The Armour Archive

Iohne

Now all we need to do is shift the target area east a little

Iohne

Sean Powell makes a damned nice kydex corazina kit and in my experience he's a great guy to deal with... good price, prompt shipping and very communicative.

Iohne

Hjalmr is indeed the vendor. I just got a call from the friend in question. He informed me that after following Dilan's advice to request a tracking number that he did indeed receive one and that the tracking website shows that the item left Hjalmr's location as of today. I will also state that I di...

Iohne

I'm not curently a vendor, and am interested in hearing what the actual ones here have to say, but I think you have unintentionally slighted all the good vendors with the one you/your friend have issue(s) with. For, I read your post, and am now naturally curious and wondering: who is stiffing this ...

Iohne

Can the vendor supply you with a tracking number or a scan of the postage receipt? Considering the unreasonable response to reasonable inquiries from the customer I hardly doubt that the vendor would acquiesce to supplying any form of tracking number. It may also be possible to take action through ...

Iohne

Regardless the back and forth before hand the only dates you need to be concerned about is from the day the check cleared. Otherwise the vendor hasnâ€™t' got the money and no matter how long they sat on it the cheque they don't know if it is worth the paper is written on. (I am sure your friend is ...

Iohne

I am at a dilemma point here and need a little advice. I suggested that a friend purchase an item from a person here on the classifieds that seemed to have a good reputation. To illustrate the problem, here is the time line: Jan 22: Friend initiated contact to ask if the item in question was still a...

Iohne

Any updates?

Iohne

Wow! Don't all talk at once.

Iohne

These are the first armour I've completed in years. Sure they're nothing special, but it just feels good to show myself that I can still do something.

What do you all think of them?

Iohne

I am trying to get a slew of new An Tiran fighters armoured and fighting.

Iohne

I'd like to know some about it, I've read a few of the articles on here, like http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=38736 My question though which is actually safer; playing with acid or a car battery... That's funny! In the thread you linked, the part that Ivo posted " The followi...

Iohne

I think I was the one that brought salt water electro-etching techniques to the attention of the archive years ago... What do you need to know?

Iohne

That's some very foxy armour you've made yourself there.

Iohne

Those are great looking. How does one go about ordering a pair? Did I read right $100?

Iohne

You are on! I'll take one. Check your PM.

Iohne

This is exactly what I've been looking for drats!

Iohne

Well my dimensions are a little different than yours. Perhaps you could tell me the process you used to manufacture the parts. Did you vacuum form the dished parts?

Iohne

I know I saw a vendor that offered pre-molded ABS components for corazinas. At the time, I disregarded them because I was a purist who believed in wearing only period materials. Well now I've grown older, weaker and generally more decrepit and the idea of lighter armour that still looks right has be...

Iohne

Where did you get your boots from?

Iohne

with salt added until it won't dissolve anymore In my early experiments with this process I found that if you go overboard with the salt, you end up reducing the efficiency. I've found the best results with about 3 tablespoons of salt per quart of water. I'm not sure why this is, but I surmise that...

Iohne

I have heard that acrylic paint, shellac, and Sharpies can be used as the resist for the etching, is this true? I was the guy that originally brought this process to the board several years ago. Anything that creates an electrical insulator will work. That means that while you can use sharpies as a...

Iohne

Alternatively, you could use the electro-etching techniques that have been discussed to death on this board and avoid all the hazardous chemicals...

Iohne

Here's where I get the stuff that I use:

ER-71 is the etch resist
ER-8 is the developer

Iohne

So do you suppose that the brigandine portion is separate from the steel upper breast? If so, is it sort of like a brigandine cummerbund or does the thing that looks like leather rivetted to the top edge go up over the shoulders to keep the brig. from sliding down. -OR-, am I misinterpreting the ima...

Iohne

Honestly, I think that's a rather interesting piece. It appears to be a breast plate that's been cut away from the abdomen to allow more flexibility. The abdomen appears to be covered by a velvet covered brigandine, and if you look closely, it appears that the brigandine has a leather top edge (it's...

Iohne

Buy a pack of brass escutcheon pins at your local harware store, then just nip and peen!

Iohne

Sexy! I've always liked those hats. You've done a fine job creating one.

Iohne

Speaking of Ugo... Anybody seen him lately? Never mind... I found him.

Iohne

Hey Erick from one MacDhai to another! Damned fine work! Oh, and next time you see HE Wilhelm. Tell him Iohne said "Hi".

Iohne

Okay, so yinz are making fun of this helm

"yinz" now that's something I haven't heard since I left PA in 1981! For the unwashed... "yinz" is PA-ese for " you ones" also known in the rest of the world as "Y'all".

Iohne

Yes, the higher the amperage the charger can deliver, the faster it will go.

Iohne

Looks great. I'm glad to see people are finally getting mileage out of this technique. Only thing I see are a few pits on the backside where the resist was compromised. Not a biggie though, the overall effect looks great!

Iohne

I've done some testing on stainless and it seems to depend on the actual alloy. Some work well and others do not. Unfortunately, as the stainless I was testing on came from the salvage yard I have no way of telling which was which.

Iohne

You want to color the low-lying areas... Here knock yourself out

http://www.coscosci.com/patinas/patinaformulas.htm

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