Xena's costume photoshoot

Yesterday I was testing my new phone camera and I took a few photos of my Xena's costume display with natural light. The leather and copper combination looked awesome. 

Xena's hero props

 Here are 4 of my screen used favorites pieces used by Xena played by Lucy Lawless herself.

Xena´s hero scabbard is made of genuine cow leather over a moduled foam structure, it has three golden medallions with paua shells.

Xena's hero resin sword (circa season 2&3). This particulary sword was signed by Lucy Lawless in a Xena Con many years ago. The handle is wrapped in real black leather, and it has the 7 paua shells intact in their position. It has signs of wear and scratches in the blade as result of the fighting scenes.

Xena's trademark signature hero breastplate worn by Xena's stunt. It is made of moduled plastic, real leather and rivets. The inner part is covered of leather to avoid hurting the stunt doubles during the scenes.

Xena's hero resin chakram used during season 1 to 4. This chakram was made over a steel armature for reinforment. The chakram is in mint condition, however, the wear seen was occurred during the production of the series. It has 9 paua shells on each side in mint condition.

Xena Hero screenused Armour pieces

Here is the complete set of the Xena Hero screenused armour used by stunt double during the latest season of the show. As the Xena leathers costume, this armour set was acquired from the Omarama Gallery from New Zealand, now, named Totara Peak Gallery/Big Rooster Antiques & Collectables that nowadays, had closed. The owners' daughter took over the business and decided to sell the entire collection in 2017/18 and each costume has a new place anywhere around the world.

This breastplate is quite different than the Todd's replicas, is bigger and the middle part of the breast is covered with leather and painted in copper tones, the breastplate made by Todd's has that part made of resin and painted in black. It is made of moduled plastic, in the series they've made plenty of breastplates in different materials: metal (copper), other alloy metal, resin and plastic for the ones used by stunts to avoid damage in fight scenes. It has an ultra realistic finish in copper tones, in both sides has a leather strap so that the breastplate can be held easily.

The shoulder guards are made of heavy leather like the one used for the Creation Ent gauntlets and armbands. At the beginning, I had acquired this shoulder guards with a moduled plastic copper lookalike pieces but I have decided to replace them for a more realistic ones, the metal pieces were made by a brazilian blacksmith friend, named Doug WP, who made it for me based in the screenused shoulder guards.

The backplate, same as the breastplate, ultra realistic finish in cooper tones, made out of moduled plastic. It is slightly curved inwards to adapt correctly to the shape of the back and has four leather straps so it can be held easily in the right place.

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Xena Main Costume

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Xena complete armour set

Xena complete armour set photoshoot, here are mostly all the Xena accesories from her costume, no weapons included.

Complete Xena armour set w/gaunlets, armbands and kneeguards.

Xena copper pieces together, Xena shoulder guards, armbands and gaunlets.

XENA AUTHENTIC ARMOUR

A new upload of the Xena Armour, some studio pictures of it:

Xena Armour photo with natural light

Xena Breastplate and Should guards.

Xena Backplate and Shoulder guards back.

Breastplate close-up.

Right shoulderguard close-up.

Backplate and shoulderguard.

Shoulder guards close-up.

Backplate.

Backplate close-up

Xena Authentic Complete Costume (Part 1)

Hi guys,

Today I bring good news! These previous weeks Ive adquired a complete Xena Costume from the Omarama Gallery, Totara Peak Gallery, in New Zealand. The costume includes a complete Xena leather costume with an original medallion and chakram hook, breastplate, shoulder guards, backplate, a pair of xena gaunlets and armbands, a pair of kneepads and boots.

As you can see the complete costume looks amazing in the mannequin, Im still looking for a complete mannequin with legs, it will come soon, I hope. We start! are you ready?

Xena Leather Costume / Leathers: It is made of genuine dark leather, I imagine this costume was made in the lastest seasons because of the colour of the leather used. In the early seasons Xena costume was brown/ reddish dark brown and in season 5 she reappeared with a costume in darker shade in the episode "Amphipolis under Siege" and the whole season 6. The medallion is made out of a heavy resin and the chakram hook is strong metal hook covered with leather and its attached to the costume with a leather strip. In addition, the costume has a metallic-looking fabric that is under the leather skirt. It looks amazing!

Xena Breastplate: Quite different than the Todds replica, is bigger and the middle part of the breast is covered with leather and painted in copper tones, the breastplate made by Todds has that part made of resin and painted in black. It is made of moduled plastic, in the series they've made plenty of breastplates in different materials: metal (cooper), other alloy metal, and resin and plastic for the ones used by doubles to to avoid damage in stunts or fight scenes. It has an ultra realistic finish in cooper tones, in both sides has a leather strap so that the breastplate can be held easily.

Xena Backplate: Same as the breastplate, ultra realistic finish in cooper tones, made out of moduled plastic. It is slightly curved inwards to adapt correctly to the shape of the back and has four leather straps so it can be held easily in the right place.

 Xena Shoulder Guards: The shoulder guards are made of heavy leather like the one used for the gaunlets and armbands and the armour is moduled plastic with an ultra realistic finish.

 Xena Gaunlets: These gaunlets were sold by Creation Entertainment and were made by the propmasters from the tv series. This ones are my favourites, they are made of genuine dark brown leather and real cooper. They have many old gold rivets and eyelets to adjust them to anybody. Although, it is Lucy Lawless size and they looks amazing in the mannequin, however, they are quite different than Todds gaunlets replica.

 Xena Armbands: These armbands were sold by Creation Entertainment and were made by the propmasters from the tv series. As the gaunlets, these are highly detailed, very well done and made out of leather and real cooper. They have nothing to envy to the Todds replicas.



Because of this costume was adquired just a week ago, Im still taking some pictures of all the accesories and details. For the moment, I end up the entry and as soon Ive got some pictures from the kneeguards and boots I will be back here again. Best wishes, hope you enjoy your time with this post.

Xena Amazing Dress and Armour

Hi guys,
Today Ive gonna make a really quick post sharing some lastest photos Ive taken this days of my Xena Costume dress and armour replicas.

Here weve got the complete Xena outfit, with an original shield prop in the left side and the gaunlets and armbands in the back.

Xena back armour detail and shield.

The amazing breastplate made of fiberglass from Todds costumes with leather inside the breast part.

Xena dress medallion that fits perfectly with the dress.

Other side of the breastplate detail.

Back part of the dress and back plate armour and shoulder guards.

Hope I can update the blog more often.

Thanks for watching and see you soon!