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[Rene K.]

more pics at my pinterest gallery.

[ThomasD]

Great work rene! Out of curiosity, which museum ordered it? I would love to visit the exhibition once its open.

Also: I wasn't aware that leathers on the face-side of the neck protecting fins (obviously missing a technical term right now) was a thing. Is there a technical reason for the leather strips?

Cheers
Thomas

[wcallen]

Looks very nice.
We will all look forward to seeing it all together and set up.

Wade

[Rene K.]

The leather on the "fins" is there for making the edge a bit padded and gives them a more massive look.
When you have a look at genuine examples, you will seldom see rivetborders without a leather behind.

[Johann ColdIron]

Beautiful work. I love the combination of the flutes and the double line work. You have that process DOWN!

[Armadillo]

Rene,
That work is absolutely stunning, just wonderful. Thank you for taking the time to share the process.
-Adair

[Rene K.]

Thanks guys for your interest

Yesterday i traveled again the 400 km to the exhibition to built up the suit on his new base.
It stands in a high of 3m over the heads of the visitors. The exhibition is at the new arsenal of the Fortification Königstein in Saxonia near Dresden. The exhibition will open next friday, then i am allowed to show more photos of the armour with the space around it. I have uploaded some more pictures at pinterest. Hope you enjoy.

[Christian Wiedner]

Congrats Rene,
this turned out really nice!

... 900 hours... are you regretting you have taken this order?

[Rene K.]

since i am employed in my shop, i have no problem with it
But it is a bit sad that so many details will never be vissible in this high.

[Christian Wiedner]

Haha, thats what I have thought. You could have left the top of the helmet and pauldrons plain and nobody would ever notice it...

[Otto von Teich]

Looking great!

[Johann ColdIron]

Haha, thats what I have thought. You could have left the top of the helmet and pauldrons plain and nobody would ever notice it...

But he would know!

As a person who works in a Museum you never know how displays will change over time and parts get moved about. Better that all the details are there are the beginning.

I'm sure the purchase was not an insignificant investment. That suit could and hopefully will eventually end up in a more prominent setting eventually. Going to be a pain to dust up there!

I like the active pose of the mannequin. Nicely done.

[Jan van Nyenrode]

Hi,

Really nice work there!

Regards,

Jan

[Rene K.]

Hi guys,
since today was the opening of the exhibition, i can show you the surounding and the oponent of the maximilian knight.

[Johann ColdIron]

Oh, that's great, they have Terminators...

Pretty sure your guy can take him though!


Neat space. Do you know what it was used for when this was an actual fortification? Looks like an interesting set of artifacts too.

[Rene K.]

The building the exhibiton is set in, is the old arsenal of the fortification.

[Scott Martin]

The irony that most folks will miss is that the amount of work in the armour is likely significantly higher than that of the "Terminator"

Again, beautiful build Rene, thank you for sharing it with us.

Scott

[Rene K.]

Thank you

[Rene K.]

so after this armouringmarathon and cleaning and reorganisate my workshop i was a bit unfit today and started to organisate my pinterest galleries. On my armour archive i stumbled over some older photos i made 10 years ago at the GNM and once started to work them up. But i never finished this, so i thought i could share some of my records with you. I'm not shure i did this back then, but i loaded up some of this arranged pictures on pinterest because there is so less published about. Maybe for some of you it is for interest.
Hope you enjoy.

[Christian Wiedner]

Woha 5,4 mm max on the Barbuta? Do you have a weight for the helmets?

[Rene K.]

Sorry, i had not enough time to make weight measurements. Maybe Maze Goll did.
but yes, this is a very heavy one.

[Rene K.]

A short view in the exhibition on the Königtein:

https://www.ardmediathek.de/mdr/video/m ... gzNmQzYzk/

[Rene K.]

Hi guys,
actually i have to regenerate a bit after the mximilian suit.

But for those who are interested in research pictures, i loaded up some more photos from my archive in my pinterest research galery. Also i actually try to sorting this album in specific folders.

https://www.pinterest.de/kohlstruck/res ... of-armour/

Hope you enjoy.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Rene the maximilian suit is exceptional work of armour art and engineering, each photo of it I could subscribe with big WOW. Thank for sharing with your sources.

[Rene K.]

thank you piotr.

A little tip in own case, DO NOT DROP ANY ANVIL LIKE OBJECTS ON YOUR BIG TOE....

[Indianer]

Is everything still where it´s supposed to be...?

[Rene K.]

jepp, but the big toe cracked twice...

[Mac]

jepp, but the big toe cracked twice...

Oh dear! That really sucks.

I hope you have a speedy and full recovery.

Mac

[Rene K.]

thank you mac

[Scott Martin]

I would add "don't drop anvils on any part of your body"

I was out of commission because I was bringing an anvil to a friends house and he did a wide detour to get to his gate. Since I was carrying a 150 lb anvil, I went straight. The detour was due to a large patch of black ice. I slipped, and the anvil horn hammered into my right leg. This caused my friend to come back to see why I was screaming.

He carefully gathered up the anvil and took it into the garage...

Scott

[Indianer]

jepp, but the big toe cracked twice...

Didn´t see that in the pic...don´t know what to say, other than "sry mate"

He carefully gathered up the anvil and took it into the garage...Scott

A true friend...

[Olivier L-Beaulieu]

Rene, how did you achieve the incised lines? With a cutting wheel or what?

The suit is magnificient, by the way!

[Rene K.]

In the last project i used a 0,6mm cutting disc.

[Croquart]

outch, Rene, i hope your toe is getting better?

btw awesome armour for the museum!

[Olivier L-Beaulieu]

Thanks, Rene!