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human

im hoping to start on the hussar breastplate today and the gorget after that.

human

Thank you for the advice! at this point I am going to get some rather thin steel to make a test version and learn as much and figure as much out there, then move on from there. Also thank you for the points about gorgets I will keep those in mind and they are very helpful.

human

and also one of a saddening amount of fake listings of macs armor

I really wonder why they have to do this.

human

So I have the patterns all cut and traced out and am going to cut my material later today hopefully, also if you are on here Rene I thought you might want to know I found this listing online of one of your beautiful fantasy suits www.etsy.com/listing/1443719219/medieval-skull-larp-fantasy-costume It...

human

So, I have just remembered that i have some thin steel lying around and am going to make a test version of the gorget out of that. but until then I also want to use up some of my aluminum and have been looking at alot of hussar armor lately. so I am going to try to make a hussar breastplate to, and ...

human

for what?

human

happy to see it turned out well

human

that looks great!

human

how did it turn out?

human

I think im gonna get some steel for this before I try one on aluminum, or atleast to make the top loop, to figure out the roll and hinge

human

yeah
Ive been thinking about that, and how to roll the plate withought having the roll deform and vice versa,

human

also I will update hopefully sometime today as ive been busy with other stuff

human

What do you mean

human

Thank you for your advice, today Im gonna try to roll the peices I have prepared and if those dont work ill restart.

human

right now Im wondering if I should diverge from the original and other reproductions of it by not having the hinge be integral and insted making a seperate set of hinges and making them fit up to cutouts where the hinges would be otherwise, thoughts?

human

hopefully by tomorrow they should be fitting myy circle template and I can start on the roll fitting and hinge

human

thank you! That's very helpful, it usually comes off during hammering and annealing but being able to remove it before then would be nice for me and my lungs. today I did a couple rounds of hammer curling and one of annealing. after the first round and evening them up alittle bit this is where I was...

human

i know. I might have to restart on this if they aren't wide enough but my plan it to thin it out at the roll edge because the aluminum it pretty thick and then roll it but we'll see when we get ther I guess. Also there is another inch or more of material on each side for hinges, since yesterday I ha...

human

awesome!

human

so after a month or two without material, or material to use rather as ive gotten more thoughtful to using my material since then, I have gotten some more material and have a project in mind. after I got this new material which is a few street signs they were taking down in a neighborhood, I have wa...

human

mabye a side view would help?

human

how are you planning on doing it in cardboard?

human

looking good!

human

I do believe that it can as shown by the dos aguas garniture, it would just means the helmet closes over the gorget alittle differently.

human

there is a tutorial here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj1hxkiUt7Y also your gorget should fit under your breastplate, and it all looks beautiful

human

Ive tried it before and it worked especially well for a globose breastplate, also sorry for not defining what I meant

human

If you ever redo the breast plate you might just want to make one dart down the lower middle of the front then hot glue it together, also it's looking good.

human

first off, that breastplate looks beautiful, and second, even if its not the most historical is would probably be easier to just use strong tapes and "rivet" it to the carboard to give the same king of movement as on all leathers.

human

another possibly exiting development in my jorney is that I now have a torch, so now I don't have to light a forge every time I need heat.

human

so after leaving for a while, I'm back, with more armour and more pictures (that I know how to post), recently I've put my jack of plates on pause to work on an arm harnes and learn about floating elbows, this is said arm harness so far: https://imgur.com/op6jcGX.jpg https://imgur.com/Z78fRwj.jpg ht...

human

yes, there were examples where plates were riveted straight to leathers to articulate but this one uses probably sliding rivets on the edge for it, it was just the first picture of what I want, but i have found more like this https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq_W0UbjfmGE5ad46v6_...

human

you could probably use duct tape, and also you might want to make your breatplate abit bigger then add that triangular gutout of dart in the lower center to try and get a better shape for your curiass

human

this is a picture of a long tasset with leather articulation

human

I'd make it longer, then add a dart that I put together to get a more cuirass-ey shape

human

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