Xena's Valkyrie costume

“Xena brought Odin out of his despair by sharing with him her lust for life. He, in turn, made her a Valkyrie.” - Brunhilda.

Valkyries are women warrior who serve Odin, the king of the Asgardian gods. It is they who have the sacred duty of escorting slain soldiers to their quarters in Valhalla.

Those Valkyries were mortal women that are able to ride the sacred horses from the sky. Odin taught his runes to his favorites Valkyries, after that they have special powers and able to harness all her energy into a flame that will burn for as long as they wish.

Xena met Odin 35 years ago and shared her thoughts about her way of living and he made her a Valkyrie. She was able to persuade him to obtain the Rheingold from the Rhine maidens, and forge an indestructible ring capable of granting the ultimate power of a god in exchange for destroying what he loved most, only if she haven’t forsaken love the power of ring will work.

I had never made a photoshoot of my Xena’s Valkyrie costume. The Valkyrie costume includes Xena’s stunt double helmet, leaf armour corset, skirt, gauntlets used by stunt double, Sheree, and Grinhilda double stunt boots.

Sadly, the leaves of the armour and gauntlets are made of a very fragile translucent silicone material and have already coming off and some of them are becoming cracked.