Epic Scale Leather Armor (The easy way)
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This week, we are making some epic leather armor. I show you how to make a leather breastplate cuirass You won't believe who is sponsoring this project!!! Also, Level Two of LEVEL UP LARP winners announced!!
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For the little triangles, a good use would be to sew them into little flower shapes as decoration, or use as candle holders, to give a barbaric, yet beautiful desert flower feel.
Hey Cl3ver, fun fact: you can erase sharpie with dry erase marker. All you have to do is just scribble over top of your lines then erase. Alternately, just wipe down with hand sanitizer. The alcohol breaks down the ink. And I know we all have a plethora of sani now lol
That IS a fun fact! Thank you!!!
And if the sanitizer doesn’t take the marker off enough, a bottle of high % (90%+) iso alcohol covers many sins. Its also great for general cleaning, electronics, finishing 3d prints, heck, you can even use it for its basic purpose, sterilizing wounds (though i don’t recommend it)
Yep
Wet erase markers are going out of style, but are still very much available, don't smudge much, and wipe off with water.
@@SkillTree I paused halfway through the video to say that as well, lol. Also: Now that you have the chest piece, you'll need to make Tassets (a belt of segmented plates that protect the thighs and groin), and Pauldrons (Shoulder armor that laces into the strap at the top of the chest piece). And don't forget the Gorget!
1:13 "Came up with this right here" *gestures*
Me: *GASP* ARMOR OF INVISIBILITY!?!?!?!
XD
Lol. It is an "emperor's new clothes" situation. Do you NOT see it?
Now that you mention the hair, you honestly look way cooler with the silver streaks. You're totally working it, and it's totally working for you man.
Agreed.
Here here!
I agree! It's such an awesome character-like look. The shirt he's wearing in this video makes him look like an fun OC someone designed!
Congrats on the sponsorship. Tis a historical day for SkillTree!
It IS. So long coming lol
Damn right it is !! I was so much happier to hear about that long deserved sponsorship than an hour ago when my boss told my I could leave early... bit uncanny
Hey I know what you should do with those little "stars" that were left.. give them to me please!! @@SkillTree
Those triangle pieces would look great on a dragon egg or dice bag.
Congratulations to all the winners, especially Melissa Matos, who I got to know when I briefly lived in PA!
nice build. Very sensible to reference actual historical armour for functional shapes, cut and sizes too. People today sometimes forget it was very expensive safety equipment for very rich men who wanted to survive mortal combat, so needed to work well, keep them alive and look great too.
Why thank you, Sir Kingsley! It was actually a lot of fun to parse out how to design it in a way that would be comfortable and feel as though the shape would be functional. Thank you for watching!
@@SkillTree you just had your armor build praised by _an actual knight._
Looks like Cl3ver is all grown up.
*[Wipes away happy tear]*
For tiny leather scraps, you could cut them down a bit more and use them with the hole punches and bevel off cuts in stuffing for little stuffed items, like a doll a character would make for one of the kids always hanging around, or little magical crafting poppets, or even just some cushions to keep with the tent. The triangles would also look cool as some kind of teeth!
I’ve watched for awhile and it gave me a genuine smile to hear about your sponsorship. Congratulations!!! And it’s a great looking project. Cheers to your continued success. 😀
Thank you SO MUCH!!! Been a long but amazing road. Thanks for being here😁
I came here to say the same thing. I got excited like i got the sponsorship 😂
Grinning ear to ear over here too!
@@SkillTree0dd CCA GT1
Those triangle leather clippings you have left over could be used to fill a beanbag or cushion. I wouldn't mind seeing a medieval pillow build, like the pillow-chairs people used to have around the dinner table in the old days
Huh. Dunno if I'd want to lay on top of something stuffed with leather triangles. They'd be stiff and pokey. Ouch. I'd almost want to dye them different colours and use them as tesserae--little tiles--and form patterns with the colours.
I had a full-on 'omg it's happening!' moment when you announced that Tandy is finally a sponsor. Congratulations! It's been a long time coming and very well deserved.
For people who can’t afford giant sheets of leather, getting colored vinyl from hobby shops works great and is much cheaper.
I got some black, alligator textured, faux leather from a local fabric shop and made some awesome arm bracers.
I’m excited to get some more for a full armor project.
