Samurai armor

[JediSauja]

So cutting this wave pattern has proven far more difficult than expected.
I've ordered a scroll saw.
Back at it soon, I hope.

 

[Al Hen]

Hello there, JediSauja!
A couple of months ago I was on a Samurai Armouro aswell, and yes, it is very complicated to figure out how to procede and all that stuff. Needless to say that I aborted the mission, but managed to finish the Menpo (the picture on the left)
So far, it is an amazing job! I really liked the Kobakama, and, most definetly, I will be looking forward to this proyect. Ganbatte!

 

[George]

JediSauja san, I would call this a successful project so far and extremely cool to watch.Being intrigued by things related to Japanese/Chinese culture and martial arts in general, I'm enthusiastic to follow your "Journey to the West".
Make no mistake: no matter how modest your skills are in your view, what you are creating here is indeed (cultural related) art and worth watching.
Please keep going and finish this project; it will be awesome and then some.Beautiful so far.Banzai !

 

[JediSauja]

Al Hen,

Thanks. It's definitely tedious, but rewarding. I'm jealous of your Menpo. My wife ended up buying me one made for paintball, so once it arrives I'm going to try my first ever molding and casting on it, with a brush-on mold and slush casting in resin. I'm excited and terrified of the thought!

 

[JediSauja]

George,

Successful, so far! There's still a ton of work to do:

I'm enjoying the process and learning a ton of skills that will serve in other contexts, so win/win.

Arigato!

 

[jacks5901]

In all of your research, have you found any replicas of any of Toshirô Mifune’s swords from any if his samurai roles, such as his long sword on seven samurai or any of his swords from the samurai trilogy, yojimbo, or sanjuro. If anyone has, im eager to find one

 

[JediSauja]

In all of your research, have you found any replicas of any of Toshirô Mifune’s swords from any if his samurai roles, such as his long sword on seven samurai or any of his swords from the samurai trilogy, yojimbo, or sanjuro. If anyone has, im eager to find one

I haven't really been looking for replica swords. I'm more of a larper, my swords are foam latex.

 

[JediSauja]

So I bought cottage, or as people here call it, a camp. Work will resume in September. In the mean time I'll sit here by the lake

 

[George]

Beautiful ! Enjoy your stay there !

 

[JediSauja]

Back from the lake, still adjusting to life at home. Still need to unbox my scroll saw, but I also have some unpacking left and work around the house to catch up on.

Swung by a trift store on a lark and scored a great hat.


So progress is still being made!

 

[George]

Welcome back ! Take your time adjusting

 

[Syrus]

Awesome work so far! Your garments look great. I made a kabuto, do, sode, and kusazuri a few years back for a Samurai Avengers cosplay. I think it turned out okay, but it definitely took more time than I anticipated, so I couldn't get the entire thing together before the deadline.... if I recall correctly, it took me about 30 hours just to lace the things together! Because of my time constraints, I ended up just buying a karate uniform to wear underneath. It worked well enough for my purposes (haha).

I used the same website that you've already mentioned and found that those patterns translate very well to sintra. The sintra is easy enough to form with a heat gun, but be aware that it does not take extreme curves very well, and it will snap if you push it too hard. Also, it's a pain and it takes forever, but adding the reinforced "stitching" under the laces to hold the panels together is very much worth it. I used some thin wire and covered the ends in hot glue on the backside so they wouldn't catch my clothing underneath.

I hope you enjoy the journey!

 

[JediSauja]

Awesome work so far! Your garments look great. I made a kabuto, do, sode, and kusazuri a few years back for a Samurai Avengers cosplay. I think it turned out okay, but it definitely took more time than I anticipated, so I couldn't get the entire thing together before the deadline.... if I recall correctly, it took me about 30 hours just to lace the things together! Because of my time constraints, I ended up just buying a karate uniform to wear underneath. It worked well enough for my purposes (haha).

I used the same website that you've already mentioned and found that those patterns translate very well to sintra. The sintra is easy enough to form with a heat gun, but be aware that it does not take extreme curves very well, and it will snap if you push it too hard. Also, it's a pain and it takes forever, but adding the reinforced "stitching" under the laces to hold the panels together is very much worth it. I used some thin wire and covered the ends in hot glue on the backside so they wouldn't catch my clothing underneath.

I hope you enjoy the journey!

Thanks for the info. Do you have any pics of your project? Sounds interesting.

 

[JediSauja]

I know I don't owe anyone any explanations, but I feel obliged to explain my lack of progress on this costume.

Procrastination.

Mostly.

Also, I've been helping my buddy with his medieval village. He started it as a birthday event for his daughter when she was six, and it consisted of one building.



10 years later, it's grown considerably and continues to grow every year, and they hold a LARP in the fall (a few weeks away).



I opened my big mouth and told him the village needs pub that can hold more then two people. So he called me on it and drew this:


So before I went to the lake and since I've been back , weekends have been spent in his back yard:






It's gonna be epic.



So I haven't been idle.

 

[George]

JS, no worries.We'll be here awaiting the progress (photos).
Thanks for sharing the photos of your friends' project ! It looks great

 

[Al Hen]

Its a very nice and warm looking village!! I always wondered if samurai could attend to renaissance fairs...
Big hug!