alright, its really difficult to find a picture of what I'm thinking of here but I have done some more searching for the "mountain-man" armor I suggested and here are a few images;
from morrowind, idea of wolf (or also brahmin) head gear separate from body amour.
Maybe it should be more tribal? this is too decorative though, as were the ones in my initial post but I really like the full wolf pelt down the back
something simple like this plus the pelt in the image above could be a really good starting point although it could be rougher or patchier...
maybe the fashion world got it right
awesome?
anyway, somewhere in between all that and the other post is what I'm thinking. I'll leave it up to you guys now if you like it...