Just to clarify the Italo-Corinthian helmet: It was not worn over the face, it was designed to look like a Corinthian helmet that was lifted up for better vision and breathing, as is often shown in Greek imagery. So the eye holes were just decorative. Either way they still look silly to me, compared to Greek Corinthian helmets.
Let's be honest. If you saw one of those smiling helmets, covered in blood, on a full suit of armor, pulling a sword out of your comrade, you'd be terrified.
@@tunasandwich8049 @11:10 Imagine the face wearing this helmet glaring intently, and gritting his teeth so that the mouth is flashing a bright smile. And then he comes at you. It's either funnier or scarier than you think. EXAMPLE? i.imgur.com/kNR9pbY.jpg
its my fav helmet, i love the design it looks like a futuristic science fiction helmet to me, almost like from other world and also i think its the most practical because the airflow, the vision, the protection, the hearing and i always had a feeling my nose could get hurt with other kind of helmets, its ahead of their time.
@@ismaeldeleija8165 I know, but not every helmet has it. Most of them just have raised domes. Anyway, if it was even just a bit smaller it would still look better.
Now I want a story with a Darth Vader-esque villain, who wears a derp helmet. Make him eerily silent with a tendency to stare at people like he's peering into their soul.
ID 10 Tango Test180 it’s been a weired time in „Germany“ in the centuries past. Hundreds of little Kingdoms sometimes allied, sometimes at war. And a lot of insanity grew between 1618-1648 the 30 years War. I don’t be astonished, that this grew a few strange flowers between blood, gore, guts, crying woman and starving children. I guess they were too weak or too afraid to laugh.
The helmet of Henry the VIII actually was a gift to Henry from Maximilian the I (the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire). The facial features of this helmet is actually the facial features of Maximilian himself. The idea was, that Henry knew about the contest armour design made by Maximilian's blacksmith shop (that design nowadays called Maximilian armour by the way). This particular design was very popular at that time. And at some point Henry decided, that he want to make his own armour design and his own royal blacksmith shop. And, actually he did. Because of that Maximilian made this gift, that looks like him. To help young Henry become like Maximilian himself. About the horns... Well, hell if I know why Maximilian thought it was a good idea.
P1: Did it stop the sword P2: yes P1: then its a good helmet P1: did it reflect the arrow P2: yes P1: the its a good helmet P1: did it stop the club P2: hs ghhf DC ch gf hg P1: shit im sorry mate
I think its safe to say shitposting and memery has been around since we could read and write. Case in point, these helmets with derpy smiles and medieval texts showing knights battling snails.
The dragonfly Samurai helmet makes sense when you look at it with cultural context. In the feudal Japanese culture dragonflies were symbols of courage and swiftness, fearless hunters that always caught their prey. Dragonflies are so emblematic to Japan that the country has sometimes been called Akutsushima, or the Dragonfly Island.
It's funny. I also had this thought about dragonflies, that they are badass and vicious hunters and it's weird how they are overlooked in heraldry and other places where you usually find falcons, eagles, lions etc. If I were a knight or a king of an aggressive kingdom, definitely would put them somewhere. It's interesting to know that in Japan they too have acknowledged that.
That helmet has the fin at the top for a reason, I am not aware of the Latin name but they were worn by the “fishman” in gladiatorial fights. These were the same people that used the trident and net. In my opinion most of these helmets were most likely used for reasons other than battles and war, possibly for ceremonies.
I can see the advantage in that first helmet. Being able to quickly look around a battlefield and say to yourself, "Yup! Goofy ass helmet. He's on my side."
It honestly looks like someone was told to make a funerary helmet for a guy he hated so he took a boring man-at-arms helmet and threw some scraps at it... Or the visor lost a fight with a can opener.
So if you have a lot of enemies, and your cousin or brother dies, you might give him - that - helmet for his burial. Anyone who laughs you can happily execute for their disrespect. That's my complete fabrication of a reason anyways.
i agree with all of those except one. the "pompeii" gladiator helmet you mentioned at 4:48 is possibly my favorite helmet from ancient times. i dont know why. its not exactly practical, nor is it aesthetic. but maybe "intimidating" is the adjective im looking for?
Additionally, it's important to remember that gladiators were showmen, not soldiers. Gladiatorial combat was entertainment at its core. The designs of their armors were meant to be visually interesting and offer unique challenges to the combatants, not to be practical.
Do you think that in an alternate universe where another species evolved to the same point as us Humans' eyebrows are used for mating displays? *Insert Intense Brow Movements*
Seriously, those Smiley-Face Helmets cracked me up. I actually started laughing, not just a short snicker. Actual Laughter, for several Minutes. Those Helmets, I couldn't take anyone serious, wearing one of these. He's charging at me and the Helm is like "Hey Bro, how's it going? :D" XD
Maybe some of those smiley face helmets were done for that reason? haha. That split second of "wtf is that smiling helmet doing he....." stab right in your gut. It would be very off putting in a fight I think.
but then again, if an enemy knight comes at you with one of those smiling helmets with bloody intent I can see how that would mess with the opposing knight's psyche
The clubs they used were most likely made out of non-splintering materials like leather. And even if they weren't, they wouldn't splinter nearly as badly as breaking lances.
I agree Wampam. The reason jousting lances splintered is because of the sheer force of the strikes. Conduct a test: Find a piece of good seasoned timber (no broomhandles, those things are trash) and smack it against a wall or something until (more likely if) you can break it. Watch as it fails to impress with any real splinters.
2:34 "How do you go from one of the most badass looking and estaticly pleasing helmet design's in all of history.." I agree with you but that particular one you showed there looks a bit like the tip of a......
I can imagine an obese (or maybe just unnaturally muscular) older brother of the some one in the previous helmet wearing the ugly one. What a tag team that would be.
i can imagine that helmet could be quite terrifying in some twisted way. Imagine hiding from him in a closet. He opens it and the first thing you see is that helmet :)
Penguinsfishing imagine mr.universe but at least 10 times bigger and then a high pitched voice :D I think i'd piss myself both from laughing and being terrified...
