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Chain mail armor

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:09 pm
by Dragoniron7
Just wondering if anyone makes chain mail armor? I have been doing it for about a year now and have made a shirt already. Unfortunitaly i dont think i have a pic of the shirt and im sitting in Iraq while all my stuff is in storage in Hawaii. If anyone does do chain mail though, i would love to see some patterns.

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 6:38 am
by Dragoniron7
here is one of my projects i started before all my perler beads showed up

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 10:01 am
by jelibe
Wow, that looks quite intricate. What is that you are making? Is it expensive to start as a hobby? So many questions. Please explain yourself, lol!!

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 10:50 am
by Dragoniron7
im making my unit patch, i posted a finished cross stitch design with the patch as the center of the project. Expense depends on what materials you want to work with and do you want to make your own links or buy them precut. The silver links are spring steel and the colored ones are aluminum.....I paid around $300 or so for all my links a few years ago and made a full short sleeve shirt with mostly the spring steel and i have a bunch of the aluminum links and a few spring steel links left over.

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 1:21 pm
by jelibe
Wow, that's quite an expensive hobby. I don't think Icould start doing this in the current economic climate (I'm skint!)

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 5:31 pm
by johloh
(moved to non-video game projects) :wiz

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:46 pm
by gizmo85
Where can you buy this stuff? :good:

cheers

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:32 am
by Dragoniron7
you can find some of the stuff on ebay or google "chain mail" to find some of the venders. It has been awhile since i bought all my stuff....just look for the best prices since the cost can add up

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:54 am
by Lady Aracne
Wow! Thats amazing Dragon, looks quite difficult to make, its awesome! :wave:

Re: Chain mail armor

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:33 am
by Dragoniron7
its not too hard after you figure out the pattern so everything lays properly.