Auxiliary Cavalry Helmet B 1 - Photoshopped Image

[Spurius Papirius Cursor]

Hi all

I'm sure I saw a sticky at some stage "Share Your Illustrations" or some such. Where did it go?

Anyhoo, I needed to "reconstruct" the British Museum's Auxiliary Cavalry Helmet B 1 (See below), for a handout and thought I might as well share the results, modest as they are.

([url:1pw95qce]http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/c/cavalry_combat_helmet.aspx[/url])

The BMs description went: "The helmet would have protected the wearer's head with an inner iron head-piece and neck-guard, which are now largely missing. Though the small bosses would have helped deflect blows from weapons, the outer bronze casing is mostly decorative. / A silvery coating of tin was applied to the dome, neck-guard and cheek-pieces, giving a striking contrast with the golden-coloured bronze parts. / The crest box, one cheek-piece and several of the bosses are now missing."

There is a file on this helmet at [url:1pw95qce]http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/option,com_helmets/task,view/cid,82/Itemid,96/[/url] My basic photograph was the eighth on this file:



Here's my effort - sadly, In the process of "silvering" the cheekguard, I've lost its 3D convex look. I'll have to re-work that. Anyone got any thoughts on the crestbox and crest? I chickened out at that.



I took a guess that the five holes and circular disruptions to the tinning on the cheek guard might have been the locations of button-like bronze or brass features, like the little disc in the far bottom left corner of this shot (from which I reconstructed the five brass or bronze (? rosettes):



Cheers and Season's Greetings

Howard/SPC

[Gaius_Calvus]

If you want a photo of a wonderful reconstruction, go here:

http://www.armamentaria.com/store/index ... cts_id=135

Armamentaria sells them -- after some superb development work by the proprietor.

Regards,

Edge

[Spurius Papirius Cursor]

Thanks Gaius/Edge

(Oh, and I had such fun resurrecting the thing.)

But I do like Armamentaria's. You know, I'd seen the thumbnail when googling and dismissed it without checking, thinking it was a chalcidian or something. Just shows you.

Only minor pick I'd have is the angle the bosses meet the helmet body. But that's hardly worth the mention. He's really nailed it. I especially like the resolution of the ear details and the rosettes.

Thanks again for alerting me to this Edge, it is a beautiful piece of work.

Cheers

Howard/SPC

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I have one, and will confirm it is an excellent reproduction.