10:40 D'aww! Happy derp face looks adorable! 10:55 I don't know what gets me more, the fact that the smith couldn't be bothered to remove the flaps of metal he cut out for the eyes, leaving them to guide sword blows straight into the wearer's eye sockets (nor at least flipped them up the other way for _some_ practicality), or that he clearly at first went to make those eye holes impossibly high on the face. Bafflingly bad.
It's possible that this was done my a smith between two battles ( helmet damaged beyond repair, make something fast). Also if the wearer is mounted then the flaps on the bottom would protect the eyes from thrusts coming up.
12:58 scarring the opponent was never the goal. Grotesque was never tended to be use in a combat situation. There purpose was to be ridiculous. Showing that you can afford useless helmet. They were worn on sideshow in tournament. It was intended to be somewhat funny
+B R : At least in the case of Samurai scary masks were indeed worn in battle. Also some grotesque masks were definitely worn as tournament helmets, trying to influence the opposition.
Interestingly the Roman Secutor gladiator helmet was intentionally made to limit vision. Gladiators armor and weapons were specifically made to limit and handicap gladiators in certain ways. Secutors would often go up against trident wielding gladiators and the small eyeholes would protect the face but limit the vision. Gladiators with large shields had small swords and gladiators with small shields had large swords. Gladiators with ranged were often put up against gladiators with close distance weapons. A lot of that was made to balance the two against eachother and make the fight more entertaining.
This helmet was made for Henry VIII, commissioned by Emperor Maximilian, I've seen it in the flesh myself in Leeds Royal Armoury in the UK. blog.royalarmouries.org/2011/09/09/mysteries-of-the-horned-helmet/
nathan fagan most of the strange or very ornate weapons and armor out there is just for showing off at parades, banquets, coronations and other ceremonies, and all that. Even in the late XIX century, sabers in portraits of royalty or generals are much more ornate than what was used in the field. My uncle owns the sabre of an ancestor that fought in the Spanish army in Cuba and the Philippines in the 1890s and it's as plain and practical as it can be.
Yup, pretty much this. This particular type of helmet developed from the habit of troops, to "dismount" the helmet from the face and leave it still on the head, a way of carrying the corinthian helmet often displayed on pottery or coints (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_helmet#/media/File:MetapontumDrachmRutter1576Obverse.jpg) and also a way of carrying that helmet during inactive parts of a battle in an attempt to ventilate, get better oversight of the situation and breath more easily. The smiths reacted to this habit by, first, closing up the gaps between the nasal and cheek plates, which lead to that style of carrying the helmet becoming safer in battle, thus it was worn regularly in this way and, over time, the eyeslits closed up increasingly. This vestigial "face" took a while to "evolve" away.
That helmet was a present to Henry 8th from Maximilian the German Emperor. It's an actual "realistic" characture of how Maximilian looked, including his glasses, but excluding the horns...which are meant to represent his wild and out of control hair
I would be fucking horrified if some melee expert were cutting through my friends just, I dunno, singing a childrens song or going "Laa-de-de-deeh-laa~" with that happy face! Actually, I think whoever wore that helmet, routed entire units in battle by just acting casually!
It's so unbelievably mind blowing that fellow humans ACTUALLY made these things and wore them... Not because they're silly or strange, but because of their world and their day to day lives where helmets like these were used. They were actually alive, breathing, living. Extremely fascinating!
Anyone else think this should become a regular thing? Skall finding the ugliest helmets, armor, and weapons throughout history and presenting them for our mortification.
Ugliest rifles of history? I've got a picture of an L85A1 around here somewhere. Ugliest trebuchet in history? The one throwing rocks at *my* castle. Most beautiful? The on throwing rocks at *that bastard's* castle.
There are surviving examples of the morrion that are too over the top with exaggerated features (pointy tips, oversized comb, like the swiss guard) but the helmet for the regular soldier was much more discreet and very practical. Later on some helmets that were not meant for footsoldiers took some of the features and kept making them more pronounced, turned the small reinforcing ridge into a crest, some added plumes, kept turning the pointy ends upwards and made the helmets turn from a very practical design into something ridiculous. But the common soldier design was originally something very practical, comfortable, well thought and aesthetically fitting.
10:40 Imagine that: *Alphonsius the third* , *knight of the whatever kingdom* was once ordered to murder a bunch of peasants for their most recent disgrace. It just so happened that they recently slept with his wife, twice. Since he was casually humming children songs and smiling upon carrying out his orders... he was therefore to be known as " *The smiling face of death* ". It is said that a helmet was specifically forged for him, under the command of the king himself, who believed that it would bring back order upon his ranks ... for fear to have the *Smiling face of death* come knock at their doorstep, at night. We should make a medieval horror movie about that!
Some Notes to the Helmet seen at 10:55. The Helmet is currently on display at the "Zeughaus" at my Hometown Graz in Austria and dates back to 1601. They were at war with the Ottomans at that time and didn't have enough Armor and Helmets to take back an important Castle in Hungary at the Styrian border. So in a Haste, a Blacksmith manufactured some Helmets wrong, cutting out the Eyeholes too high and had to correct them while they were besieging the Castle. It's one of the so-called "Kanischarüstungen" or Kanischa Armor because of the Castle Kanischa they were besieging. Those Armors are all a bit crude made, you can really see that the Smith was in a Hurry.
Imagine being in a intense city raid. You, and a couple fellow soldiers are running through one of the enemies castle hallways. Then you see defenders. One of them swings a sword towards you, you dodge and raise your shield that blocks yet another blow and then you shove a dagger into a vulnerable area in his armpit protected by chainmail, then you raise the dagger to his throat. But you see the soldiers stupidly made smiley face on his helmet. You end up dead because you were to busy laughing your ass off to defend yourself. I guess they do have some advantages.
11:02 Imagine this: A powerful soldier managed to wear this helmet. Storming into battle with Adrenaline. Fierce War-Cry, menacing sword, and incredible speed. All of a sudden, the entirety of the opponents are laughing their asses off. This mighty warrior was puzzled. Then realized his wardrobe malfunction seconds later. "Welp... they're not taking me seriously."
