A little prototype stuff.

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I have for some time now been trying to develop a working hourglass gauntlet pattern that I dont need to use a welder for, this one didnt quite work but with someone recently posting some bluing instructions I thought I'd play with some bluing as well.

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As you can see its not planished and very lumpy but that wasnt the aim of the game. In 5min with an LPG torch and some WD40 I was able to get a nice semi-even black finish.

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I'm not quite ready to do another set of finger gaunts - I dont quite have the tools to do fingers properly and I hate scale fingers - on the other hand I cant do (nor have any real use for) clamshells.

So, should I keep them for now until I have fingers I can put on them or finish it off as a demi (or as a pair of demis?) and sell them as low-profile demis to raise me some money? What do people think? (Note: the two brass rivets are NOT peened over they are just sitting there with the knuckle rider. so if I were to turn them into low-profile demi's I'd be using black dome rivets.)

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Forgot the other half of what Ive been doing so I'll throw that in here

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A pair of sabatons which whilst a little wonky have the best articulation I've ever managed.

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And I still havent given up on my greaves, this is after their 1st couple of hot passes.

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Thats what the Black gaunt looked like before baking (Very much unfinished)