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Ian

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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #45 on: 2013-02-21, 19:49:54 »
Here, he made this out of a padded moving blanket, but you could use whatever you want.  I should have done this!  Seems pretty simple:
http://mailmaker.tripod.com/paddedcoif/paddedcoif.html


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Sir William

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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #46 on: 2013-02-21, 20:02:56 »
Sir Ian, that'd make it easier than cutting out a pattern and sewing it up, except those things usually stink of...stuff.  lol
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« Reply #47 on: 2013-02-22, 05:02:25 »
Quote from: Sir William on 2013-02-21, 20:02:56
Sir Ian, that'd make it easier than cutting out a pattern and sewing it up, except those things usually stink of...stuff.  lol

You can pick up a brand new moving blanket probably big enough for 2 or 3 coifs for around $5 .. but it's going to be hotter than linen.
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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #48 on: 2013-02-22, 11:54:09 »
Thats actually what I have, cept mines not padded thickly at all, it's just got like one layer of cotton felt I believe. I guess I could make another or I could just get another arming cap to wear under it to double the padding to make wearing my topfhelm fit better.
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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #49 on: 2013-02-22, 14:29:43 »
Quote from: James Anderson III on 2013-02-22, 05:02:25
Quote from: Sir William on 2013-02-21, 20:02:56
Sir Ian, that'd make it easier than cutting out a pattern and sewing it up, except those things usually stink of...stuff.  lol

You can pick up a brand new moving blanket probably big enough for 2 or 3 coifs for around $5 .. but it's going to be hotter than linen.

Yea.  That's not going to work for me.  I get heated as it is in linen and cotton.  lol

Still...I am unhappy with my current padded arming wear setup.  So bulky.
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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #50 on: 2013-02-22, 16:30:58 »
Guys, don't get wrapped around the 'moving blanket' aspect so to speak.  The pattern is still good.  Just take linen and sandwich cotton batting in between and you get the same padded coif, just way more breathable.
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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #51 on: 2013-02-22, 17:47:04 »
That is predicated on the ability to sew- I'm no seamstress unfortunately.  :(
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« Reply #52 on: 2013-03-04, 22:39:48 »
Yeah that would work but my great helm is literally like an empty bucket, lol id need a good few inches of padding on the top just to get my eyes to the slits
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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #53 on: 2013-03-05, 20:05:49 »
Leganoth, you might want to consider using foam to start the padding process, mold it into a cup that your head would fit (while wearing a coif) in at the top of the helm.  Then if you were so inclined, sew the padding over (or under, depending on how you look at it) the foam so that no one'll ever know its there but you.

I suspect Ulrich will want to try the same with his transitional helm as it is a bucket top too.
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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #54 on: 2013-03-05, 22:07:52 »
Helm & great helm are super protective together. I've heard great stories.
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Re: Great helm liners
« Reply #55 on: 2013-04-16, 10:05:59 »
should there be any padding for the nose? i hope so lol
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