Brass Breastplate revisted (new pics)

bexter12 · Post by **bexter12** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:57 pm

I thought I finished this piece a couple months ago, but the new owner is quite a bit smaller than the original pattern was for. I had made some pretty significant modifications to this piece.

http://bexter.adkinssoftware.com/brassbreast.html

I'm more pleased with it now than I was before, even though I know it is still rough.

Anyone care to comment on the changes? Good, bad or doesn't matter?

bex

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Drake Orion · Post by **Drake Orion** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 10:07 pm

Nice work Becky!

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 1:17 am

Bex, that's the most armourcake piece you've done yet. I've got some catching up to do -- still smacking out links for my riveted mail these days...

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Prince Of Darkmoor · Post by **Prince Of Darkmoor** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 10:41 am

Not fair! Becky's rolled edges are prettier than mine!

Nice work Becky! Do you plan on putting a high grit finish on it?

Klangiron Skullthumpa · Tue Sep 10, 2002 11:07 am

Damn, that's looking nice. And I still cant get a decent roll on a curved edge.

bexter12 · Post by **bexter12** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 12:31 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Prince Of Darkmoor:
Not fair! Becky's rolled edges are prettier than mine!

Nice work Becky! Do you plan on putting a high grit finish on it?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks for the compliments. Larien and Clang tease me all the time that my armour is too "pretty."

The finish is pretty much what the customer wants. I used a fine wire wheel then a couple passes with a tripoli compound.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Klangiron Skullthumpa:
Damn, that's looking nice. And I still cant get a decent roll on a curved edge. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks again. My first few rolls were pretty much just folds along the edges. Now I work them in several stages to get a better rounded shape. I also found that I needed to leave more metal for the roll.

If you get the chance, have Clang show you how to do it. I watched him make a practice roll for me and kept that piece as reference.

Of course, the time period that I'm thinking of trying to work in has predominantly inward rolls, so I'll have to start over. Sigh...

bex

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing obsessively."
Becky's Armour Pages: http://bexter.adkinssoftware.com