Very cool! Looking forward to more!
Skyrim: Khajiit in Nordic Carved Armor
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Sedulous Studios
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I made the stomach armor plates, but now I can't remember how to connect them together. I want them to be able to slide over one another when I bend. I know I've seen this and even took some photos of it but I can't find them. Argh. Any tips for that? I think it involved leather straps of some sort.
Edit: Found my references. They were in my Iron Man folder, because that makes sense. Durr.
Edit: Found my references. They were in my Iron Man folder, because that makes sense. Durr.
IceTea1983
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joshvanrad
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MOAR PICTURES!!!!!
... please.
... please.
Sedulous Studios
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Once the primer is all dry I'll reassemble the bits and take some pictures!
Sedulous Studios
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Ok, more armor! These pieces plus the arms and legs that I've already shown make up most of the armor. I still have to make the hip/thigh pieces (simple, they don't have designs on them) and the loincloth area pieces (complicated and I've been having scaling issues trying to make them). Plus finish all of these of course, and then make all the leather and fur and cloth bits. And the chest piece still needs the neck area done, which I believe does have a design on it. I'm also having trouble getting the chest piece as smooth as I would like. I probably need to suck it up and use proper Bondo. Maybe I'll do that at the build party this weekend, I'm certain someone there will have some I can use.
Sedulous Studios
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Oh! I forgot to include the shoulder bells in that shot! They are awesome. They might be a bit on the large side but I don't care because I like how they turned out and don't want to make another set.
Sedulous Studios
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I'm watching this (about halfway through it) and while it's certainly interesting and a great way to make a mask, it's really not very relevant to my project. Neat tutorial though.
Sedulous Studios
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I got some paint on all the parts I've made so far. I think the shoulders really are a bit on the large side. I'll finish everything before I decide if I want to remake them smaller. They'll do just fine for the event in a couple of weeks, and I have lots of time before D*C if I want to redo them.
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Please excuse my disaster of a studio. The armor is wearable! This is good since I have an event this weekend that I want to wear it to (Festival of Legends, in NC). A few pieces are missing (the fur skirts and hip armor, as well as one little piece that attaches to the breastplate, and the quilted pants, sleeves, etc.), but that's ok for now. I couldn't make the skirts yet, because it turned out that a) I didn't really have quite enough fur and b) real bear fur looked kind of silly on my hips--way too thick. So I'll use some fake fur for that, which I'll have to order. The fur on it now is real, though, and very very fluffy!
The axe is not done, either--it's primed and then dry brushed with Rub 'n Buff. I just put a dab of hot glue to hold on the fur and leather. Didn't want to paint it properly yet since I know I have a bunch more stuff to do to it, but absolutely wanted to carry it tomorrow. I think this is a good middle ground, and it actually looks pretty decent.
I need to figure out what I'm wearing under it. I do have the brown long sleeved Ts that I'll wear, but didn't even start the pants. It might be black jeans or something. I also have the furry boots I modified but the field is going to be muddy tomorrow, and I'm wondering if my leather moccasins will work with the armor. I guess I'll test that tomorrow.
Alpha Proto
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Large shoulders help give heroic proportions.
I think this looks rad!
I think this looks rad!
Sedulous Studios
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention--these are actually v2 of the shoulders. I made them 70% of the size of the originals. I actually turned one of the originals into a helmet, you can see it sitting on the tuff box there!
Alpha Proto
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Wow, that was very innovative how you turned it into a helmet. I could see it having any number of possible additions to make it even more unique. Like a face shield, or head ornament.
Sedulous Studios
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And here it is on me yesterday! I was pretty happy with it, had a few failures but spent about an hour fixing things up last night and I wore it again for about 5 hours today with no further failures! It was a warm (80 and sunny) day and I was OK as far as heat went. It's actually pretty comfortable overall, but kills my left shoulder (I have some nerve problems there and pretty much any pressure at all aggravates it--hopefully I can improve that a lot before D*C). It certainly got an awesome response from the people there!
(I just skimmed the thread again and might've missed it if it's somewhere in here)
Sedulous Studios
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Let's see... I'll go in the order I put it on.
