3 Day Armor Challenge: The Reckoning | LH EP 015
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Dremel Tool 4000 (120v) ($75.00)
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I'm going to have to make mage armor, with lots of small details and the whole time I'm designing her armor I'm thinking "the shit I do to look good, most women choose an expensive primer or contour their face...I make golden mage armor. kill me"
You can use leather
"Big dreams and tiny wallets"
Thank you for losing your soul on camera and showing us how to do it to, I shall attempt this myself!
+Cat-Person Hahaha thank you yes. The armor you get out of it is SUPER sturdy and worth it but gosh diggity dang give yourself ample time for the project lol
This is the realest cosplay tutorial I have ever seen. I absolutely love it.
You made faux studded leather in a way that looked harder and more time intensive then making real studded leather. I am so confused.
You have the UNMITIGATED GALL to not show the final product being worn?
omg u right
12:25 I thought you were gonna say "Your boyfriend is gonna get stabbed more by his armour than by his enemy"
I was wrong
With that speed rivet gun all you need do is give it a couple more squeezes and the stem will be cut off by the tool. No need to stress yourself with the dremel cutting of them 😁 great armor!
"When you don't have any armour for the weekend event".
I know this feeling. I've spent many all nighters making swords, shields, armor and costumes days before events because of a random idea, or a NPC need, or a buddy asking for help.
Looks like this is a very common problem. hahaha
Pro tip though, always make your pattern bigger then you think. Ideally make sure the pattern fits you when you are wearing a sweater or bulkier clothes or your costumer plus some layers. This way if you are cold you can layer under your armour, or (ideally) you can fit into your armour with your costume on underneath. I've seen people make beautiful armour that doesn't fit because the straps were too small, or their costume bulky, or it was just made a few inches too small in places.
Also if possible, have your model put on the paper armour and move and make sure it fits ok. hard if they are unavailable or if it's a commission, but it can be a huge help. Fun fact, paper armour will move almost the exact same way leather armour would. So it gives a great idea of how you'll feel wearing it.
Very cool video though, I haven't seen a detailed fibreglass armour video before. We use Sintra up here in our Canadian larp (it's a type of thermoplastic, 3/4 of an inch thick, very strong). If you can get your hands on it, you'd likely love it as it's great to work with and less...chemically complicated. :P
keep up the great videos though!
OOOH that's a great idea! I usually stay away from thermoplastics though because, at least in California, those tend to warp something fierce in this desert sun. Do you think your stuff would withstand that??
Thin thermoplastics like worbla and wonderflex would likely have issues consider a hair dryer can cause them to become flimsy, but a thermoplastic like Sintra is much thicker, we use about 3/4 inch thick stuff here and typically shape it with heat from a heat gun (which takes time) or an oven (faster but at the risk of burning it).
I think it would be fine as long as you aren't spending hours upon hours in the sun, which I wouldn't recommend for anyone really, shade is your friend.
Just a heads up a how to video about larp bows and larp cross bows would be awesome. I'm starting my own larp and my friend will more than likely be a ranger.
I'm amazed on how you managed such a feat in such a short period of time; I applaud you
+Yamilla Puello I would not recommend it to the average mortal but if you give yourself enough time then this method works wonderfully!
I really love this channel, just watching has finally made me take steps towards finding my local communities... just been lazy about all the other parts (character, costume,.. talking to said communities). But very enjoyable! n//n
+boweniscool I'm so glad we've helped motivate you! Yea it'll be way worth it once you get into it :)
ohhhhh i didnt know cosplay and larp armor are almost the same!! Thats very exciting for me as I only have experience making EVA foam cosplay armor
You are so creative and talented!!!! Thank you for going through that torture and documenting it for us to see! ❤🤭🙂 I love the finished product. Also really appreciated your patterning tips
That is so impressive for 3 days and considering the materials you used are on the harder end of crafting!
by the way, your channel has been so incredibly helpful and entertaining I was one of your first subscribers and I look forward to your vids every week. When my paychecks get a little better you can expect a patreon pledge from a fellow nerd! keep it up
Oh geez that's so sweet! I'm so glad we've managed to be helpful in some respect. Please let us know if there's any subject you really want us to cover and we'll do our best to provide!
Thats a unique technique you got There. Ive never Seen anyone make armor like this.
iamdungeon and hopefully you never will again 😂
*magical*
One of my favorite comments to date.
you could use canvas instead of fiberglass mesh, it's about the same strength and isn't super itchy
everything on your channel is so professionel, how can you not have more subscribers?
