Deepeeka\'s new Gallic A - WOW

[Chuck Russell]

not to change the subject, but what are you wearing in these photos? i mean what is the white thing on your shoulders with the red and yellow lines?

[Marcus Mummius]

not to change the subject, but what are you wearing in these photos? i mean what is the white thing on your shoulders with the red and yellow lines?

Lol, that's not me, that's a friend of mine from my group who was trying on my Gallic A :wink:

People often get confused when they see pitures of us wearing a helmet, they often can't tell who is who... A photograph of our group at an event two weeks ago was published in one of our national newspapers. My friend's mother thought she recognised him in the picture but it was me.

To answer your question: he is wearing a hamata with shoulderdoubling. The shoulderdoubling has been covered with a layer of linen that has painted on decorations. I don't know if there is evidence for this but it looks nice

Here you can see it a bit better:

Vale,
Jef

[Tiberius]

Tony,
From whom did you purchase the Gallic A? I suffer the same problem, crainius gigantis, and I like the A. I've been shopping around, and if they are a good size, I'll get one.


Jeff/Tiberius
LEG~XX

[marsvigilia]

Tony,
From whom did you purchase the Gallic A? I suffer the same problem, crainius gigantis, and I like the A. I've been shopping around, and if they are a good size, I'll get one.

Jeff/Tiberius
LEG~XX

I got mine from Deepeeka. Their website is: http://www.reenactorreplicas.com/helmet ... elmets.htm
You might want to try and get them to measure the front to back and side to side inside dimensions and with a ruler. They were extremely accommodating for me.

If you're not sure how to measure these on your own head. Let me offer my method. Put a large helmet or cook pot over your head. It has to be inflexible. Press against the back of the head. Take a ruler and place between forehead and front edge. Use your thumb to mark the position on the ruler. Subtract this number from the internal diameter of the helmet this will give you the diameter of your head. Repeat for side to side. I personally desire a helmet at with dimensions 1/2 inch to 1 inch larger than this to provide what I consider adequate padding. Though others may disagree.

While more difficult to measure this way than to measure circumference, it is infinitely more useful, and easier for vendors to measure the inside diameters of their helmets for comparison as well.