Bucket helmets will always be the best helmets

>can't see shit
>can't hear shit
>gets humid as fuck inside from just breathing

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>>1440462
Agreed.

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Oh yes

they are scary, I give you that

Terrible helmet design. They scrapped the domed top and then ended up having to go back to it because flat tops = death

Also why do they need such face protection, it limits vision so much any face you're saving is offset by how little you can see meaning more likely to get hit

>>1440500
Looks like a bitch to wear, but damn it looks good

>>1440500
This is ceremonial, it wouldn't be worn in battle as someone could grab the horns.

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respectfully disagree

sallet here

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Kettle helms are the most aesthetic

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Doesn't get more stylish than morions

/thread

>>1440511
No you are wrong; in melee combat you can't afford to open yourself up by trying to grab someone's helmet because that person will just stab you. From time immemorial people have worn outlandish non-functional things into battle for psychological purposes but us moderns have been so removed from the warrior ethos due to the advent of mechanized warfare we tend to dismiss the ritualistic/spiritual aspects of combat which were obvious to previous generations.

>>1440561
That's a Portuguese helmet
The mãorion

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Plebs.

>>1440462
until you get hit on the top of your head

>>1440561
always found them dorky as fuck

>>1440603
It's an acquired refined taste, anon

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>>1440462
Greek helmets are waaaayyyy better

>my helmet is best helmet, yours is shit!

Talking about helmets is like talking about music.

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>>1440619
Except some helmets are objectively superior.

>>1440626
>tournament helmets
this is like saying the best modern helmets is a football helmet

>>1440476
>b-b-but muh crusader meme man

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>>1440640
>helmets don't count as helmets

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Basinet master race.

>>1440610
Like my penis.

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>>1440672
>posting a basinet without a visor

For what purpose?

>>1440693
Visors spoil the aesthetic.

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Were visored bascinets like this ever a thing historically? I really like the look of them.

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>>1440619
>>1440626
yup, just like /mu/

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>>1440696
Visors make the aesthetic. bascinets are bland without them.

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sad to know that I share a board with so many plebs

>>1440587
that is some beautiful craftsmanship

>>1440562
Surely it would still have been quite unwieldy?

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check out this coolbeans bronze gladiator helmet. 1st century AD and check out the condition!

>>1440462
DEUS VULT

>>1441196
what a bizarre sunhat

>>1440497
I think people tend to understand how much fighting was done with a lance, not a sword.

>>1441221
*underestimate, not understand.

>>1440476
>>can't see shit
>>can't hear shit
>>gets humid as fuck inside from just breathing

>Get hit in the face with a lance
>don't care
>Get hit in the face with a sword
>don't care
>Get hit in the face with an arrow
>don't care
>Get hit in the face with an axe
>don't care

>>1441266
>Get hit on the top of the head
>die

>>1441266

A solid blow with an axe to your helmeted head could easily break your next

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Nasal helm...with fuck tons of chainmail....ez...

>>1441190
Perhaps, but it would be a small price to pay if you wish to unnerve the enemy.
With training even the most unwieldy things can be purposed towards efficiency.
I wouldn't expect it to be in wide distribution though, probably for that exact reason.
Probably owned by a well trained officer.

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>>1441189

>>1440462
I think you mean kettle, friend. Honest mistake though, I'm sure.

>>1440626
Hey look, it's a ruin sentinel!

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hey guys, what's going on in this thread?

>>1440462
fuck off swadfag

>>1441190
Who gives a fuck? A nigga in shining armor wearing this hat is striding up to your gay, spindly ass. You're not going to be trying to grab the horns. You're going to realize that he doesn't give a fuck and try to make the nearest exit.

>>1440561
Why are Morion helmets shaped like that?

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> Practical
> Offers good protection
> Fashionable

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>>1441800
prætorian guard is better. i would sex the man whose job it was to wear this

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OP here. Bucket helmets are still the best
420 praise it faggots

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black knight wore a bucky and couldn't be stopped

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Best helm passing through

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>>1443198
> that mail

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>>1443205
Shut up bitch or you gonna join the wench here

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>>1443286
Oh yeah buddy, im going to shove my fist up your ass. Im an expert at it

>>1440462
>bonk

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>>1443320
Go ahead and try before I sodomize you first, you fucking filthy knave

And /his/ is just as full of memes as ever

A great helm was disposable. You wore it during the charge and then threw it away when you closed with the enemy, relying on your skullcap and coif/low-profile bascinet depending on era to protect you. It was primarily to deflect arrows. After the battle you'd go pick it up again, or just get another made. Great helms were cheap as fuck. Horns, wings, weird headdresses, plenty of adorning features on them because they were disposable and wouldn't affect your actual combat performance.

Also burgonet with falling buff masterrace

>>1441797
Better visibility than a kettle hat, same basic principle. Easy as fuck to make in large numbers, fits will with the munitions plate they were making around that time.

>>1443356
Oh hoy hoy
Imma need a source on that bullshit

>>1443356
I can understand taking it off but throwing it away is bullshit.

>>1443579
Stronghold artwork, right? goddamn that looks cool

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>>1441591

>>1441808
This helmet is pure sex.

