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mattmaus

Best guesses.

The legs are by William Hurt.

http://www.ageofarmour.com/

The bascinet I'm pretty sure is Ugo's

http://www.ugoserrano.com/

Not a clue on the gaunts.

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Pitbull Armory wrote:Heres a few closeups for Mattmaus, The first one is Raquel Welch in the 60s, in leather armor and with a Bullwhip! Just so happens im a big fan of all 3.

I am so not picking that armor apart and asking for her documentation.

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I edited your picture just a teeny bit. http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/hammerding.jpg I could be wrong. I'm just going off of what I see in the pictures. This looks like a deep hammer mark to me. Far deeper than I would personally care to try to sand out. Instead, I would lay that portion...

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HA!

I have projects that never got started, or have been started and put off for years because I got so far along, and then "Hmmm.... I need to make a stake/swage/hammer/thing. Screw it. I'll make different armor."

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I will try reducing the size of my outward rolls like you mentioned, I normally made them pretty large to act as a stoprib but find that they catch on the pauldrons alot when the arms are moved. How far in do you scribe a line for your outside rolls? Make your rolls whatever size you like. When I m...

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You asked for critique, so here it is. I think you started sanding/grinding too soon. I think you need more hammers. I think we all need more stakes. There are some really noticable hammer marks in the piece. It appears that you are trying to grind them out. Genneraly speaking, I find it much easier...

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For repro work... I think a lot of it depends on your own tastes too. The historical dating of rolls is and which way they went is a pretty nit picky detail. That's not to say it should be ignored. Which way looks better when you're done? Looks like crap one way or the other, go with the way that lo...

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Cool trick...

I think we need a closer shot though...

not the grinder, that stuff on the wall behind it.

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Cool.

That's what I thought I was looking at.

3 dimensional objects can be confusing though.

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Thinking about 20 projects ahead... maybe less... flakey muse has abandoned me in the midle of several things just at the moment. A tricorn hat. Assume multi part construction (as... it's not really going to be a hat per-se). The brim. If I start with a flat circle, divide that into 3rds, and then p...

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To be honest, I trust open cell a lot more than close cell for protecting my noodle. I can take a rubber mallet and bang my head with the open cell and not even bat an eyelash. I know I get hit, but no pain. I cant say that with closecell. It hurts, when I do that test. That green army camp pad stu...

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This helmet has been sold.

Thanks for looking!

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Mattmaus do you have a website? Not any more. But I have been collecting some of my more pretty and more recent stuff over at Deviant Art. m I really don't make stuff fast enough to have anything that ever resembles an inventory. I don't make stuff fast enough to be comfortable with comissions. Wha...

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That is one sweet helmet. I'll be in my bunk. Thanks. Here's an idea... BUY it from me, and you can take it to your bunk with you. What grownups do behind closed doors with their helmets isn't any of my bidness! Unreal! On the contrary, it is quite real, and has a very nice tactile quality to it Da...

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Mattmaus, that's a beautiful helm. Is that for reenactment? (The eyeholes look too big for SCA combat.) They are about 3/4". The helmet is fairly small, which means it's really closer to period sized helmets. SCA helmets tend to be (somewhat neccisarily) bigger than their historic counterparts...

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http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/24mph/24mph01.jpg http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/24mph/24mph02.jpg http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/24mph/24mph03.jpg http://members.armourarchive.org/mattmaus/24mph/24mph04.jpg 14g HRPO mild steel all over. Measures about: 9 5/8" F...

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in college we used clear fingernail polish as a resist. works great! just mask out the area and aft3er your done wipe it off with fingernail polish remover and your good to go. That is an awesome idea! Thank you! Before when I used the petrolium jelly, it was on the advice of Sir Haroun who is a ch...

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whoah.... wait... what?

You're building your own machine?
This is not a kit?
This is not something you bought?
You're BUILDING THIS?