William Jørgensen Because people think the larp stereotypes are real.
This was both hilarious and informative! Might try this out someday when I can afford power tools. :D Love your channel, I'm thinking of joining my local Amtgard to help with anxiety.
That's amazing! Have fun!
Hi hun, the rivet gun, should pop the pin off. They do require some tough squeezing though
Have you tried Worbla? Less enameling and can probably skip the fiberglass as well. Just a heat gun to soften it and place it over your foam. Still some sanding, but a quick layer or two of spray primer, paint your designs, and a spray gloss or semi gloss coat or two and you should be good. I am gonna use your techniques combined with Worbla to try and make myself a breatplate soon.
ok, saw a response about Worbla I missed. (I tend to comment before I read much) With a couple of coats of top layer it should hold up pretty well. I haven't had any problems with it with the few things I had played with around my house and we hit 110 sometimes in the summer. I will try and leave some out on a hot day to test it out.
Hi, I just saw your videos and subscribed to your channel. You may already know this and had a better reason for not doing it but just in case no one has mentioned it or you didn't know. Those rivets you used don't need to be cut off like that, if you reposition the rivet gun after the first squeeze and do it again it will pop off the stem for you ( thus the pop rivet). Hope this helps for future projects.
Luthien Tigrest thank you! Yes it has been pointed out to me that the gun can cut off the rivet excess, its just that my weak kitten hands couldn't seem to do it lol. But I'll try again with the repositioning advice, thank you! And thank you for subscribing!
This is still your best video
Kevin MacLeod.... I love his music!! great background music choice
with pop rivets, you just have to keep squeezing until it snaps the rod out...
Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that... :)
how does this video have even one dislike, i loved it. you are hilarious!
Watching this a few pointers.. The rivet gun should break the tail off when the rivet is all the way tight, sometimes you need to squeeze it a few times, for realistic leather out of foam, place some crinkled tin foil on top of the foam then iron it, it will leave a leather pattern on the foam...
Maybe not all rivet guns do that, or my tiny squirrel hands aren't strong enough for that.
But holy cow that tin foil tip is genius!
I'd like to recommend welders gloves to help when you use the heat gun. also.... make sure you use aluminum rivets. stainless sleep ones are a bear.
First off lemme say that was very impressive. With that said, as a leather craftsman I think it may actually be easier to make this in leather than this method... might be cheaper too, but not sure about that one.
Oh I'm certain it would be much easier to do it in leather if one was a leather crafter... This project was mostly an exercise in insanity 😂
Azrai, man that is a lot of work, why not dump the un-armoured BF and get a new BF with armour?
Ahaha this video was meant to show insanity more than anything else but 😂 you know.... I pretty much have also done that
you are very brave
Great video you're amazing! No link for the duct tape dummy?
I admire your work ethic but I don't envy the burnout. I've been there many times myself...I have a reserved parking spot there lol
One question I do have is how well did this perform? Was it comfortable, light, & did it break at all during the event?
Thanks again for your creativity and humor :)
With all of the materials listed to make the armor, it seems like it would be cheaper to buy something... mind you the three day delivery time may not work.
Ok, That was crazy
I thought the gloves were $4,100, for those confused check the description.
Im gonna have to send you a razor blade reloadable exacto/box cutter lol makes it so much easier to use a razor.
This has been immensely helpful as I venture into building armor for the first time, but as a total newbie to making this stuff, what kind of foam and/or thickness of foam was this? I didn't see it in the supplies list so apologies if I missed that
Lmao she was really losing it XDDD
I'm 100% sure I died, and 50% sure that I didn't come back alone...
Use Phoenix Downs! Use Phoenix fucking down Goddammit! 💀😂😂😂
Do you have any recommendations for/or other videos on pattern making?
Ι feel you I have to make a leather armor with plates on leather o.o
Be careful.
You have bare feet on a cement floor with power tools and chemicals.
You are probably the best girlfriend in the world; your boyfriend is a very lucky man.
Ok, it's not my case actually but what about women's chest armor plates? I mean, how do you do it? There's stuff going on there...
