This amazing armor, inspired by Joan of Arc and created by Grace Duval, took fifty hours to put together.

Duval explains:

The entire base is constructed from cardboard that is cut and hot-glued into shape. Each individual piece was then covered in multiple coats of brown paper dipped in wallpaper paste, creating a thin, lightweight but very sturdy form of paper mache.

Every piece was then gesso-ed [primed for paint] to remove any corrugation lines, then spray painted matte black.