Ancient Shrouded cowl, especially on female characters because they get a face mask to go with it.

Well best will always be subjective.

I honestly cannot think of any light helmets that I truly like other than elven and MAYBE glass with some mods to fix some mesh issues.

If you like the whole set, I think all elven light armour is beautiful, I like glass armour too.
And Forsworn armour is sixy.

Stormcloak officer seconded. Fur helmets hats are rare, but look very good, too.
Out of craftable helmets, I like the Elven helmet. I think it looks nice on my http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u476/arconacor/TESV2012-02-2519-50-05-72.jpg.

Edit: Also the Forsworn headdress. Both male and female version are awesome.

That isn't a form of light armour......

Hmm, I'm not sure.
If on PC, certainly http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=3201

If not, I think Shrouded Hood or Hide.

..... and I was not replying to you, Sherlock.

You could enchant it with Fortify Light Armor if you wanted to.

Why the focus on light armor anyway when you want to go for looks?

Why the focus on light armour you ask?
I quote the OP:



Don't go about being rude, Sherlock.

I am not being rude, but you are. I know the reasons, but you do not know why I am still asking the question, do you? No. If you cannot answer the question yourself, then I will give you an answer.

You can mix armor types, enchant any type of clothing and create the look you want. You are not forced to get bonuses. You are only stopping yourself from getting the look you want.

If you are worried about not having enough armor and like the heavy armor better then why not go for heavy armor right away?

How is that, Stigwa?

I do not care for any bonuses, but as I said, the OP was looking for a cool looking light ARMOUR helmet so that he could get the bonus.
Personally I run about in whatever looks cool and somewhat realistic. I much prefer things like steel and hide to ebony for example.

Of course, you can mix and match as much as you wish to, and use enchantments to make up for the loss in armour rating. But when he specifically asks for a helmet, why go on about hats, heavy armour and enchantments?
If some people want the bonuses and care less for the aestetic, let them and try to give them a suggestion for them to get the bonus.

The only head gear I actually like the look of are circlets as I like to see the characters hair. I carry a heavy helmet in my inventory for if a sticky situation arrives or I die and have to reload, otherwise its a circlet.

You are being rude again. What do you care what I go on about?

Was he really asking for a light armor helmet or did he already know where the better looking helmets are?

Maybe his problem is not finding a good looking light armor helmet, but perhaps to find an answer he had not yet thought about. OP seems to have been thinking and searching before he posted. So why just point to all the light armor helmets and not show some more options?

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