SmoothZey

still waitong for your pictures

lol calanneh... but im sure it's really working haha

it may seem simple but .. cant you add some hole on the straps ? so he could wear em tight ? ... or depending on what kind of temperature he use them .. add some padding .. and to give a medieval/barbarian look ... you could help him put some fur to cover the foam padding ... i created my bracer to be worn as mentioned earlier ... over a shirt ... and last time i used em .. its was inside and it was so hot in here that i wasnt wearing my shirt .. so the fastest but temporary solution i found is to wear sport wrist band ... ( u know cotton wirst band) .. so its was tight .. but i think its a better idea to find a permanent solution ...

whoa nice job !! how long it took you ??

whoa ! i like the color ! nice bracer **do you have problems when it come to lacing em on ur arm ? with my laced bracer it really a pain to lace lol ...dunno if it my lacing pattern , the leather string i used, the size of my eyelet or somethign else**

hey i know im a lil off topic .. but twofour878 ... what kind of weapon u were using during ur LARP event ?? was it some kind of foam ?? or latex weapon ?? i never saw something like this ... ..im using Latex sword .. and most of the people i play with too .. or the other use homemade weapon ..( PVC rod with isolation foam and duct tape ) at first i was like .. heum .. duct tape weapon .. damn must be ugly as hell lol .. and i saw some good creation at my last LARP event ... i decided to put some time creating a new sword for my dark elf character ... here is the result ...

thx for the advice tashabear ill keep it in mind .... (corset shape)

thx calanneh thats what i was trying to explain

hehe i understand what u mean .. but im not only interested in medieval leatherworking ...that what i started with because i had need for this kind of item ... im not here to complain lol like u said there is so much information here !!! and i think that is better to have advice from people that do different kind of work because its a good way to use original technics or simply to learn faster than by ourself alone ... ** chaps .. this is the leather pants motocycle biker wear ? im i right ?*

nice i like it ... but in deed .. yours look WAY more protective lol ...

thx

yeah i had tough of that kind of idea ... and i searched .. i found something about a ''duct tape double'' ... im planning making one for myself and for my girlfriend .. ... i think its a good idea as i will probably be my best customer ... and my girlfriend too ... maybe not the customer that payout the most lol but .. neway haha anyone have good sources for the 'duct tape double'' ... lol a free source if its possible?

for now i dont have any breast armor created im working on the pattern right now ... .. if ur son need inspiration i took mine on ELAD website http://elads.biz/index.html (here is the link to shoulder armor picture : http://elads.biz/dkssp.jpg) i also found a good place to understand how to build shoulder armor ... http://armorgeek.com/ and there is a shoulder armor pattern he can download http://armorgeek.com/Projects/Spaulders-Pa...e/Overview.aspx neway ill keep posting my stuff for sure but it may take some time .. university keep me very busy ... so i have to deal with it (first) lol and one last thing ... its not that important .. but its not SmoothZev but SmoothZey

nice ! i like the pattern he used/created its different from conventional bracer ... did he molded em ? i think it would be more ''realistic'' w/o the glossy finish ... compared to other stuff that people wear in ren fest or medieval events, it could looks like some kind of toy... plastic-like nice job on the buckle job, the straps are straight but maybe too narrow... could have made em wider to fill the buckle space ... keep up your good work ( to your son ) i hope he had a good time at his event

hehe no glory for thos without ambition ...lol ill try to figure out how to make a corset fit by myself ...( i mean ill try to make my pattern) ... that what i did for my bracer and shoulder armor and it turned out good ... lol ... but i understand that well fitted corset isnt a raw/rough job like the armor i did ... neway .. university take a lot of my time ill try to keep you informed about the progress of the corset ...

thx everyone damn ... i got myself in trouble by accepting her request ... damn love .. make us do weird thing neway ... i started from the little link twofour878 posted ... (custom corset pattern generator) ... here is my results (two piece of fabric ..) is it supposed to looks like this ?

hehe thx is there any place where i can see your armor twofour878 ?

My girlfriend asked me if it it ''possible'' to make leather corset ... i said yes ... and she asked for one ... for Christmas lol and thats only some hours later that i realized into what ''contract'' i put myself in ... damn ... i googled some corset pattern but nothing very specific ... can someone give me some links/advice/personal experiences about making leather corset .... questions: can i use a pattern originally made for clothing creation (cloth corset with metal wire) ? what kind of leather is best suited for this kind of work ... what thickness, vegtan or not what tools do i need for stitching and what technique should i use for a corset stitching more to come .. maybe lol

thx again tom ill try it ... i was already reading this topic lol ... but i realized that indeed metal may not be the best ... nylon or bone... create more heat/friction than metal ... as i can remember from my chemistry classes lol ... it about the capacity of retaining heat in the metal ... neway ill try it thx

like MADMAX22 i'd like to know what method you used to mold your mask ? .. using wax or no ?

thx tom ur comments are greatly apreciated i bought my leather hide black because i had no freaking idea how to dye it lol ... i kept it simple to make my start easier ... ... for the round and high gloss border .. do i have to use a product on the leather .. the technic i currently use is .. i cut a slice on the border using the aproriate tool and i put some water on the edge and use a homemade metal tool to slide it on the border ... it gives me a good result but after some time (when the leather dry), the border become rough ... like the inside of leather hide ... what should i do to get clean border with same gloss as my whole project ? btw i used a black buffalo hide cant remember what thickness and if its a vegtan .. i think it is 11 oz. ...is it possible ??? (where can i find a chart for thickness lol as a apprentice leatherworker i should start by knowing that kind of stuff lol) for the carving ... again i had in mind the "keep it simple" rule lol .. so yes i plan making some investment in carving tool .. but before that i want to be at ease with cutting/pattern making/measurment/riveting and all ... and for the first thing u said ...who care about what kind of stuff you make .. if its LARP stuff or pouch, bag, clothing ... don't the technic stay the same ? so i don't understand why they might think bad think about non-LARP leatherworker lol

**Hello everyone first off i'd like to mention that english isn't my ''first language'' so please don't ''flame'' me if my english writting is ... kinda bad lol ...**I started leatherworking this summer .. it all started after i participated to a LARP event (Canada, québec) and i saw everyone with good looking armor and accesories... i said to myself that it would be cool to have some too ... so i went to a LARP store and realised that kind of stuff was REALLY expensive ... so i decided to make my own ... i searched on internet to find some pattern and tips on leatherworking and my search wasn't very succesful ... i bought tools and leather hides and started my own pattern ... since this time i made some armor pieces and i'd like to have your comments/tips/feedback/insults on my first leather creations ... thx .. and keep in mind i started with nothing and no one to help me ;)Not enough space to upload my last pictures so here they are...