The Armour Archive

accdntprone

Lol I expect he is not done growing. In any event the last couple posts (this one and the helm he made while I was out of town) were both helms that he made for himself.

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22.5" - 23"

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Sugarloaf sized to fit a 23 - 24 inch head will be up for sale as soon as completed. Pic below is of the last one I made, which sold at Pennsic.

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accdntprone

"Norse style spangen with brass bands. Its not actually a real spangen, just a set of 12 gage helm haves welded togeather. The brass and rivets are just for looks. Fits a 23-24" head, might need an avintail if you have a long neck. Bidding starts at $100 (buyer pays $25 shipping in continental US) s...

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Yep, this is Shopmonkey's very first armor project. Solid if a tad lumpy. It didn't get sold at Pennsic because I had to leave Pennsic after just a couple days

. Anyway, auction style, bidding starts at $50 (shipping is $25 for fedex in continental US)

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Indeed..

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He made this one to fit himself, (22.5" noggin)
Also of note, he is not allowed to use the welder unsupervised so the whole thing including the bar grill is riveted. Ill post another pic after we get an avintail on it. Oh, and see how the little smart ass did a reverse of my usual color scheme?

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Had to leave Pennsic due to a family emergency. This is what the shopmonkey did while I was gone.

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hats.jpg The greathelm is a greathelm, they fit almost anyone with enough padding. The sugarloaf was ment to fit a me size head but I messed up the sizing a tad. Actually it will fit a me sized head (23.5") it just wont fit a me sized nose..... The spangen should be good from 23" to about 24.5" hea...

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Ill tell him you said that, should make his day.

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I have had some luck with riveting rubber grommets inside the helm

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This is the shopmonkey spangen. Its a little rough, but unlike our starter buckets it has a full bar grill and nasal, plus a slatted back. 3/16" round head rivets give it a kinda knobly, gnarly look. I test drove the thing at a fighter practice, it does what a helm is suppose to do. Might be worth a...

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Yeah that's rough. You could try a hexagonal barbell as an anvil and a dermal tool as a drill, but you still have to watch out for them baby hands. (have a 15 month old myself)

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all sized for a 23 - 23.5" noggin. Pics and prices tomorrow after I finish the spangen and sugarloaf

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I will have one prettied up norse spangen (brass bands, little bit of engraving on the nasal) one greathelm, one shopmonkey spangen, and one sugarloaf. The starter buckets all sold already.

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I always just center punched the back of the rivet in the middle, then drilled it out with a bit slightly larger than the shank of the rivet.

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Duke Icefalcon wrote:Werd

Vanilla Icefalcon? I can just see you with that haircut

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Ill have to swing by and have a looksee.

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Lol no problem

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Looking for an avintail to add to it if anyone has one handy. Also, the damn ShopMonkey had cut up the metal I had set aside for my helm. I had to jigsaw together and butt weld bits of 14 gage.......

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ANother one day spangen. Came out alright though. Still working on ways of "antiquing" (that's how autocorrect thinks it should be spelled, if it aint right sue LG) metal. This was just heat and a very thin film of (used)motor oil.

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Anyone going to have a largish welded or riveted avintail at Pennsic? Perhaps Icefalcon? Or anyone else for that matter....

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infrared panel not going to work, looking at pulling the heads off a pair of weed burners.

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Yeah, Zinc Poisoning Sucks.

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You know I have not been thinking this all the way through. I HAVE a heat source. I have a infrared flash unit capable of reaching 3000 degrees, which already has digital temperature control. I think I need some firebrick......

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Perhaps its worth pointing out, I sell a lot of starter buckets. Some of them are to groups who want a loaner hat or the like, but a lot of them are first helms for new fighters. So we are not dealing with stupid or lazy people, just very inexperienced people. White mountain armoury, I would love to...

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Nasal pieces for my spangens, perhaps small tiles to rivet around the brow line, other odds and ends to pretty up some of my helms.

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Im going to have a try at it, though Im going to purchase a graphite crucible and a few other odds and ends to hopefully make the whole process a little easier.

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Daknow. First time I needed to pad / chinstrap a helm I bought some smurf hide and figured it out. That said, the question keeps coming up. As the people are paying me for the helm, it would be nice if I could offer them some assistance. With like, pictures and stuff....

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Anyone here successfully use this "flower pot furnace" to melt brass? (or any other metal?) its SOUNDS easy enough, which makes me rather skeptical. http://www.hotroddisorder.com/p/casting-at-home-making-flower-pot.html In this article he talks about making the furnace to melt alum. but in other art...

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Is there a how to video out there somewhere that I can refer people to?

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Suggestions? Anyone have a small used smelting furnace?

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Otto, grats on the website.

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Bevy Of BeanCovers...

Re: ShopMonkey's very first hat, own a part of history (auct

Re: ShopMonkey's very first hat, own a part of history (auct

Sugarloaf coming soon

Spangen w/ brass (auction)

ShopMonkey's very first hat, own a part of history (auction)

Re: back from war

Re: back from war

back from war

Re: other three helms for sale, free delivery at Pennsic :)

other three helms for sale, free delivery at Pennsic :)

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Re: helm ringing when hit

Re: for sale, delivery at Pennsic

Re: Removing rivets sucks sometimes

Re: for sale, delivery at Pennsic

for sale, delivery at Pennsic

Re: Removing rivets sucks sometimes

Re: welded or riveted avintail

Re: welded or riveted avintail

Re: Starter buckets

Re: My Pennsic party hat

My Pennsic party hat

welded or riveted avintail

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Re: Need to melt brass

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Re: padding and chin strapping helms

Re: flower pot furnace

Re: flower pot furnace

Re: padding and chin strapping helms

flower pot furnace

padding and chin strapping helms

Need to melt brass

Re: in the spirit of gauntlet spawn, Barrel of Buckets

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