Late Roman commander headgear

[fred.]

What does the chap in middle have on his head?


Is a helmet with a full face mask? Or does he have a bald head and a laurel wreath? Or something else?

He is from ARL18 Late Romans, Aurthurian Personalities

[clibinarium]

Its a "Ribchester" cavalry helmet, the character is a reference to Mordred in John Borman's "Excalibur", but could be any Roman Briton of means, using the remaining equipment passed down from his predecessors.

[fred.]

Thank you sir!

These figures are very nice to paint.

[irregularwars]

In a not too subtle hijack of this thread - how easy do you think it would be to do a headswap with this head being put onto a cataphract's body?

[FierceKitty]

... Mordred in John Borman's "Excalibur"...

...whose helmet was a rather obvious nod to Boorman's earlier movie "Zardoz".

[clibinarium]

In a not too subtle hijack of this thread - how easy do you think it would be to do a headswap with this head being put onto a cataphract's body?

Not too difficult; saw through both necks, take the Ribchester head and drill a small hole underneath, drill the neck of the cataphract and insert a bit of wire or brass rod to hold the two in place and glue. The head will be fiddly to manipulate as its so small, when drilling its best held in a pair of neddle-nosed plyers, with tissue to cushon the head from the plyers arms which will damage it if held too tight..

[irregularwars]

Thanks Clibinarium. I gather you're responsible for the sculpts, so should know whether it's feasible.

I've done a lot of 15mm head-swaps, but never 10mm. It was mostly a question of whether the shoulders/necks would permit being sawn. I would assume so given your answer.

I might have to give it a go. Needle nose plyers and tissuers eh?

[irregularwars]

Oh, what's the composition of the five figures in the pack? 2 each of the warriors and one druid?

[Leon]

Oh, what's the composition of the five figures in the pack? 2 each of the warriors and one druid?

It's usually just a case of what we clip first, so just a random assortment.  You get at least 1 of each pose, but we could supply exactly what you need if that would be better?