Belegarth

I liked how Burke made a single post to keep updating his stuff, I intend to do that here:

First up, just finished Nidalaps armor:


Video of him playing in it this weekend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MlPGQe3M90

Facebook Albumn with the rest of the pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... f8f8d63b7c

Just entered this in my Amtgard Kingdoms Dragon MAster and Got Best in show with a 4.74 out of 5.

Also, "finished" my "Dread Knight" Helm Saturday night on the way to the event:

Nidalap wearing it so I could get some photo's:






It was made so I could wear my Grill under it:

Epic work.

* Nidlap needs to get better-looking shoes if he's gonna be wearing that sick-ass armor.

Maybe make him some sabatons?

he's gotta wait until he pays off the lean I have on his kidney first.

Utah/Idaho has the skills in leather!

and buy stuff from this man, he actually **** gold, real gold!

Cedric wrote:Utah/Idaho has the skills in leather!

and buy stuff from this man, he actually **** gold, real gold!

Testimonial right there! I've even seen it myself! He even **** DIY gold too!!!

-Kraesh

Still working on his War skirt and I hear we need to do some adjustments but this is what I sent Kain in to Thaw Brawl last weekend:

i saw this work at thaw, very epic work, personally like the helm

ya, Kain looked sharp!

Heck yeah. That armor was * awesome.

Yes, yes. That armor looked sweet. You do fine work Sir, fine work indeed.

Finish Silvers Armor a week or so ago. Here he is at the park, some of the few pics I got of him wearing it. His shorts cover up the knees and he didn't have the suspenders tightened up enough on the kidney belt (his first time putting the set on, but you get the idea:

This is a rig I was comissioned for by an Amtgarder back east who was sick of having his weapons destroyed and being left weaponless. All the scabbards are modular/removable (the backpack is 1 unit) in case he wants to move them around or loan them out to friends.



The Empty ones on the front are for Sperical throwies(rocks):

Is he wearing nitrile gloves?

Derian wrote:Is he wearing nitrile gloves?

I thought I was the only one that saw that..

He must be roleplaying a CNA.

actually, that's me wearing the gloves, I was in the proces of dying leather and just put on my tunice because I hate modeling gear in mundane clothes.

Right after these pics were taken i took off the tunic and went back to crafting.

Oh, word.

Fitz Caliston wrote:This is a rig I was comissioned for by an Amtgarder back east who was sick of having his weapons destroyed and being left weaponless. All the scabbards are modular/removable (the backpack is 1 unit) in case he wants to move them around or loan them out to friends.



The Empty ones on the front are for Sperical throwies(rocks):

That is so intence!

Packing more weapons than a D&D character.

Fitz Caliston wrote:This is a rig I was comissioned for by an Amtgarder back east who was sick of having his weapons destroyed and being left weaponless.

**** is thoroughly annoying. I was screwing around up in Goldenvale the other day and they wanted to play a battlegame, so I played Scout so I could flo and the archers and spellcasters kept eating my weapons.

Arrakis wrote:

Fitz Caliston wrote:This is a rig I was comissioned for by an Amtgarder back east who was sick of having his weapons destroyed and being left weaponless.

**** is thoroughly annoying. I was screwing around up in Goldenvale the other day and they wanted to play a battlegame, so I played Scout so I could flo and the archers and spellcasters kept eating my weapons.

So... he wasn't exaggerating? I wanted to try Amtgard this year, though to my relief they mostly ditch in FL. (Would have tried it sooner if not for verbal magic - still think being a Wizard is baller)

Yeah I hate their magic system. Its whatever though, I still have fun there. If it wasn't for Amt I wouldn't be as good as I am.

Nope. Though, honestly, I guess I could have tried to dodge more instead of blocking arrows and fireballs with my swords....


I greatly prefer ditching.

Ditching and Jugging is the jam. Battlegames are ok, quests are alright. I just like to fight mostly hahha.

Teej wrote:

Arrakis wrote:

Fitz Caliston wrote:This is a rig I was comissioned for by an Amtgarder back east who was sick of having his weapons destroyed and being left weaponless.

**** is thoroughly annoying. I was screwing around up in Goldenvale the other day and they wanted to play a battlegame, so I played Scout so I could flo and the archers and spellcasters kept eating my weapons.

