Leather armor for kids?

[Luthiel]

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas/patterns for leather armor for my nephew. He's only 5, so it's obviously just for looks rather than protective value. I thought about some form of scale or lamellar armor, but I'm concerned that it might be too heavy. Any suggestions?

[troy]

Hi Luthiel

First time I made armour for my youngest he was about 7 years old (photo below shows another set made for my 9 year old)

I used 3-4mm tooling leather for them and hardened it slightly with beeswax altho for a 5 year old just wetting it and letting it dry will stiffen it enough probably - your notice I went for the plain chest pieces made popular at the time by the film troy - scale armour would mean adding alot more weight to the whole thing so using thinner tooling leather might help.

rather then using the method descibed in my tutorial - http://blog.mtn-m.co.uk/__oneclick_uploads/2009/11/leather-armour_l.pdf - it might be better if you use an old t-shirt of his (which would be better it slightly too big for him)to get a pattern from.

Hope this advise helps

Paul

[Luthiel]

Hi Luthiel

First time I made armour for my youngest he was about 7 years old (photo below shows another set made for my 9 year old)

I used 3-4mm tooling leather for them and hardened it slightly with beeswax altho for a 5 year old just wetting it and letting it dry will stiffen it enough probably - your notice I went for the plain chest pieces made popular at the time by the film troy - scale armour would mean adding alot more weight to the whole thing so using thinner tooling leather might help.

rather then using the method descibed in my tutorial - http://blog.mtn-m.co...er-armour_l.pdf - it might be better if you use an old t-shirt of his (which would be better it slightly too big for him)to get a pattern from.

Hope this advise helps

Paul

Thanks!