>>1441797
>>1443385
Also deflects blows to the head.from directly above.

>>1444752
it's from ac 1

>>1440462
>can't see shit
>little hit deflection from the face and side
>litterally no hit deflection from the top. any hit with the heavy enough object (including boulders) will snap you neck and kill you
>where such a shit were used for two centuries

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What are these types of helmets called? Looks Greco-roman inspired.

>>1445136
Bottom left looks a bit like the Corinthian helmet. The rest look like crosses with that, the Attic-type, and a Roman galea.

>>1440462
They're awful. Horrible protection to hits from above.

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>>1440561
>moron helmet

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>>1445136
Stylized thracian helmets

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>this thread

>>1441176
Holy shit that helmet is god tier.
That A E S T H E T I C is fucking amazing.

>>1445118
becuse they where working good

>>1441661
How and why would this protect anyone

>>1445136
I don't think those renaissance abominations appeared outside of paintings

>>1447406
hehe retard

>>1441332

God damn that looks good.

Arent thise gaps on top kinda a design flaw?

>>1440618

Why do they look like that?

They seem really heavy.

What was the point of that weird shaped cap?

>>1440473
is that supposed to be Simon de Montfort?

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>>1447470
Its a metal version of a felt hat worn.

It was suggested by Xenophon to be used for cavalry and was used in this way for Alexander the greats army.

Its like a kettle helmet. It has the sides to direct blows away and an open face so that you get better vision, for example while riding a horse.

>>1441315
I imagine it would be more intended for your friends actually, so they can see where their commander is.

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Actual best helmet coming through

>>1441666
no, you fuck off rhocuck

>>1447731
It's aesthetic to be sure but it also makes you deaf

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Who wore it better?

>>1447739
how is that helmet more deafening than others?

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>>1447781
Because it doesn't have gaps for the ears?
Use your brain

>>1447748
Are those Spartans from 270BC wearing Corinthian helms and bronze breastplates? That's some serious faggotry.

>>1441808
>back of the neck and shoulders aren't covered
0/10

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>>1440462
>Flat top helmets

>>1447781
It doesn't have ear holes

>>1447801
Not to mention they're using a dory instead of a sarissa or xyston.

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>>1447808
>kettle halt
Good for holding out during a siege.

>>1447844
hat*

>>1447844
Also good for soup. Just mind the sleeves of your hauberk.

>>1447820
Using a dory is correct. and a Xyston is a cavalry weapon. Stop trying to sound smart.

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/Burgonet/

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Pig-Faced Bascinets a best

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sallet a best

>>1447853
Okay.

>>1447891
argue with me bitch i like talking about this stuff

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There is only one real helmet you faggots and that's the Stahlhelm.

>sleek
>modern
>efficient
>good-looking

>>1447913
Sorry, anon. Tired as fuck, going to bed. Best I can do right now is call you a faggot. You win.

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>it ain't me starts playing

>>1447933

>Looks like the head of a penis.

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>>1447956
awww shit!

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Pith helmets are A E S T H E T I C as fuck

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Best roman helms reporting. This is followed by marian equipment.

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>>1447992
True that

Can someone explain to me these helmets with a bunch of shit on top of them, like>>1447731 and >>1441800. If someone hit the top hard enough wouldn't that snap your neck?

>>1448038
Damn, the French make everything 10 times more stylish.

>>1448062
I think you're referring to the plume, or mane as it is sometimes known. It's for appearance but can intimidate the enemy since it makes the wearer appear larger then he really is. Plumes are usually made out of material such as horse hair so it's no like solid metal.

>>1447992
Good luck trying to deflect sword blows with that patch of leather

>>1450188
>leather
Pith helmets are made of either pith or cork, not leather.

>>1441266
If you got hit in the face with a lance, and we're assuming this a couched lance being delivered by a charging warhorse, no you wouldn't care because you'd be dead or unconscious.

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>>1447881

This

>>1448038
Anglogermanofranc style is truly the best style.

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>>1440462
love buckets, but you can't beat max

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make way for the best helmet

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>this whole thread
>no one posts this

>>1451885
Is that an armet?

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Step aside.

>>1451960
Delete noobs eat blooms

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Is there a name for the clothing decoration on helmets?

I find it cool as fuck.

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Swerve, plebs.

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>not liking kabuto

>>1440646
>>1440476
>people who know nothing about medieval armor

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>>1451995

>having the Nike logo instead of horns on your helmet

>>1452132
Put ya guns on

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>>1452132
>not having Antlers on your helmet

>>1443444
>>1443578
>>1443356
Quite a few have holes in them to attach chains to the helmet, you could then sling it over your back.

>>1451934
The name is quite literally the filename.

>>1452029
I believe modern people call it a wreath. They look cool in conjunction with a mantle.

>>1447850
Good to see the soupman meme is still alive

>>1452157
Have fun when someone grabs your antlers and beheads you.

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>>1452157
>not having 3 faces on your helmet

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>>1452949

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>>1451995

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>>1447460
no

>>1452791
>grabbing a helmet decoration
stupidest thing you could do, you would be killed the second you make yourself vulnerable