Leshen Skull Helmet - Leather Crafting Tutorial

This pattern: beardfootcrafting.etsy.com/li...
00:14 Leather
01:29 Tooling
02:47 Dying
04:16 Hardening Skull
04:26 Shaping Skull
04:49 Sewing
05:40 Hardening Horns
05:46 Shaping Horns
06:26 Assembling
07:21 Hide the Eyes
07:52 Helmet Base: • 3 in 1 Helmet - Leathe...
07:55 Assembling to Helmet
08:17 Finished Showcase
Monster face masked with a gerneric helmet as base to wear. If you had your first experience with leather shaping this is a build to challenge yourself and make big steps of learning great organic shapes.
Difficulty: difficult Tools needed: basic
Recommended materials for the deer skull
- 2,5 mm (6 oz) veg. tanned leather ~ 1 m²
- 3,5 mm (9 oz) veg. tanned leather ~0,01 m²
- Black mesh fabric around ~0,09 m²
- Pressure buttons
- 6 screw rivets, for 5 mm (1/5 inch) wide holes and 6,5 mm (¼ inch) length
Recommended materials helmet base
- 3,5 mm (9 oz) veg. tanned leather ~0,5 m²
- 2 Pressure buttons
- 2 Screw rivets
- ~ 1 cm (2/5 inch) thick foam, for example low density EVA foam
- optional 0,3 m² black mesh fabric to cover the eyes
Tools: edge trimmer, cutting knife, burnisher, hole punch, leather carving tools, bone folder, clamps, sewing material, diamond shaped chisel, wing divider, glue, rivets, anvil, 1000 grit sandpaper, 5 mm hole pliers
Shop: beardfootcrafting.etsy.com
Instagram: / nils_beardfoot

[@CarlKeeling1881]

That turned out very good. You did an amazing job. Very talented!!! 🤩

[@NilsBeardfoot]

Thank you very much :)

[@sejembalm]

Wonderful & creative stuff!

[@NilsBeardfoot]

Thank you very much :) its more of the witchcraft ^^

[@bigjohn75]

Outstanding nils. I just got your hammer pattern. I think I’ll get this one after I’m done with that.

[@NilsBeardfoot]

:D thank you, be sure to take your time with the hammer, not the easierst project

[@guildmastergrimmscythe3988]

Well done, i do like your style ^^

[@NilsBeardfoot]

Thank you :)

[@alighieroantolini3507]

Amazing!

[@NilsBeardfoot]

Thanks!

[@kymberleematsumoto8153]

Love those horns. CHEERS to leathercrafting!

[@NilsBeardfoot]

Thank you, I do too, they also could be worn without the skull, just as some kind of crown

[@stromnessboy5171]

Fantastic work, Nils! Thanks for sharing your video.

[@NilsBeardfoot]

Thank you, you are very welcome :)

[@elijahenes]

This is so cool. I just really wonder, how do you come up with the final pattern after creating a design?

[@NilsBeardfoot]

Thank you :) Well, the pattern comes before crafting the piece, I make a bunch of test versions from paper and once everything looks like it works I do the leather version, so if everythings works out I know that pattern is good :) Sometimes I have to make smaller adjustments, like on the skull if you noticed the attachment to the helmet was a bit to short, also original the skull also had a jaw, but I did not like the look and the movement with it was not as I wanted it to be. Hope this gives you some insight :)