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Leeather sleeve

Postby Severian » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:52 am

I'm wanting to make a sleeve of leather similar to that of a gladiator's arm guard. I've made graves and a bracer so I know the basics of leather working. My main concern though is restricting myself with this piece. Does anyone have any good tips for what I should do so that I can still move my elbow just fine while wearing the sleeve?
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Re: Leeather sleeve

Postby Slagar » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:12 am

It's all in making the elbow cop properly. Here's a relevant thread.

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Re: Leeather sleeve

Postby Caleidah » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:00 pm

Can we get a reference pic of what you're thinking?
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Re: Leeather sleeve

Postby Severian » Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:47 am

Caleidah wrote:Can we get a reference pic of what you're thinking?


Yes, should've done that in the first place. I also just noticed I spelled the title of this thread lol

http://www.etsy.com/listing/85782025/spartacus-leather-gladiator-manica-full

Pretty much like that. I haven't drawn out exactly how want to do mine, and that's mainly because I'm not sure what to do at the elbow. What's shown in that picture looks like it would hinder some movement. If you search for gladiator arm armor or arm guard, there are lots of other pictures of similar sleeves.

EDIT: took me a little time but I found the proper term for this armor is "manica"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manica_%28armguard%29
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Re: Leeather sleeve

Postby Caleidah » Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:12 pm

Do a floating attachment down the back of the individual pieces. I don't have any reference pictures handy, but I'm sure one of our resident armorers will be along shortly with resources.
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Re: Leeather sleeve

Postby Tiberius Claudius » Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:18 pm

The piece of armor you're creating is called a manica. Here is an authoritative website with a design based off of a historical artifact. The website has pictures of how it looks / moves on the outside and inside of the piece.

Someone in the know can tell you if the pattern needs to be modified for a leather cop.
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Re: Leeather sleeve

Postby Severian » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:58 am

Thanks for the help :)
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