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I finaly got the time to put up the peascod pattern that I said I'd do. Sorry it took so long. I hope it helps. I wrote the instructions with non-armourers in mind. I figure that a lot of the people going to my site are propmasters or costume designers that don't know much about armour. I just don't want people here to think I'm talking down to them. 'nough said here's the link www.crosswinds.net/~ageofarmour It's under "making a breastplate."

Let me know if it all makes sence,

William


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"Whew! I am spent, choppin' off heads sure takes it out of ya!" 8 heads in a duffle bag.

Thanks William. It's an excellently written tutorial. It will no doubt prove very useful to people who are new at making armour.

MikeS

nicely done, and appriciated

A very well written tutorial! I wish there was a way to do it without welding though..
I am sending this to my brother who is doing a presentation for class (he is in 5th grade) on how to make armor.

Thanks,
-Dmitriy

Thanks!! Now i have something to do when i visit my folks *my dad has a sweet metal shop* heheheh

Tuomas
I like things that go thump

Nice pattern! I must say that your work is excellent, I wish I could produce things like the ones on your page..

I just wanted to add that this pattern is astonishingly easy to use. I whipped up a peascod today in no time at all. I still need to roll the edges and do a little cleanup work. Overall, I was amazed at how quickly and easily this pattern came together. Thanks William.

MikeS

Im glad to hear that it's helping. It's funny that sometimes I can make one in a day and other times it takes for ever. Non-welded breastplates are going faster every time and welded are taking longer than they had before. I think its because I feel more reword for the weldless breast.

To make a weldless you can use about the same pattern just don't cut out the notch. I put the slight dish in it but since ill have a lot of planishing to do any way I use a hard faced hammer. I then bend it so it's a little too small at the waist. I use a "raising" hammer and pound the bottom in over a 4" ball stake then over a 2". I put the ridge in but I don't chisle it from the inside (Don't know why, I just don't on non welded.) I add additional dish to it while planishing by using a heavy plainishing hammer. Then I usualy thin the edges a bit before rolling them.

Thanks for the nice words,

William

PS mike post some pics. I'd like to see.

Very nice tutorial I've gotta make myself one now.

One little mistake I found. On the diagram of the hammers you've got the text saying the left one is this and the right one is that reversed.

Thanks.

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Mad Matt's Armory

if you dont mind I am going to grab that pattern and post it in the pattern archive and post it with a link to your site.

Galon,

That's fine. I may change the site around so it would best if you linked it from the index page rather than posting a direct link. Helps that counter go up too

Matt, I'll try to fix that soon. Thanks.

William