Hey, maybe they were meant to look awful. For the one with the Smiley face the scenario of creation maybe was something like this: Knight:" Craftsmen, you shall make a armor for me. How much would it be that I have to pay?" Smith: "Oh, well Mylord, for you that would be (insert payment)." Knight:" Good, good. Oh, before I forget: do my helmet so it looks like I'm laughing at my dying opponents." Smith: "Mylord, that would cost extra" Knight: "No, do it like I said. I'm not paying more." *leaves* Smith: *angry* "So you want a laughing helmet for the same amount of payment? Well, I'll give you one" And so the Smiley helmet was forged. Something like that, maybe.
The secutor gladiator helmet, if I’m remembering correctly, was meant to limit vision and hearing in the gladiator simply for the amusement of the spectators and to create another type of gladiator. There was actually a type of gladiator helmet that had no eye holes called the andabatus
I mean, the secutor was created as a direct rival of the retiarius (gladiator with trident, net, and only a sleeve of armor). The helmet was very smooth and round to not get stuck on the net. Of course, the trident could pierce through eyeholes, so they were very small not to get stabbed through. And the andabatus weren't really "gladiators". They were convicts with minimal experience, sentenced to a blind battle in the coliseum.
well i like how everyone talks about something that somehow resembles Onion Knight but i can't find even one comment about the Helmet that looks exactly the same as the one that the boss Armor Vendor wears in Dark Souls 1
What helmet I personally find ridiculous is the soup plate from the British soldiers in WWII. I get it, it's functional but it just looks like a soup plate to me.
1:50 Wait, Xenophon recommended *that?* From that angle, at first glance it looks less like a helmet and more like an iron splat. I can’t even tell which way it’s pointing. I mean, come on, that can’t be a *helmet?* 2:30 Huh? With how low the ‘creases’ go, shouldn’t they obscure the eyes? Where are the slits? 2:50 Looks like that Alex Jones derp meme where his facial features are really tiny and zoomed into his head. Hell, it probably *is* a caricature. 3:35 Looks like kinky fetish headgear for some reason. The tale of Pasiphae and the bull comes to mind for some reason... 4:30 Looks weirdly familiar, as I’d seen Slenderman or some other internet creepypasta guy wearing it. Vaguely Cthulhu/demonic in appearance. 4:53 Because even Italian mercs need their sunshades. 5:10 Cuckold... cuck horns... cuckfish! 6:03 Why does this remind me of Dickbutt? 6:30 Somebody turned an ornamental and probably still usable kitchen pot into a helmet. What can I say, desperation can do that to a man. 6:45 No uglier than the getup modern ponce-fencers wear. 8:20 Getting “giant face-mounted díldo” vibes here. 11:00 Reminds me for some reason of Mason Verger from that one Hannibal movie. 11:30 Looks like a kid’s carvings in cardboard. 11:50 Would be fine, *but those lips!* Look at those *lips!* 12:10 Looks like German fanfic of earlier kabutos. 12:45 Like someone tried to make NPC wojak into a helmet 60 years before it was cool. 14:10 I dunno, do you wanna be caught dead in one of these things?
Just to clarify the Italo-Corinthian helmet: It was not worn over the face, it was designed to look like a Corinthian helmet that was lifted up for better vision and breathing, as is often shown in Greek imagery. So the eye holes were just decorative. Either way they still look silly to me, compared to Greek Corinthian helmets.
Skallagrim i saw that kamen rider ref 👌
Ah that makes a lot more sense to me! My mistake.
Skallagrim
To be fair, some Italo-Corinthians in artwork (particularly Osprey illustrations) look way better. So it can look good.
Skallagrim do a video of your favorite helmets
The blowfish helmet seems legit to be build to headbutt people, expecially as seeing they used pike / halberd-type weapons to go with it...
Let's be honest. If you saw one of those smiling helmets, covered in blood, on a full suit of armor, pulling a sword out of your comrade, you'd be terrified.
I would pay to see an artwork like that.0
Hell yeah, no shit lmao
@@tunasandwich8049 @11:10 Imagine the face wearing this helmet glaring intently, and gritting his teeth so that the mouth is flashing a bright smile. And then he comes at you. It's either funnier or scarier than you think. EXAMPLE? i.imgur.com/kNR9pbY.jpg
@@Sorrowdusk I love you
@@Sorrowdusk 10/10 example
"The iconic helmet of the Spanish conquistador... I've never liked it"
*the Aztec empire agrees*
I think it's a nice helmet, but this comment is still funny.
True murdering the king and taking all his treasure has a way of making people dislike your helmet
survival of the strongest
Fritz Kühne
Of the technologically advanced, more precisely
The Spanish inquisition will remember that.
Imagine being charged at by a smiling knight... I feel like that would be more terrifying than a scary face.
@@Sorrowdusk dear god
@@God_gundam36 what is it?
@@God_gundam36 what is it?
Loop u must be scared of a killing clown or at leasr from the movie it.
@@God_gundam36 what is it ?
4:58 I actually like this, it looks good to me
its my fav helmet, i love the design it looks like a futuristic science fiction helmet to me, almost like from other world and also i think its the most practical because the airflow, the vision, the protection, the hearing and i always had a feeling my nose could get hurt with other kind of helmets, its ahead of their time.
I used to hate it but now it looks ok to me, although I would prefer if it didn't have the comb/crest.
@@jorgejohnson875 the crest is for protection for blows from above, almost all the helmets have this
@@ismaeldeleija8165 I know, but not every helmet has it. Most of them just have raised domes. Anyway, if it was even just a bit smaller it would still look better.
It looks good but in battle it’d be garbage
If you thought derp helmets are bad, imagine the guy that got killed by said derp knight.
imagine this guy with derp helmet walking at you with said helmet stained by blood
Said guy did NOT make it to Valhalla
This is a good comment.
Now I want a story with a Darth Vader-esque villain, who wears a derp helmet. Make him eerily silent with a tendency to stare at people like he's peering into their soul.
As the old saying goes, if you got beat a by a guy who looks like *that*, then you know you’re bad
12:36 the glasses are in case the intimidation fails. “You wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses, would you?”
*tears off the glasses and hits Henry VIII with them*
@@knightofarnor2552 You hit a guy... With glasses, hell that's clever
That's just my dude Domhnall of Zena. I'm just wondering what he's selling right now.
Nothing wrong with disposable crystal swords.
