Making a Scale Armor Vest (from Sofa Scraps!)
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Give me a box of leather offcuts, some curtains and some string, and watch me work.
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Do you like scale armour? Well...I do, because it's pretty. So here we are.
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Can you do a video or series of shorts summarizing each dnd session
@@JillBearup What song is that at 3:03? It sounds amazing!
❤️
@@johngreen8344 it's Speechless from the recent live action Aladdin movie, and it's very well sung by Jill!
No clickbait. Accurate title. Armour was made, in a cave, from scraps. Well done!
A bear cave no less
Where is an armour? It is a leather waistcoat.
@@andreyr3611 Girl gotta be elegant!
@@alexs5814 this is not an excuse to call a waistcoat an armour.
@@andreyr3611 that may be true but please allow me to have this joke.
10 years later Jill is going to find six stones of ultimate power and use them to banish a great evil at the cost of her own life, and we will come back to this video where it all began.
IOUN STONES. come on! get with the terminology!
Jill is smarter then that, she will go in the past and prevent Thanos from even snapping his fingers in the first place. Then , “Instead of a Dark Lord, we would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love her and despair!" ;-D
No payments in life please, not worth it. We need this precious human around.
@@LeChevalierduLys She'd aim for the head.
@@LeChevalierduLys but we already love her?
"I am kind of a nerd"
Jill, I don't know how to break it to you. You are playing DnD, make cosplay, overanalyse fandom stuff, produce videoessays about it and playfight after turning 10. You are defenitly a nerd. A great nerd, I might say. But you are a good one. At least I have not seen you hunting someone down...
Umm, she makes murder dresses. What do you think she does in her spare time? I mean, she's probably an MI-5 assassin or something.
Jito - "I makes nerds look good!" Sloan Sabbith said it, but it would be just as accurate rolling off Jill's tongue.
I made real-world armor for my D&D character is definitely post-doctoral level nerdery.
There's like a nerd heirarchy, and Jill is pretty near the top. Duchess Nerd at the very least.
Look, if you ever saw her hunting someone down, you wouldn't be here to report of it to us...
She's environmentally conscious like that and doesn't leave loose ends lying around^^
My over ambitious brain: JILL BEARUP WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE!! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!
My skills: Well, I’m sorry. I’m not Jill Bearup.
Am I the only one hoping hobbit bartender Jill becomes a recurring character? Like not the exhaustion, of course, but I feel like shorts about a Hobbit bartender would be funny
Absolutely!
Anthony Stark could be proud about this...
best part: the sounds of iron hitting iron like stark forging could be hear from her kitchen^^
Last week (had to do with halloween), someone I know made a neat pun about Iron Man vs Fe-male. :)
Jill. You are entirely too cool. And that armor looks fab.
I came here to say exactly this. You're pretty cool :)
@@lucypevensie4367 facts.
@@stefansneden1957 Do you use double spaces after your periods?
I could get if it was to show the different thoughts
@@rileyr5118 on my phone. So I take shortcuts. Also I like messing with grammar as it is a way to approximate colorful use of speech. The voice is far more dynamic than print.
Not gonna lie, I wouldn't mind watching/listening to Jill and friends/company playing D&D. If it's already available to watch, I would be keen to go hunt for that too.
How about Blade's in the Dark? There are so much more to tabletop RPGs then D&D.
@@NicholasMarshall She specifically mentions that this specific armour piece she made was for a cosplay of her D&D character. This comment wasn't about TTRPGs in general (of which I know and play a large variety, including Blades in the Dark), but about the very specific one she mentioned and I was showing interest in
@@Patches2212 Is Blades in the Dark a LotR reference?
@@Merlincat007 I don't know where the title came from; however, in this case, "Blades in the Dark" is a roleplaying game of low villainy in a haunted city. 👍
Jill: “Who has 4 kilos of leather scraps hanging around their house?”
Me: *looks at 6 varying sized bags of leather couch scraps in the corner of my room*
Yay, another Furniture Slayer!
