I've been inspired by the work of some talented people on here to try and make a spangenhelm, but it's not going well.
I worked off of this design here, with a little modification to make it more symmetrical:
http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/n ... _halberds/
Unfortunately when I stitched the sides together I'm getting a rather boxy shape, which is bugging the crap out of me. How does one waterform and pad helmet pieces effectively so this doesn't happen? (I'd upload a photo but I'm not sure how to attach a photo not uploaded to a site somewhere).