How To Make A Sheet Metal Spartan Helmet

To attach the face shield i used two pieces of sheet metal strips see below.

How to make a sheet metal spartan helmet.

Build the rim using a strip of cardboard 2 inches wide that you attach to the back of the helmet. However having no armor i needed to make some. Studying the pictures of the spartan helmet you ll notice that the helmet has a rim at the back. This gave it a good height which meant that i could use two leather straps to create a form of suspension and make the helmet comfortable to wear.

In this video we are making a spartan corinthian style helmet. I started with the helmet probably not the best idea because of it s relative difficulty then progressed on. Let us know in the comments if you liked the video and what we should do differently to make these videos better song. Get it as soon as thu jul 2.

How to make a spartan helmet out of cardboard and paper mache this spartan helmet is a nice little piece of medieval armor and it is made out of cereal boxes and paper mache. I love going to museum in my free time and thought maybe i should try and make a helmet from history. Watch as master smith tony swatton owner and founder of sword stone in burbank takes you through each metal forming step of recreating a 16th century closed helmet. Our helmets are made from old swedish military helmets m 41 s 1 mm sheet steel and some forged parts.

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The rim will go all the way around the back of the helmet stopping at the point where the front piece attaches. This project is a little bit challenging and it does take a few days because you really should apply at least three coats of paper mache allowing time to dry between coats. If swedish surpluses are scarce old ww2 style american or even russian post war helmets will probably do just as. Today i started to put together the helmet.

The romans would have used bronze or brass rivets but these are a bit expensive. Only 14 left in stock order soon. You ve seen much of his armor in films and television including captain hook s hook and jack sparrow s sword and now he s teaching his skills to you. 4 2 out of 5 stars 41.