Spaulders in progress pic...

Raymund · Post by **Raymund** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 5:04 pm

I probably been reading the Armour Archive the last 4 years by now, and I finally done a somewhat serious attempt at armouring... Here's a pair of Spaulders based on Sinrics pattern I'm working on:

[img]http://w1.600.telia.com/~u60000007/misc/P1010011.jpg[/img]

I've borowed Brian Prices decorated bolt head idea too.
I'll post more when I'm finished.

/R

Gaston de Clermont · Post by **Gaston de Clermont** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 7:42 pm

Those bolt heads came out great. How exactly did you do them? What kind of bolt did you start with?
Gaston

Greyholt · Post by **Greyholt** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 8:50 pm

Very cool!

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Sasuke · Post by **Sasuke** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 10:22 pm

Very nice! I really like how you did the creases and bolts.
Sasuke

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Halberds · Post by **Halberds** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 11:18 pm

Very nice, are they finished or will you sand and polish more? Cool carriage bolts work too.
Thanks for the pics.

Amalric Unomen · Post by **Amalric Unomen** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 12:08 am

Those are beautiful. how long did it take to do the carriage bolts?

Raymund · Post by **Raymund** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 1:06 am

Yes, there are a couple of tedious hours of sanding and polishing left on them before they are ready...

The bolt are carriege bolts which I made groves in with a hacksaw. The grooves where then filed a bit and finely I removed any filemarks with a high rpm wirewheel.
For the small ones it takes about 5-10 minutes each.

I haven't tried to rivet these yet, hopefully the shafts aren't to hard...

/R