Skyrim Iron Helmet

Got hooked on Elder Scrolls V just recently and wanted the iron/dragonborn helmet real bad. I wanted it quick too so making one out of real cast or iron sheet was out of the question. So I turned to my favorite medium as far as making costumes is concerned: foam rubber. It was simple enough to make, with the horns being the hardest just because there were a lot of sections. Although I did not copy the horn design in-game specifically as they remind of intestines. Instead I made the sections larger and more scale-like to look more like talons instead of ram horn. All in all took about a day to make excluding drying time.
Initial form minus distress effects and rivets




After paint and everything else

 

Looks good. Really like the paint job!

 

Woah, that picture looks like it was taken straight out the game, matter of fact, it looks like Skyrim had a massive texture enhancement

 

That looks great!

 

Very cool. This is so on my to-do list. Few hours into the game and loving it.
Did you just eyeball it?

 

Fabulous work, really authentic looking!

Rich

 

wow, heh, that is pretty bad *. All from foam rubber? It's amazing

 

Looks really great. Its crazy the stuff that foam can do

 

Amazing work! The paint job really brings it to life.

 

Awesome !! Really great build and paintjob !! Never played the game but i saw several pics and it looks really accurate... Great Job mate !!

 

WOW.beautiful colors. seems true metal

 

That looks fantastic! Any chance you have a pattern? Or did you just freehand it from the ingame model/screenshots?

 

Thanks! Sketched it out from the game first. Made the cosmetic alterations and then made a pattern for it.

 

Awesome helmet !!!

 

wear it! wear it!

 

That looks great, good job

 

how much did it cost for the materials???