@Skink: Haha, yes I also imagine many Dwarf (and CD) brews to be very nourishing.
I think we can probably say that bit of fluff was written in without any real thought. In any case surely the face plates of the helmets would be removeable? in some arcane chaos dwarf helmet construction. Otherwise how would they keep their beards groomed?
torn
Wouldnât the beards just continue to grow under the helmet through the chin opening? Correct me if Iâm wrong, but wouldnât they just require long beards hanging out from the helmet to keep that exposed beard groomed?
This piece of fluff was probably written with some thought, I believe. If nothing else, FW has left us with a scenario where the shamed outcast warriors known as Infernal Guards seem reduced to sipping their nourishment through a straw. Thatâs certainly a punishment, and dishonourably since it is akin to being reduced to a toddler not yet on solids. Pretty fitting for their background, on the face of it.
Iâve been thinking. If their helmets wouldâve been glued on their faces, skin sloughing off would eventually allow them to take of their helmets again after a week or two, when most of the skin has been renewed.
Of course burning the metal onto their faces creates scar tissue, where Iâm not so sure if it sloughs off. Maybe, after some months, the burned scars donât adhere to the helmets anymore, and they might just come off again. On the other hands, if the metal is a little bit biocompatible, the facial tissue will grow right onto it, making removal very painful, even years later.
I've been thinking. If their helmets would've been glued on their faces, skin sloughing off would eventually allow them to take of their helmets again after a week or two, when most of the skin has been renewed.
Of course burning the metal onto their faces creates scar tissue, where I'm not so sure if it sloughs off. Maybe, after some months, the burned scars don't adhere to the helmets anymore, and they might just come off again. On the other hands, if the metal is a little bit biocompatible, the facial tissue will grow right onto it, making removal very painful, even years later.
Helblindi
Good point. Blackshard Armour could be forged in who knows what mystic ways, so biocompatibility isn't out of the question. And since we're given the impression that Infernal Guards never can (or are allowed to) remove their helmets, it seems likely. After all, only the Deathmask have the privilege of showing a bared face, and one would like to think they have to pull it off violently, for grimdark reasons.
Does it say that the helmet is welded to their flesh or just in a way that makes it impossible to remove? I always though the latter. Just need a metal bar at the chin/neck that attaches to both sides of the hlemet and that helmet is stuck until you break it.
Does it say that the helmet is welded to their flesh or just in a way that makes it impossible to remove? I always though the latter. Just need a metal bar at the chin/neck that attaches to both sides of the hlemet and that helmet is stuck until you break it.
cornixt
Might not even need that - just have the helmet in two halves and weld them together after placing them around the head (in fact some of the minis even look like that iirc)