NRaah
Depends, what bosses you killed?
germany
germany what are you doing
germany stop
*GERMANY*
ID 10 Tango Test180 it’s been a weired time in „Germany“ in the centuries past. Hundreds of little Kingdoms sometimes allied, sometimes at war. And a lot of insanity grew between 1618-1648 the 30 years War. I don’t be astonished, that this grew a few strange flowers between blood, gore, guts, crying woman and starving children. I guess they were too weak or too afraid to laugh.
Don't judge us, alright?
You just don't understand our *_impeccable_* taste🤣😂
@@lumino8435 definitely some of the best and maybe some of the worst taste 😂
@@theangrycheeto you see we created sooo many amazing designs so we thought maybe we should even it out a bit 😂
NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN
The helmet of Henry the VIII actually was a gift to Henry from Maximilian the I (the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire). The facial features of this helmet is actually the facial features of Maximilian himself. The idea was, that Henry knew about the contest armour design made by Maximilian's blacksmith shop (that design nowadays called Maximilian armour by the way). This particular design was very popular at that time. And at some point Henry decided, that he want to make his own armour design and his own royal blacksmith shop. And, actually he did. Because of that Maximilian made this gift, that looks like him. To help young Henry become like Maximilian himself. About the horns... Well, hell if I know why Maximilian thought it was a good idea.
10:54 imagine fighting someone in that tho, i would be pissing my pants because the guy inside is clearly a maniac
Especially if he's wearing nothing except this helmet. Just that helmet and his _steely hard resolve to ruin your day_
that is actually the scariest helmet, imagine a big guy with a giant axe chasing you with that helmet
Ugly=intimating
@@rhett5058 intimating on the battlefield aint as good as it sounds.
@@zunderdod24 Just trying to cope
P1: Did it stop the sword
P2: yes
P1: then its a good helmet
P1: did it reflect the arrow
P2: yes
P1: the its a good helmet
P1: did it stop the club
P2: hs ghhf DC ch gf hg
P1: shit im sorry mate
Actually if it stop sword, but you can't see anything in it it's crap.
I read that last line in the Sniper from TF2's voice.
Can people with aphantasia imagine voices?
Bear Boy
yeah, i think so, the problem is images
LMFAO
@@felipeeira involuntary picturing still works, although details are still fuzzy
"Back in the days, we used challenging metal craftsmanship to create MEMES in the form of Helmets!"
I had the same idea, I'm pretty sure that last helmet is literally just a medieval shitpost
that somehow actually appears to make sense after this video
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That...honestly seems to be the case regarding some of these helmets.
I think its safe to say shitposting and memery has been around since we could read and write. Case in point, these helmets with derpy smiles and medieval texts showing knights battling snails.
12:45 fun fact, Helm of The Wise from Dark Souls was based of this helmet
I was thinking the exact same thing, I was actually quite surprised when I saw it.
I know right
I was looking for this comment.
It's a pretty famous helmet, so not surprising.
And I think 4:01 looks a lot like Horace's executioner helmet in dark souls 3
Corinthian helmet “oh if you think I’m hot you should see my sister, she has a great personality”
Lolol
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The way the Corintian's sister looks, I'm sure she's also his daughter
@@capyboi-776 And Aunt as well as niece
10:40 "Oh, boy, here i go killing again!"
I knew what was coming before clicking the time stamp but still couldnt help but bust out laughing when i did
@@davielbanister7952 I agree. These comments are as funny as the video.
I read it with Morty's voice for some vague reason...
*Insert mickey mouse voice*
Thusly, all fear The Derp Knight.
Don't call them ugly, those helmets were only available for warriors that reached the max level and had farmed enough coin.
Kuma did you saw the dragonfly helmet?
Yes, that one was probably a unique boss drop
Only if you are male. If you are female, you have to strip naked and gain +22 to jiggle physics.
They should have just invested in lootboxes then.
No dude the Japan kabutos have to be buy it by Japan dlc
The dragonfly Samurai helmet makes sense when you look at it with cultural context. In the feudal Japanese culture dragonflies were symbols of courage and swiftness, fearless hunters that always caught their prey. Dragonflies are so emblematic to Japan that the country has sometimes been called Akutsushima, or the Dragonfly Island.
i fear dragonflys because they are dragons and flys
@@CasperTheRamKnightYiu are a wise man. Others should learn from you. Fear the dragon that flies.
It's funny. I also had this thought about dragonflies, that they are badass and vicious hunters and it's weird how they are overlooked in heraldry and other places where you usually find falcons, eagles, lions etc. If I were a knight or a king of an aggressive kingdom, definitely would put them somewhere. It's interesting to know that in Japan they too have acknowledged that.
4:50 Personally I think that helmet is pretty good. Looks sturdy, has good visibility, and has good deal of protection.
HORRIOR ya i personally love pompeii helmets
It looks ok but i would playe the eyes more
It looks pretty good, I agree with you
Agreed gladiator helmets are fucking awesome
That helmet has the fin at the top for a reason, I am not aware of the Latin name but they were worn by the “fishman” in gladiatorial fights. These were the same people that used the trident and net. In my opinion most of these helmets were most likely used for reasons other than battles and war, possibly for ceremonies.
These helmets are for trolling in PvP.
The locust preacher is missing xD
Ic love a game with troll helmets
Winged Knight Helm rules supreme!
Thrall Hood = Fighter PL
Some of those derp face helmets look like they belong on some really old-school Doctor Who monsters.
I was thinking about it too
They are late renaissance, early modern times SE Europe. You can find a F-load of them in HGM Vienna and Zeughaus Graz (both Austria).
I was just about to comment the same! lol
I can see the advantage in that first helmet. Being able to quickly look around a battlefield and say to yourself, "Yup! Goofy ass helmet. He's on my side."
Beriorn probably where at one point
2:44 me as a kid vs. Me now.
12:36 It's nice to see that Henry completed Clavicus Vile's quest.
No.
@@lukasrinortner1460 Yes.
Nes.
He probably sacrificed the guy with the 7:44 helmet
If you're looking to reference a game then just say dark souls, the helmet is there
That funerary helmet looks like someone tried to peel it open and gave up half way through.
It honestly looks like someone was told to make a funerary helmet for a guy he hated so he took a boring man-at-arms helmet and threw some scraps at it...