I was just posting above about killing and skinning an office chair for a remarkably large amount of forest green leather
I think my old roommate who is an avid member of the SCA and frequent craft vendor at a variety of small Renaissance festivals would look at four kilos of leather scraps and complain that it wasn't nearly enough to have on hand at any given time. I'm pretty sure he had at least half a cow's worth when we were still sharing a house.
Gloves are... non-trivial. Definitely non-trivial. But leather MAY be easier than making finger-gloves in maille, which I once completed one hand's worth of before going "this is not safe, and takes a TON of time", then re-mae it as a "covers all fingers with no per-finger split".
"That's what we're trying to do, but honestly, it's impossible..."
"Jill Bearup was able to build this in a cave, with a box of scraps!"
...
"I'm sorry, I'm not Jill Bearup..."
That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this video title.
beat me to it
Damn, I like you 3000
Just when one thinks one has seen everything, Jill will say _Nope_
“Lafue I’m afraid I’ve been thinking.”
“A dangerous pastime.”
“I know.”
My favorite movie quote about thinking comes from Hook:
"I've just had an apostrophe!"
"I think you mean an epiphany."
"Lightning has just struck my brain."
"Well, that must hurt."
"I'm thinking... and I know how dangerous I can be when I do that..." 😁
"Add a bracer for archery" Hey! Sounds fun! Cool project, you can probably personalize that a lot!
"Make a fingerless glove" Dear God no! Gloves are the worst! Of all the thankless, finicky, miss-by-a-half-millimetre-and-it's-unusable projects, that is the most painful! Buy gloves and customize them!
(BTW, shooting gloves are only fingertips attached by straps to a wrist band. They protect the fingers from the cut of the bowstring. Fingerless gloves are the opposite of what you want.)
Definitely an arm bracer. Hard leather to survive that bow string. And a strip of soft leather on the other arm to mop your brow, or a spiked bracer to wallop various enemies with a back-hander, depending on how refined your character is. As someone who did competition archery for many years, the thought of drawing any bow without wearing an arm bracer, brings up memories of painful red welts. No self respecting short bow wielding Rogue would be caught out of doors without one.
Yes! I got one of those flimsy cheap plastic arm guards with my long bow and… it did not go well. A good strong arm guard is essential (and stylish)
Plus if the hard leather is thick enough, you can also use it for a concealed blade sheath.
@@tetsatou2815 And Jill's all about the hidden blades.
@@beckymurphy4714 yes. A lovely gem encrusted dagger hidden under the soft leather bracer. Or a thin, plain & practical one under the thick leather. Very Jill.
@@paulroberts3639 I'm thinking a thin practical blade with ornate engraving and embossed with gold. Best of both worlds!
I just want to say that as a mom myself, I was delighted to learn that you have kids. Always great to see moms still doing creative and badass things
I'm fascinated to know whether Jill's offspring does dressups with her too!! She seems like the kind of mum who would be super-fun to have as a young kid & an adult....? Although you'd probably still go through that cringey "Mum, what are you doing, OMG" phase as a teen, cos that seems to be a hardwired human inevitability, sigh - even when your mum can kick people in the head! 🤭
I really admire your tenacity. I tried making chainmail once many years ago, and to this day I have a mere 2-by-6-inch piece of it. Also, thinking a dark emerald tunic under that excellent black scale armour might suit your concept nicely.
I've been making chainmail out of canned food tabs and soda tabs from food and drinks I buy in everyday life and after four years I've only just finished a singular sleeve 🥲
If you ever want to give chainmail a whirl again I'd reccomend using the metal Keychain rings! You can buy them in bulk and they are super easy to use-
I find “What if Evie had Magic Powers” to be soothingly similar to Rachel Maksy’s maxim: “What Would Evie Do/Wear”.
This is indeed a very good way to live one’s life. Also, does this mean we can officially count Jill as part of CosTube? She’s been on the periphery for a while now, but I think this video makes her a full fledged member.
