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Made using the GAA pattern here on the archive. Then tweaked, modified and added substantialy to it. Lots more mid/upper back coverage.

Materials & Specs:
Plates are 0.070"-ish Aluminum of the legaly obtained road sign variety. Stripped of all decal by angle grinder.

Rivets are 3/16" shank aluminum Bezier head (that means fat and flat) from RJ Leahy.

Straps are 7-ish oz Chrome tanned.

Buckles are 5/8" on the sides, and 1" on the shoulders. nickel plated brass from Tandy

Shell (and this is where it gets wierd) is 2 layers of Vinyl/nauga hide, some variety of upholstery stuff, Glued back to back and hand stitched/hemmed with white artificial sinew. Color is what I would call a 30% warm grey, or if you prefer miniatures painting nomenclature it's a lovely 'Ghoul Flesh Grey'. I would guess that this is automotive grade vinyl, as I can't really see anyone using this color for home decor. It may also be marine grade, but I wouldn't bank on it.

Side closing, 2 piece design. The front and back come apart at the shoulders. Makes it somewhat more adjustable all the way around.

I can provide any measurements required. To be real honest, I've not measured the armor at all.
In the pictures I am wearing it over my Clan McCobain Tartan arming coat (quilted flannel shirt with polyfill lining to keep me warm) and a mail haubergeon.
I am 5'10" give or take, and 155-160 lbs.
My chest measures 37" over just a t-shirt, and 40.5" over the mail and flannel.
My waist (bendy spot over the pelvis, not where I wear my jeans) measures 32" over the t-shirt, and 37" over the mail and flannel.
I can wear the armor with just the t-shirt, and it's a fuzz loose. I can also squeeze into it with a second quilted flannel on. So it does adjust some. Could probably go a bit more either way.

Total weight according to Skippy the Senile Shop Scale is right about 6.5 lbs.

I smoke, and I smoked while I was making this, so a sensitive sniffer might pick up some cigarette smell in the shell.

I am selling this absolutely as is, with no waranty, guarantee, or shenanigans involved.

I will run this auction style.
Auction to end Monday January 25, at about 11:15 PM mountain time (when I get home from work).
Bidding in whole dollar amounts only.
Void where prohibited by law.
Don't sue me. it's not worth your time. I am destitute.
Bidder will need to pay an additional $20.00 for shipping and handling to the main 48 states. AK, HI and international will probably be more.
Starting bid is $125.00
A bid of $250.00 would be what I considered the maximum value of this piece to be , and will end the auction as a 'buy it now' option.
Neither the mail, the flannel, the garage, the shop clutter, nor the ugly guy are included in this sale. Just the Coat of Plates.

Bump-a-roo

Thats cool.

Bump again.

I'll start it off with $125.
I hate the synthetic goul grey, but I'll tear it apart and put it on linen canvas, but it's worth it for the plates. (FYI, I'm not trying to corner the market on White Bat equipment).

-Cian of Many CoPs

I'm not a big fan of the zombie skin either... but what else am I gonna do with like 8 yards (probably close to 3 left still) of the stuff?

It would make great loaner armor me thinks. Just ugly enough that no one really wants to steal it, but close enough to 'real' armor that the new guys don't have to suffer through ill fitting paracord laced barrel crap. Which is what we have a lot of localy.

Also... the AL rivets are super easy to pull out with the judicious application of a slender flat head screwdriver used like a cold chisel.

I can also include paper tracings of the patterns I used for the shell. Either this shell, or a more period strapped shell (I did this one this way because I couldn't get into/out of the period style on my own, it required help to buckle it), or both. Though the more period pattern would require adjustments to fit the back plates from this CoP.

Give me a heads up if you want the patterns, so I can get out my crayons and pencils and start tracing them.

Well, this could be the motivation I need to suit up a squad of underlings. Not too soon to get a goon squad together for Pennsic. I've got 2 extra helmets (a 3rd in the works), gorgets, and some combat archery equipment and quivers, so I could effectively start building a lance....if I get this 3rd set of body armor...Just need some demi gauntlets for them. But if I'm armoring people up, they ARE going to look nice...No ghoul grey.
-Cian

Cian of Storvik wrote:But if I'm armoring people up, they ARE going to look nice...No ghoul grey.

I have more.... you could arm the whole lance in grey. Teach them to shamble and moan "Brrrraaaaaaaaiiiiiinnnnsssss!"

It's Saturday night.

I got the fever.

Lets do the bump.

Or Psomething...

Almost looks like it's on backwards.

Sadly, I don't have any spare cash to spend on armour

G--

Time on my watch... past really... but ok.

Cian has it.

PM on the way.