is my helmet all wrong?

[ratty]

is my helmet all wrong?

ive been looking at pictures of similar helmets and it seems different

here is a picture of my helmet is it a fantasy design?

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Is that the infamous "tooper helm"? Crest looks dubious anyway!

[Marcus Mummius]

Yes it's the trooper helmet. You can read about why it's such an unauthentic replica on the Legio XX 'Thing to avoid' page:

http://www.larp.com/legioxx/bad.html

Vale,

[Aurelianus]

I'm very sory for you but this helmet is one of the worst helmet on the market!

I would not go on any roman event with it!

As I started with roman equipment I bought a helmet similar to yours too. I've trust in "authentic reproduction" and words like this.

The saddest is that you can get a really well made helmet for a little more money!!!!

So what you can do? Put it on ebay (and spend a little bit more money for a nice Deepeeka Gallic G or an other helmet from the new Deepeeka line - be careful that you buy an "N"-article-number-helmet) or take the minger as a target :wink:

[Christophorus Rubrum]

ratty, don't be sad, i ve got also this one.
Bought several years ago without any knowledge on accuracy.
Now i spare bucks for Depeeka one, with RAT improvment

Somedays, i asked myself to stop thinking of using a hammer to improv myself the helmet, at least put ring to lace it under my chin
LOCTITE Glue :twisted:

[Comerus Gallus]

[size=150:31406fkq]Its So!!...bad... that mine payed the conscequences![/size]






I should had thought that the helmet still functional for Church plays, but not for reenactment...[size=150:31406fkq]too late!!![/size] :x

[FAVENTIANVS]

I still think you can turn it into an Intercisa one...

[Magnus]

Yeah, I was going to say...is the helmet bowl useful for anything? Itallic B?

[Chuck Russell]

do tell, how would u change it? i have a similar helmet jsut sitting here.

[Comerus Gallus]

Yes Favi... I thought of doing something new when I did this... I was thinking something medieval....

But to answer u all guys.... perhaps the bowl ca be use to create something close to this?

But u need to refill those little extra holes, & weld the two ear piece?

http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/download.php?id=1139

[Chuck Russell]

hmmmmm. it'll take some planishing to get rid of where the eyebrows are soddered on.

[Comerus Gallus]

hmmmmm. it'll take some planishing to get rid of where the eyebrows are soddered on.

No it doesnt not need to be planish the hole thing... its just has 3 welding points that hold the repossed eyebrow... when you take it out it just have a burned shape of what was there...

Would u like to see some pictures?

[Chuck Russell]

hmmmmmmmmmmm ok

[Comerus Gallus]

hmmmmmmmmmmm ok

Give me few minutes to download the picsssssss! :lol:

But I'm concerned about the back, since lack of one bulging line (ridges?).

[Magnus]

So the Gallic B has 4 ridges, vs the trooper's 3? Well, do any other originals just have 3 ridges?

I think if you got the rest of the helmet looking like the new one from deepeeka, then you'd be in good shape, even if there was only 3 ridges vs 4.