My first chest armor

[Starr]

I am working on my first chest armor since starting the ATC. I will get more photos as I work it. Forgive me I am no photographer so the photos are not the best.

I bought a couple of street signs from a metal junkyard to use they are not real heavy gauge, but they are enough to toy with.

Here is What I have in mind below. This is based off armor a character of mine, wears in the Game Fallen Earth . I feel it is a great starting point for what I might fight in in the ATC. It is simple and will have good body coverage as well as have reasonable protection without being to bulky.



I am using tools I most likely would not have in a *RW situation, as you can see in the photos. If I make the Armor now then I would not need to make it then too heh, well I like my logic.

I had to clean the sign materials off the metal which took about two hours. Useing a small hand torch to heat up the glue and a 4in. scraper to pull the sign mats off the metal. Marking and cutting the metal in to the pieces took about two hours.

My first cuts.



All the lengths are done now to make the second cuts.



Second cuts to make basic 3in. squares.



Here I am lining up the pieces to see how they will look like.



I got more work ahead to do on this Chest Armor So More to come soon.

I admit have experience making armor to fight in for the SCA so I am sortta cheating. If you got the mats to work with anyone can make armor, it really is not hard once you have played with the idea abit, hell if I can make armor anyone can.

I would really like to see what everyone can come up in design or with in photos and in real life.


*RW=Real World

[Phillip]

Man You got a lot more skill then I do. I could make some out of foil. Nice work so far cant wait to see it done.

[Johnny Ray]

Damn are you bored or what? lol nice work so far can't wait to see the job done.

[lobo]

as soon as I have the time I would like to make a leather set , Kinda SCA style with some modern accents . something form fitted and flexible so i can wear my modified trench coat over it . if i ever get started on the project ill post some pics.

a thought just came to me hmm i bet used car tires would make good armor if cut properly , would be great for heavy impact , would be a pain in the butt to cut though, but it can be stitched together just like leather , but you would have to use a drill to punch the holes , or go with a similar pattern as shown above .

Old carpet is good ive seen it used on many occasions In my time in the SCA, Plastic barrels , sheet metal, scrap metal, leather even heavy gauge wire can be used to make armor , like chain mail. all in all to make basic safe gear to play in it does not take massive amounts of skill , just a good plan and patience .

Posted this last bit for any folks who have never made armor. the sky is the limit as to what you can do with a pile of junk.

[Starr]

I moved the posts dealing with tires to the thread Armor From Junk

[Starr]

Here is a photo of the canvus I am working with to use as the base for the armor.



it is uncut, sewn or cleaned here. I will be sewing it to start with then washing it so it will shrink before I begin to cut and sow it to fit.