Or the visor lost a fight with a can opener.
Maybe I've read too much H.P. Lovecraft, but that helm just made me think "Eya eya, Cthulhu fhtagn."
Terry's chocolate orange of the helmet world...
So if you have a lot of enemies, and your cousin or brother dies, you might give him - that - helmet for his burial. Anyone who laughs you can happily execute for their disrespect.
That's my complete fabrication of a reason anyways.
If you want it to look decent just rewind the helmet like a casette or vhs tape
11:47 he.... he has a mustache
Congratulations, the boss has dropped a *LEGENDARY* helmet
why would a gamer be a Weeboe?
Warren Nelson
I think Mad Dog said It because of the profile pic.
Methinks _Mad Dog_ is projecting.
+Mad Dog Mad Dog? How fitting of a name.
"Well, what is it?"
I just love the smiley helmets cuz you can't really tell if the blacksmith was bad or just taking the piss, or if someone actually requested that.
i agree with all of those except one. the "pompeii" gladiator helmet you mentioned at 4:48 is possibly my favorite helmet from ancient times. i dont know why. its not exactly practical, nor is it aesthetic. but maybe "intimidating" is the adjective im looking for?
All I can imagine when I see this helmet is a guy with a trident looking to stab some toes. (People who play for honor understand)
@@brycenwalker3385 The infamous "toe pokies!" Many a knight has been somewhat annoyed by that stunning battle tactic.
Additionally, it's important to remember that gladiators were showmen, not soldiers. Gladiatorial combat was entertainment at its core. The designs of their armors were meant to be visually interesting and offer unique challenges to the combatants, not to be practical.
@@mrsmith4036 exactly this, it's like criticising wrestlers from the WWE for being ridiculous: that's the point!
No, that’s not the word you’re looking for. It may have deflected blows from above?
10:45 "A smile can hide a thousand tears..."
Colton Wood well a thousand tears wouldn’t exactly stay on your face now would it?
@@lightningguardian331 its a joke dumbass
Colton Wood Fair enough. Sorry
Your comment put that picture in a whole new light for me.
Why is the thomas the tank engine theme playing?
3:00 it was designed to make enemies laught to death on spot...
XD
he *_S W O L E_*
Europeans: I shall intricately craft my helmet to deflect blows and prevent skull damage with a layer of padding
Japanese: C O N E
"It's a ceremonial object"... that's like the Paleontologists default answer - don't know what it was for? It's for mating displays!
Do you think that in an alternate universe where another species evolved to the same point as us Humans' eyebrows are used for mating displays? *Insert Intense Brow Movements*
Seriously, those Smiley-Face Helmets cracked me up. I actually started laughing, not just a short snicker. Actual Laughter, for several Minutes.
Those Helmets, I couldn't take anyone serious, wearing one of these. He's charging at me and the Helm is like "Hey Bro, how's it going? :D" XD
And he brutal slices you into pieces while you are rolling around laughing. Job done.
And all the while he's chopping me to Pieces, the Helmet has that Smile. XD
I am seeing that helmet with blood splattered on it with that smiley face
Now it's getting creepy.
Maybe some of those smiley face helmets were done for that reason? haha. That split second of "wtf is that smiling helmet doing he....." stab right in your gut. It would be very off putting in a fight I think.
6:42
OH GOD NOT THE BEES, NOT THE BEEEEEES!!!
Batle of Tanga
WICKER MAN
6:06 Hogwarts’ Sorting Hat in his “heavy metal” teenager phase.
I thought it looked familiar I can't unsee that now xd
Mfkin gnome knight-looking samurai out here.
that one is sick. Beautiful work
YES. But with ...Donkey ears?
Low-key kinda looks like the Abyss Watcher helmet.
Skallagrim hates boats confirmed.
sexist pig
He probably read berserk
obv fought the british navy and was traumatised
Row-cist..
I'll see myself out.
but then again, if an enemy knight comes at you with one of those smiling helmets with bloody intent I can see how that would mess with the opposing knight's psyche
Happy Tree Friends going medieval. 😅
The first two German tournament helmets you showed were specifically for combat with clubs, not jousting, so splinters weren't an issue.
clubs splinter too if you hit them against steel hard enough.
The clubs they used were most likely made out of non-splintering materials like leather. And even if they weren't, they wouldn't splinter nearly as badly as breaking lances.
That makes a lot of sense then.
I don't think that woulden swords or clubs woud brake at all in normal combat, and if they would I doubt, that there would be splinters.
I agree Wampam. The reason jousting lances splintered is because of the sheer force of the strikes. Conduct a test: Find a piece of good seasoned timber (no broomhandles, those things are trash) and smack it against a wall or something until (more likely if) you can break it. Watch as it fails to impress with any real splinters.
2:34 "How do you go from one of the most badass looking and estaticly pleasing helmet design's in all of history.."
I agree with you but that particular one you showed there looks a bit like the tip of a......
nispe? If you didn't understand, say nispe 3 times
Pleumel it’s meant to look like that, phallic imagery represented strength and is quite common in Ancient Greek and Roman Art etc
Dick
I can imagine an obese (or maybe just unnaturally muscular) older brother of the some one in the previous helmet wearing the ugly one. What a tag team that would be.
@@madmandelphamine9937 yeah, the Greeks sure loved them some dick
10:39 If I lived in that era, that would be my helmet. Or I would just ask for something hilarious looking.
The mouth opening is there so you can smoke weed.
It´s cute!
Basically, medieval Mr Blobby
i can imagine that helmet could be quite terrifying in some twisted way. Imagine hiding from him in a closet. He opens it and the first thing you see is that helmet :)
I get it. Like the person is laughing at you getting killed. Though I personally think it was the memey bois helmet
You think it looks silly now, but it'd be downright terrifying to risk being cut down to Sir Derp Derpington the 69th's perpetually smiling face.
Penguinsfishing imagine mr.universe but at least 10 times bigger and then a high pitched voice :D
I think i'd piss myself both from laughing and being terrified...
4:05 damn even the gladiators wore Gucci , disgustang
I am extremely offended by this video, my parents were helmets!
Kravyn Tozer Me too my brother and law is a Helmet!
Hahaha!
Dirty friggin helmets. Git the hell out.
