Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Nephite Head plate

This particular piece of nephite armor has been the most difficult to construct. It is my understanding that it is not like any head armor known. For me it went through several changes. At first it seemed more like a large disk made of leather or mettle attached to a headband.This would cover mainly the forehead. However it was to unstable and looked rather strange. I looked for a better design. I found one when I looked at the Aztec head dress. I noticed that if you removed the mass of feathers there was a substantial headplate. Now, my idea stems from the concept that the aztec are a sort of post apocolyptic group of lamanites. One of the reasons that I did is because their armor so closely resebles the nephite armor. yet everything excet the thick cloth has been relegated to something more ornamental. The Mound Builders also have  head plates. You can find images of them here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Up1TK3lptE). I have made a mock up of one possible style of headplate. I used cardboard because it's inexpensive and if you make a mistake your not out allot of money. 

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