Linkswarm Viking Helmet Tutorial Part 4(Final)

-Meanwhile...

If you want the horns to be mounted nice and solid, it's a good idea to make some flanges:





















Just to keep some weight off of your neck, you might want to hollow out the horns:



Me so Hoh-nee baby:



Upholstery



Now let's make this fit a little better.

Get yourself some rubberized foam.

(I like the rubber pipe insulation, it's easy to find and work with):



Cut it into 2" strips:



Spray adhesive onto the pieces (Not into the helmet, it makes a meep of a mess.) then carefully line the helmet so that it fits yer dome securely:



-Oh, Yeah. I noticed the leather was tearing out on the cheekplates, so I'm recommending you rivet in some hinges like this^.



Fur



The last step is to deck your helmet out in some fur.

You're a savage, damnit. Go kill something fuzzy!

Wait, no. PETA's gonna be all up in my meep if you do.

Go back to the fabric store...(Yeah, I know it isn't meeping manly. Suck it up.)

...and get some... :shameface: ...faux fur.

Now measure out the flanges and add an inch of overlap for gluing:



Now mark:



And cut:



Trim the fur off the overlap with scissors:



Then hit the overlap and the backside of the other end with spray adhesive, and join them up:



And there you go; Horn Pubes:



This is the basic method. You can add some fur to the aventail (Or whatever the thing in back is called) or skin the whole helmet in leather or make any of a thousand variations that tell the world: "I'm so-and so and this is my meeping hat."

You have the skills now.

Make use of them, or when the zombie apocalypse happens (and it will happen)

You'll wish you had.

Thanks for watching.

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  • MstrLance

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I threw this one together using stuff I found lying around the house.

Thanks for the tute, spankerchief. You will forever be counted among the mighty.

Holey meep! O_o
That is awesome!
Did you make that just now?
GJ on the dishing on the bands and the crown! I like the cheekplates being of a piece with the helmet. Minus the horns, that's exactly the kind of no-nonsense solid equipment that we'd really need in an actual fight. (With the grill, it looks exactly like one from the SCA.)

(I really need to add a tag on the tutorial that horns are for style only, in a real battle, they'd give an opponent a meep of a good shot at breaking yer neck.)
But as far as inital shock and awe, you're gonna be a scary MF'er!
:Snappy Salute:

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I did all the cutting, dishing, and riveting circa A.S. XXVII ('92 or so), back when I was a stick-jock for the Kingdom of the West. The drinking horns are held on with a coat-hanger. In lieu of fur trim, I used a pair of fleece gloves I got for Christmas. The kittens wouldn't hold still long enough.

We had a local armor shop in my friends garage for several years, back in the day. We used simple and easy patterns to get the noob cannon-fodder onto the field as quickly as possible. Occasionally we would travel to other SCA local groups, anvil in tow, and put on workshops to get them set up with their own armor shop.

That is really cool.
I've never been to an SCA gathering in my life, but I hear a lot about them and used to see their equipment up for trade/sale at the Tandy Leather place. (Since gone out of business, sadly)
I wish I'd known about them when I was in high school.
It would've been nice to be part of the only known group of nerd that IS NOT TO BE meepED WITH.
My boy is more into WW2 weaponry, Call of Duty, ect. He knows the names of just about every damned rifle and gun made and loves carving them out of 2x6 studs, but doesn't have any interest in making himself a nice steel suit.
I feel like I missed out.
Maybe the grandkids.....

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