My parents wear helmets.
last name Helmets?
nice, and your name is platen, Platen Helmets?
nice.
Maybe some ridiculous helmets were made to make the enemies laugh
10:48 is basically medieval Mr Blobby; that cutesy, smiley face, splattered with blood, would be pretty terrifying
The helmelt at 12:15 was... it was worn in the Karneval.
Dude it's strategic! In those helmets opponent's who will face you, would die from laughter.
Lol 🙂
That is the most sound and logical strategy in defeating your opponent for the victory, Lol 🙂
Reminds me of a scene from that one Monty Python movie. xD
10:40-11:57
These could make terrifying enemies in a game of possessed by a ghost. Especially if they eyes remain empty.
8:10 earliest known battlefurry
OwO
*Drops sword*
Snuggles
Yup. We are chill
*You summoned them*
A dead furry is a good one. They are literally asking for the gallows.
it is earlh puppy play gear
10:40 D'aww! Happy derp face looks adorable!
10:55 I don't know what gets me more, the fact that the smith couldn't be bothered to remove the flaps of metal he cut out for the eyes, leaving them to guide sword blows straight into the wearer's eye sockets (nor at least flipped them up the other way for _some_ practicality), or that he clearly at first went to make those eye holes impossibly high on the face. Bafflingly bad.
I acutally saw this exact helmet at the Zeughaus(Armory) in Graz, Styria, and the helmet looks even worse in real life ^^
It's possible that this was done my a smith between two battles ( helmet damaged beyond repair, make something fast). Also if the wearer is mounted then the flaps on the bottom would protect the eyes from thrusts coming up.
I'm pretty sure the Smith was just pissed off at the owner.
6:27 looks derpy and happy too lol
Those flaps would probably deflect sunlight straight into your eyes at times too
12:58 scarring the opponent was never the goal. Grotesque was never tended to be use in a combat situation. There purpose was to be ridiculous. Showing that you can afford useless helmet. They were worn on sideshow in tournament. It was intended to be somewhat funny
+B R : At least in the case of Samurai scary masks were indeed worn in battle. Also some grotesque masks were definitely worn as tournament helmets, trying to influence the opposition.
Makes sense.
I would the type of guy to buy this.
Interestingly the Roman Secutor gladiator helmet was intentionally made to limit vision. Gladiators armor and weapons were specifically made to limit and handicap gladiators in certain ways. Secutors would often go up against trident wielding gladiators and the small eyeholes would protect the face but limit the vision. Gladiators with large shields had small swords and gladiators with small shields had large swords. Gladiators with ranged were often put up against gladiators with close distance weapons. A lot of that was made to balance the two against eachother and make the fight more entertaining.
That weird sort-of-smiling helmet, for some reason, makes me think of the old style Cybermen from the early days of Doctor Who.
reminds me of baymax from big hero 6 or orisa from overwatch
It looks cute :D
The second one he showed of that style looked like a Cyberman on something, not sure what, but definitely something.
Durandol
Definitely! Exactly what I thought.
8:00 Looks like an helmet for Goofy.
Not too late for Kh3
Proof of early furries.
that shit is terrifying, straight out of nightmares
3:05
*What er ya doin' in ma swamp?*
Sontaran invasion apparently
4:01
Top image reminds me of a knight who only grunts.
For some reason...
*Talk to Orace*
Orace: Grrrrrrr
@@IIKafka A man of culture I see.
-What you want for the funeral?
-You know I really hated that guy actually
-Say no more fam
The Silver Dragon give it too him so he can be roasted in the next life lmao
heh if enough ppl hated him, maybe he IS being roasted ifyaknowhatimean karma and all that
4:04 Horace, is that you!?
>insert joke about hollowing, im not funny
kill me
@@gking0615 stop ur goon hollow
Damn right in the feels
xysnes64yx stop, you’re giving me flashbacks. I’ll heckling cry
Hmmmm
13:05 Henry was a cut boss from dark souls, we can see that this is how that vendor got his helm
This helmet was made for Henry VIII, commissioned by Emperor Maximilian, I've seen it in the flesh myself in Leeds Royal Armoury in the UK.
blog.royalarmouries.org/2011/09/09/mysteries-of-the-horned-helmet/
nathan fagan and as far as I know, it was meant for parades and exhibiting at parties.
Absolutely, not a practical device at all and entirely for showing off at court.
nathan fagan most of the strange or very ornate weapons and armor out there is just for showing off at parades, banquets, coronations and other ceremonies, and all that. Even in the late XIX century, sabers in portraits of royalty or generals are much more ornate than what was used in the field. My uncle owns the sabre of an ancestor that fought in the Spanish army in Cuba and the Philippines in the 1890s and it's as plain and practical as it can be.
It's all about showing off, just like people want flash cars and labels now, that was the equivalent back in the day.
7:58 proof that there have always been furries throughout history
I believe the first statue ever discovered or something was some furry shit.
*ay thats us*
Hold one that helmet looks familiar. Oh Boletaria i missed you! Umbasa!
You mean the Egyptians?
@@gwynmoth3940 The "lion man" carving from Germany which was dated to 35,000-40,000 years ago.
12:35 Ai simwae! I'm Domhnall of Zena
Ai simwae, i didnt expect to meet anybody here! I suppose great minds think alike eh? Ahahah!
Shit I just commented that
Ah dark souls brethren
Look can i just have artorias' armor, i cried during the fight i dont think i need to paay the 100 thousand :/
Ai simwae friend!
That Corinthian helmet just gave up.
Tarkus It's so fuckin ridiculous 😂😂
Blobfish helmet, lol
Still looks like a blobfish, though. =P
Yup, pretty much this. This particular type of helmet developed from the habit of troops, to "dismount" the helmet from the face and leave it still on the head, a way of carrying the corinthian helmet often displayed on pottery or coints (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_helmet#/media/File:MetapontumDrachmRutter1576Obverse.jpg) and also a way of carrying that helmet during inactive parts of a battle in an attempt to ventilate, get better oversight of the situation and breath more easily. The smiths reacted to this habit by, first, closing up the gaps between the nasal and cheek plates, which lead to that style of carrying the helmet becoming safer in battle, thus it was worn regularly in this way and, over time, the eyeslits closed up increasingly. This vestigial "face" took a while to "evolve" away.
