RevMoore Report post Posted April 7, 2021 Thought I would show a Sleeve I made for a set of armor I have been working on for a long time (over a year). The sleeve 11 segments all hand tooled with my own design on 7-8 oz veg tanned leather with the back side being 2-3 oz veg tanned leather. Roses and Vines/Leaves were all dyed with a paint brush using Fiebing's Pro Dye (red and green respectively). The Backs are all dyed red as well. The inner portion was dyed Saddle Tan. The border and straps I believe were dyed either Walnut or Show Brown (I can't remember).The skull and cross bones were painted with Angelus white leather paint. I then put a couple of layers of Super Sheen on before everything was antiqued, then a couple more layers of Super Sheen was applied. Front and back were glued together and then everything was hand saddle stitched with Ritza red and a little bit of white (.8mm I think). Edges were dyed black with a sharpie after sanding and before burnishing. Grommets were picked up at a local hardware store. The back of the straps were then slicked down with Tokenole before the edges were burnished. D-rings and Snap Rivets were picked up at my local Tandy Shop. It is hard to see, but each strap has two D-rings so they work similar to a motorcycle helmet. Straps are used thru the Eyelets and through holes on a repurposed welder's sleeve that I dyed a darker brown. It has since been mounted to the Armor, but that is still a work in progress, I am sure more pics will follow as I get a chance finish the Armor and upload more pics. Please feel free to comment with criticisms as I am slowly working to hone my craft. ...Some day I will be the coolest nerd at the Renne Faire... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert03241 Report post Posted April 8, 2021 WOW what an awesome piece of work, beautiful , You should be very proud. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybopp Report post Posted April 8, 2021 Very nice indeed! - Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
battlemunky Report post Posted April 8, 2021 Dude, that is great. I can't wait to see the whole set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevMoore Report post Posted April 8, 2021 Gents, Thanks for the kind words. Like I said I'll post more as soon as I can. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JacobEricksonnn Report post Posted April 8, 2021 Wow, masterpiece! This is the real art Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hashtagartz Report post Posted April 8, 2021 I love it!! can we see it on? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking Report post Posted April 13, 2021 That’s a complex and well done piece. It reminds me of the arm armor of a Thracian Gladiator. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
