Can we have a thread on the most intimidating/scary/ghoulish helms, helmets and facemasks in history?
Stechhelm is obligatory...
And so is samurai helmet, meant to look like a demon. Anyone else?
Conversely...
>>390301
Japanese demons look very cartoony. They're not really scary to anyone but 17th century japanese...
>>390519
>They're not really scary to anyone
I'm guessing the meter long sword spilling your intestines adds to the fear.
i think it's persian, not certain.
another persian.
looks kinda upset, not exactly scary
>>390550
Most of them have a visor that can be lifted, anon. Just look at them a little closer...
>>390281
Modern reproduction but worth posting.
>>390638
shit nigga
>>390314
>>390638
>in the jungle trying to avoid the native
>see this thing appear out of the bushes
>booga booga
>pants = completely shat
![WLA_haa_Javanese_Mask[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/LyexIKD.jpg "WLA_haa_Javanese_Mask[1].jpg")
>>390642
>>390659
![Travesia_Sagrada_Maya_2012_0087[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tChYg2H.jpg "Travesia_Sagrada_Maya_2012_0087[1].jpg")
I think the entire concept is that you can't see the face, which is enough to scare at least common soldiery
>>390297
YOU DIED
>>390638
Holy fuck
![tusk-mask-2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/YV7hMMz.jpg "tusk-mask-2[1].jpg")
ooga booga
Related
Were these spooky on purpose?
>>390820
They were probably just made as cheap as possible.
>>390701
Goddamn why does that girl in the front gotta be so fine?
WHITE PEOPLE BTFO
http://listverse.com/2015/12/10/10-reasons-why-knights-were-terrible-warriors/
>>390798
Ia Ia Cthulhu fhtagn!
>>390820
Are you my mommy?
>>390798
THE SLEEP AWAKENS
>>390833
could you not?
![3711557_orig[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5u7gltN.jpg "3711557_orig[1].jpg")
>>390820
What? A Small Box Respirator doesn't look like that at all.
>>390986
Fucking hell
"the slayer of strange gods"
>>391064
full view
>>390986
this one wins
>>390281
Somewhat related check out the fico armor
>it's covered in fig gesture engravings
>>391069
Looks like a post-black metal/shoegaze album cover
It belonged to Henry VIII
>>391123
looks like the devil's nerdy Jewish cousin
>>391123
>I want to show off how cool I am, but also show my intellectual side
>fear not my king, but I know exactly what you mean
>a goddamn demon in glasses
>>391123
>What kind of helmet do you want, f.am?
These Roman helmets give me the hebrew jeebies
this was originally worn on top of a headdress iirc
>>391123
Why is his nose so big?
>>390820
Does anyone have the terrifying mickey mouse gas mask?
>How you want your 20th century senpai?
>>390986
Cool
>>391646
This one?
>>391123
>>391226
>>391242
>>391261
>>391274
It was a gift from Maximilian I, in his likeness, hence the nose. Pre-incest Habsburgs still had bad luck with their facial features.
>>390281
Tell me about this man.
Why does he wear the mask?
One of Maximilian's armors. I'm fairly sure the ram's horns are intended to refer to Jupiter with ram's horns, which would further clarify their presence on this helmet.
>>391123
![domhnall-of-zena[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5T4XsyO.jpg "domhnall-of-zena[1].jpg")
>>391123
>Awe siwmae
For what purpose was
>>390986
PNG?
>>390701
That's actually pretty fucking good. Simple, minimalistic, not too loud, but definitely gets the point across.
>>390820
>gif related
Cartoons were pretty fucking dark back in the day. And they had a way for making things like this look pretty terrifying. The timing is also pretty ominous and depressing, since this came out right before WW2 kicked off.
>>392057
What's that from?
>>392072
It's in the title. Cartoon loosely about WW2 in an alternate timeline when it had raged to the point of human extinction. Rather prophetic since the cartoon came out mere months before WW2 actually started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xe2dnLvFxs
>>392084
Whoops. Thanks, that's pretty interesting.
