09-04-2014, 06:16 AM
It is ready!!!
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In colour
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So this was my Archaic high swan crest. It has been perhaps my most complicated project till now, because it involves almost entirely only period materials and is as sturdy as i could think of. It also involved tecniques i had never tried before, like the home made milk glue/paint and the securing of the crest on the helmet.
I did try to make it as light as possible, except that beech wood is quite heavy, but the crest box and horse hair weigh nothing. Despite which, the helmet moves more to the right and left when i shake my head, as is normal, so a suspension system must me added, or i need to wrap a linen ribbon around my head as is some times seen on vases under helmets.
Khairete
Giannis
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In colour
[attachment=10677]10659429_10203963985796481_8228019339280037437_n.jpg[/attachment]
So this was my Archaic high swan crest. It has been perhaps my most complicated project till now, because it involves almost entirely only period materials and is as sturdy as i could think of. It also involved tecniques i had never tried before, like the home made milk glue/paint and the securing of the crest on the helmet.
I did try to make it as light as possible, except that beech wood is quite heavy, but the crest box and horse hair weigh nothing. Despite which, the helmet moves more to the right and left when i shake my head, as is normal, so a suspension system must me added, or i need to wrap a linen ribbon around my head as is some times seen on vases under helmets.
Khairete
Giannis
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
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a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
