My little helmet. It once was made completely out of leather, but I lost a part of it somewhere in France while doing a LARP thingy. So I had to redo it and though I might have a go at a hard shell under the leather. And also as I could take a couple of rings out of my mail (I got thinnner hurrah!) decided on a bit of a neckguard.

The leather was taken for a chair left out for the garbage, resuced by me and my trusty pocket knife. I scored out the knotwork and polished it with shoepolish to darker and nourish.
Above the eye pieces are horses, accented them in silverpaint. And on the front is my name in runes.. Signe ( *from the norse: Sig-Ny sig= victory Ny= new, thanks to my parents!). The cheek bits have a nice concho on it, which I simply bought at tandyleather US [link]. On the back is the rune for protection, one of my favorite runes ( if not the favorite) And on the sides you can see the face of a dragon or something. I wanted the rivets to be part of the design.

The hard shell is made of..... shall I say? No.. made of a secret componant LoL!

And the neck mail is made of washer rings and little links from a chain. Yes.. you read correctly.. washer rings! Posh!

The photo's are a bit shiny, the helm is not so shiny in real live. To see the details, put your nose up against your computer screen or click the zoom option. :duh:

Anyway hope you like, this will also be available for the wonderful clubs I joined: and

18-09-2006
Edit: When I made this I hadn't even heard of the of which I am now a proud member. ( it didn't even exist haha)
As they are having a myth themed contest, I decided to enter this piece as it was based on Beowulf. This contest is so up my alley!