The Viking Helmet (Part 6)

Greetings!

PART 6 of the epic viking helmet blog, where I get to bang as hard as I want on a piece of metal and bend it and mangle it. . When I was a kid people paid to do this stuff to a car at the Halloween festival.

Actually, this is a bit of a back-up. I was so sure that my first attempt was going to fail miserably that I didn't film it (although in retrospect, that would've made the best video). . Anyway, since I didn't film the dishing of the first panel, I did with the second and this post is about that.

Here's the first one pretty much finished. 

Here's the raw-cut second panel. I measured around the perimeter of the helmet from the center of one frame 'spine' to the other to get the bottom measurement, then up the spine to get the height. 

Then. . I measured to the center and drew the triangle (for reference). From there I just eyeballed the curves. 

This will end up quite a bit oversized, since you are lengthening all the edges as you bowl out the center. 

Here's a picture of my amazing glove. I don't know who got me these as a gift, but thanks again! They have a great gripping texture on the palm that let me really get ahold of that slippery metal. 

Pounding the metal

Step One

Shiny!

Beard check. 

The Video