The Armour Archive

Galileo

I was using this site - http://www.metalreference.com/Forms_Copper_Alloy.html since color is part of the long-term project.

Galileo

What do you think of C655 Silicon Bronze? I like its look too

Galileo

Sideways butted galvanized metal maille. Chinese finger puzzle on your neck.

Not even gonna go into the welds (since I have not attempted such) or the helm design. Is the visor cock-eyed or is that the angle of the camera?

Galileo

rapier78 wrote:Just view the page from a smart phone. That's what I do!

Not everyone has a smart phone.

Galileo

I'll cross-post this to the "Fans of Hirst Arts" facebook page - most of us there are gamers and use minis fairly extensively.

Galileo

Get a good car wax, polish the armour, and throw in with the silica gel packs. You can buy them in bulk online.

Galileo

Haven't gotten the material yet - looking at rods for the base material. Don't have the capability to cast right now.

Not terribly worried about slightly irregular heads, since they'll be on the inside

Galileo

I want to make my own bronze rivets - since they don't seem to be available commercially (not that I've found anyway). Brass is not my favorite - I like the generally darker color of bronzes. Specifically, I like the look of C510 (phosphor bronze). I'm planning on flat-head "tinner" style rivets, si...

Galileo

You could always ask Norman (here on the archive) - he is/was the owner of the Silk Roads site - seems to me all the artwork he drew based on his research. Edit - here's Norman's site with the picture in question on it, courtesy of the wayback machine. http://web.archive.org/web/20040416043234/http:...

Galileo

A quick search on the sorting facility comes up with this: Office name: LVOV PI-3 IMPC codel: UALWOB Name: Ms Stadnytska Svitlana F. Function: Head Address: Bureau d'echange Lvov Rue Dvortsovaia 1 LVOV 79999 UKRAINE Tel: (+38032)2388285 Fax: (+38032)2388285 E-Mail: mmpo_lv@post.lviv.ua Maybe shoot t...

Galileo

G I Joe has gone medieval?

Galileo

I have Llewellen's ductile dishing bowls (both sizes) - they work very well. I have never heard of anyone complain about Halberd's dishing ring either. Halberd's got his start dishing into a hole in the ground (he doesn't recommend it, but it worked for him for a project). Others dish onto a sandbag...

Galileo

Hey Jamie - was on your new site a day or so ago - the Valsgarde helm kit and the gauntlet kit links doesn't work.

Galileo

Frank - that's the same type of hammer I linked to from Brettun's -- though his are Garland brand hammers.

Galileo

Wouldn't the green wood shrink as it dries/seasons - or does the design count on that to tighten up and be stronger?

Galileo

Sean Powell wrote: At first I thought you were calling these cheap. Hand-cut is the most expensive file you can own and many high-end woodworkers prefer them because of their slightly irregular pattern.

Sean

Hah! no. I just wish I could afford a nice set like those. Maybe if I win the Lotto.

Galileo

A cheap file is exactly that.

You get what you pay for. Theirs are 50 euros on up (wish I could afford a full set).

Galileo

Here I was thinking the heat coming off those things - notice how long that steel stays red? (Watched the second video too)

Galileo

http://www.brettunsvillage.com/leather/ ... ml#mallets

I'd go for the #3 (2 lbs 12 oz) or #4 (3 lbs 14 oz) for what you're doing.

His pricing has shipping included.

Galileo

polar bear forge has a metal corrazina kit (you have to message him about it) that he's testing and needs people to give feedback so he can tweak his pattern if necessary.

Galileo

Someone is making plastic Coat of Plates from bucket plastic on here - he has a waiting list. Can't remember the guy's name though.

edit - found it. It is Thorgrimr here on the archive making the plastic COP -- viewtopic.php?f=3&t=175477

Galileo

Mallets for what?

I use a 2 pound dead blow for most forming (got it from an auto parts store).

Others use leather mallets (the metal-wrapped ones -- brettun's village sells 'em).

Is there something in particular you want to use the plastic mallet for?

Galileo

That's Jestyr here on the Archive. I haven't heard a bad thing about his product or communication.

Galileo

Do you ship for those of us not going to Gulf Wars?

Galileo

I like em.

Galileo

I was admiring this one from one of Tom's posts: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10385276_576914319102989_7595193574051883017_n.jpg?oh=cf6c4cdd2d6e8af4711a2e03818f03a4&oe=559690AD&__gda__=1432672455_cb7b547b749a0d59f122761f2fc1b0e0 Just the artistic quality - no idea ...

Galileo

I had a wood shop class in middle school - we also cast metal in oil sand.

I was mediocre at the wood. Some of the kids in class made one think they had been in the craft for a decade or two.

Galileo

If you do cuisses like these - you may be able to use that lamp part in your original post as the knee cop.

Galileo

Think it overlaps up or down? I'd be inclined to say the assembling would be similar to assembling a spaulder - with the top (hip area) being the top-most piece. So the part to the knee, then the next piece laid over, working up to the hip area. I doubt it needs to articulate, since the thigh bone i...

Galileo

The Ring Lord uses C226 for his brass rings - says it's stronger than yellow brass. I've used cartridge brass for rings and it's pretty stout - but it isn't steel. The sheet of brass I have is from the welding section of a DIY store - no idea on the alloy - and it's 26 ga (I think) so it's purely de...

Galileo

Less than 3 hours to sell. Obviously you under priced yourself

Galileo

A member's tool... I'm sure there's a joke there.

Good looking prototype!

Galileo

About par with ebay. Your price is fair.

One of the books my 5 year old daughter loves going through.

Galileo

Worth every penny. I got mine from EvilBay many years ago for $30 plus shipping (and it was an abused copy).

Galileo

Jestyr - I look at it this way: Production volume. If they're all the same, you don't have to worry about "do I have enough of type x"? If he's slamming out 100 of them and they're all the same, it'll go faster (theoretically). Then he can produce 50 lobster tails to add on later as the customer ord...

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