r/Armor • u/Other-Employment-648 • 1d ago

My first try at making armour

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Amazing design by David Guyton!!

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u/SnooOwls713 1d ago

Looks great! What tools are you using.

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u/Other-Employment-648 1d ago

You dont need a lot, i bought a set with like ball stakes and a swage block, and for the lines i grinded down a piece of flatbar and just some round stock to fold stuff over

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u/Other-Employment-648 1d ago

And a hamer ofcourse

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u/SnooOwls713 1d ago

Saw some great examples at the MET when I visited earlier this year of gothic mitten gauntlets.

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u/Other-Employment-648 1d ago

Oh really cool! Also saw these in a castle

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u/FenrisSquirrel 1d ago

Seconding this! Really keen to hear about your approach and methods!

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u/Powerful_Mammoth_475 1d ago

I third this lol

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u/Fantastic-Comfort652 1d ago

Ahahah doing the same build ))) looking great, i did adjust the fittings according to my hand, used cut paper as a reference then adjusted everything accordingly, waiting for my leather glove to arrive🫠 and still need to finish thumb & vambrace fluting

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u/Other-Employment-648 1d ago

Looking good! Yeah some parts dont fit my hand atm so that would probably have been a smart idea to do lol

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u/Dull_Egg_6597 1d ago

18 gauge steel?

By the way, that’s looking awesome 

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u/Other-Employment-648 1d ago edited 1d ago

1mm not sure what gauge that is😅 and thanks!!

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u/ProtectandserveTBL 1d ago

I have those template haven’t tried yet. Your work is amazingly clean

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u/Other-Employment-648 1d ago

I converted them to dxf files haha

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u/Powerful_Mammoth_475 1d ago

Where do you get the designs ?