Let's make armor and stuff! With Shino.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:08 pm
Hello Belegarth!
It's been a minute since I've posted a blog.
Let's get into it. I've dabbled in armor and leather craft off and on over the years but it's not been until recently that I've made anything that I'd like to wear on the field.
I'm going to keep using this OP as kind of revolving index of what I'm working on. It'll have links and stuff that will take you around the Bel boards so you don't have to hunt down my posts.
I'll also share links to other sites and stuff that I get ideas and lessons from.
I'll do my best to answer questions in a timely manner but I do spend most my time on Facebook or my blog. So, yeah...
Links
Here's an old post about fabric inlay that I did two years back:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36907
About me:
I've been fighting with Belegarth for 10 years now. I'm a squire preparing to get knighted at Chaos Wars 17. I'm mostly active in Western Bel but I'm looking to change that now that money isn't so tight as it used to be.
As far as making armor goes, I'm mostly self taught but I did get lessons from a great SCA knight in Idaho named Reinmar. So I know how to treat armor with wax to make it SCA battle ready. That's fun and I might do some more of that in the future but for the most part we don't need to harden our leather armor for Belegarth. Squishy foam being our primary weapon material and all.
I'm all about large areas of texture, lots of tooling, and high color contrast. It might not be everyone's flavor but it's what I do. I'm also a servant in God's Army and a crusader of truth and justice so I let that theme bleed into my personal projects. (God Squad for life)
Like I said, I'm mostly self taught so don't look at these posts as tutorials. I will make mistakes and might even give up on stuff once in a while. Hopefully I'll work most problems out but I have been known to surprise even myself with how thick I can be.
If there is interest I may open up for some commissions but at the moment I'm not really set up to do big or numerous projects.
I might slap a price tag on something once in a while.
I'll try to keep that in Buy/Sell/Trade and include links here when I've got stuff for sale.
Onward! I've got things to make and work-surfaces to ruin!
It's been a minute since I've posted a blog.
Let's get into it. I've dabbled in armor and leather craft off and on over the years but it's not been until recently that I've made anything that I'd like to wear on the field.
I'm going to keep using this OP as kind of revolving index of what I'm working on. It'll have links and stuff that will take you around the Bel boards so you don't have to hunt down my posts.
I'll also share links to other sites and stuff that I get ideas and lessons from.
I'll do my best to answer questions in a timely manner but I do spend most my time on Facebook or my blog. So, yeah...
Links
Here's an old post about fabric inlay that I did two years back:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36907
About me:
I've been fighting with Belegarth for 10 years now. I'm a squire preparing to get knighted at Chaos Wars 17. I'm mostly active in Western Bel but I'm looking to change that now that money isn't so tight as it used to be.
As far as making armor goes, I'm mostly self taught but I did get lessons from a great SCA knight in Idaho named Reinmar. So I know how to treat armor with wax to make it SCA battle ready. That's fun and I might do some more of that in the future but for the most part we don't need to harden our leather armor for Belegarth. Squishy foam being our primary weapon material and all.
I'm all about large areas of texture, lots of tooling, and high color contrast. It might not be everyone's flavor but it's what I do. I'm also a servant in God's Army and a crusader of truth and justice so I let that theme bleed into my personal projects. (God Squad for life)
Like I said, I'm mostly self taught so don't look at these posts as tutorials. I will make mistakes and might even give up on stuff once in a while. Hopefully I'll work most problems out but I have been known to surprise even myself with how thick I can be.
If there is interest I may open up for some commissions but at the moment I'm not really set up to do big or numerous projects.
I might slap a price tag on something once in a while.
I'll try to keep that in Buy/Sell/Trade and include links here when I've got stuff for sale.
Onward! I've got things to make and work-surfaces to ruin!