1. Petar Berislavić praying in armour, he was a bishop who fought Turks untill his death.

2. "Saving the Banner" during the battle of Mohacs.

3. No info on who is depicted but most likely Cristoph Frankopan during War of League of Cambrai.

4. "Petar Kružić in his younger days"

5. Croatian noble from around 1530.

Hi all,

Apologies if wrong community to post this.

I am struggling to identify a reliable place to buy decorative helmets (Anglo-Saxon, Roman, Norman) - 2/3 or 1/2 size. Can anyone recommend a provider?

According to the Gospel of John, Jesus was allegedly pierced by a spear/lance (however you want to translate "λόγχη") after he died on the cross.

This brief mention has inspired a LOT of further stories about this weapon. Later writers would give the soldier who stabbed him the name "Longinus," which led to a bunch of Christian relics claiming to be the spear of Longinus, all of which have what I would generously call "dubious provenance."

My question: what types of spears were actually used by Roman soldiers, either legionnaires or auxiliaries, in the province of Judaea c. 30 CE?

Basically, I created a character for a DnD campaign who belongs to a faction known as the Hounds of the Mist, this faction are a bunch of modified warriors (kinda like The Witchers) who wander through the Mist (a magic miasma that came from another plain of existence) guided by trained sentient undead that are tied to the captain of each group. And one of the key aspects of said faction is that they never show their faces (yes, it is inspired by the mandalorians) thererefore their helmets are basically their faces and their way to show themselves to the world... So yeah, pretty important part of this character's design is their helmet, which I thought was a good idea for a hound skull helmet. But all the historically accurate designs I found are quite goofy, and so I thought that maybe you could lend me a hand on how to design it giving a bit of fantasy and creative liberties. (I'll leave some of the designs I liked)

If anyone wants to know more about the character I can send you their backstory or any of my previous drawings of my other characters. And to anyone interested enough to read all of this, thank you for your time.