It just looks like a cartoon character with a tiny face.
The Waterloo helmet is olden days pikachu cosplay, ancient weaboos. God, read a book..
Lava it's Rita from Power Rangers.
it belonged to this guy ravepad.com/page/little-nicky/images/view/654764/tithead-little-nicky-TH-cam
Yeah... That sorta makes sence.... Ugh...
Hypothesis: It's a proto-playboy bunny headwear.
12:21 I want that one to go shopping with during the current corona crisis.
can anyone call the cops plz
Some of these helmets look like medieval steampunk robots...
That Henry the 8th one at 13:00
it looks like that helmet that the guy who sells boss armour wears in dark souls
same thing I thought when I first saw it.
It's actually based on that set of armor.
That helmet was a present to Henry 8th from Maximilian the German Emperor. It's an actual "realistic" characture of how Maximilian looked, including his glasses, but excluding the horns...which are meant to represent his wild and out of control hair
Nathan Pierce
Yep, Henry the 8th was a big Dark Souls fan
That helmet is in chivalry medieval warfare
Will you do a "some of the most Badass looking helmets in history" too? I really would like to se
Otacon Otacon German sallet helmet
Done
yess please!
i must agree this helmet is really badass looking.
7:55 I didn’t know that the Germans invented dog BDSM mask in 1520
but common man....im the happy knight!
Tis but a SCRATCH!
Hey mate I love your channel
The knight of JOLLY COOPERATION!
:D
I would be fucking horrified if some melee expert were cutting through my friends just, I dunno, singing a childrens song or going "Laa-de-de-deeh-laa~" with that happy face! Actually, I think whoever wore that helmet, routed entire units in battle by just acting casually!
10:51
guy "just add it"
armor smith "why"
guy "MASS CONFUSION "
7:07 Onion bro is that you?
Haha, my exact response!
Skall: "I don't know if I can call it an honorable mention"
What I'm thinking: Then call it a dishonorable mention
10:55 "Hey guys my mom said I could come over to play superheroes"
Are youfrom an alternate universe?
Chroma is that a Fractured Butthole reference?
It's so unbelievably mind blowing that fellow humans ACTUALLY made these things and wore them... Not because they're silly or strange, but because of their world and their day to day lives where helmets like these were used. They were actually alive, breathing, living. Extremely fascinating!
FairlyUnknown
Could be several reasons for that. Everyone knows the dude who always fights with that absolutely hideous/ridiculous helmet...
Love the fact that you changed your profile image.
I have the video paused on the same part as you thumbnail and i lost it😂
Kek
Love your profile pic
Anyone else think this should become a regular thing? Skall finding the ugliest helmets, armor, and weapons throughout history and presenting them for our mortification.
Ugliest rifles of history? I've got a picture of an L85A1 around here somewhere.
Ugliest trebuchet in history? The one throwing rocks at *my* castle. Most beautiful? The on throwing rocks at *that bastard's* castle.
There are surviving examples of the morrion that are too over the top with exaggerated features (pointy tips, oversized comb, like the swiss guard) but the helmet for the regular soldier was much more discreet and very practical. Later on some helmets that were not meant for footsoldiers took some of the features and kept making them more pronounced, turned the small reinforcing ridge into a crest, some added plumes, kept turning the pointy ends upwards and made the helmets turn from a very practical design into something ridiculous. But the common soldier design was originally something very practical, comfortable, well thought and aesthetically fitting.
13:50 Maybe the guy's head exploded in battle so they made the helmet to remind everyone.
10:40
Imagine that: *Alphonsius the third* , *knight of the whatever kingdom* was once ordered to murder a bunch of peasants for their most recent disgrace. It just so happened that they recently slept with his wife, twice.
Since he was casually humming children songs and smiling upon carrying out his orders... he was therefore to be known as " *The smiling face of death* ".
It is said that a helmet was specifically forged for him, under the command of the king himself, who believed that it would bring back order upon his ranks ... for fear to have the *Smiling face of death* come knock at their doorstep, at night.
We should make a medieval horror movie about that!
@SpectralFX *hums*
i.imgur.com/kNR9pbY.jpg
"Ring-a-ring o' roses,
A pocket full of posies,
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down!"
@@Sorrowdusk dude fuck of spamming that shitty excuse of a photo everywhere on all the comments in here!
Deepest lore
The onion man from darksouls!
Which one?
All of them. They all wear the same set.
7:16
suparosc02 *Onion bro
looks like they got inspration for Domhnall of zena helm from 12:35
imagine getting a new shiny helmet then walking into battle and the enemy just start cracking up
6:04 Looks like it's gonna sort you into a house at the Japanese school of witchcraft and wizardry.
6:30 The head on the head needs a head on its head.
11:40 Cool 'stache to go with the eyebrows
I actually like that one, I'd wear it.
@@Hangman-yq5uh Yeah me too
I actually really liked all the weird Samurai ones.
Weeb 🙄
@@javierlavanchy5316 lol
I think it’s intentional half the time
yeah they;re like so ridiculous that it actually works in a weird way, like I would adore a comedy where the characters would wear helmets like those
i like the idea of putting demon mask but the idea of those things in the helm uh no
Some Notes to the Helmet seen at 10:55.
The Helmet is currently on display at the "Zeughaus" at my Hometown Graz in Austria and dates back to 1601.
They were at war with the Ottomans at that time and didn't have enough Armor and Helmets to take back an important Castle in Hungary at the Styrian border.
So in a Haste, a Blacksmith manufactured some Helmets wrong, cutting out the Eyeholes too high and had to correct them while they were besieging the Castle. It's one of the so-called "Kanischarüstungen" or Kanischa Armor because of the Castle Kanischa they were besieging. Those Armors are all a bit crude made, you can really see that the Smith was in a Hurry.
onion knight.. praise the sun
I was looking for this comment!
\[T]/
Not the same character! **AUTISTIC SCREECHING**
Half of these are Dark Souls helmets, lol
I think you meant "Fashion Souls", sir.
Finna buy a crystal shield from these.
The german tournament helmet was obviously designed to double as a discoball.
