Murmillo Helmet

[badersbus]

Don't know why , but ever since i was a kid i have been interested in Roman Gladiators. I put it down to watching Spartacus when i was about 10 i think
Anyway after the recent heron i made for the garden i had a load of chisel offcuts left , and thought i would make this.
I think it is the type of helmet that everyone thinks of when you think of a Gladiator. This type is called a Murmillo helmet or " Fishmen". I think this comes from the fish type fin on the top , and the fish details that were common on the sides of the helmet etc.
Here's a link to a spectacular one in the British Museum. Obviously i am not going to get any where near the workmanship on that one , more of a caricature mine i think.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/murmillohelmet.html

Don't know what i am going to do with it when finished , but thought about putting it at the bottom of the garden on a plinth or something , and wait for the neighbours curtains to start twitching

 

[chunkolini]

Fantastic and great use of scrap

What to do with it when finished? For heavens sake.

It is called a fighting hat, I started making mine years back, have not seen it for about 2 years. The Principle is simple.
It is a hat for fighting. You start making it, abandon it now and again and rediscover it and do some more work on it.

Alongside making The Hat you start making The List.

One day they will both be finished.

On that day you take out the hat, put it on, drink the mildly toxic fluids, take out the list and start to make the list shorter, until the list has gone. Then you put the hat away and start again.

My list starts off with certain managers in social services and ends up with the screaming drunks in town on Friday nights.

Fighting Helmets are great things. I confess to never having finished mine or tried it on.

I hope that helps.

You obviously get through a lot of chisels.

Chunko'.

 

[Shox Dr]

Our lass says nice Helmet

I say

Keep taking the meds chunk




(are those smilies the right way round)

 

[chunkolini]

More thought on hats.
A Gentleman always wears a feather in his hat, give that nice 'dapper air' a bit of style.
How about a couple of scythe blades, they would make lovely feathers.

Stylish, functional and great for stage diving.

Chunko'.

 

[badersbus]

Thanks for the comments guys , seems to be taking longer than i thought it would but doesn't everything i suppose.
Kirk

 

[Andy from Workshopshed]

It looks good to me. You could always start a Roman themed flea circus

http://www.svensons.co.uk/roman_show_9.html

 

[badersbus]

Having been distracted by rebuilding my sons VW caddy , Helping people move house , decorating ya da ya da , i have managed to get a bit of time to play in the garage again.
Spent sometime continuing with this folly i am building LOL.
The missus still thinks i am mad and just tuts when she looks in the garage door.
Lots of work left to do
Don't know if to let it just rust , sandblast it , plate it or have it galvanised ??
What do you chaps think ?
Pictures

 

[octo0072000]

make the rest of the suit to go with it looks good put a light inside it that will get the curtains twitching

 

[chunkolini]

damn fine thing.
Go the bank in it and ask to make a withdrawal.
You could perhaps make a matching one for your wifey,
Finish? definitely allow it to rust whatever you do dont ruin it with paint.
What are the hexagonal bits? where do you get them from and how much.
I have a plan that might need a few hundred of them.

 

[echosierra3]

Make a trident, put on a sheet, consume a few drinks and run around neighborhood, curtains will really start twitching. Or, bury it for a year, dig it up, and call the British museum and tell them about the Roman artifact you've found, sell it for a ton of money and buy more welding gear. Damn fine looking helmet!

 

[Chipper]

Excellent . Don't rust it, enough of that in the world already, shine it up and oil or wax it, praps like it would've been done.

 

[badersbus]

Thanks for the replies chaps. Think i may go along the lines of nice and shiney and wax it up. Seems to be getting cold in the garage now so progress may be slowed up , or is it just me

 

[nodeward]

that is excellent! i know if i had more time to spend in the garage id end up with all sorts of stuff like this, just love it

 

[dickie bell]

I am Spartacus!
Seriously tho that is fantastic

 

[the snooper]

just wear it when you go for a walk then the curtains will twitch

 

[Tino]

No, I'm Spartacus!

 

[nixboy13]

fantastic work pal i agree with the shiney the beter
top work