Some of the Ugliest Helmets in History?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- When looking at historical armor designs, even though the majority is purposeful and well suited to its function, sometimes you'll expeirence bizarre "what where they thinking" moments. So in this video I'm showing a few particularly unappealing and even outright hideous examples, at least in my personal opinion.
Taste is highly subjective, so don't be too offended if yours is different. :)
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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
Well, I'm a Spanish conquistador, and I LOVE Aztec Warrior garb, and Eagle.
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.
12:35 Holy shit... you mean the Helmet of the Wise from Dark Souls is historically accurate?!
Oh very
Aye simwae! :)
Fuck that guy, he sold his set way too overpriced.
That MFing helmet looks like the robot Steve Urkel built from his own likeness
\[+]’/ yes
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 ?
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
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
Europeans: I shall intricately craft my helmet to deflect blows and prevent skull damage with a layer of padding
Japanese: C O N E
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
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
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
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.
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?
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
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.
2:44 me as a kid vs. Me now.
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
Corinthian helmet “oh if you think I’m hot you should see my sister, she has a great personality”
Lolol
Lo
L
The way the Corintian's sister looks, I'm sure she's also his daughter
@@capyboi-776 And Aunt as well as niece
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.
4:05 damn even the gladiators wore Gucci , disgustang
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
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
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.
10:40-11:57
These could make terrifying enemies in a game of possessed by a ghost. Especially if they eyes remain empty.
"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
P¡ℤ☡λ - ℙⅈᵴ$ i
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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?"
Skall: "I don't know if I can call it an honorable mention"
What I'm thinking: Then call it a dishonorable mention
12:21 I want that one to go shopping with during the current corona crisis.
can anyone call the cops plz
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
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.
7:55 I didn’t know that the Germans invented dog BDSM mask in 1520
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.
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
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?
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.
I am not that into weapons or medieval amor, but the way you present it and the ideas of the different episodes are really special and cool and I love the fact that you love the subject, while not being too serious about it. It's awesome. Great channel!
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?
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.
The “beekeeper” helm was for foot combat in tournaments just as the “frogmouth” was intended for jousting
imagine getting a new shiny helmet then walking into battle and the enemy just start cracking up
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.
3:00 it was designed to make enemies laught to death on spot...
XD
he *_S W O L E_*
7:45 when you want to go to a furry convention and a renaissance fair on the same day
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.
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.
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.
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."
11:50 is the best. I love that helmet!
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.
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
Right off the bat, I feel the same about the Morion. The single exception being a recreation used by a friend in the SCA. What made his version more aesthetically appealing was a much smaller comb. The smaller comb also reduced the profile considerably, making the head a smaller target overall, which is a good thing.
3:00 "Is that your nose/eye-holes or are you just happy to see me?"
6:42
OH GOD NOT THE BEES, NOT THE BEEEEEES!!!
Batle of Tanga
WICKER MAN
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. 😅
8:30 if you're fighting with this helmet, you'll win every time because you distract your opponent 😂
Gotta give props to the guy that can pull off a history lesson and an ASMR video at the same time.
"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*
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.
The first helmet, my though on those always was, “Why are you *trying* to guide strikes to your shoulders?”
If I was fighting the Japanese i would be very intimidated if I saw someone wearing a demon mask
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
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...
5:05 Here's a crazy story...
At one time in Japan's pretty extensive history of war, the popular way for a Samurai to impress the daimyo who he fought for, and to prove his ruthlessness as a warrior, was to collect the heads of the opposing soldiers he killed as trophies.
As you can imagine, the recently decapitated head of a samurai, hair soaked in the overwhelming irony smell of blood, and the funk of sweating, probably pretty profusely, inside that^ helmet, would probably make for one hell of an odious smelling trophy-especially if it had been possibly lying dead on a battleground, baking in the sun for a while before the Samurai could come back to separate and retrieve the head... But anyway, this head collecting thing was very much commonplace.
Now, with that important bit if history out of the way, there was this one particularly badass Samurai named Shigenari. He fought in the the siege on Osaka when he was 22 years old, and he knew he was going to die in that battle (he totally did.) Knowing he was going to die (brutally, in melee combat,) he decided to burn incense inside his helmet before wearing it into battle, that way when he was defeated and his head was taken as a war trophy it would smell nice and sweet, so as not to be a noxious burden on the nose of his killer...
Incredible, unbelievable fortitude.
And at just 22 years old, no less.
The story is so famous that it often gets accredited to "samurais", like it was a common occurrence, but it really wasn't. Historians know it definitely happened, but they really only cite one or two occurrences.
How big role had burns and caughting in fact that he died?
12:35 this looks like a marvel villain. "Doctor Tudor" probably
8:10 earliest known battlefurry
OwO
*Drops sword*
Snuggles
Yup. We are chill
*notices your huge sword*
OWO What's this?
*You summoned them*
A dead furry is a good one. They are literally asking for the gallows.
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
I've always loved the secutor helmet if for no other reason than the fact that it's basically just a metal gimp mask. And I find that hilarious, and probably horrifying in practice
You've done videos on the ugliest & best looking helmets, but what about the most terrifying? Better yet, you could take it even further than just the helmets. The most terrifying suits of armor throughout history.
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
-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
10:40 aw he’s not ugliest he’s so friendly he’s a smiley boi
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
10:55 "Hey guys my mom said I could come over to play superheroes"
Are youfrom an alternate universe?
Chroma is that a Fractured Butthole reference?
Omg the helmet at 4:23... I actually love how it looks so much. I thought it looked kind of like an insect and then you said "it's so insecty for me"
I love it and you hate it for the same reason lol
As far as I know, 7:14 helmet is a type used in tournament mace duels. These are significantly larger to separate head from potential crash zone and shock since maces were especially dangerous vs. plates. Please also see characteristic feature on top to avoid direct hit with mace in the most dangerous spot. Visures used to have even wider gaps or even just vertical bars since there was no thin blade to go though, while visibility and ventilation were decent. All together it's specialized type of protection vs. very specific weapon in tournament only, without any use in spontaneous battle fight.
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
3:05
*What er ya doin' in ma swamp?*
Sontaran invasion apparently
4:48 honestly one of favourite looking helmets and when worn with the right armour, it can look so intimidating and stylish.
The pufferfish helmets are pretty easy to make. You completely clean out the pufferfish, put the skin around a coconut, let it dry, cut a hole for the face, done. They sell them as tourist junk in some places, not the original ones, but they're easy to make.
onion knight.. praise the sun
I was looking for this comment!
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Not the same character! **AUTISTIC SCREECHING**
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!
7:17 Sir Bery Bee Benson, keeper of thy majestys bees and defender of the royal honey
Kawari kabuto @6:04 please be so kind as to provide a source for that, Skallagrim! I can't find it, unfortunately. I mean that exact one. there are some very similar ones, but I like that one best. I'd love to know which exact helmet that one is. Thank you very much in advance!
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
7:07 Onion bro is that you?
Haha, my exact response!
I once tried on a replica helmet of the famous Toyotomi Hideyoshi... It is crazily large, like it extended half a meter above the head... I can't really judge on heaviness, but it is so damned top heavy.
It looks damn cool though
I'm glad I live so close to the Royal Armouries to see King Henry the Eights helmet, seeing it in person really makes you appreciate it's design.
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.
re-watching some old videos, and I still LAUGHED out loud at 2:47. XD
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?
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.
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
“Beekeeper’s version of a knight”
*castle crashers flashbacks*
Huzzah! A man of culture!
How was the smiley face helmet (10:30) called? Didn´t get what he said, and i cant find them.
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.