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!

"It Looks Like a Scrap Yard in Here"

I am about 50% done cutting all of the pieces out the sheets of steel.

The newly cut steel has very sharp edges with little slivers of metal jutting from them called Burrs. 

I cant even begin to count the number of times i grabbed a lame palm first and got stabbed.

The next step will be do file down the edges so that they are smooth. Not only will this prevent 

them from cutting me but it will also prevent any further damage to my tools. 

(I did a number on the face of my largest teardrop mallet when i was shaping the shoulder cop)

The other issue i need to resolve lies in my cutting equipment. 

Because i did not have the 500 plus dollars it requires to purchase a B2 Beverly Shear, I am forced to cut the metal with my aviation snips. With a beverly shear there is a clear guide for the metal and much more power. 

With the snips the metal tends to get bent and misshaped, as seen in the photo above.

What i need to do now is to Planish the edges of the metal against the flat face of my Dishing stump.

Not only does this flatten out the steel, 

but it also lines up all of those nasty little burrs making them much easier to file off.

Next Stop on this Doomed Train to NYC ComicCon 2010, I will be playing with my new 6" Buffing wheel!

Arms- From Pattern to Steel

Not a whole lot of excitement here. No hammers, drills or shears. Only the patterns i printed off the armour archive, some parchment paper, black sharpies and painters tape (it doesn't rip the pattern when i remove it).

The full arms pattern was posted by Sinric and can be seen here.

The Fingered gauntlet pattern was posted by Thor Z, and can be seen here.

Now i have to do this for the legs, neck and Shoes.

This is more of a photo collage than it was a blog post, but pictures always speak louder than words.