Here's an incredible, life size, hand-crafted fiberglass Mordred Battle Helmet replica, finished to appear as if it was made of Gold metal. Based on the one seen on screen, in the classic Fantasy Film "Excalibur".
This piece was acquired by James Latta from a contracted Hollywood SPFX Artisan to utilize as the Study Model in Icons efforts to secure the licensing for Excalibur from Warner Bros. Studios in 1997.
As impressive in person as it is in the photos depicted here. Beautifully designed, made and finished.
Unknown to most collectors, Icons Authentic Replicas was in contract negotiations for Excalibur in 1997-98. And was actually issued an Excalibur Prop and Wardrobe replica licensing agreement in 1998 (and for numerous Warner Bros. licenses), prior to the company closing its doors forever. Another unrealized dream for the pioneering replica company. This piece has never been shown before.
As most Prop collectors know, issue #2 of the Icons "Vault" Collectors magazine / catalog featured an in-depth interview with Icons dear friend Terry English, the master armorer for Excalibur, who also built the Colonial Space Marines armor for the movies "Aliens", the armor for "Gladiator" and "The 13th Warrior" just to name a few.
Although Terry fabricated the body-armor for the Mordred character in Excalibur, he did not make the original Mordred helmet, so he did not work on this piece or stamp it with his Armorer mark "TE".
However, although planned, none of the Excalibur replica product-line were produced prior to Icons closure in 2000.
The molds of this piece were NEVER utilized again !! So this is a one-of-a-kind prototype.
