I’m wondering about the great helm. Aside from the projections at the top, that’s a pretty common SCA design. (And while I can think of a possible reason for those projections, I can also see the marshalls objecting to them.)
Kevin Dugansays
@#3 whheydt: In the SCA, projections upward indicate a peerage above knighthood, and 6 projections is associated with a Baron, though they should be rounded as they represent “pearls”. It could be argued that the pointiness makes it a Duke’s crown “Strawberry leaves” I don’t know how this applies to historical sumputuary laws.
whheydtsays
Re: Kevin Dugan @ #4…
I’m familiar with SCA usage as regards regalia. And you are correct that the points could be for a barony–either landed or court. I just don’t recall seeing it done as metal sticking above the top of a helm.
–Hal Ravn, OL, OP, Grant of Arms, OLM, AA, Def. West, Baron of the Court of the West
starskepticsays
’tis but a scratch….
nomdeplumesays
There are dumb atheists as well as smart atheists? Who knew?
That helm reminds me of the Teutonic Knight in the film Alexander Nevsky.
pilghamsays
I’m going to guess there used to be more to that helm, but that stuff was taken off and sold in some post crusade financial reversal.
whheydtsays
Re: robertbaden @ #8…
Pretty much basic barrel helm except for the extensions on the top. The good helm in the Nevsky film is the one that Alexsander himself wears. It’s an exact replica of the real one that is in the Hermitage Museum in (again) St. Petersberg.
Re: pigham @ #9…
Doubt it. It appears to be new. No dents, not streaks from duct tape, no corrosion. It looks to have been photoshopped from someones catalog.
There is someone skeptic-y who uses a fully-helmed figure as an avatar in their youtube videos. I can’t remember what they call themselves, but maybe that has something to do with the helm?
Is the interesting things thread closed? I wanted to point out that oxygen is limited as a way of looking for life on other planets because it’s a result biological pollution 2.4 or so billion years after liquid water appeared.
I’ve been thinking about abiogenesis a lot lately and there could be other paths that metabolism might take that don’t overwhelm the O2 sinks.
“None shall pass.”
Perhaps it needs to cut closer to the bone.
I’m wondering about the great helm. Aside from the projections at the top, that’s a pretty common SCA design. (And while I can think of a possible reason for those projections, I can also see the marshalls objecting to them.)
@#3 whheydt: In the SCA, projections upward indicate a peerage above knighthood, and 6 projections is associated with a Baron, though they should be rounded as they represent “pearls”. It could be argued that the pointiness makes it a Duke’s crown “Strawberry leaves” I don’t know how this applies to historical sumputuary laws.
Re: Kevin Dugan @ #4…
I’m familiar with SCA usage as regards regalia. And you are correct that the points could be for a barony–either landed or court. I just don’t recall seeing it done as metal sticking above the top of a helm.
–Hal Ravn, OL, OP, Grant of Arms, OLM, AA, Def. West, Baron of the Court of the West
’tis but a scratch….
There are dumb atheists as well as smart atheists? Who knew?
That helm reminds me of the Teutonic Knight in the film Alexander Nevsky.
I’m going to guess there used to be more to that helm, but that stuff was taken off and sold in some post crusade financial reversal.
Re: robertbaden @ #8…
Pretty much basic barrel helm except for the extensions on the top. The good helm in the Nevsky film is the one that Alexsander himself wears. It’s an exact replica of the real one that is in the Hermitage Museum in (again) St. Petersberg.
Re: pigham @ #9…
Doubt it. It appears to be new. No dents, not streaks from duct tape, no corrosion. It looks to have been photoshopped from someones catalog.
There is someone skeptic-y who uses a fully-helmed figure as an avatar in their youtube videos. I can’t remember what they call themselves, but maybe that has something to do with the helm?
Armoured Skeptic. Absolute wanker.
Is the interesting things thread closed? I wanted to point out that oxygen is limited as a way of looking for life on other planets because it’s a result biological pollution 2.4 or so billion years after liquid water appeared.
I’ve been thinking about abiogenesis a lot lately and there could be other paths that metabolism might take that don’t overwhelm the O2 sinks.