the making of a suit in pictures

Padrig · Post by **Padrig** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:46 am

How about a 36 year old who can clothe and feed himself?

Pad

lorenzo2 · Post by **lorenzo2** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:25 am

Armor bob, I'm not sure I understand this comment "will also stretch this inner line down over a bar though so the outer edge of the wing is not the only place getting major stretching, but this doesn't have to be done to get the same shape." Does this mean that you place the wing over a round bar stake with the axis of the wing crease perpendicular to the axis of the bar and the point of the crease down against the stake? Would the hammering action then be only on the crease so as to curve the tendon guard more? Presumably a thin raising hammer would be used? As you can see I am having a hard time picturing the process here.

Jan van Nyenrode · Post by **Jan van Nyenrode** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:54 am

I hope nobody minds me Bumping

Cheers

Max

DAVID01 · Post by **DAVID01** » Sat May 07, 2005 8:20 am

Max Keeren wrote:I hope nobody minds me Bumping

Cheers

Max

Not at all, I hadn't seen this yet. By the way I would also be interested in a video.

lorenzo2 · Post by **lorenzo2** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:05 am

Bumpety

Ceramite · Post by **Ceramite** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:22 am

I need my fix Armour Bob!!

Patrick Thaden · Post by **Patrick Thaden** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:18 pm

Hey, I needed to do some tweaking and temp riveting and other stuff as the client was coming down for a fitting this past weekend. Most went well but I have to let out the waist a slight bit, as well as the cuffs on the vambraces, the most notable change will be on the pauldrons. The plates and angles sat a little odd when actually hung in position while wearing and moving. We ended up needing to remove two of the upper plates and replace them with a single slightly different shaped plate. I'll try and click a pic to show the difference in them tomorrow.
Lorenzo2 I'll try and remember to get a picture of me holding one of the plates in the position I mention along with a hammer to show things more clearly.

Patrick Thaden · Post by **Patrick Thaden** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:11 pm

Here is a pic as the pauldrons were.

here you can see how the upper two middle plates were removed and replaced by a single plate.

This was done to change the angle at wich the pauldrons hung in the front, and have allowed for more motion when bringing the arms in towards eachother. The look is about the same and still fits with historical examples. The other option would have been to remake or reshape most of the plates. Being this still fits historical examples it works well enough

LordWulf · Post by **LordWulf** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:23 am

I just sat down and read this entire thread from start to here, and let me just say........ I need a towel.........

Jiri Lucius. · Post by **Jiri Lucius.** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:33 am

LordWulf wrote:I just sat down and read this entire thread from start to here, and let me just say........ I need a towel.........

you are not the only one that needs a towel.

Ceramite · Post by **Ceramite** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:07 pm

i gave up and wrapped my chair in plastic

even in the old pics i keep finding new sources of inspiration!
i have a list (in my mind) of techniques to try to emulate

eldana the not so meek · Tue May 17, 2005 7:49 pm

more more ther must be more!!!
one question what kind of helm and gauntlets are you making for this?

Yesun Tege · Post by **Yesun Tege** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:16 pm

wow.. not only is that some amazing armor, this is by far the best online tutorial for any subject i have ever come across!

keep em coming man!

Old Man · Post by **Old Man** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:23 am

Thanks Armour Bob, for what I think is, the longest, and most viewed info string in Armour Archive history.

I wonder what could top it? If it could be toped?

Halberds · Post by **Halberds** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:08 pm

A time machine.

Thanks A-Bob

Hal

Post by JT » Wed May 18, 2005 2:40 pm

Halberds wrote:A time machine.

I'm going to start working on one tomorrow. Expect an update last week.

When this project (or at least, the updating of this thread) is completed, I want/plan to take it, possibly clean it up a bit, and put it in the Essays section of the Archive.

Dragos · Post by **Dragos** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:51 pm

'OH' 'OH' I GOT IT!!

A step by step building of a Mandy type outfit :twisted:

the measurments :twisted:

the fittings :twisted:

ECT.

