DEUS VULT DOG: The Costume

I ARE CRUSADIN'

This has been a fun Halloween. What began as a desire to create a my own costume as a Templar turned into, "Hey, I bet I could make a helmet for my dog."

Prototyping takes a looong time

Many helmet variations later, I'd finally created the perfect dog helmet for crusading. The next step was creating a sword and sheath. More blender designing netted this beautiful sword/helmet combo!

halp me

I got my dog shirt pattern from Mimi & Tara. She has a lot of free patterns and other premium ones too for dogs of all sizes. For fabric, I bought a giant 3x sweater from Dollar General. The lady complimented my choice. It was pretty easy to cut.

I forgot to take a picture before I started cutting, but oh well

The dog hates the little tunic I made for her.

The final touches was adding a collar from the bottom of the sweater, gluing the Templar cross onto the back, and burning the raw edges to seal the fibers and add some wear. We hiked up a trail just outside of town and got some amazing photos and a great video.

Print it out from Thingiverse.

This crusader will take back the holy land! #DEUSVULT #dachshund #dog #3dprinting #3d #art