I think that I'll start a Zombie Apocalypse store - Page 16

Papa_Complex · 05-11-2017, 06:18 PM

My resistance welder should arrive tomorrow. Let the experimentation begin!

wildchild · 05-12-2017, 12:41 PM

well we know what you will be doing this weekend.

enjoy

Papa_Complex · 06-01-2017, 02:18 PM

So it takes somewhere between two and three times as long to make welded mail, but it's a hell of a lot stronger than butted rings. This is 5/16", 16 gauge stainless steel.

wildchild · 06-09-2017, 05:29 PM

that looks very interesting and very difficult to do. nice pattern to it, somehow I could see me screwing that up. LOL

looks good.

Papa_Complex · 06-09-2017, 10:02 PM

The pattern is European 4-in-1; the most common pattern for medieval European armour. Each ring links to 4 others. Every now and then I do screw up and have to cut a ring out, then secure a new one in place.

Papa_Complex · 07-18-2017, 07:45 AM

hoping to see Jen CosPlay with this piece, sometime soon. She wanted to try and make the chainmail minidress work for it but I knew that it wouldn't, and so made her the new piece instead.

Also, now that my skills have improved, I'm remaking Sarah's piece for a better fit. Off with the sleeves, better contouring, a scale pauldron for the right arm, and maybe more that we haven't discussed yet.

wildchild · 07-21-2017, 11:49 AM

wow those look incredibly difficult to make. very well done.

Papa_Complex · 07-21-2017, 04:26 PM

The second one is back to make it look even better

wildchild · 07-24-2017, 12:04 PM

I thought so but wasn't entirely sure. the accents do add a lot to it.

Papa_Complex · 07-24-2017, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildchild

I thought so but wasn't entirely sure. the accents do add a lot to it.

The first one is made as a base layer for a CosPlay, which is going to have a lot more armour to it. I needed for it to hit the right sexy buttons, without taking away from the rest of the costume

05-11-2017, 06:18 PM	#151
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	My resistance welder should arrive tomorrow. Let the experimentation begin! __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

06-09-2017, 10:02 PM	#155
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	The pattern is European 4-in-1; the most common pattern for medieval European armour. Each ring links to 4 others. Every now and then I do screw up and have to cut a ring out, then secure a new one in place. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

07-18-2017, 07:45 AM	#156
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	hoping to see Jen CosPlay with this piece, sometime soon. She wanted to try and make the chainmail minidress work for it but I knew that it wouldn't, and so made her the new piece instead. Also, now that my skills have improved, I'm remaking Sarah's piece for a better fit. Off with the sleeves, better contouring, a scale pauldron for the right arm, and maybe more that we haven't discussed yet. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

07-21-2017, 04:26 PM	#158
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	The second one is back to make it look even better __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

05-12-2017, 12:41 PM	#152
wildchild cruiser Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the run Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09 Posts: 2,749	well we know what you will be doing this weekend. enjoy

06-09-2017, 05:29 PM	#154
wildchild cruiser Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the run Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09 Posts: 2,749	that looks very interesting and very difficult to do. nice pattern to it, somehow I could see me screwing that up. LOL looks good.

07-21-2017, 11:49 AM	#157
wildchild cruiser Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the run Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09 Posts: 2,749	wow those look incredibly difficult to make. very well done.

07-24-2017, 12:04 PM	#159
wildchild cruiser Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the run Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09 Posts: 2,749	I thought so but wasn't entirely sure. the accents do add a lot to it.