"Who has four kilos of leather scraps?" Uh... *raises hand* Four tanned hides and LOTS of scraps of various grains, thicknesses and colors. Also I have a literal drawer of feathers. If you want to make an archery glove, bracers and upper arm armor then I highly recommend tracking down the Butterick "Making History" patterns B5580 (scale arm armor, pouches, sword "holder") and B5733 (padded bracers and greaves, sword mitts, archery glove, pouches and mug & ax loops). If you're feeling overly ambitious and have thin enough leather, they also have patterns for 6 different styles of footwear (B5233). For a hooded calf-length vest I recommend the "Sentinel" pattern from McCall's Cosplay line (M2080).
Your sorcerer will need spell components, either in bottles or pouches, and depending on their preferred casting methods either a wand or staff. A staff can, of course, double as a defensive weapon. Of course an archer needs a quiver (another use for your leather!), either just for the arrows or for both arrows & bow. (My earth mage has a feather cloak, a bottle of Wolf Sight Elixir and a bottle of Phoenix Ashes, as well as a staff/walking stick. All of which I made myself.)
The only reason I don't have 4 kilos of leather straps is because I ruthlessly pruned my stash back when my husband moved in so that he actually had a place to sit and read books. Pro tip for the extremely cheap - you can get a lot of workable leather yardage out of really fugly leather furniture. I probably had 18 square feet of forest green leather taken from an office chair I scavenged from the trash and used for several years before the assembly fell apart. I skinned it before I tossed the interior bits.
There are legends told of a group of SCA folk who purchased a leather couch on sale from a thrift store, took it into the parking lot and skinned it, and then probably bend all the bits from the inside - much to the deep confusion of the people working at the thrift store
......dang......
"Is it perfect? No. Will it work? Hopefully."
As someone who also does crafty costumey things (albeit not as well), that is a *mood.*
"I'm going to be here forever"
Also a mood.
And then sending pictures to everyone you know.
Unless, of course, the project went poorly, as some of mine have, and you're left with "I spent _twelve hours_ of my life, that I'll never get back, on _this garbage?_
Glad Jill's project went well and crafter's remorse wasn't in play.
@@maddie9602 OMFG. How have I been a multi-crafting packrat my entire life and never encountered the awesomeness of the phrase "crafter's remorse"?? 😅 Thank you! 🙏
SUCH a relatable mood! Usually striking when you realise a) just how many miles you still have to sew, and/or b) you had the perfect material for this, but you did a long overdue cleanup & got rid of it literally 24hrs ago... (Honestly, never fails!! I think it must be some specialized artistic corollary of Murphys Law 🙄)
I used to have a bag of leather scraps, around 4kg...but then the basement flooded. I forgot about the scraps, and they were utterly consumed by bajillions of those tiny rolli-polli pillbug things...wood lice, I think they're called. Great work on your armor!
I have a few kilos of leather scraps lying about somewhere. And now i finally have a use for them!
Literally the most perfect title in the history of RUclips ever.
Note to self: If you attack her with a dagger or short sword try to attack her in an upward motion because of the leather scale armor.
Pro-tip: you can buy punches for making guitar picks out of plastic. They'll work on most leather. Fastest and easiest way to get a lot of identical scales
"Who has 4 kilos of leather scraps hanging about the house?"
Half the comments section, apparently 🤣🤣
I once made scale armour using cloth and soda can tops. I think I was going through my 'this lady is insane' phase. It came out pretty well, though.
That actually sounds so cool though
It came out looking very cool, but it was a lot of work.
I did one with orange juice concentrate lids! I got bored (and it was getting heavy) before finishing the back, so it requires a cape, and I call it Sir Jingles because it's sooo loud to wear. I pull it out once in a while, and it makes me happy every time
Not armor, but a few years ago, I visited a Carnival museum in Uruguay... and one of the costumes on display was basically made of old-style metal Coke-bottle caps attached to a fabric backing. Being literally made of rubbish, it looked a bit cheap close up, but pretty cool from a distance, and it was obvious a _lot_ of work had gone into it.
