hey guys welcome to another unboxing video here on nerd of the Rings today we've got a
very very exciting piece we're gonna unbox the Helm of King Theoden now as far as the movies
go theodin is definitely one of my favorite characters he's got some of the best lines
got some of the best action and some of the most compelling story around him and as you
saw in a previous video I've got the Helm of aomar here to compare it to we'll also
get out theoden's sword and see how these pair together but first let's get this thing unboxed
foreign
turns out it's a box within a box if there's another one
inside of This I Swear that'd be an awesome prank
okay now I see foam that's a good sign
all right then here it looks like we've got the information page on the Helm of
theodin just looking at it on here makes me even more pumped to open this thing
oh and then inside we've got the certificate of authenticity we'll
take a look at that after we get this thing opened
all right
let's open this thing up hopefully I've got
it right side up or else this is going to look really silly
oh my gosh look at that thing holy smokes oh I love this helmet oh my God my gosh this is so cool
oh my gosh
oh it's padded on the inside too
gosh look at that thing reminds me a bit of a new baseball glove got that leather smell
ah I don't know if this is gonna fit my head oh I don't think it's gonna fit
oh man I'm all bummed it doesn't fit my head man the detail on this one is just insane
this is seriously one of my absolute favorite helmets from the films
so many iconic moments with this helmet on so yeah on the inside you can see it's padded
unfortunately my head is too big my baseball cap size is seven and three
eighths if you're into uh baseball caps I'll have to look up and see how many inches that is
um but this was definitely too tiny it looks like just just this part here was too small I
don't my head might fit up up higher but uh the the sides was a little too tight I'm afraid if I
got it on then I wouldn't be able to get it off all right let's check out the base here
if you remember when I unboxed the aomar helm uh I was quite impressed with the base I think it
adds a whole nother level of the display quality uh to have a base that mimics the armor and this
is no exception this looks this looks really good a little bit different color scheme than aomares
see we have aomar here his has got more red to it theodens more Brown as we put the helmet on here
look at that
man that looks really sharp
then I usually try to get the straps out of the way so so they're not hanging out the
front man looking at this side by side with the aomares though that is a dynamite combination
and of course like aomares the base has the nameplate says the Helm of King theodin with
the number uh so you know which number uh replica you got and of course we do get the certificate
of authenticity it's kind of nice this one came flat instead of rolled up so we didn't have to
mess with it quite as much but it's got a nice piece of concept art up here in the corner of
King theodin and this piece of concept art seems a bit more inspired by the books as he looks a
bit older uh definitely has a white beard there so he seems a little bit more in line with what
we might expect from the books uh Bernard Hill is a little bit younger than uh what we kind of get
hinted at though I'm not complaining about Bernard Hill because the Dude crushed it as Theoden and
on the certificate authenticity we read a bit about Theoden himself Theoden was the noble and
courageous king of Rohan and Lord of the Ritter Mark once freed of the corrupting influence of
Saruman by Gandalf the White and eterus theodin regained his strength and his great sword herogram
was once more returned to his grasp after leading his people to Victory against the urukai in the
Battle of Helm's Deep despite overwhelming odds he rallied his forces and in the defense of Gondor
to protect the White City of Minas tirith and the hope of all Middle Earth he bravely fought
against the forces of Mordor on the pelinor fields skillfully wielding his sword he was
mortally wounded when he came against the witch king of angmar leader of the nine ringwraiths
he was protected by his niece eowen who slew the witch King but theodin perished from his wounds
on the pelinor fields and as usual with these rohiram pieces as I've said before it goes on
to talk about the rohiram themselves and how their culture was very much based on uh the
breeding and trading of horses and so a lot of that iconography comes into these pieces
It also says theodens armor and weapons were the finest in Rohan and elaborately decorated
he wielded a royal sword called herogram which he used to slay many Orcs And uruks in the battle of
the hornberg and the battle of the pelinor fields his steel Helm was ornately engraved and enameled
featuring a horse head Crest the surface was highly decorated with sun and horse motifs
of bronze and copper the leather neck guard was embossed with roheric designs and then as usual it
also goes on to talk about how this is a replica based on the original WETA Workshop designs for
the Lord of the Rings films and for those curious about what materials this replica is made of it
says the helm is crafted of reinforced poly resin and genuine leather with precisely molded details
and coloring it is presented with a poly Stone and wood display sculpted in the shape of theoden's
neck and shoulder armor and then as we know it includes the certificate of authenticity and the
numbered badge on the front so obviously watching the films the most noticeable horse iconography is
um here at the top of the helmet but now having read about the creation of this and seeing it up
close and having a chance to really look at it you can also see there's some horse iconography
on the side as well as it mentioned a sun Motif and so we get on the sides here we get kind of the
outline of the Sun a bit and then also more noticeable we've got some red and
green accents and I noticed on the back as well we've got Little Gems of red and green
and then on the back we also read that there's some roheric design patterns across the back
on the leather and I just noticed um across the back which I don't know if we ever see the back of
theoden's armor but we've got kind of two horses with their heads together very reminiscent of his
sword which we'll get out here and put it up next to the helm so here we can see uh the similarity
between theoden's sword and a little bit different pose but very similar to what's on the back of
his armor and we even have kind of these these fake straps that would have held his uh back and
front pieces of armor together obviously a lot of care and detail has gone into creating this helm
all right and for those interested to see side by side with theoden's sword this is also but
made by United Cutlery the sword herogram Theoden sword which has incidentally always
been one of my favorites and his helmet likewise has been one of my favorites
um the colors of the leather seem to go really well together
um the color of the metal on the hilt uh is a little bit more muted of a gold color I don't know
if that comes across well on on camera or not but you can definitely tell that there's a bit more
Vibrance to the gold that's in the helmet well there you have it guys the Helm of King feyoden as
you can imagine if you've been around the channel for a while I am a huge huge fan of this helmet
and while I'm a little bummed that it wouldn't fit on my fat head I am really glad to have added this
to my collection and it's gonna get a place of special honor back in the corner there so it can
be seen by everyone on the live streams I'm going to do some rearranging here in the nerd cave so
that this can be shown off properly it's obviously a really really nice piece and has a lot of detail
and intricate design work to it and I really hope that United Cutlery keeps doing uh these base
plates like this with the armor for future helmet releases that they may do because I am a huge
huge fan of this nothing against my normal base plate that I've got for my Gimli helmet but man
this armor base plate just looks so much better and just elevates the whole piece in a really
really cool way and of course I want to say a special thanks to United Cutlery who sent me this
gorgeous Helm so that I could share it with you guys today and give you all a nice up close look
at King theoden's Helm and be sure to go to the link in the description it'll take you straight
to their budk.com store where you can check out the Helm of King Theoden for yourself thanks so
much for watching and we'll see you next time time on nerd of the Rings oh I'm gonna try again
if my head was just a little bit smaller if I get this on it will not come off
but man I could get some cool pictures with theodens Helm fairly DJ wink
this was a cartoon I'd get a running start and slam my head into the wall and pop on if I'm
wearing this on the next live stream you know it's because I got it on and cannot get it off