We Made It Together: Hero Armor on the Playa at Sunset

On 6 September 2026 we shared a short post on our Instagram, @heroarmor.art. It began with three words: "We did it." We are keeping those words here, in the journal, because they say it best.

The view

Hero Armor stood on the Playa at sunset, with the Temple behind him. We wrote that seeing it felt almost unreal.

He was in the heart of Black Rock City, next to the Temple, where his story first began. That is where the project stood at Burning Man 2026.

What came before

There were months behind that moment. In the post we named them: dreaming, designing, building and problem-solving. We named the sleepless nights and the challenges, and the incredible amount of work behind the project.

It is hard to put into words how happy and grateful we were to see this idea become real. We wrote that in the post, and it is still true.

The people

The project would not have been possible without every single person who believed in it and supported us. We thanked everyone who helped us build, create, transport and install Hero Armor, and bring him to life.

We thanked our whole team, our volunteers, our friends and our supporters. We thanked everyone who became part of this journey. We said it from the bottom of our hearts, with a blue and yellow heart each.

We made it together.

That was the last line of the post, and it is the line we want to keep here.

For the record

Other entries in this journal tell the story of the build, the dust and the people in more detail. This one is only a pause: a photograph-sized moment, a Playa sunset and a thank-you.

The post was signed Hero Armor, Burning Man 2026. It carried the tags #heroarmor, #burningman2026, #burningmanart, #heroarmorart and #ukrainianart.

Thank you to everyone who stood with us. We made it together.