Ah, yes, when the bard realizes they can multi class into artificer.
I cant help but smile when Jill goes off into yet another overly enthousiastic thought ^^
"Who has four kilos of leather scraps hanging around the house?"
Me: sighs and raises hand.
"Well maybe you do I don't know."
I feel seen.
Oh also vambraces/bracers are super easy to make in comparison, and the big flat space on them would give you an opportunity to try your hand at carving and decorating leather!
"Who has four kilos of leather scraps hanging around the house?" Does hairs and fur count? I made armor, in a cave, with a box of cats.
Also possibly the most on-point surname for someone who has several kilos of leather scraps lying around the house. My hat's off to you.
@@twwombat The irony is not lost on me!
@@Arashmickey Hmm, the only stuff I have like that is a beautiful hair-on hide the size of a queen sized bed, and a neon orange sheepskin. Don't ask why I bought the sheepskin, I think it was a temporary bout of insanity.
As a trad-style archer, a leather bracer is definitely a good idea.. And maybe a small flanged mace as a sidearm perhaps? For when things get up close and personal.. 😊
I had extreme anxiety watching you walk down the stairs to the shed straight towards a ball. So glad you missed it!
My grandmother used to make airplane seats, namely the first class airplane seats. She's probably got 200 kilos of leather scraps around the house.
Oh wow. Turning the kitchen renovation contractors into Chekhov's Gun. Nicely done, Jill! 🤣
On the bracers: you should totally do it. Theoretically it should take like, an afternoon, because they'd just be slightly trapezoid bits of leather held on with straps
You know what, as much as I love historical armor, I also love the idea of a more... survivalist situation, in a world dominated by scarcity, and enough conflict that armor - of any kind - is extremely useful.
Where armor made of scraps might be quite common, because access to a proper armorsmith with enough metal would be reserved only to the richest.
Something like the Dark Sun setting for Dungeos & Dragons, for those that are familiar with it.
I like that you didn’t back down from showing how much raw determination you needed as well as vision and skill to make your dashing leather armor.
From one maker to another: "I will never do this again" happens so often. And it never seems to stick. That said it means we are constantly doing project that challenge us ^^
so many relatable things in this video, from picking up an unfinished sewing project and wondering 'What was I thinking?' to realising that an armor lacing up at the side is a royal pain and takes way too much time, to getting your projects done in the weirdest places ! Loved it!
One step closer to a LARPing vlog/video.
Also, curious minds want to know Amelia's race, class, specialization, trademark weapon and background.
Please and thank you!
Hello
"Who has 4 kilos of leather scraps hanging around their house?"
*shoots a look at my husband who for five years had just that*
Three months ago: "I found the perfect murder dress!"
Today: "...so... maybe I could MAKE a murder dress...?"
Yoda: "mrrmmm, sigh" *shakes head in sorrow about where this is going*
“What do you see Clarice?”
I love everything about this, and I love how enthusiastic you are about it while still explaining it eloquently, and mixing in bits of what real life is actually like with the fantasy escapism aesthetic.
I think your character needs something to protect her outer arms. She's using a bow so mobility is important, but deflecting cuts to the arms is also important, if that's something that happens to her on occasion. Otherwise I think bracers that lace up (the one not protecting her from the bow string could have a pouch or tiny sheath!) or a tote for her (and you) to carry all these bits in. Patchwork brown leather isn't quite with the aesthetic but it's good disguise against wannabe thieves
"Because who has 4 kilos of leather scraps laying around their house?"
*Raises hand*
To be fair, it's closer to 10 kilos than 4 but you know
I haven't measured, but yes... A few boxes.
Nice lol.
Chraps?
Damn the autocorrect.. again.. ment scraps..
