"Question on a Saxon figure" Topic
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| Field Marshal | 14 Dec 2012 3:24 a.m. PST |
Is this style of helmet ok to use as a saxon warlord in the Arthurian period?
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| rvandusen | 14 Dec 2012 3:42 a.m. PST |
Yes. It looks like a near-contemporary Vendel helmet. |
| Field Marshal | 14 Dec 2012 3:50 a.m. PST |
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| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 14 Dec 2012 6:46 a.m. PST |
Define 'Arthurian period'. It is rather later than c. 500 AD |
| WillieB | 14 Dec 2012 6:57 a.m. PST |
Vendel era starts 'officialy' around 550 AD so it would be perfectly suited for an 'Arthurian' setting.
I'm not entirely sure it IS A Vendel period helmet though. Looks a bit earlier to me. The one in the background is definitely Vendel era. |
| oldbob | 14 Dec 2012 8:01 a.m. PST |
That's very nice conversion work! |
| Lewisgunner | 15 Dec 2012 2:31 a.m. PST |
I'd be more worried about the sword which is on the wrong side and suspended by a belt when it should be a baldric. The Vendel helmets belong to a style with a tradition so why shouldn't there be an earlier exemplar.
Roy |
| Mitch K | 24 Dec 2012 8:20 a.m. PST |
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finally paints the first of his Gauls...