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- Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:59 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Plate mail help plz
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1170
- Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:50 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Plate mail help plz
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1170
Plate mail help plz
ok im just starting out with plate mail and i need to know what gauge of steel to use for what parts of a suit (im going later today to pick up the steel), any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:10 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Cost of armour?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4601
actually i was thinking of making the bucket helm my elf and was wondering if i should use steel flat head rivets that have a 3/16" diameter and are 5/16" long (they will be riveting my helmet together its 14 GA) and i was wondering if that length rivet would work for 16 and 17 GA steel (for body pi...
- Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:23 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: chainmail: a better way??
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1859
- Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:21 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Cost of armour?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4601
- Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:26 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Cost of armour?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4601
- Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:41 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Cost of armour?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4601
Well i would like sumthing that is up to sca standards but all in the same era (whichever era chain mail coifs and hauberks were used in), I have about a one hundred dollar limit per piece of armour, and no plastic isnt an option but i would be willing to go for another kind of steel (that doesnt ru...
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:37 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Cost of armour?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4601
I know this will make me sound like a noob but, I dont really know what a harness is (im used to chain mail). But i mean i need the armour to go with the chain mail i made, its a coif and a hauberk im working on. i dont have anything but those. also i have been wondering if i should just try making ...
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:29 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: chainmail: a better way??
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1859
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:03 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Cost of armour?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4601
Cost of armour?
I was wondering how much reasonably priced stainless steel greaves vambraces and a great helm (bucket helm), i need about circa 1500 that would go good with chain mail? Also i need the price in canadian dollars if possable. Thanks.
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:23 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: chainmail: a better way??
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1859
chainmail: a better way??
Can sum one please help me i've been making chain maille for a long time and i need a better way of actually making the wire round right now i just spin it around a metal dowel but it is killing my thumbs and so i was wondering if any one could tell me a better way. Any advice will be greatly apprec...