Yeah, I have probably about 5kg of leather scraps too. Because reasons. Technically because my kids need shoes and we have no usable shoe shop here and buying shoes online isn’t my favourite lottery. But mostly because I’m over-ambitious and short of attention span when there are more crafts to do. Why finish my decades-old wedding quilt when I could be learning fingerloop braiding? Why sew name labels on my kids’ school clothes when I could be making Spräng bags I don’t actually need? Hey look! Needlelace!
Bad guy:"SHE MADE ARMOUR! IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!"
Henchman: I'm sorry, sir, but I'm not Jill Bearup...
One time I found a faux leather curtain at a thrift store, which I used for cosplay boot covers, a belt, and a few similar things. This gives me an idea for what I could do with some of the other pieces, but unfortunately it's not really thick enough. But this is such a cool idea! I'm wanting to make a fantasy character and might do something similar.
Poor Hobbit bartender Jill. She needs a second breakfast.
Lol brilliant
Hoping that we get to see continuation of leather crafting adventures for this character, maybe even with cameos from the lovely hobbit bartender.
"...and also kind of a nerd."
And this is why we love you!
I love how smart you were ordering leather that isn't 4 mm thick. Like me...5 years ago....because I wanted my armor to be super strong and realistic...I have no idea how to cut the effing thing.... 😔
A Beverly shear would be my first choice.
I wonder if you could make something like a cookie cutter/stamp. It'd be a big one-time project, but once it's done you could just cut bits out with a press or a mallet.
redpandas are love. redpandas are life.
also, bracers are very easily made because it is basically just the business end of a sleeve, only a size smaller so it laces on. it should be of a rather stiff piece of leather, though. you might need to laminate it on a stiffer backer. (with Barge cement if you have that brand over there)
Epaulettes, needs epaulettes, Cutlass or similar type sword and a collection of pouches on the belt and'/or bandolier all in black and some kind of jaunty cap or hat.
Definitely make the archer's arm brace and 3 fingered glove!
"Who has four kilos of leather laying around?"
Me, and they have moved house with me 4 times, and I still haven't finished using them, they last forever. You definitely need bracers and pauldrons and greaves and a Zoro mask to match.
Nice first project. If you're wanting economic veg tan, I'd get overstock belly cuts from wickett and craig (or a more local, direct tannery). They're like 6ft by a varying width of 6-18inches at some 7$ a pop.
Also, there's an old dying method called vinegaroon that works with veg tan where you mix metal shavings (or steel wool) with vinegar until it rusts, and then paint it onto the leather; something to do with tannins, so it stains wood too.
I really like craft process videos like this. There is enough work in just the doing, but to film yourself as well is extra impressive. If you can do it an not end up a flustered wreck, I would like to see more videos like this.
Renaissance Murder Dress, yes. Have a look at Italian noble ladies fashion, which involves a lot of luxurious fabric in fairly simple shapes held in clever arrangements and thus perfect for hiding many stabby/magic things in pockets and sleeves.
Plus you can wear your Boots of Asskicking underneath and you'll never know with an ankle-length hem.
Tired/fed up Jill gave me Captain Jack Sparrow vibes and I loved it!
As someone who shoots a recurve bow in real life, you really don’t want fingerless gloves. Especially not for the hand you’re drawing with.
"Mannequin Skywalker"!! I love it! Also love your allusion to Tony Stark making the first Iron Man suit. From scraps. In a cave ...!Thanks for your informative, fun and fascinating videos, Jill!
Jill Bearup - Love the video, thanks for sharing. It all looks so lovely, black becomes you. If I didn't live half a world away I would ask you to come out and play. Yes bracers would be a good next step a long with boots deep enough to hold daggers. Don't fret by comparison bracers are easy to make, it's the extras and adornment that can get complicated. If you ever need more leather laces it is relatively easy to make from scrap leather.
My grandfather was a history teacher, and I've always despised history to spite him! Lately I've been finding really cool historical books and videos and you're not helping be uninterested in history! It started as an interest in Asian (specifically Chinese and Mongolian) history, but none of it since 14th century, but your channel has now dragged closer to Europe and later in history!
I second the motion for a bracer.
