Joaquin modified his harness again and I took pics

Dwarlock · Post by **Dwarlock** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 1:56 am

Well nce again Joaquin decided his suit of plate was not good enough, so he decided to change it. The changes are new faulds in back, and a segmented backplate. All his own work. to see the pictures i took go here

http://www.stormpages.com/dwarlock/joaquin.html

verminaard · Post by **verminaard** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 7:18 am

spiffy! I like where he is jumping for joy along the sidewalk.

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taltosh · Post by **taltosh** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 10:14 am

Oh my, but I DO hope my eyes are deceiving me, are these actually Pop Rivets I see on your Segmented backplate?

Nice Kit Joaquin and as a former gymnast, I must commend you on your form for that cartwheel. heheheh

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Gundo · Post by **Gundo** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 10:56 am

Pop rivets!?
You impugn Joaquin unjustly! look closely, and you can see those are articulation rivets, but he has placed the burrs on the outside...why he would do that is a mystery, but it is not heresy!

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Lord Jack · Post by **Lord Jack** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 12:19 pm

The third picture down from the top should read "I believe that is MISTER Joaquin to you monkey boy".

Josh W · Post by **Josh W** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 12:51 pm

Thanks for doing that for me, Dwarlock.

Those are not pop rivets, nor are the burrs on the outside. They are actually handle rivets that I bought at True Value Hardware, and cut down to a managable size. Very sturdy. I don't know why they show up funny in the pictures...

They don't actually articulate. I talked to some people who have more experience with Italian backplates than I have, notably Tom Justus, and learned that those lames aren't supposed to move at all. It is simply a rigid backplate made of four chevron-shaped lames. Why this was done in period, I haven't the faintest clue.

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Dwarlock · Post by **Dwarlock** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 12:54 pm

although I don't have it in front of me, so I can't say for sure, I think those are just a wide head dome rivet, with some discoloration in the top of the dome fron the lack of a rivet set.

Trust me If they were pop rivits, Joaquin would not have made it back home safely.

Dwarlock · Post by **Dwarlock** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 12:56 pm

well looks like Joaquin was typing the same time I was.

Swift_Steel · Post by **Swift_Steel** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 2:16 pm

greetings, do you have patterns for the breast/backplate?

-Steel

Joe The Armor Weenie · Mon Mar 19, 2001 3:25 pm

Nice stuff you have there sir. I don't recall but did you have the full legs w/sabotons when you were up in Lincoln last? Looks neat.

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Krag · Post by **Krag** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 6:34 pm

Ok...quit updating your harness! I just added you to the pic pages and wham!...you update. I update your file...and wham, you change again!

Gallery one and three should be working except for a few images that didn't upload. You're up and running though! I had fun with your page

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Oh yeah, that's not your email on the page either...oops! I'll be messing with the pages tonight and get most of them up and running.

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The Lost Scott · Post by **The Lost Scott** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 8:02 pm

Krag none of 1 and 2's picture links work?

Krag · Post by **Krag** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 8:59 pm

The links should work...just not the pics on the individual's page. It's not bringing up a page for whoever you clicked on? I'm getting pages, just no pics on the pages. I'll be messing with it over the next hour anyways.

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Ned Chaney · Post by **Ned Chaney** » Mon Mar 19, 2001 10:29 pm

Nicely done!!

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Josh W · Post by **Josh W** » Wed Mar 21, 2001 10:29 pm

I couldn't leave this thread with *gasp* thirteen replies! I am a triskadekaphobe!

Seriously, yes, I did make a pattern for the backplate in 20 guage before I started cutting the 16 guage steel.

Thanks, you guys, for the kind words about my harness. And thanks Krag, I've always wanted to be on the Archive Member pics page. A dream of mine has now been realized. *sniff....*

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Fri Mar 23, 2001 7:39 am

Hey Joaquin, did you make the arms yourself?
if so will you be posting the pattern anywhere? those are exactly the kinds of arms i want to have someday. Or tell me who made em!

thanks
Caleb

Harold the Bear · Post by **Harold the Bear** » Fri Mar 23, 2001 8:01 am

one word.....

spiffy

SteelWeaver · Post by **SteelWeaver** » Fri Mar 23, 2001 9:31 am

Very spiffy indeed....

No more pics on the throne?

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Josh W · Post by **Josh W** » Fri Mar 23, 2001 11:43 am

The arm harness actually consists of an Eagle's Talon couter with a DarkHeart vambrace and rerebrace. The vambraces close with a pin-and-hole arrangement that it kinda neat. I added a strap to make sure they stay closed (occasionally, when I took a hit there, it would pop open).