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Great helm liners
Sir Ulrich:
I'd go with linen because it breathes better than cotton, avoid poly or poly fill at all costs cause I got a gambeson thats filled with it and it's HOT as hell.. I'm kinda lucky my kettle helm came with a leather liner though.
Heres a pic of an actual historical padding for a great helm:
Sir Wolf:
that if i am not mistaken is for a jousting helmet. more like the frog mouth than what he has pictured of his great helmet
Sir Ulrich:
It's a 15th century padding though so I'm not exactly sure, though it appeared on wikipedia under great helm and I believe great helms were still used for jousting in those days. It probably COULD work for a great helm, of course you could always go the way and buy an arming cap that you can wear under the helm.
http://kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AB0313
This can give you an idea of what kind of padding would work for a great helm as well
http://therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1278.html
Sir Patrick:
Definitely use natural fibers for both material and filler, unless you want to pass out!
Leganoth:
Hmm i see. Also I've been looking into getting horns or plumes for my great helm or somthing to mount ontop of it, where did you gets get yours? I see in some of your pics you have something on top?
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