The Armour Archive

Another recent project I thought I would share, just finished today. Loosely based on a piece of parade armour from 1540. I embossed the maille mantle in 18ga SS and the cuirass is T6 Alum. The customer wanted the Medusa replaced with his symbol. After seeing the symbol on the sternum (where the Medusa was) I decided it would look better on the maille mantle. Still in the thinking/talking process about adding the lower belt plaque. Was a really enjoyable build. Some progress pics and final pics to show.








O'Quinn

Wow... That is amazing...

Yvette

That is very sharp looking, almost too pretty to hit, almost.

Howdy Lord O Quinn, That is magical, thank you for sharing.

Keep up the good work

Pitbull

He KNOWS his stuff... my current muscle Hoplite corselet was made by him.

What you don't know from looking at the piece is how patient Lord O'Quinn is to get the information required to get these things to fit you, even if you are in a different country. It not only looks beautiful, but if WILL fit.

And he is only getting better and better....

Glaukos the Athenian

Now that is sexy.
Sure came out shiny didn't it?

How do you polish around and next to all the lumps?

Hal

Thanks for the kind words all.

Hope your kit is working well Glaukos.

Hal, I actually just use a very basic medium hardness buffing wheel on a pedestal grinder. I have yet to set up a high powered buffing wheel, one that you don't have to fight around the motor to maneuver larger pieces. Its been on the to do list for years now With the medium hardness wheels, they really contour to the shapes of the bp and get in all the low areas,

I suggest if you have a low powered grinder, and anyone is interested in using them for polish, use very few pads, the more pads you attach the more power you need. A problem I see is people using underpowered grinders with 6 or more buffing wheels all sandwiched together. Thats too much surface and drag for the little motor.

I run 3 maybe 4 on my industrial 1/3HP set up. Where on my cheap 3/4hp set up I use only one. That opens up a whole new topic on why HP has nothing to do with power, yet to figure that out myself. But if you find your stalling your motors, remove a pad or two.

Hope some of that info helps.

O'Quinn

Very nice.

Was this intentionally modeled on Bartolomeo Campi's 1546 harness for Guidobaldo II della Rovere (Duke of Urbino)?

One problem I see is that the mail is oriented incorrectly for a hauberk. It should be rotated 90 degrees.

VERY nice!