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As the title says, another helmet concept. XD I decided to polish a bit the "crested" helmet model, by adding a chainmail mask and more ear protection. In the past I've drawn several "fully closed" helmets, but I wanted to give some space to the models with ear-holes as well. After all, helmets that left the ears uncovered were not that rare in history...
Hope you find this intersting! More feedback is always appreciated. ^^
Hope you find this intersting! More feedback is always appreciated. ^^
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
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Size 1102 x 1200px
File Size 1.91 MB
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That's an interesting concept, I dig it!
I would probably add a padded cloth, linen or other thick lining to the chainmail pouches and face mask on the inside so it doesn't rub against the skin and get fur stuck in them. Chainmail without padding is kinda like a rasp to skin, even worse with fur I'd imagine haha :)
I would probably add a padded cloth, linen or other thick lining to the chainmail pouches and face mask on the inside so it doesn't rub against the skin and get fur stuck in them. Chainmail without padding is kinda like a rasp to skin, even worse with fur I'd imagine haha :)
Can they even hear properly with the chainmail on?... As a person owning a human helmet… Chainmail over the ears does reduce hearing to a degree because of the mail on the ears.
More so, the weight I am curious on, are your characters ears strong enough to keep such heavy mail without flattening the ears?
More so, the weight I am curious on, are your characters ears strong enough to keep such heavy mail without flattening the ears?
Yay, fun as always. And yeah, I agree with above, weight of chainmail may be too much for ears. Crest does good front-on protection, biggest risk at that point is from the side if you're outnumbered. Also, I would not leave the bottom edge like that. What about a good uppercut with the sword there? A nice upwards side chop. Overall, I think ears exposed would be fine with this, but you'd want to adjust that bottom edge.
The chainmail ear sleeves would have to be really light, otherwise they'd really make the ears sore weighing down on them like that. But, if they're that light, they probably wouldn't offer much protection anyway. Either way, I can imagine that the average soldier would probably just go without them, relying just on the helmet crest for ear protection.
Oh man, Love this. I do this same sort of design work all the time in my gallery, and the design problem really is fun and lots to think about. How does one apply protection to various body shapes, within the limits of various technological levels of development? It gets fascinating. Keep at it. It’s inspiring.
Very nice, but I have a few suggestions that might make it better.
The chain maille mask was used historically to block arrow fire and you could still use it in a different way (more on that later), but it would be better if you had the nose piece go down over the nose in an arrow design so that the nose and cupid's bow are protected as if they get in a melee, a palm strike to that area could knock the solder right out.
The cheeks and snout should also be protected by making it more of an ocular design you see on the viking helmets combined with Greek Hoplite.
With the maille, I would say turning it into something you pull up from your neck and attach it to the nose piece via a clip (which can then be stylized into a cat's head or some sacred animal to the solider or culture in general so that they can easily pull it up if they get ambushed by archers or quickly drop it so they can breath better when in melee and have the maille act as extra throat protection.
On to the ears And this is where I have to say that this design just doesn't work at all. I get the idea in that it is meant to protect the ears from getting sliced off if their opponent delivered a wrap cut. Unfortunately, the design would mean the ears would get crushed, have blood clots, get gangrene and you would loose the ears anyway. What I would suggest is a set of quilions behind each ear like those of a Scottish Basket Hilt and have them the length of half of the soldier's ears to save on weight and still be long enough so that they will allow good protection. The attacker might even wreck their sword if they attempt a wrap cut. Finally, the backs of the ears should be wrapped in gambeson with string tied in front. You could probably have a loop on the back of the base that hooks onto a button on the helmet so they can still move their ears and not have the gambeson fly off in the heat of battle.
Finally, with the crest, I would have it so it could be slipped horizontally on and off. The reason being an attacker can no longer use it as an anchor point to drag the soldier down as it would just slip off if they tried.
Hope this helps.
The chain maille mask was used historically to block arrow fire and you could still use it in a different way (more on that later), but it would be better if you had the nose piece go down over the nose in an arrow design so that the nose and cupid's bow are protected as if they get in a melee, a palm strike to that area could knock the solder right out.
The cheeks and snout should also be protected by making it more of an ocular design you see on the viking helmets combined with Greek Hoplite.
With the maille, I would say turning it into something you pull up from your neck and attach it to the nose piece via a clip (which can then be stylized into a cat's head or some sacred animal to the solider or culture in general so that they can easily pull it up if they get ambushed by archers or quickly drop it so they can breath better when in melee and have the maille act as extra throat protection.
On to the ears And this is where I have to say that this design just doesn't work at all. I get the idea in that it is meant to protect the ears from getting sliced off if their opponent delivered a wrap cut. Unfortunately, the design would mean the ears would get crushed, have blood clots, get gangrene and you would loose the ears anyway. What I would suggest is a set of quilions behind each ear like those of a Scottish Basket Hilt and have them the length of half of the soldier's ears to save on weight and still be long enough so that they will allow good protection. The attacker might even wreck their sword if they attempt a wrap cut. Finally, the backs of the ears should be wrapped in gambeson with string tied in front. You could probably have a loop on the back of the base that hooks onto a button on the helmet so they can still move their ears and not have the gambeson fly off in the heat of battle.
Finally, with the crest, I would have it so it could be slipped horizontally on and off. The reason being an attacker can no longer use it as an anchor point to drag the soldier down as it would just slip off if they tried.
Hope this helps.
I think the helmet crest is probably the best possible way to protect protruding ears, while the mail sleeves are likely useless as other commenters have already suggested.
As a matter of practicality, your earlier picture "Poor Decisions" was likely the best overall idea for protecting the ears - you just mash them into a helmet and deal with the hindered hearing that would inevitably cause. In this "era" usually you don't actually put on a helmet until you're getting ready to go directly into a battle anyway, so it's not like you're going to be trying to keep an ear out for an ambush or something while wearing this metallic bucket on your head.
As a matter of practicality, your earlier picture "Poor Decisions" was likely the best overall idea for protecting the ears - you just mash them into a helmet and deal with the hindered hearing that would inevitably cause. In this "era" usually you don't actually put on a helmet until you're getting ready to go directly into a battle anyway, so it's not like you're going to be trying to keep an ear out for an ambush or something while wearing this metallic bucket on your head.
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