrating having members buy helmets only to find out they need more work before they're "usable" with chinstraps. They're clearly there on actual archaeological artifacts yet this modern idea that there only needs to be a strap under the chin….
Anyway
Check out Larp.com/legioxx and look under Helmets. Down at the bottom you'll see how to figure out the arrangement.
Making a chin-strap ring part is fairly easy. You ought to find some sheet brass at a hobby store, as well as some brass rod you can bend into a ring. (don't get thick metal). Use metal snips and cut out a "butterfly" or "bow tie" like shape and drill/punch a hole in each end, bend the strap in half. You can shave/shape the middle with a file (or the snips but takes some finesse) or heck even a Dremmel tool whatever. Having the ring freely move in the strap seems to work best.
good luck.
Anyway
Check out Larp.com/legioxx and look under Helmets. Down at the bottom you'll see how to figure out the arrangement.
Making a chin-strap ring part is fairly easy. You ought to find some sheet brass at a hobby store, as well as some brass rod you can bend into a ring. (don't get thick metal). Use metal snips and cut out a "butterfly" or "bow tie" like shape and drill/punch a hole in each end, bend the strap in half. You can shave/shape the middle with a file (or the snips but takes some finesse) or heck even a Dremmel tool whatever. Having the ring freely move in the strap seems to work best.
good luck.
Andy Volpe
"Build a time machine, it would make this [hobby] a lot easier."
https://www.facebook.com/LegionIIICyr/
Legion III Cyrenaica ~ New England U.S.
Higgins Armory Museum 1931-2013 (worked there 2001-2013)
(Collection moved to Worcester Art Museum)
"Build a time machine, it would make this [hobby] a lot easier."
https://www.facebook.com/LegionIIICyr/
Legion III Cyrenaica ~ New England U.S.
Higgins Armory Museum 1931-2013 (worked there 2001-2013)
(Collection moved to Worcester Art Museum)
