Poll: Greek Helmet

[Red Bean]

Excluding everything elses, which cheek would your prefer? The more playable one that allows a minifig to turn it's head and wear armor? Or the more authentic-looking longer one that doesn't?

Playable:



Historical (image by TwoTonic Knight):



I will modify the helmet according to your opinions, so please help.

R. B.
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[Barbapple]

how about a "both" Option.
They both look really playable to me!
But if I had to pick, I'd go with playable, because it just looks more like LEGO.

[LEGOFREAK]

I agree with Barbarian Apple.. Both. I voted for realistic, because I think it would be playable easily. And heck, they BOTH rock dude!

freak

[Robin Hood]

Well, I voted for historical, but now that I think about it, I think that the playable would be better for armor and neck reasons. Still, they both rock.

[doctorsparkles]

I chose historical... I don't really care if the minifig's head can move, because most of my figures face forward 99.9% of the time. However, if you could figure out a way to make it somewhat historical and make it compatible with armor, that would be great.

[JPinoy]

I'd vote for Playable, since you can think of it as an "Chalcidian" rather than Corinthian helmet, since the Chalcidian design has a rounded off cheek guard.
Though you might want to make that plume a bit longer.

The Chalcidian style Greek helmet:

[TwoTonic Knight]

I'd vote for Playable, since you can think of it as an "Chalcidian" rather than Corinthian helmet, since the Chalcidian design has a rounded off cheek guard.
Though you might want to make that plume a bit longer.

Technically speaking, what I did is a Chalcidian, also. The cheek guard being rounded can simply be a matter of angle (what I have should look more rounded from a higher angle - you'd see it curving around the face if I had retouched the front view). What makes the difference between a Chalcidian and Corinthian is primarily the ear hole, which a Corinthian doesn't have.

I just like the name "Corinthian" better.

[Rubberchickenknight]

the second design looks cooler

[Brickboy]

Man I love those! Gotta get some!
Alan

[Formendacil]

I chose playable, as most helms for a minifig would, by their very existence, be playable anyway.

[The Blue Knight]

I have to say that TTK's design is what I have always looked for. Is that a real design, or a PhotoShop modification of RB's. Either way, gotta go with it.

[TwoTonic Knight]

I have to say that TTK's design is what I have always looked for. Is that a real design, or a PhotoShop modification of RB's. Either way, gotta go with it.

Photoshop. I was just going to give Red a description of my suggested modifications, but faced with actually typing them up and making them clear, I decided to just do it visually.

[Glencaer]

For myself, playability always comes before accuracy. I mean, we're here to *play* with the Lego, right?

Besides, the main thing I do with figs is 'character building' - which means I try to make individual figs that look cool, have personality, etc - and a helmet that works better with armor and can move with the figs head is much more useful than a 'static' helmet that must be worn alone and can't be moved.

However, if given all choices, I pick having them both. More choices are better than less.

-Lenny

[forester3291]

Historical. It looks awesome

[Snoopy]

I'd have to go with playable. I really like function in my LEGOs.