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* Cohen The Barbarian from ''[[Discworld]]'' has dentures made out of troll teeth. Discworld trolls, [[All Trolls Are Different|being made of metamorphic rock]], have diamond teeth. Also, a troll mobster makes cufflinks out of his enemies' teeth. Other trolls like to wear belts of human and dwarf skulls, but in recent, more politically correct times, sheep skulls have become a substitute (after a short experiment with monkey skulls. Either there was too much similarity in size and approximate shape for most dwarfs to tell the difference or [[Everyone Calls Him Barkeep|the Librarian]] [[Berserk Button|took issue]]). The ''real'' tough troll criminals don't bother; they just beat you over the head with your own arm until you get the message rather than run the risk of inflaming dwarfs with no grounding in forensic anthropology unnecessarily.

* In the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]], [[Faction Paradox]] members wear [[Cool Mask|ceremonial masks]] created from the skulls of creatures "[[Temporal Paradox|that really shouldn't have existed in the first place anyway]]".

* Rattleshirt from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is the leader of a band of barbarian raiders who wears bones sewn together as armor. (His nickname comes from the way they clack together as he moves, he personally prefers the title "Lord o' the bones"). Although the novel deliberately takes pains to show that the barbarians and raiders are NOT [[Always Chaotic Evil]], just the result of [[Blue and Orange Morality|a different cultural morality]] and doing what they need to survive, Rattleshirt does not come off well, usually being a self-important [[Jerkass]] and constantly trying to make himself seem more important and powerful that he really is. (Notably, when Rattleshirt takes off his armor, it reveals a short, homely man who looks anything but intimidating).

* Averted by Sangamon Taylor, the environmental-crusader from Neal Stephenson's ''Zodiac'', who found a more modern way to dress himself in death: he wraps his feet in protective plastic and dons tennis shoes soaked in ''toxic waste''. Very colorful, keeps the cops at a distance, and it's a hell of a media statement if any [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] he opposes has to call in a Hazmat team to divest him of footwear stained by ''their own companies''' deadly byproducts.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** The Bonegrim and Skeletal Armors from 4th Edition's ''Adventurer's Vault'' are definitely quite bone-like, and grant necrotic resistance upon their wearers.

* Chaos, Dark Elves/Eldar, and Orc/Orks in ''[[Warhammer]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' love wearing the heads and skulls of their worthiest opponents impaled on their [[Spikes of Villainy]]. The Imperium prefers tastefully sculpted depictions of skulls. On ''everything''. (But they use plenty of real skulls too.)