So... he wasn't exaggerating? I wanted to try Amtgard this year, though to my relief they mostly ditch in FL. (Would have tried it sooner if not for verbal magic - still think being a Wizard is baller)

Not exaggerating at all. The only time I play a Battlegame in Amt with 1-2 weapons is when I'm playing a caster. Otherwise I have at least 3 weapons and sometimes as many as 5 (plus throwies and arrows, I never go on the field with less then 12 arrows if I'm arching).

When this comission contacted me and stated that he'd seen my rigs and wanted me to make my own "dream monk/assasin rig" I said "alright, first how many weapons do you own?... (he told me) ... Ok I'll make a scabbard for every one of them to be worn, oh and you should make yourself a polearm to start with... or a couple longswords..."

The Local Paper in Nevada asked for a group pic of Armored players for thier story this weekend at Daragon Blade War, ask Talon Blackwolf said on facebook this is a good year catalogue pic for Caliston Armory, though there are a few others pieces in ther as well, noteably a Helm by Forkbeard and Burkes first armor set:

Now that is an awesome photo.

Fitz Caliston wrote:The Local Paper in Nevada asked for a group pic of Armored players for thier story this weekend at Daragon Blade War, ask Talon Blackwolf said on facebook this is a good year catalogue pic for Caliston Armory, though there are a few others pieces in ther as well, noteably a Helm by Forkbeard and Burkes first armor set:

+1

Kurik Tuck's Armor almost completed, just needs some adjustments and work on the pauldrons as they float oddly, I'm probably going to add more lames in them.

Something subtle that you should do for your strapping... Cut a belt hole through and tuck the ends of the straps behind the plate before you rivet. It looks cleaner that way.

Fitz Caliston wrote:

Oh ****, I thought that was an Atlantean helmet, then Fitz confirmed it for me. I knew an Amtgard fighter bought the original prototype, nice to see it in use.

Are there cats having a threesome on that dude's shield?

Burke wrote:Something subtle that you should do for your strapping... Cut a belt hole through and tuck the ends of the straps behind the plate before you rivet. It looks cleaner that way.

I've used that technique before, it can work rather well. Though it can have bad consiquences if you have to re-position strapping as the wearer breaks in the set....and being that I've generally got very short periods of time to do fittings/adjustments ....

Teej wrote:I thought that was an Atlantean helmet, then Fitz confirmed it for me. I knew an Amtgard fighter bought the original prototype, nice to see it in use.

Yeah I love the helm, actually traded for it. Mathias is most likely going to buy it from me since it fits him perfectly as well on goes so well with his armor.

I see that the guy on the far right in that picture has the Belegarth version of Dark Link's Hylian Shield.

..nerd

Fitz Caliston wrote:Kurik Tuck's Armor almost completed, just needs some adjustments and work on the pauldrons as they float oddly, I'm probably going to add more lames in them.

I really love this kit.

Black Cat wrote:I see that the guy on the far right in that picture has the Belegarth version of Dark Link's Hylian Shield.

I've done both the Light and the dark version I think they are both in my foam smithing log thread in the foam smithing forum.

RuthlessTheRed wrote:I really love this kit.

Thanks, it's getting there.

I kind of hate the shoulders.

How are they attached that they're up that high? Can he even move his arms?

that's part of the adjustments I have to do, the shoulder straps on the torso hardened in such a way that they are 2 inches higher and not resting on his shoulders, then the pauldrons flatened a bit more then needed making them float oddly like that. I need to re-wet them and let them settle.

It's one of the follys of drying on a form instead of the actual person it's being made for.

Legit.

Almost completed comission for Laoric in Boise. Just gotta add another Lame to the pauldrons this week and this set will be done. He already has bracers and greaves and didn't want the set hardened.

Armor *? Beornve input:

No, not armor porn. This is stuff that Fitz has made. Kudos at failing second grade English.

^^omg I laughed

Wish I coulda gotten a fully finished pic with his garb on as well but we literally finished sealing the skirt just as he left for Denver for the summer so the rest the armor was already packed.

Based on the Nightengale Armor from Skyrim:

Hell ya murdermask!

Working on my own next set, no sure that I like the kidney belt but...:

Were these influences on that mask?