travsall
Active Member
Some of you have seen my sales add in the junkyard for leather holsters, some have bought em 
This was the project that got me into leatherworking though, and very quickly made me develop skills in that department. I snagged a helmet on ebay, made by an incredable artist, and with some help from him and pretty high asparations, I took on the task of making the rest of the armor. This is the helmet, it is a custom job, I sent him what I wanted for add-ons, the horns, eye scar, spikes and he hammered this baby out!
I wanted the suit to match it, have a fantasy vibe, while still being realistic(ish) to a time period/area. So I went with a Germanic/Gothic look, and am pretty happy with the turnout! I did the work from scratch, designing the pieces, then making blue prints, then templates, then from 2 sides of leather, one 18-20oz the other 8-10oz hand cut, tooled, dyed, sealed, riveted, spiked and mounted then all.
It took me about 3 weeks working on and off to get it to this stage, still a couple things to go on it, mainly the chain mail shirt worn underneith. Here is a break down of the parts.
Breast plate
Back plate
Boots, greaves with knee plates, and sabotons with 2 articulation points.
Thigh plates
Spaulders
Bracers (fore arms) these are the ones I did up for my Ghost Rider costume
Belt, and accessories. (left to right) axe frog, coin pouch and anti theft frog, sword frog
Gorget
Weapons battle axe/military pick, short sword/dagger, spiked, bladed gauntlet, chain mail glove
4' long 2 hand ******* sword. I redid the hand guard, grip, and pommel
With the sword frog attached. It's too long for a scabbard, the draw would be too slow, so I rigged up this frog with a quick release strap. Stays in place with the blade exposed, and one quick tug releases it.
Had a nice stand kickin around the basement for a while, and with very little modification, turned it into a pretty decent armor stand. The lesson here, never throw anything out
FINALLY was able to get some shots of me in the suit, which was awesome! If I could, it'd be my daily wear, but I forsee being shot by the police in the street, and I hear Sting is a damn good shot. Everything fit, functioned, and moved exactly as I designed, it was actually fairly comfortable to wear, compaired to some of the other suits/costumes I've made. Without any further adue though, the worn shots. Like I said though, still need a chain mail shirt, it's gonna make all the difference in the appearance! I don't suppose anyone has a good sourse for decent quality chain mail do they?
This was the project that got me into leatherworking though, and very quickly made me develop skills in that department. I snagged a helmet on ebay, made by an incredable artist, and with some help from him and pretty high asparations, I took on the task of making the rest of the armor. This is the helmet, it is a custom job, I sent him what I wanted for add-ons, the horns, eye scar, spikes and he hammered this baby out!
I wanted the suit to match it, have a fantasy vibe, while still being realistic(ish) to a time period/area. So I went with a Germanic/Gothic look, and am pretty happy with the turnout! I did the work from scratch, designing the pieces, then making blue prints, then templates, then from 2 sides of leather, one 18-20oz the other 8-10oz hand cut, tooled, dyed, sealed, riveted, spiked and mounted then all.
It took me about 3 weeks working on and off to get it to this stage, still a couple things to go on it, mainly the chain mail shirt worn underneith. Here is a break down of the parts.
Breast plate
Back plate
Boots, greaves with knee plates, and sabotons with 2 articulation points.
Thigh plates
Spaulders
Bracers (fore arms) these are the ones I did up for my Ghost Rider costume
Belt, and accessories. (left to right) axe frog, coin pouch and anti theft frog, sword frog
Gorget
Weapons
battle axe/military pick, short sword/dagger, spiked, bladed gauntlet, chain mail glove
4' long 2 hand ******* sword. I redid the hand guard, grip, and pommel
With the sword frog attached. It's too long for a scabbard, the draw would be too slow, so I rigged up this frog with a quick release strap. Stays in place with the blade exposed, and one quick tug releases it.
Had a nice stand kickin around the basement for a while, and with very little modification, turned it into a pretty decent armor stand. The lesson here, never throw anything out
FINALLY was able to get some shots of me in the suit, which was awesome! If I could, it'd be my daily wear, but I forsee being shot by the police in the street, and I hear Sting is a damn good shot. Everything fit, functioned, and moved exactly as I designed, it was actually fairly comfortable to wear, compaired to some of the other suits/costumes I've made. Without any further adue though, the worn shots. Like I said though, still need a chain mail shirt, it's gonna make all the difference in the appearance! I don't suppose anyone has a good sourse for decent quality chain mail do they?