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Mattmaus, I may not have been altogether clear. If I commissioned a custom rapier helm from someone, I'd pay happily for what's important to me---correct shape and lines. But yes, I understand why SCA armorers might feel that a making a good reproduction of a Renaissance "munitions" helme...

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Stupid question of the hour that just now popped into my head. I know that with my experiments with acid etching various stuff, ambient/air temp, and the temp of my etch can play a big part in it. Warming Ferric chloride up to over 100 and I think he said close to 200 F before trying to etch with it...

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FWIW I have parts that will not ble blackened too. In the past I have used petrolium jelly as a 'resist'. After the black parts are black, I push that off and use it to oil the black parts. Seemed to work good. Makes sense that wd-40 doesn't work so good. It's not just oil, but solvents and stuff too.

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Shit I nit pick myself apart , sometimes to much for what I am getting payed , and I would say you do the samething to your self by how pretty your work is. It dose not get that pretty if you don't. Exactly! People think I'm a grumpy pessimist with a severe negativity problem because I'm never happ...

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I have a question for armorers. Would you feel insulted if a customer wanted options that *reduce* the cost of materials and reduce shop time? I mean things like mild steel rather than stainless, fewer articulated parts, and a somewhat "rough from the hammer" finish rather than a mirror p...

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knitebee wrote:Even those that dont notice what the differances are will still notice the one looks far better.

At least until they see the price tag.

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Jackie, It's a bitchin hat. I'm going to pick nits a bit though. The nose looks a little to flat to me. Even for a neked skull. This may be because it is. It may be because of the eyes. I don't care for the eyes. They are doubtless as thin as they are because of SCA regs. It is my opinion that somet...

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nakos wrote:I have spify brass 'nipples',

With tassles?

Pics?

Can you make them spin oposite directions?

Video might be better.

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Well.... I thought I was gonna get the stuff today. 3 stores. No luck. Probably because the stores were closed. Permanent like. I will miss Longs. It was the only place in the world I know of that I could get my prozac, a 5th of tequilla, a ski-mask, a handgun, appropriate ammo for it, and a scale m...

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There are groups of canibals in the world who believe that by eating the brains of another man you can absorb his power.

I have a list of tasty craniums.

Guess who just made that list?

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Vitus von Atzinger wrote:This has been a very enlightening thread.

Does that mean I can explain the joke to everyone now?

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I just placed the exact same abrasive belt order that I placed in 2004. In 2004 the order was 95.00 In 2009 the exact same order from the same company is 150.00 Prices can not be what they were years ago, not if making money is part of the process. I bitched outloud that spaghetti noodles cost $1.1...

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Your Low skill/High Skill diatribe is nonsensical. I'm sorry but Cutting correctly takes real skill; peening properly takes real skill, buffing is an art...not a low-end job. All of the things that you describe as Low Skill I would not trust to ANYONE but the artist. Just like I would not trust the...

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Cool helm ala McBible style. I would have to call it a crusaders helm. Have you used an air file before? They work quite well for that application. In addition to the dremel tool... a wining combination. Hal PS: Did you cut a PacMan shape and weld for the top? ie a pie shape cut out. Yep. I cut and...

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Some helmets have an excellent resale value. I have even seen folks get more for a used helm than they paid new. I know for sure that 2 of mine re-sold for more than I charged originaly. That may well be because I've always sold myself short. In one case it was less 'used' and more 'second hand' be...

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Hi Mattmaus, Hey where did you get the stake to the right of the helm at? The short fat cone was a 'thing' that I found in a scrap yard. I assume that it is some kind of loose fitting cap. Originaly it was less pointy and had a 1.5-2" diameter blunted nose on it. I welded a small ball bearing ...

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Uh, and I don't make glue-covered shields. The plywood blanks are triple birch, the canvas is thick drop-cloth quality, and the whole thing is coated with FIVE layers of System Three epoxy- and then primered and hand scraped. I know. But it makes the point fairly sucinctly. About as sucinctly as a ...

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Tri-corn hat

Crusader/McHelmet Sold

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