They're pretty easy to make too, depending on the weight of leather you're using (thickness).
I personally made some hardened leather bracers using a wine bottle that was about the size of my arm and my oven, so that worked great. :D
WAIT THIS IS SO EXITING
The Disney musical nerd in me is quite frustrated that I can't identify that song from a five-second clip despite there being talking over it.
But whatever it is, Jill, you sing it beautifully.
It’s Speechless from the live action Aladdin movie. I definitely rewatched this segment a few times to ID it. Helps that my kids played that song on repeat for a few weeks.
@@bethanysonnier5402 Thanks! I guess I haven't watched the live-action version enough to identify the song from that small a snippet.
Once upon a time I made some Greek Hoplite armour out of cardboard, and leather effect vinal and glue and lots of those brass paper holding together things. It took me about a day. It took me about another day to move the opening from the front to the side. When I'd finished it looked pretty good. Unfortunately I've no photos of it because this was a long time ago before people had computers. It also took me about two days to make a half sized hoplon shield out of the top of a linen basket, cardboard and strips of newspaper glued onto the lid. Once painted it looked surprisingly effective.
This just goes to show that with a little thought, some bits and pieces you can make anything. BTW, I think your armour looks great, I wouldn't have gone for scale armour but that's me.
That seems like a good garment to stash regicidal implements in. Nicely done!
I've been looking so forward to this video since I saw the community post with an image.
But have to also say I really like that sundress. I'm always a bit fan of the ones that are white-ish with a summery pattern.
If I remember correctly, you have at least one boot dagger. Do you have a "nothing up my sleeve" hidden dagger with wrist spring? That would be cool.
If she doesn't, I suspect she will have soon...
Thank you for the good start to my day Jill... A new video from you is always welcomed.
If you are looking in to archer style armor my suggestion is a 3 fingered glove and a brown leather gauntlet on the opposite arm use the brown scraps for this giving the character some accents but use the darker brown so it would look black in its own.
Wanting to make armor based on your character is a mood I understand so well. It's what started my leatherworking a decade ago and it has me now wanting to make my druid's leather bracers because I found just the right red and teal leather.
I should add that gloves are more complex than you think. If you want to with fingerless gloves (which I recommend for a first go of it) then you'll still want to find a pattern. Etsy is full of leatherwork patterns!
I am very excited about this and so is my best friend! Nice work, Jill!
Using green or brown dyed leather makes it an elven feather/scale armour, especially with soft leather like that that gives it a lot if volume when stitched in this manner. It could be a good derivation of this marvelous work.
Jilllllllll, your armer looks amazing and I wanted the share some of the things I learned making a leather book cover :) To get really beautiful seams I lightly hammered the corners and edges flat to encourage it to lay down in the direction I wanted. It helps too to keep the leather extra crisp and flat if there’s a bit of glue to keep it down. I also have used a razor to shave off the thickness from the leather in areas where it folds on itself to reduce some of the bulk. I love your videos, I wish you happy costuming!
Tony would be so proud.
... it would be so awesome to design a sorta fancy black-on-black brocade brigandine for your character! With blackened, but still elaborate rivets! Perfect for stealth, combat and showing-off! I'd love to do that. I have a bunch of ideas for that.
that's cool! I especially like the different leather textures, that fits nice with the scale scrap theme.
Jill Bear was able make in shed, with box of leather scraps.
Jill: Who has 4kilos of leather scraps laying around the house¿
Me: Raises Hand
In my defense they are the leftovers from cutting out Christmas presents.
I have questions.
@@jeniedotjet210 Oh? I thought it was self explanatory. I have more than a dozen Christmas gifts to finish by December. They range from little keychains to several hats and bags. When you need that much leather it is most economical to buy half a cow at a time. (Just the outside) Even if you lay out the patterns carefully there are going to be large scraps.
This is great! Also, you look great in those black cloths. 😃 That would become my favorite outfit if I looked that good. Thanks for your video.