For extra thickness of material, just glueing it to a second piece of vinyl backing gives it more rigidity and durability.
At work at Tandy, watching this, feeling very proud. Jolly well done.
For the triangles: leather covered chest, with the triangles contact cemented down as decoration?
Or rivet each corner together to make studded leather leg guards? Like the cloth ones you guys just did, but leather.
Or, chop them up even finer and fill a leather ball with them. Or a tailor ham.
I think those little triangle bits would make for some pretty neat little extras on a gauntlet or bracer or something, or they could be sewn together to make a little bracelet/necklace depending on how many you have
You can get different lengths of rapid rivet. Alternatively, try using a Chicago screw in the right length. Nice work. Thank you for sharing.
Holy shit! Tandy sponsorship! Congrats man. I’ve been watching you for so long and it’s great to see this finally com together.
1:17 - now that's a power of imagination! 😈
1:15 “this right here”
Lol. 😂
Finally I can buy stuff from Tandy ! I was waiting until they became a Sponsor.
Congrats to the Tandy-sponsorship! A long time in the making 🍻
Congrats to the winners! Great pieces ❤
The scale armor is gorgeous ❤
I literally squealed in joy with this sponsorship! So, so happy for you! Also, Cl3ver, darling, you are like whine, aging so finely. The silver hair suits you well.
You actualy use the same ducktape patern method to make turn shoes. Which you should totally do as a future project! I made some recently and love them, but I'd love to see what you come up with! they could also be a nice addition to your LARP kit.
Congratulations on Tandy finally recognizing your genius.
Congratulations to the Level Up LARP winners.
Another great episode, I love when you re address a project and everyone gets to see how far you have come in your skills. It’s a win for all of us.
congrats on the Tandy sponsor! the armor looks so well done! super cool
Just so you know.
You should don padded armor before you don the leather, gambison, ring, or chain mail.
The padded armor protects you from bruising and chafing.
If you decide to go further.
You can then add a layer of steel plate mail.
There are massive gaps in your leather armor.
Leather armor is good for firmer padding against blunt weapons and resistant to slashing weapons.
Scale mail is designed to cause slashing strikes to glance off the scale. Additionally scale mail is interlocking with other scales. This 3 layer scale is designed to prevent any upward thrusts or stabs from swords or spears.
Typically you would don padded then chain/ring then scale mail for this armor type.
Happy crafting.
I love that you made a mock-up. I'm a dressmaker and learned the hard way that you should always make a mock-up 😆
Congratulations on the Tandy sponsorship!
One of the winners is my friend! I met her at a larp last year. Congrats to everyone!
The best running joke/wish with this channel has been the unofficial Tandy Leather sponsorship. Now there is an OFFICIAL Tandy Leather sponsor. YES! YOU GOT IT!!! AWESOME! GG MY DUDE!
(Can you tell, I am excited?)
Just saying Tandy, this channel has sent me to your store more times than I can count! So glad you're a sponsor now
I love Tandy...there no better place for anything Leather. Lord knows we all spend good money there for all our fun projects. Thanks Tandy!
Congrats on the long-awaited but ultimately inevitable sponsorship! Totally going to Tandy once I'm ready to start making MY leather armor.
I love this channel. It's intimidating to try some of these projects, but the enthusiasm and charm of the presentation makes it seem possible. Keep it up!
100% possible. I believe in you. Go forth and be AMAZING!
Congrats on the sponsorship, it's very well earned at this point!
About those triangle leather clippings, maybe you can thread them on a piece of string. Either overlapping or with knots in between so they're wider spaced, you could even dye them differently and have a nice spot of colour on your outfit. I see those as tassels on a sword hilt or a good luck charm the character once received on their belt etc. Or put initials on each and keep it as a list for revenge of all the people that wronged them xD
Looks great, can’t wait to see what your kit looks like with all the recent additions! You’ll have to make an armor stand to display it in all it’s glory!
Or just wear it 24/7🤣🤣
It's about time Tandy sponsored you, your videos are the only reason I found them.
Another option to back the scales I think would be a good sturdy canvas. If you need it to be a bit lighter, more breathable, or supple it could be something to consider.
