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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Frog mouth.

Mainly because.

Frog mouth.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

More like pog mouth, but yeah, that's always been my fave.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

SomeBODY once told me

King James was gonna roll me

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

kettle hat. breathable and open enough to take a nap in.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Completely agree, bascinet a close second because of that

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Flat-topped helmets are just an unforced error, people learned better pretty quick

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Frog mouth looks like it is extremely susceptible to being poured hot liquids from enemy

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

You'd drown in the rain!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Bascinet, is simply the most queer looking option. sicko-queer

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

same, im going into battle with an ornate helm shaped like my dog doggo-matapacos

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Burgundian Kettle is a trash tier Kettle Helmet, but they're my favourite kind.

The rest are for poncy knights, Kettle Hats are the workhorse of helmet designs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i love the swirly dirly, it's probably good in a engineering way too but idk

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

But you could be wearing this instead.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Kettle hat because it is essentially just an armoured sun hat.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hounskull looks like a muppet. Like you would slip in the mud and look up to them mocking you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It does look ridiculous but I think that cuts both ways. I imagine looking over to see your friends getting cut down by some merciless armored fighter, and all you see when you look over is this doofy snout helmet covered in gore, dark eye slits staring back as he walk toward you like some murderous steel pigman. Nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Bascinet..

Looks the most comfortable and as it's leather, lighter

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I have had to wear a helmet for work. The one I wear is most like a sallet. If the other ones were so good we'd still be using them.

Shout out to the kettle hat though. Being able to hear and breath properly is gonna do more to keep me from getting got in the face than any extra weight will.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Rockstopper Time!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It’s gotta be the bascinet, specifically the pig faced bascinet. Medieval hog out or log out

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The frogmouth looks like it's made to deflect arrows and maybe transfer energy from getting bopped on the head down into your shoulders. Can you even swivel your head around inside it or is your head basically held in place? If you could that might be a good concept for a helmet, the enemy wouldn't even know where you're looking. That would be really intimidating.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the frogmouth is specifically for jousting and nothing else

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I wasn't too far off thinking it was for arrows then.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

it was bolted in place. these late jousting pieces were significantly thicker and made inflexible to remove as much vulnerability as possible, because no one wants to die playing games, and you don't move much on the lists. the slit is still where you could get seriously injured, but that was as good as it could get at the time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kettle hats have a nice charm to them

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Barbute looks cute

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

frog mouth every day bbyyy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

they call it frog mouth cos any opps that see it gonna be croakin real soon soviet-huff

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Gotta be kettle hat. It protects you from arrows and overhead blows without suffocating you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

no burgonet, or çiçak? kitty-birthday-sad

spose i gotta go with spangenhelm then, gotta rock chainmail face protection, breathable without compromising on coverage (though a bit weaker)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Kettle and bascinet to show my pretty scared face

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've always been partial to the hounskull, I think it looks sick as hell either with full plate harness or even just with lighter chain/gambeson and gauntlets. And I like the kettle hat because it's got a real good balance between protection and practicality, if you absolutely have to have your face uncovered for visibility reasons then it's about as good as it gets

Frog-mouth is also fun just cause it's silly looking, I don't like it very much for practicality though

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Hounskull because I want to peck at people

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I mean we are all shameless hedonists who desire pleasure before all else so the kettle helm seems obvious.

I guess to be different i'd take a spangenhelm?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

frogs are cool

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Armet because you can open the front when necessary

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

hounskull gang

beaky-boys unite

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

The fencer in me is leaning toward the Spangenhelm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Kettle Hat looks comfy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I mean the sallet is just kind of the best one here along with the armet. The frog mouth is also good but I think it's specialized for jousting if I recall.

Also the hounskull there is just a bascinet with a visor and an oddly scaled aventail.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Gothic plate with sallet damn near perfect, tho I appreciate all helmets

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Bascinet just looks perfectly designed to tell enemies where to stab you, and the frog mouth just looks embarrassing. Hounskull looks funny but I'd love to have that during a fight and then headsmack someone with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'd take the spangenhelm but I just know I'd get busted in the mouth for the crime of fashion, so I'll take the hounskull instead

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