Dragos

Justin Andrews · Post by **Justin Andrews** » Wed May 18, 2005 5:02 pm

I've already collated this thread into a word document.

10Mb of thread armour goodness...

I'm looking forward to the helm being created. (I hope there is a helm that is...

)

eldana the not so meek · Sat May 21, 2005 8:58 pm

please update!!!! youve got so many people hooked!!!!!!

Patrick Thaden · Post by **Patrick Thaden** » Mon May 23, 2005 5:12 pm

Hey all, Sorry about the slow response here. There was a bit of size adjusting that needed to be done as well as a few other little projects I had promised to cram in for people. Here is a pic of some of the buckles that were made to go on the suit, couple different styles based on extant examples that will be used on the breastplate, backplate, fauld, tassets, arms, legs, and all those fun bits. I've forgotten at the moment, but there are a bunch of them that needed to be made

There is still lots of good stuff to come, including the helmet. Patrick

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Mon May 23, 2005 5:30 pm

Did you make the figure 8 shaped buckles yourself? If so, how does one go about making one. looks all one piece.

Mykaru · Post by **Mykaru** » Sun May 29, 2005 9:47 pm

*Bump*

Signo · Post by **Signo** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:18 am

YOU MISS US SO MUCH.. WE ARE SO SAD WITHOUT YOUR POSTS!
:cry:

chef de chambre · Post by **chef de chambre** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:30 am

It's a three-day Holiday weekend, traditionally looked at as the begining of our Summer-Season in the US Signo.

Signo · Post by **Signo** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:51 am

It's not a good reason to leave us in a bed of nails!
Ehehhe just joking :lol:

damn! summer is arrived? now i understand why is so hot!

Nick D · Post by **Nick D** » Mon May 30, 2005 9:56 pm

A question about the last pic: What is between the chisel and the center punch? It looks like either a piece of tapered stock with a twist or two pieces of wire twisted. Is it a tool, a piece of scrap, or something else entirely?

Patrick Thaden · Post by **Patrick Thaden** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:14 am

Thomas, The buckles are made starting with the outer 8 shaped loop and the center bar is tig welded in. These are all made with 1/8" stock the tongues on the smaller ones being made of 12g wire.
Nick, The item your asking about is just a double ended scribe, it is tapered towards both ends and the square stock its made of is twisted to make it pretty :wink:

Sorry again about the slow progress shown right now, but I had a few other smaller projects I had promissed to get out that are right now getting finished up. Patrick

Magmaforge · Post by **Magmaforge** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:20 pm

le bump!

Patrick Thaden · Post by **Patrick Thaden** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:12 am

I decided to free up some space in my shop and go ahead and finish out some of the parts that are correct and ready to go. Here is a pic of the pauldrons partially polished and polished and temp assembled prior to rivets and leathers.

Feel free to ask any questions or if I missed one somewhere along the way reask and I'll try and answer it this time. Patrick

Doug Confere · Post by **Doug Confere** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:53 pm

They're looking gorgeous, man! Post the other pictures you have of the finished ones!

Doug

Patrick Thaden · Post by **Patrick Thaden** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:42 pm

Here are the finished pics of the pauldrons, not the best shots but you get the idea, I'll get better ones when I shoot the whole thing finished up

here is an inside shot of one

Patrick Thaden · Post by **Patrick Thaden** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:48 pm

Here is one of the arms finished up

Might have the other one done up tomorrow
All the straps and buckles I'll add on when everything is finished up.

Doug Confere · Post by **Doug Confere** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:33 pm

Looking great Patrick!

Though I must say, the flutes on the pas guard are much too clean

Doug

Jan van Nyenrode · Post by **Jan van Nyenrode** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:21 am

Looking good, Mr. Thaden. But I was wondering. Did you paint the inside? If not, than what else am I looking at? Thank you for your time

Cheers

Max

Andrew Turnbull · Post by **Andrew Turnbull** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:00 am

I must also observe that you've got a lot of guts putting all of that shiny on concrete without something underneith it. :shock:

the making of a suit in pictures

Guts