For the triangle leather scraps, I wonder if you could put a slit in the bottom and combine two of them, give them a nice metallic paint job. LARP Caltrops?
that was my exact thought as well. prop barbed wire is made of leather, so I bet it would look really good with a proper coat of paint.
OOOOOOH! I love this idea!
I am so happy you finally got Tandy on your team :D You worked hard for it, well earned!
This looked amazing and congrats on your sponsorship! It’s about time! I’ve actually got into leather crafting because of you!
Instead of dry erase, a Wet Erase marker might be the perfect middle between a sharpie and a dry erase marker. It won't smudge while you handle the form but it can be erased with a damp paper towel/rag really easily!
Grats on the Tandy sponsorship! So cool!
About time with Tandy! And congratulations to the winner!
Hey FIIIIISH!
Finally a Tandys Sponsorship, that only took way too long. Congratulations on your success, present and future
I almost never apply dye over dye, however, in this application I think it works. At least on camera, it's a pretty subtle way of tying the two colors together. The black is still black, but it has a slight green tint to it. I'm sure it's different in person, but at least on camera I like the effect.
You can add spaulders/pauldrons by putting a buckle and loop on the underside, allowing them to attach to the shoulder strap of the cuirass. Alternatively, add a buckle to the cuirass shoulder strap and a tongue to the pauldron. Either way put an adjustable loop at the lower end of the pauldron to keep it centered on the arm.
CONGRATS, I know I am a little late on this, but for the TANDY SPONSORSHIP!!! You absolutely deserve it my guy!
AT LONG LAST!! A Tandy Leather sponsorship!!!🎉🎉 I'm so excited for you!
This looks absolutely incredible! The difference in style between the two is striking. This new one looks like something straight out of a D&D book!
So cool to finally see the Tandy sponsor! You were the one that got me into leather working and crafting in general, so it's a wonderful development. Things have come full circle since the first project!
Omg the tandy sponsorship finally!!!
I like that you talk about the mistakes you make. My grandpa is a woodworker and he makes very high quality furniture and he once told me that what makes a good craftsman isn’t being so skilled you never make mistakes it’s learning how to fix your mistakes. Wise words that can be applied to just about anything in life
This armour looks so cool
I hadn’t watched this one until after the coin episode. AWESOME but my wife went to Tandy today (never heard of it before you) she told them and they told us about your sponsorship. CONGRATS.
Grats on FINALLY getting that Tandy sponsor! Truly has been a long time coming
Armor bite is a real thing. Gets worse when you're dealing with metal.
Congratulations on the Tandy sponsorship!
Congratulations on the Tandy sponsorship!
Thanks!!
Woo Hoo congrats on the sponsorship Cl3ver!!! Tandy finally did it!!!
This came out at the perfect time its a half day and i needed something for the bus
Only been here a year but I’m over the moon that you got the Tandy sponsorship finally!!! I can’t wait to see where this takes the fam
CONGRATULATIONS on the Tandy sponsorship!! Thank you for all you do.
Fantastic to hear Tandy is on board
You deserve the support of a Big Company.
very bitter sweet moment that the running gag of "hey Tandy please sponsor us!" is over but digressions aside that armor looks AMAZING! and i'm super jealous that i dont have the space to do leather work yet
Woohoo!!! Congrats on finally getting that Tandy sponsorship!!!
Hell, yeah finely Tandy. Congratulations on the sponsorship.
I have dropped a few grand at Tandy in my day... my largest purchases usually started out with ''I am just going in to look around''
all of you leather workers can relate 100%
When you said you got your sponsorship from Tandy leather I cheered! I'm so happy they sponsored you - your enthusiasm is contagious and I've learned so much from watching you. I've been going back and watching your early videos.
As a broke person, I'm still looking for leather working tools in my price range (free is what I can afford) so I've yet to tackle any leather working projects but I've got some I really want to start and it is thanks to your trying new things and showing what you've done that is making me want to do this.
Looks great! One thing that you or anyone else interested in the scale look might try is wetting the leather a fair bit before punching out the scales. This makes a really nice polished edge on them that you don't need to bevel and looks beautifully clean.
Congratulations on the sponsorship and the soon to come 100K Subs!!! Going to be a huge day very soon and I couldn't be happier for you all. Keep up the amazing work and superior content.
Yay! I'm so happy Tandy (finally) sponsored you!