That Guy on TH-cam or a bee keeper
Nvm he literally just said it
When i saw that helmet i thought “is that really a helmet or some sort of spheric cage”
Honestly it reminded me of the Eyebot helmets from Fallout.....
Actually it would be pretty decorative with a torch in it.
The “beekeeper” helm was for foot combat in tournaments just as the “frogmouth” was intended for jousting
02:39
Skallagrim: THE most badass...
Me: DICK HEEEAD.
Tuấn Cường Nghiêm..Saaaame.
Lol it does look slightly phallic, doesn't it. Glad I'm not the only one seeing it, just because I have an obsession with dicks.
I believe skalls response would be "You watch too much gay porn"
Maybe it is intentionally phallic, it could be that way as to exaggerate the masculinity of the wearer.
it is exactly like that:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Greece
That Henry 8th one reminds me of teddy Roosevelt
Imagine being in a intense city raid. You, and a couple fellow soldiers are running through one of the enemies castle hallways. Then you see defenders. One of them swings a sword towards you, you dodge and raise your shield that blocks yet another blow and then you shove a dagger into a vulnerable area in his armpit protected by chainmail, then you raise the dagger to his throat. But you see the soldiers stupidly made smiley face on his helmet.
You end up dead because you were to busy laughing your ass off to defend yourself. I guess they do have some advantages.
11:02 Imagine this: A powerful soldier managed to wear this helmet. Storming into battle with Adrenaline. Fierce War-Cry, menacing sword, and incredible speed. All of a sudden, the entirety of the opponents are laughing their asses off. This mighty warrior was puzzled. Then realized his wardrobe malfunction seconds later. "Welp... they're not taking me seriously."
12:35 Cue Dark Souls memes.
Ay, Siwmae!
I thought that looked familiar, damn! "Ay, Siwmae!" indeed.
Cue nigel thornberry memes
BOI i seen this helmet in real life it was King Helmet (kings always like odd things)
Skulduggery Pleasant I think that's also the inspiration for the clavicus vile masque that appears in several elder scrolls games
Is it bad that I absolutely love most of these?
PJ Noonan it just means you have eccentric taste in armour(:
People have different tastes. Can’t hold that against you
No it's not I like most of these helmets too
Hey, maybe they were meant to look awful. For the one with the Smiley face the scenario of creation maybe was something like this:
Knight:" Craftsmen, you shall make a armor for me. How much would it be that I have to pay?"
Smith: "Oh, well Mylord, for you that would be (insert payment)."
Knight:" Good, good. Oh, before I forget: do my helmet so it looks like I'm laughing at my dying opponents."
Smith: "Mylord, that would cost extra"
Knight: "No, do it like I said. I'm not paying more." *leaves*
Smith: *angry* "So you want a laughing helmet for the same amount of payment? Well, I'll give you one"
And so the Smiley helmet was forged. Something like that, maybe.
Gotta give props to the guy that can pull off a history lesson and an ASMR video at the same time.
The secutor gladiator helmet, if I’m remembering correctly, was meant to limit vision and hearing in the gladiator simply for the amusement of the spectators and to create another type of gladiator. There was actually a type of gladiator helmet that had no eye holes called the andabatus
That's interesting, thanks!
I mean, the secutor was created as a direct rival of the retiarius (gladiator with trident, net, and only a sleeve of armor). The helmet was very smooth and round to not get stuck on the net. Of course, the trident could pierce through eyeholes, so they were very small not to get stabbed through. And the andabatus weren't really "gladiators". They were convicts with minimal experience, sentenced to a blind battle in the coliseum.
The thumbnail helmet looks like a medieval cyberman.
12:53 So if i wear that helmet do i get +10 speechcraft and 20% discount on tradings?
gotta give that axe back
YES
No, but he sells you boss armor sets by Firelink Shrine
Draedric artifact who's name I'm not even going to try and spell
Lol I literally thought that was the helmet he was talking about
If I was fighting the Japanese i would be very intimidated if I saw someone wearing a demon mask
The Waterloo helmet looks like Rita Repulsa from power rangers
so that's not just me then?
I thought it looked like Madonna.
7:20
Anyone else see a knight of Catarina?
Hmm
Ohh pardon me,didn’t notice you there. I was absorbed in thought
well i like how everyone talks about something that somehow resembles Onion Knight but i can't find even one comment about the Helmet that looks exactly the same as the one that the boss Armor Vendor wears in Dark Souls 1
NO YOU SHOULD HAVE WAITED!
@@nmac1563 **fucking deletes demon with black knight sword**
What helmet I personally find ridiculous is the soup plate from the British soldiers in WWII. I get it, it's functional but it just looks like a soup plate to me.
Grooorg Laserdeth u know they used it to cook soup right?
MrImATool But it's just a metal hat.
1:50 Wait, Xenophon recommended *that?* From that angle, at first glance it looks less like a helmet and more like an iron splat. I can’t even tell which way it’s pointing. I mean, come on, that can’t be a *helmet?*
2:30 Huh? With how low the ‘creases’ go, shouldn’t they obscure the eyes? Where are the slits?
2:50 Looks like that Alex Jones derp meme where his facial features are really tiny and zoomed into his head. Hell, it probably *is* a caricature.
3:35 Looks like kinky fetish headgear for some reason. The tale of Pasiphae and the bull comes to mind for some reason...
4:30 Looks weirdly familiar, as I’d seen Slenderman or some other internet creepypasta guy wearing it. Vaguely Cthulhu/demonic in appearance.
4:53 Because even Italian mercs need their sunshades.
5:10 Cuckold... cuck horns... cuckfish!
6:03 Why does this remind me of Dickbutt?
6:30 Somebody turned an ornamental and probably still usable kitchen pot into a helmet. What can I say, desperation can do that to a man.
6:45 No uglier than the getup modern ponce-fencers wear.
8:20 Getting “giant face-mounted díldo” vibes here.
11:00 Reminds me for some reason of Mason Verger from that one Hannibal movie.
11:30 Looks like a kid’s carvings in cardboard.
11:50 Would be fine, *but those lips!* Look at those *lips!*
12:10 Looks like German fanfic of earlier kabutos.
12:45 Like someone tried to make NPC wojak into a helmet 60 years before it was cool.
14:10 I dunno, do you wanna be caught dead in one of these things?