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Offline cheng

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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #30 on: October 08, 2011, 03:15:30 »
ok WoT...I'll just give my horde 1 or 2 helmets  ;)

I agree a glued-on pair of flaps would be quite unstable
though it would be a nice challenge to combine a conical helm with the Roman cheek flaps, perhaps by retaining a connecting 'ring' from the Roman helm with a shortened cone stuck on it?
I could try but not wiling to sacrisfice 2 good helmets just to make one :P

boots tied to their legs;
ok..not too often  ;)

Gaul shields wood not metal ...ok ok (I thought those pictures/drawings/scale models were supposed to be bronze shields :P)

and I saw this Halberd in one website...I'm hesitant to modify one of our PM ones...were they correct for the (early)period?
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #31 on: October 10, 2011, 02:28:26 »
The technique you describe when building the helm is the same one I used,
Keeping the lower part of the roman helm in tact. :)
I do not thing that halberd is period for early Celts. ???
I am not an expert on this period, but I would say no.
Halberds did not start looking like that until the later 17oos.
Even early period halberds from the Middle Ages looked nothing like these.
So I would say no,
besides, I think with Gauls/Celts it is best to keep them very simple.
They would not have made something to look like that unless it were extremely practical.
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #32 on: October 10, 2011, 02:44:51 »
so I guess the 'ring' with the pair of Roman flaps disengaged from your 'baseless' helm, right....we could put our heads together for such attempts in future...post it half made of even if failed in this section...I'm sure our other customising friends too may have better ideas....other than ugly epoxy..they will come apart whenever the fused helmet is removed....unless you sand the inside of the ring to make it looser (but i dread it when these loose hats/helmets pop off at the slightest pressure or even just accidentally toppling over the klicky)

OMG..and I let speedo-dad hold a halberd...no wonder he got some funny stares too  :P
thanks WoT!
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #33 on: October 10, 2011, 02:56:34 »
Maybe some woodworking techniques applied to plastic will yield results... ???
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #34 on: October 14, 2011, 15:50:20 »
Hey!
I made some Gaul shields. I've been careful not to put helmets on my Gauls, though it itched a lot to do so...







Looking at them again, the long shields look like surf boards somehow...maybe these Gauls lived by the sea!  :lol:

Hope you all like them!
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #35 on: October 14, 2011, 17:32:05 »
Wow!
Very nice shields! Pgal :wave:
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #36 on: October 14, 2011, 18:10:48 »
:love:

They're GORGEOUS.
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #37 on: October 14, 2011, 20:29:02 »
Oh yeah!  :o :o :o Wow that are some nice Gauls and the surboard "massai" shield..... well I like them!
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #38 on: October 15, 2011, 00:31:13 »
WUOOOOOH!!! :love:
is this what they mean by "it never rains but it pours"?!  8}
(but we have to be careful, Arnaud, never to be too intricate or we wont retain their playmo-looks :P)
...and have you had time to work or sleep? :lol:
...and btw, your Gauls are also too well dressed for speedoDad...you have any with bare feet? and dont you agree we need naked torsos from PM? ;D
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #39 on: October 15, 2011, 02:11:39 »
They're AWESOME, Arnaud!
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