That armor is SWEET! It's clear how much you've learned since making your first piece of armor. :D
I just started watching your leather videos and actually trying some projects myself and hearing that yall hot sponsored finally was insanely awesome! Talk about a level up!
I was so excited to see the email from Tandy 😂. I hope you share what you make! I would love to see!
Holy moly!!! TANDY!!! they finally got on board!!!!!
Congratulations on getting Tandy on board! Now. Do some friggin’ edge lacing and Turk’s Head knots.
1:15 Lovely drawing. Jokes aside, I wonder if you can fix that in post XD. 12:10 I'd love to see like an up close reason for why more expensive leather is better than the cheaper leather. Plus, how to work with the cheaper leather, although I think that's just moistening it. Also, omg the paper tack idea is GEEENIUS. I'd love to see armored sleeves to go along with this eventually ^^
Honestly I prefer the way Cl3ver is now, his older first videos he seemed like his personality was imprisoned, and he didn’t have as much passion, it seemed like you weren’t as interested as much as you are now. Now you’re smiling, your passionate, you have that glint that shows your actually happy to be here doing the thing you do. All in all present Cl3ver is top tier
Congrats on the tandy sponsorship, and being the only youtuber who made me visit their sponsor, though ironically before they were your sponsor.
yay!!! congrats on the sponsorship!!!
At long last! This channel has reached heights never before seen!
Man...not too long ago, it was this channel's first sponsorship (I think), and now, here you are.
Tandy!!!!!!!!! This just goes to show hard work pays off. Not just for sponsorship. But beautiful armor too. All the best
That looks so rad. If The Boys was set in a fantasy setting, this is totally what The Deep would wear.
You using your wing divider instead of measuring between each rivet is actually historically accurate. If you look at historical armor pieces you will notice that not every line is straight or every rivets perfectly spaced.
I can't believe RUclips dropped my notifications for you on the first episode Tandy actually sponsored! I gasped so dramatically when you said that!
Hooray for Tandy sponsorship!! So happy for you!
Congratulations on the Sponsorship! Well earned and deserved!
This was great! So glad for the sponsorship!
Congrats on the sponsorship! Heck yeah! You have definitely earned it!
Finally a Tandy Leather sponsor!!! Yeeessss I've been waiting for this for you for the past year at least! Huzzah!! Yeah!! And love this idea so much. It's gorgeous!!! Madi is such a great concept artist! And you too Cl3ver! I love love love these instructionals!! And great content just for entertainment too. 🤟🤟
You seem to be missing a graphic at 1:15 when you're pointing to the design maddi made for the armor and there's just nothing there. Amazing video otherwise and congrats on finally getting that Tandy Leather sponsorship!
Awesome video! For the small extra triangle bits from the scale punch, you might be able to attach groups of two or three of them together for LARP-friendly caltrops?
Its Fantastic that you got the attention of Tandy! Congratulations! I've been a fan since you had like 6K followers, you had made a stamp for Simon W.
Seriously great news mate!
Congrats on you Tandy sponsorship. I've been a long time Tandy customer since the 80's.
Congrats on the sponsorship. Also, for that really thick area, you can "skive" the leather, which is thinning it from the back end. It works really well for areas on armor that you're laying a ton of thick pieces.
I really like the lamellar armor look on the abdomen. Frem historical evidence that is what most leather armor actually looked like. Traditionally they were made of individual scales which makes it a good project if you end up with lots of little leather scraps! Loved the build!
Now, matching shoulder pauldrons and greave’s!
Oooh cosplayer here who loves to go all out for random Fantasy events... I'm bookmarking this like whooooaaa.
The leather armor was able to be the size it is because chainmail was worn underneath it. Mostly to cover what the leather did not. Great project!
You have definitely come a long way. Gone are the days I would recommend common techniques like burnishing and beveling. Look at how far you have leveled up, even got yourself a sponsor. Kudos to you friend, way to live your dream!
YAY!!! Finally a Tandy sponsorship!!!! I'm so happy for you! :D
In the areas of overlap, I would have suggested skiving the leather. It would thin the leather to make areas such as the 3 layer section easier to handle. It would also be good on the edges of interior panels to improve the feel with a smaller edge.
Congratulations on your sponsorship!
Congratulations on the sponsorship!!!