Try this threat:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthre ... 546&page=2

Hey Eric, in Germany we have a word for something like that : WUNDERSCHÖN
I Love your videos, can't wait to see your making of gauntlets.
Greetz
Willem

Thank you for this great history of making of.
Congratulations for your little sunshine in the sallet

Greetings from Germany
Willem

Awesome work. Looks really great.
Did you thought about to change the shiny surface into a not-shiny one ?

Greetz Willem

Hello Kenwrec,
the depth of the poleyn ist enough in my opinion. because it moves quite good. my son can run and jump with the legharness.

Greetz Willem

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Hello @ all,
Last weekend was rainy, so I made some leg harness for my son.
Material is 20 gauge mild steel, not too heavy for a 11 year old boy.
I like to post some pictures of process to get some opinions.
Greetz Willem

Looks really great, can't wait to see the painted Helmet.

Hello Badvoc,
impressive work, I like the way you gave the sallet a more original shape.
I found a pic from the lining, hope it helps you.
It was posted on a french site :

http://hermineradieuse.aceboard.fr/1476 ... asques.htm

great work !!!

Hi stilgar,
I visited the homepage from the Art Institute of Chicago, You can find the original there.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/106377

The forming looks very professional, good workpreparation. That is the way I was seeking, now I now how to.
Has anyone an idea how to put our family coat of arms on a shield like this ?

@Uilleag : Yes, the original pics are very helpfull. How is it in your case working with leather ? I guess it isn’t easy to find pics from originals, not many of these parts survived until now. @shaohu : This shop is located in my cellar, I have to share it with two freezers, one big aquarium, a g...

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I started with a breastplate for my youngest son.
Processpictures below

@ shaohu : The same wish I had in my childhood, but I never thought that armour can be made by other people than professionals. I guess when our fathers 40 years ago had the same possibilities to find out how to make things like that, many of us have been little knights. @Adam anke, viele Grüsse na...

@ Agnarr: Thanks, yes it is my first one. @ Christopher: I fear you are right, I realized that the dishing wasn't deep enough when I finished welding. But the next one will have a deeper dishing. But I couldn't await the finished result and so I assembled it too early. @ ETC: Thanks, the period was ...

Thank you Michael,
I never thought to get so much positive reactions, because the planishing is very bad, also the originallity. But you are right, I keep on working.
Now it is 3:00 pm here in Germany.
I stop working at my normal job right now and start dishing a new project
Greetz from Germany.

Hey Godefroi, thanks a lot for your comment, I hope to see your finished work here very soon. This Forum is for us newbies a good way to find instructions, patterns, pictures, even whatever ise usefull to start with armouring. It is not so easy to find that much at German sites. I'm very happy that ...

Hi Uilleag,
thx for your positive reply, I visited your homepage and saw what Art is possible in leather .
The most awesome parts for me are the legs, really fine work of art.
Do you buy your buckles somewhere or are they selfmade by you ?
Greetz from Germany

Hello @ all, I want to show you my first try in armouring, this is a helmet I’ve built for my 11 year old son. It looks poor, compared to the other masterpieces I saw here. It’s made from 1,2mm carbon steel. But I guess the next one ( for his younger brother ) should be better if I go on and on ...