As someone who recently bought supplies to cosplay their own D&D character (An elven Death Domain cleric necromancer named Lorelei Whispers.) I... Somehow feel seen with how ridiculous these kinds of projects can get. I ADORE THIS.
Your mannequin's name will never fail to bring me joy.
Rogue/Warlock is the best multiclass - I just finished a four year campaign playing a 18 warlock 2 rogue tiefling crime bastard who I loved so so much and was so much fun
When I watch your videos, I get a little bit happier. Thanks for the effort.
For some reason I always pictured you as an excellent singer, which you actually are apparently
Great Video...the armor looks awesome...and might I say it contrasts with your hair very well and is enchanting.
Never thought a video on DIY leather lamellar could make me laugh so hard
It looks SO GOOD! Also, Evie Carnahan multi-classing rogue/warlock Makes All The Sense. As for additional accessories, hmmm… perhaps a handy little dagger or two in faintly silly but still useful places? Or creatively wearable thieves’ tools storage?
Given the materials and workshop constraints, I think you did an AMAZING job. Well met!
Fun fact, most of that leather will sew amazingly well in a sewing machine. Especially the thinner, softer stuff. Which means you can skip the hole punching and thick string and just sew your scale strips directly to your backing fabric.
(The thick string method is what you'd use for metal scales or for really thick, tough leather like you used for your side lacing reinforcement; you an machine sew that too but it's too tough for most household sewing machines.)
Side note, the bottoms of the scales should also be sewn down so that they don't fly up and so that it's harder for someone to slide a sword or dagger up underneath them.
But altogether, not bad! Even more impressive that you actually did it - I'm one of those experts in theory who gets too intimidated by my own perfectionism to even start.
Your an inspiration for a school project I'm doing small scale armor for a larger chested lady that could fit traditional sans armor
That was a cool video and a cool little leather armour vest at the end of it. Well done. And sorry if I'm behind the times here, but really glad you didn't call it scale-mail.
An new cinematic universe is about to be born.
I feel so scared now, Ms. Jill Bearup… Especially what if happen if you ever snap someday now. After what I seen you’ll are going armor up!!!!
We always want to see more of your terrible ideas. You do the things that I never get around to because I'm too busy knitting instead of doing any of the other crafts I have kits for 😂😁
Cleverly concealed command strips.. what a great line..
Awesome video!
gloves and bracers are a great idea for, well, anyone wielding a bow. However, the gloves have to at least be fingered on the pointer, middle, and ring finger of the hand drawing back the bow string. As someone who does a lot of archery, I can say that a lot of pain is saved by having leather in between my skin and the bowstring. (this includes the fingers pulling back the string, as well as the inner forearm of the arm holding the bow, which the bowstring is surprisingly prone to hitting whilst firing if your arm is not completely twisted away from it.)
This turned out better than could reasonably expected, very nicely done! So far as bracers and bows go, a letter inner-arm guard would approximate what archers use/used to protect from the bowstring (I am speaking from experience when I say that holding the bow also matters a lot if you don't literally want you inner forearm turning dark purple). I have been trying to fabricate a custom sword (also without any experience with or equipment for metallurgy), and have so far made a rough approximation via 3D printer and cannibalized Renaissance Fair wooden sword. Looking forward to the next project!
Bladed bracers would be perfect for a rogue/warlock. It lets you do the stabby stabby while keeping your hands free for spellcasting.
sooo... i just watched this...
And i have to share, in a 5e dnd campaign i'm in i play "Anippe", a Variant human Fiend warlock of the Tome.
(fiendlock because Gm was like "oh you're making a warlock, well if you go fiend we can kinda reskin that for this demon in my setting and that'd fit neatly" so i did, because why not?)
She wears scale armor, grew up in a monastery dedicated to the god of knowledge in that setting, (read: library), loves discovering new and exotic places and digging through them for interesting things both magical items and history stuff.
and dreams of building her own library in the town the party is based out of.
just a fun coincidence.
also like to see the work process on this!