About this 3D model

*"Did I ever tell you about the time I designed a uniform for tank crewmen? It was green leather, it had red stripes, and a row of brass buttons down across here. And topped off by a gold football helmet. The Army rejected it, of course. Goddamn, it was beautiful."—Patton* *** This is my 3D capture of the [Skulpturhalle Basel's](http://www.skulpturhalle.ch/) plaster cast of the Capitoline Museum's 2nd-century BC marble *[Testa Virile Elmata](http://www.museicapitolini.net/object.xql?urn=urn:collectio:0001:scu:00581)* ("Manly Helmeted Head"). It is not clear who, if anyone, is represented here. Ennio Quirino Visconti [identified](https://archive.org/stream/iconographiegrec00visc#page/n139/mode/2up) it as a portrait of Miltiades. The Capitoline Museum [says](http://www.museicapitolini.net/object.xql?urn=urn:collectio:0001:scu:00581) it may be a strategist, or even Mars. In 1892, Wolfgang Helbig [wrote](https://archive.org/stream/guidetopublicco01reisgoog#page/n374/mode/2up/search/358) "this seems to be, not a portrait, but an ideal type either of Ares or of some hero." His Attic-style helmet is emblazoned with a fourteen-point star, curling vines, a lion, a bull, a sphinx, and griffons, so we know—whoever he was—the dude meant business. —Cosmo Wenman [@CosmoWenman](http://www.twitter.com/CosmoWenman) [cosmowenman.com](http://cosmowenman.com) cosmo.wenman@gmail.com *** I captured this work as part of my project, *"Through A Scanner, Skulpturhalle."* You can see the rest of the results at [thingiverse.com/thing:83781](http://thingiverse.com/thing:83781) *** *Testa Virile Elmata* Skulpturhalle Basel accession number 1439 *Bärtiger Kopf mit Helm. Typus des sog. "Lysander." Aus Marmor. Römische Kopie nach einem Werk um 420 v. Chr. Rom, Kapitolinisches Museum, Inv. 581. Ergänzt: Nase und Büste mit dem unteren Teil des Halses.* Plaster cast molded from the Capitoline Museum’s *Testa Virile Elmata*, Capitoline Museum accession number S 581. The nose and neck are 19th-century repairs. Photographed with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Sigma EX 50mm lens, September, 2013. Processed with [ReCap Photo](https://recap360.autodesk.com). The Skulpturhalle's plaster does not have a plinth. The plinth in my model was designed roughly after the Capitoline marble's. Edited for printing with [Blender]( http://www.blender.org/). 448mm tall 2.9 million triangles *** My tips for using either ReCap or 123D Catch are here: [cosmowenman.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/using-recap-or-123d/]( http://cosmowenman.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/using-recap-or-123d/) *** Thanks to the [Skulpturhalle Basel]( http://www.skulpturhalle.ch/) museum, and thanks to Autodesk’s [Reality Capture](https://recap360.autodesk.com) division, who sponsored my project, *[Through A Scanner, Skulpturhalle](http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:83781).* ***