For armor you will actually be taking hits in, it's exactly the same design. Separate spaces for boobs create weak spots that can break your clavicle or sternum when hit or fallen upon. If you are very large chested then making a slightly deeper chest plate works, but if you're gonna be actually fighting- Do not. Make. Boob domes. The only reason for boob domes is for people who are attracted to boobs to be able to still see boobs through steel or leather. 😂
This would not be allowed at my larp :(
But cool
holy shiiiiiittttt ur boyf is a hunny, well done!
SirenVoyager thank you, he appreciated it! Yea I think I should get a trophy ;)
lot of money to buy all of those things
You are not wrong, but it was STILL cheaper than the leather set I modeled it after. Though I am working on a cheaper and less complicated method :)
I work with glassfiber too but it has to many side effects. I started to work with foam materials and recycled plastics it's not bad at all..But I like leather too ,,but leather needs a lot of care but it's fun too..
daylight living - but it's like many supplies.. the cost is spread out over several projects.
ok
Awesome job but might have been cheaper and easier to just make it out of leather
marc ross Thank you! That may be true for leather but you can use this method to make any kind of fake armor material really. Honestly I just didn't have time to order supplies haha
Larp House ahhh didn't even think about having to order the leather lol sorry
I realize this is larp and that therefore you're probably not historical savvy...but a Breast and/or backplate is not articulated...at least it's not meant to be. Spaulders (obviously having a connection to the pauldron.)...yes, you may also have articulated sections/lames at the *bottom* of the breastplate...but not the breastplate itself.
You could use a gorget or bevor to protect the neck/chin area + inner shoulders/collar bone...
The Breastplate should stop above the waist...(quite above the waist.) to allow you to bend...furthermore it only needs to be a single plate (although a secondary plate could be layered over the bottom.)
Lastly Leather isn't really plate.
I understand all that, but I literally copied an existing set of commercially available armor in design. Good stuff to know when designing your own armor though!
Larp House Fair enough, what I meant is it might help you make more *functional* armour that is most importantly, comfortable to wear. What I mean is you can take emphasis off of the main piece (the breastplate.) by using other layers to sit over these areas...so it doesn't need to come right up to the neck nor to the shoulders as these can be covered with other layers. I haven't done larp but I can imagine you'd have to wear this for extended periods making comfort I guess pretty important.
Regardless nice tutorial. I hate to admit that I'm actually not very handy with tools or anything of the like, if I had the motivation to learn it'd be a much more cost effective solution to make my own steel armour rather than the 3,500+ $ that'd I would be forking over for a full harness.
+7dayspking Historical breast plate may have overlaping articulated segment but in they rare case it has the way it overlap is the reverse of what people usualy do. The segment should rotate from their bottom part so the upper part is the one that is foward and the lower part is back and the reason for that is that while it give the exact same protection, if it is well made it allow more mobility and is more confortable to wear.
Nathan Carrier "but in they rare case it has the way it overlap is the reverse of what people usualy do"...huh???
"The segment should rotate from their bottom part so the upper part is the one that is foward and the lower part is back "....I'm not trying to be rude but I'm struggling to understand what you're talking about. Could you perhaps elaborate on what you're talking about here a little further?
My point was that a Breastplate/Backplate is a *singular* large Shell defence....it's not made out of several articulated plates. Generally lames that are higher on the body will sit *over* those that are lower...so lames lower on the arm will be underneath those higher on the arm. This is a trend that can be seen in anything from Roman Segmentata, Japanese laminar armour and even Brigandine and Coat of plates. It's very similar to roof tiles actually.
7dayspking Well my first language is not english, so I'll take time tonight to write it better so it will be understandable.
IM MOST SHOOK THAT YOUR HAIR MANAGED TO STAY FIBERGLASS AND RESIN FREE! AAHHHHH!!!
can you, instead of using fiber glass armor, you could make a eva foam one?
DarkIron010 - EVA foam will likely not survive a Larp! You’ll need some kind of hard shell.
ok
Out of curiosity, why would eva foam not survive a larp? I'm new to the larping community, but have made a few cosplays with foam armor. I was planning to do the same for my first larp character for bicolline hopefully 1019 or 1020. From my understanding larp weapons are somewhat soft unless it's taking in the factor of wear and tear. Is eva foam armor even allowed at most larps???
Where can you buy a voodoo doll of Adolf Hitler
That's Not a real Armor i do an real Armor better
Thats is not armour. Thats foam, you can't make armour from foam, if he want's to wear armour, then either make it yourself from leather or metal, or buy it in leather or meta.