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Sorry for the two part post-

The project which consumed a moderate bit of my December was entirely non-sporran related, but I've been dying to show it off anyway.

My 7 year old is a HUGE Lord of the Rings fan, we've been co-reading the books, and as the books are completed, watching the movies.

My special gift to him for Christmas was a full size, wearable Uruk-Hai helmet, and a scaled down set of shoulder armour.

The Weta studio master of the Uruk armour:


And my finished version for my son:

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I decided NOT to do the 4' long square scimitar the orcs carry as it would be MONTHS before he could run around in the yard with it and I didn't fancy
him swinging it wildly about the house causing all manner of havoc.

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