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Viking-inspired Helm

Commissioned. Hardened cowhide with a tooled hide skin, caiman inlay, red hartebeest and springbok horns, boar tusks, and garnet and carnelian inlays. The mask detaches from the skullcap.

Viking-inspired leather helm with red hartebeest and springbok horns, boar tusks, and garnet and carnelian stones
Front three-quarter
Viking-inspired leather helm, front view
Front
Viking-inspired leather helm with asymmetric horns, three-quarter view
Three-quarter
Profile of the Viking-inspired leather helm
Profile
Rear of the Viking-inspired leather helm showing tooled hide panels
Rear
Viking-inspired helm, worn
Worn
Viking-inspired helm, worn
Worn
Viking-inspired helm BW
Black and white
Viking-inspired helm inner liner
Inner liner
Viking-inspired helm interior
Interior
Viking-inspired leather helm, side three-quarter view
Side three-quarter
Viking-inspired leather helm, mask detail
Mask detail

The build

From the bench.

Viking-inspired leather helm in progress on the bench, horns and tusks fitted
Viking inspired helmet in progress
Viking inspired helmet in progress
Viking inspired helmet in progress
Back of viking-inspired helm in progress
Back, in progress
Croc-textured leather mask for the Viking-inspired helm, in hand
Mask
Croc-textured leather mask for the Viking-inspired helm, worn
Mask, worn
Croc-textured leather mask for the Viking-inspired helm, worn, side view
Croc-textured leather mask on a head form
Mask on the form

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