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Originally Posted by the chi
I'm attempting a come back...hopefully more successful than Lindsey Lohan's...
I'm a secret ren fair fan, and the hubby and I are planning to finally attend some comicon events, but armor would be awesome for our bug out bags in the event of thezombie apocalypse, or general civilization downfall...I make jewelry as a hobby myself, and I am really digging those bracelets!!
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I doubt that you could do any worse
We've got a couple of Medieval/Renaissance fairs in the area and I could never really get into the jousting, but the art and archery competitions have always fascinated me.
You can go a few different ways with the armour thing:
You can do what I did and build your own coiling and cutting rigs, make the rings from scratch in whatever materiel you liken and then figure out how to assemble the whole thing yourself. There are patterns available on how to make a suit, but I just winged it. Satisfaction is definitely high, once it's all said and done, but it takes a high level of dedication to the work. It definitely has cosplay cred though.
You can let someone else cut the rings and come up with the pattern, then just assemble it like a kit. Places like my materials supplier not only sell instructions/patterns on how to assemble a suit, but also packaged ring or scale sets with everything that you need. Add some additional rings or scales, and you can customize it however you like.The satisfaction level is still high, because you made something with your own hands.
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisp...B+Instructions
Then again you can just buy a finished suit, made on the cheap somewhere like India, that has all the satisfaction of buying a new pair of shoes
Costs about the same as making it yourself though, on the low end.
http://www.darkknightarmoury.com/c-5...-hauberks.aspx