I’m a huge Tolkien Enthusiast and for the longest time I’ve wanted to have the Dragonhelm from The Children of Húrin, and felt like it’d be bloody fantastic to model the thing itself.
To make this I used the original book cover as a side reference, which is this particular image, also another illustration by Alan Lee. and for extra details I looked for helmets already done by other fans but fortunately I found a bunch of ugly ones, so it was my time to shine.
To model the knots I used curves, the rest is basic modeling.
I would really like to 3D print this in 1:1, and then maybe cast some molds to make an actual metal version.