The greaves velcro onto their straps. I added an elastic piece to hold the greaves to the straps more securely, while still being able to flex the straps enough to get them on and off, which really helped with how much they tend to want to pop off.
The shoulders are attached to the front with chicago screws: the leather shoulder armor attaches to the breastplate with one chicago screw, the hawk-head shoulder piece attaches to the breastplate with a chicago screw and to the leather via a strap underneath it. It's also supported up off the shoulder by a chunk of insulation foam hidden underneath it. The leather pieces also have a piece of elastic running across my back/shoulders to keep them from popping forward--this was something I added after the first day's wear and it really helped. The stomach plates are attached (again, with chicago screws) to strips of leather which attach to the breastplate, this allows them to move across one another for pretty decent flexibility.
The back and waist pieces are attached together by a loop of elastic hidden under the back plate--it keeps the horseshoe shaped piece attached to the waist from popping to the outside. The back plate attaches to the breastplate with velcro at the shoulders and sides. The leather belt closes at the waist over top of the lowest piece of stomach armor with another chicago screw (velcro would probably work here but I like as much extra security as I can get). The codpiece thing hangs off the belt via a bent bit of Sintra.
The neck armor needs to be reworked. Right now it attached with some velcro-type stuff (dual lock? Something like that, it's not fuzzy like velcro) in the front and just kind of sits there in the back. I had L-brackets on the breastplate at each side of the neck to hold it in place but removed one of them because I thought it might be contributing to my shoulder pain and now the collar doesn't sit quite where I want it. I think I just have to make a new one with a better attachment.
The bracers go on same as the greaves, with the addition of a bit of leather that goes across my palms to hold the hand guards in place. The hand guards attach to the bracers with strips of leather as well. The bear fur under them is just a tube sewn to roughly the shape of my arm and pulled on over my gloves before putting the bracers on.
And... I think that's it. The most annoying pieces to attach were those shoulder things. Tricky to get them to float just where they should be.
The greaves velcro onto their straps. I added an elastic piece to hold the greaves to the straps more securely, while still being able to flex the straps enough to get them on and off, which really helped with how much they tend to want to pop off.
The shoulders are attached to the front with chicago screws: the leather shoulder armor attaches to the breastplate with one chicago screw, the hawk-head shoulder piece attaches to the breastplate with a chicago screw and to the leather via a strap underneath it. It's also supported up off the shoulder by a chunk of insulation foam hidden underneath it. The leather pieces also have a piece of elastic running across my back/shoulders to keep them from popping forward--this was something I added after the first day's wear and it really helped. The stomach plates are attached (again, with chicago screws) to strips of leather which attach to the breastplate, this allows them to move across one another for pretty decent flexibility.
The back and waist pieces are attached together by a loop of elastic hidden under the back plate--it keeps the horseshoe shaped piece attached to the waist from popping to the outside. The back plate attaches to the breastplate with velcro at the shoulders and sides. The leather belt closes at the waist over top of the lowest piece of stomach armor with another chicago screw (velcro would probably work here but I like as much extra security as I can get). The codpiece thing hangs off the belt via a bent bit of Sintra.
The neck armor needs to be reworked. Right now it attached with some velcro-type stuff (dual lock? Something like that, it's not fuzzy like velcro) in the front and just kind of sits there in the back. I had L-brackets on the breastplate at each side of the neck to hold it in place but removed one of them because I thought it might be contributing to my shoulder pain and now the collar doesn't sit quite where I want it. I think I just have to make a new one with a better attachment.
The bracers go on same as the greaves, with the addition of a bit of leather that goes across my palms to hold the hand guards in place. The hand guards attach to the bracers with strips of leather as well. The bear fur under them is just a tube sewn to roughly the shape of my arm and pulled on over my gloves before putting the bracers on.
And... I think that's it. The most annoying pieces to attach were those shoulder things. Tricky to get them to float just where they should be.
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I painted it with the Rust-Oleum Forged Hammered spray paint in Antique Pewter. Then I brushed black acrylic into the recesses (fairly dry brush here). Once that was dry, I dry brushed a light layer of Rub 'n Buff in Silver leaf over the highlights (very dry brush here, with 1" cheap chip brush).
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