>>392091
MGM, the folks that made it, also did a remake of it in 1955. Same message and similar content, but more relevant to the times. Imagine if someone made one relevant to the modern age, where fear and paranoia meets with war profiteering and hatred to bring us to a true 'war to end all worlds'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lJV8IX1ig
>>390550
the knight gets angry as fuck
>>392128
do they come equipped with a trigger phrase that induces intense itching in the facial region?
>>391264
i like these
>>392144
It's Mads Mikkelsen.
>>390638
This looks like a fucking hollow from Bleach
>>391947
how was people supposed to trust this fucker?
>>391877
we dark souls now
>>390701
That's some dark Eldar shit
>>392402
Aztec I assume.
>>390701
I'd probably shit myself if a seen a boat load of skelingtons rowing towards m.
>>392479
No way is that Aztec. Looks African.
Pic related. Mask is purely ceremonial as it had no eye holes.
>>392580
>>392584
>>392590
Seleucid face masks where pretty scary.
>>392597
>>392592
This one is pre-Incan Peruvian. Noticeably different visual style.
>>391896
Horns were often associated with Alexander the Great as he was Zeus/Jupiters son. So horns could also mean: conqueror
>>392678
Yes, I believe you're right.
>>391226
Kek
>>390647
>>390773
Samurai were basically spoilt rich kids of notable families going around duelling each other for fame. All the MUH HONOUR and BUSHIDO bullshit was made up much much later.
>>392590
>AND WHEN I KILLED YOUR BROTHER
There's something about the ambiguous goofiness. It's unsettling and intimidating in the same way as one of Bosch's demons.
>>393193
>>393210
I don't know if the helmet or the codpiece is creepier lol
>>393210
I would either laugh or cry out in fear if I saw him.
Probably both
>>391947
Why is this written in a mix of German and Latin?
>>390860
new death grips album ?
>>390886
>you now realize africans invented sesame street
>>392144
Is that supposed to be a cataphract?
>>392909
Nice. First thing that came to mind.
>>392492
t. Mr. Skeltal
>>393312
Aren't horses also supposed to be heavily armored with cataphracts?
>>390297
They were shaped like that for jousting to allow the knights to see ahead of them while they were leaning forward.
>>393276
WE WUZ ELMOS N SHEET
>>390534
good thing the katana wasn't even their main weapon then
>>390301
kabuto were awesome indeed
>>391733
this helmet looks so uncomfortable for the user imagine how fucked up your vision would be
>>390519
They werent meant to scare anyone else you dumbass
>>394816
>imagine how fucked up your vision would be
Thats kind of the point.
>>393237
this is how they rolled. Students and intellectuals were fluent in both languages and often mixed them in poetry. See Macaronic language.
>>390986
Fucking mudmen shitting up my board
>>395022
for the lolz
>>395022
Nobody cared who they were until they put on the mask
>>390986
oh christ
>>392144
>the mask has a double chin
>>395021
That is an oddly well fitting photo for this situation
>>394739
snuffalufagus' evil cousin dindulufagus
Maya used to wear some freaky shit
imagine getting attacked by a jazz handsing lobster, shit would be straight up horrifying.
>>396707
ZARDOZ!
>>391747
There was always something supernatural about it.
>>395933
Check these absolute madmen out
>>395022
>imply people in history don't want to look cool
>>396886
THOSE ARE RIVETS
>>396918
TACKS
>>396698
>duuuuuude
>>396883
>mfw
How do I instantly saves all the pic on this thread? there was an extension or something... i forgot
>>390683
story behind it ?
>>398965
Tanks crews in WW1 wore them to protect the face from shards of metal being launched from the walls of the tank when it was hit by machine gun fire.
>>396886
>even in drawings they're manlets
>>396699
>disdain for serfs
>>396707
Is that the monster of the east?
>>399027
> the world used to be a violent place
>>390986
Looks like we have a winner!
>>390647
I think this smiling helmet is even more terrifying than the actual "evil" ones. Imagine someone wearing this helmet trying to kill you
>>399056
This was basically due to them not figuring out spaced armour yet. They also used to use an ammunition called HESH (High-Explosive Squash Head) that would basically smash a hunk of plastic explosives against the side of the tank to cause massive spalling to kill the crew. This ammunition was phased out by spaced armour.
