CoolleKotten
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Hello everyone!
I know chain mail is not really what predators have as armor, but on a request by Sorin (impaiatu) I thought it would be good to have for those who are making other kinds of costumes, that needs chain mail. This is also for you who wants it to look as genuine it can.
So, I have now put together a tutorial.
Because I do not come from an english speaking country, I may have some words and sentences wrong but you just have to live with that.
I thought that the best thing to do is to take alot of pictures, because explaining is not always the best way. So I simply put together pictures in three steps, along with a "problem" and "tools" pic.
I will explain a bit along the way, not leaving it all to the pictures.
Hopefully you will have use of this tutorial.
Tools
You will need a Snap ring plier and rings/links of steel or other kinds of metal (also called Jump Rings, thanks to Zero!).
The most common I know is used, is steel links that measures 8 mm (0.31 inches) i diameter.
(In Swedish it is called "fjäderstål" but I can't find the right translation for it, so I will use the word "steel".)
For a whole chain mail that covers your upperbody, you will need at least 20 000 links, depending on your size.
I bought my links at a shop in Sweden that sell very unusual stuff for hobbies. They have old things that you can have in role playing games or things like that, that is not so usual to find in everyday shop. I do not know where you can buy this in YOUR country, but the shop can sell to you if you call them. If you need help on that, just ask and I can help you translate the page if needed.
Svarta Katten (Black cat) shop
EDIT: Links to Jump rings:
The ring Lord
Beads and Pieces
Moving on to Step one!
First you will have to make a Butterfly. Open one link and put four in it, close the link. Do NOT pull too hard when you are opening the links, that will make the link unable to pull back in to its former state and close, and will allow the links connected to it to be set free. And we not want to begin all over again do we?
Then open a new link and put two in it. These are your main small chains that will create the whole one. We can call them soldiers. Without soilders, the butterfly - lets say General instead - cant have an army. So just keep adding soldiers in a straight line and then you will have you chain.
IMPORTANT - the links have to have the same leaning towards each other in the same line, so the middle link that connects to four others, have, lets say, the right corner up to the sky. Then the four around it have the left corner up to the sky. I have painted this in step 3.
Now, in the picture you will see me using a pen. This is just something I did to hold it better and in place, you can do whatever you want that fits you.
Step 2
Connecting the soldier to its General, butterfly. Open the link that has the two links inside of it, and put two links from the butterfly in it. This is where you need to check if you have connected them right. After some struggle, you may find out the esiest way for you to adding them, I do not have a perfect or easy way.
Step 3 In page 1.
Kotten
I know chain mail is not really what predators have as armor, but on a request by Sorin (impaiatu) I thought it would be good to have for those who are making other kinds of costumes, that needs chain mail. This is also for you who wants it to look as genuine it can.
So, I have now put together a tutorial.
Because I do not come from an english speaking country, I may have some words and sentences wrong but you just have to live with that.
I thought that the best thing to do is to take alot of pictures, because explaining is not always the best way. So I simply put together pictures in three steps, along with a "problem" and "tools" pic.
I will explain a bit along the way, not leaving it all to the pictures.
Hopefully you will have use of this tutorial.
Tools
You will need a Snap ring plier and rings/links of steel or other kinds of metal (also called Jump Rings, thanks to Zero!).
The most common I know is used, is steel links that measures 8 mm (0.31 inches) i diameter.
(In Swedish it is called "fjäderstål" but I can't find the right translation for it, so I will use the word "steel".)
For a whole chain mail that covers your upperbody, you will need at least 20 000 links, depending on your size.
I bought my links at a shop in Sweden that sell very unusual stuff for hobbies. They have old things that you can have in role playing games or things like that, that is not so usual to find in everyday shop. I do not know where you can buy this in YOUR country, but the shop can sell to you if you call them. If you need help on that, just ask and I can help you translate the page if needed.
Svarta Katten (Black cat) shop
EDIT: Links to Jump rings:
The ring Lord
Beads and Pieces
Moving on to Step one!
First you will have to make a Butterfly. Open one link and put four in it, close the link. Do NOT pull too hard when you are opening the links, that will make the link unable to pull back in to its former state and close, and will allow the links connected to it to be set free. And we not want to begin all over again do we?
Then open a new link and put two in it. These are your main small chains that will create the whole one. We can call them soldiers. Without soilders, the butterfly - lets say General instead - cant have an army. So just keep adding soldiers in a straight line and then you will have you chain.
IMPORTANT - the links have to have the same leaning towards each other in the same line, so the middle link that connects to four others, have, lets say, the right corner up to the sky. Then the four around it have the left corner up to the sky. I have painted this in step 3.
Now, in the picture you will see me using a pen. This is just something I did to hold it better and in place, you can do whatever you want that fits you.
Step 2
Connecting the soldier to its General, butterfly. Open the link that has the two links inside of it, and put two links from the butterfly in it. This is where you need to check if you have connected them right. After some struggle, you may find out the esiest way for you to adding them, I do not have a perfect or easy way.
Step 3 In page 1.
Kotten
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