Seeking a Corrazina

[Kenwrec Wulfe]

Exactly what the title asks.

Does anyone have a pattern for one? The most historically accurate the better.

Would be most appreciative.

Thanks!

[Aidan Cambel]

I used a variety of sources and just kind of played with it. I got the breast plate pattern from Sasuke's patterns here:

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/s ... orpat.html

you can go to his website and see his finished corrazina:

http://www.oaksarmoury.com/corrazina.html

His is, of course, MUCH nicer than mine. But then he is good at this stuff too!! LOL I didn't like the horizontal plates in the fauld, I opted to make mine like this :

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/v ... %2E154%2E3

For the back pieces I am going to use the top pattern from sasuke's site, and kind of morph in the rest of the back pieces from the the corrazina on valentine armouries site:

http://www.varmouries.com/tran_06.html

I'll give ya a few tips - sorry if these are no brainers that you already know. On the breast plates, make sure the inside edge is not cut straight down. it needs to have outward curve to it, or after its dished there with be a gap. I overcompensated my curve, and then after the breast plates were finished, I trimmed them back to match up.

Here is another tip that I learned making motorcycle gas tanks. Remember those old overhead projectors that the teachers always used in school? Well, they are a dime-a-dozen now, and my wifes office had one laying around. She brought it home. I bought some transparencies for a laser jet. I then shrunk the patterns down small. Then, I took measurements of my body where the edges of the corrazina will be. I then drew a box with these measurements on a posterboard. I printed the small version of the breastplate on the transparency, and then project it onto the posterboard, and let it over lap the "box" about 1/2" on all sides. This is because you are going to lose some surface area when dishing. I used aluminum, so i was going to get more thinning/stretching of the metal than pulling the metal in. (that may not make sense, if it doesn't tell me and I will try to explain better). The point is, if you are going to use mild or stainless, you'll want more than 1/2" overlap, because as you dish, its going to pull those outer edges in alot more than it does with aluminum. I then cut the posterboard out and checked it for fit. It should seem a little big, because your posterboard is flat and the finished breaskplate will have some good curvature to it.

If you have any other questions, I will try to answer. I am a mere amatuer, and Sasuke and others can tell you way more than I can, but maybe this will help.

InService,
Aidan

[Kenwrec Wulfe]

Thank you for the tips and the pattern links.

Whether I knew them or not, it was kind to offer the advice.