Patterns- Legs, Knees, Shins and Toes

Here are the last few patterns I used for my legs, Greaves, Sabatons And Gorget.

The Legs are by Sinric, man i owe this guy big time!

The Chartes Greaves pattern is by Talbots Fine Accessories.

I had allot of trouble finding a good pattern for cased greaves, so this one i had to purchase.

I am very happy with the pattern, it came with very through instructions.

on the flip side though, i am becoming increasingly nervous about making these, as everyone on the Armour archive seem to have a very tough time making these. See my post for More info.

The Sabatons pattern is pretty straight forward. This pattern is by Mike Yancy.

NO! This is not a large pair of metal underoos. Its My gorget, or neck protection. Sickos!

This pattern is by Alan Bauldree.

The last and final pattern that i need is the mask!

I have the basic design mapped out ,as seen in my previous post. 

The only issue now is that I need to figure out how to conceal the sides of my face and forehead. 

But more on this later!

Step 1- Masking the Pain

So I feel like the first step in creating this costume has to be Dr Dooms Metal Mask. It’s the hardest and most distinguishable part of his costume. Once I finish that, it’s all downhill from there!

As I was searching the internet for inspiration, on what few costumes I saw, people had made their mask out of plastic or card board! ACK! I wanted to try to make this as authentic as I could afford. My Goal is to surpass the Dr Doom Costume used in the 1994 Fantastic 4 movie. Don’t Laugh, for as awful as that movie was his costume wasn’t all that bad! See Right--->

My only Major Gripe is with the mask, but it’s a hell of allot better than the new Dr Doom Costume!

The Plan right Now is to make the Mask out of steel. I have never worked with metals before, so im entering some unknown territory here. Allot of websites are stating that you can cut steel with the right blade using a Jigsaw. I am first going to find out if there is anyplace locally who could professionally cut the mask out of 16 gauge steel. Most places have suggested Plasma cutting as it is the quickest and most precise method. Ill let you know what I hear back.