Helmets

[osprey_archer]

Link: The Weirdest and Fiercest Helmets from the Age of Armored Combat

I particularly like the helmet with the decorative mustache. Also the one with horns and eyeglasses. (Nothing says scary like eyeglasses!) And the seashell helmet from Japan...

I wonder how many of these people actually wore in battle and how many were purely parade gear, but nonetheless, they're pretty awesome.

Comments

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

Awesome!! I imagine my favorite one with the curly horns and glasses, would be completely inappropriate in battle. Too many easy handholds.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Yes, I just envision horn-helmet fighting someone wearing a dramatic cape, and the cape's fringe would get caught in the eyeglass frames...It would be an awkward moment.

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

I think you might enjoy the video I just put up on my page. Too hilarious for words. Go see for yourself. :)

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Hee, those are great! The spiral horns and spectacles is probably my favorite as well. Plus the 'grotesques' that look like grumpy middle-aged guys.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Fear the grumpy old guys! Feeeeear!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Those were *fabulous*. I meant to tell you yesterday, but the day got away from me. The decorative mustache was an absolute riot.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I just imagine the guy in the helmet trying to evilly twirl his decorative mustache. Maybe it could be designed so the ends turn, for proper inspiration of evil?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

And he'd have to leave the hinge slightly un-oiled for a proper squeaky-creakiness of evil.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Yes! It would make a fingernails-on-a-chalkboard sound. His enemies would beg for mercy before he even drew his sword!