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.

Valkyrie Gaunlets

 Hi guys! I must say I feel lucky. I've recently purchased a pair of Valkyrie gaunlets that were listed on eBay. So, finally I can complete my Valkyrie costume, when Ive bought the Valkyrie wardrobe it arrived with just one gaunlet, I thought I would never had the chance to complete the outfit cause the Valkyrie props are quite rare, and also, I thought if anyone sells his Valkyrie props will be the complete costume, but, it happened. A UK seller agreed to ship to Spain the pair of Valkyrie gaunlets.

As I already know the Valkyrie costume was made with very fragile and delicate materials. I think the kind of soft flexible plastic/resin that were made all the leaves of the costume with the time become started to crack in the part with more tension or more exposed. You can see in the photos that the main leaf piece of the gaunlet is divided in two parts. However, the condition is not the best I think if I glued with care will work.

It comes with a Certificate of authenticity and a kind of source history summary.

Detailed close-up.

My Valkyrie costume with the missing gaunlet in the left hand.

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One of my favourite costumes of all over the series. Here is a screenused Xena Valkyrie costume. I will post early some detailed photos.

Full costume is the corset, armour, skirt, gaunlet, boots, helmet, sword and shealth. Also, ea*The only thing is that it is only one gaunlet, I will search for the other one. 

Valkyrie armour leaves were made of a kind of flexible translucent resin but with the time are easier to break, however, this costume is in very good condition.

About the helmet, for me the most interesting part. This helmet is in great condition, theres a tag inside that says "Xena" and also is written in a particulary hidden place "Xena Double Stuntie". I will post more photos of that things.