Description
Product Specifications:
This Museum Collection edition was completely resigned in 2024 by United Cutlery with brand new tooling and color correction to the paint making it the most accurate replica of this helm in all of Arda. The previous limited edition versions of this helm are still excellent versions to own. However, they had the previous casting which was less finely detailed and different paint schemes.
- 1:1 Actor scale (twice as large as the smaller helm currently sold by United Cutlery)
- Cast from hard polyresin
- Padded interior so the helm can be worn
- Comes with a polyresin stand with the design features of Sauron’s Mace
- ~29″ tall, ~32″ on stand
Tolkien’s Lore:
Sauron was a gifted Maia, originally an apprentice of Aulë. Coveting the power to regulate all things according to his own will, he became the most trusted lieutenant of (Melkor) Morgoth, reckoned as the greatest of his servants in the Wars of Beleriand. In the Second Age, disguised as the fair Annatar, he deceived the Elves of Eregion into creating the Rings of Power whilst he secretly forged the One Ring in Mount Doom becoming “the Lord of the Rings”. Sauron allowed himself to be captured by the Númenóreans where his evil lead to the Downfall of Númenor. His spirit escaped as he regained power in Mordor as the Kingdom’s of Arnor and Gondor were founded. The Elves and the Dúnedain formed the Last Alliance and marched against Sauron in S.A. 3441. The siege lasted for seven years and culminated in Sauron leaving his fortress and breaking the siege himself pushing the army of the Alliance back to the slopes of Orodruin. Here, Sauron slew the leaders of the Alliance, Gil-galad and Elendil in single combat, but was himself defeated. Isildur cut the Ring from Sauron’s finger. Sauron’s body died and his spirit fled. Without the power of the One Ring, Sauron could not take form again in Middle-earth for a thousand years.
Adaptation Notes:
In Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the Lord of the Rings, Sauron is first brought to screen in the prologue of the trilogy. Sauron is depicted as a tall -yet not gigantic – armored warlord wielding a huge mace (a blend between his vague description by Tolkien and the more detailed appearance of Morgoth as described in The Silmarillion). The original prop of this helm was designed and developed by Weta Workshop and worn by actor Sala Baker. During the film’s rendition of this particular battle, Sauron is shown dispatching a number of Elves and Men with his mace, before killing Gil-galad (offscreen; the scene figured in the concept art done for the prologue) and then Elendil before being defeated by Isildur using his father’s broken sword to cut off the finger wearing the One Ring. This causes Sauron’s body to explode, producing a shockwave as the original prop of this very helm falls to the ashen ground smoking with the ruin of his malice.
