-6 April 2014-
This is the first round of design. |
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This is the second version with the gothic line ending to a point and the leather rim / roping. |
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-16 April 2014-
This is the third round of design. |
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-18 April 2014-
With the changes. |
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-21 April 2014-
The arm lame design. |
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-10 May 2014-
James during the new gorget design. |
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| The new pauldron design. |
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The new gorget pattern. |
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-13 May 2014-
Gorget on the sheard. |
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The art in Stainless, brass, copper. |
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The back of the brass which holds the copper cross with solder. |
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The art of Burke.
Second view |
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-14 May 2014-
The Gorget is rolled, which taken longer then I thought. |
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-15 May 2014-
The basic Gorget after the back rolled with pin. |
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-17 May 2014-
Gorget test fit. |
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View from the side, to make sure it flows with the body. |
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-19 May 2014-
Lames from the front of the gorget. |
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View of the roping. |
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-21 May 2014-
Lames on the gorget, front view. |
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Made a new back for the gorget, german style. Side view. |
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| Back view of the gorget. |
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The new lames for the back of the gorget. |
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-22 May 2014-
Closing the gorget. |
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Open Gorget. |
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| Hinge of the gorget. |
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Open gorget. Keep in mind, nothing is cleaned at this time. |
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-23 May 2014-
The art on the gorget. |
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How the art is secured under the gorget. |
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| The general look of the gorget. Still much work has to be done. |
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-25 May 2014-
Fine tuning the gorget, have about 7" on the opening. |
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-26 May 2014-
This is the final look. |
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The latch hook. |
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| The back. |
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The side view. This is the end for the gorget. |
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-28 May 2014-
Patterns for the pauldrons. |
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The lames look from the side. |
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-29 May 2014-
Here are the ways to make the front of the pauldron look busy. Keep in mind the first large arch is the place of the lion. |
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-1 June 2014-
Here is a general concept of the pauldron. |
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Now there is no contour on the paper pattern so it will not look 3D. The buring has to be done after the shaping of the lames. |
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-3 June 2014-
Here is the new lay-out, now the spacing of the lines would have to change, but this will give the feel. |
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-6 June 2014-
Cutting out the lames. |
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Almost all the lames for the pauldrons are now cut, still need to cut the hawk guards. |
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-9 June 2014-
Rough cleaning of the lames, this has taken some time. |
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-11 June 2014-
The basic feel and look from the front. |
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View from the side. Now nothing is formed or aligned. |
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| From the back. |
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View from the top. Now I have to work on shaping all the lames. |
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-16 June 2014-
The pauldron after basic lineup. |
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All the parts. |
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-17 June 2014-
The general look of the arms. |
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-18 June 2014-
The first look of the pieces together, the general feel. Nothing fully aligned or cleaned. |
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-21 June 2014-
James in his armor the general feel. |
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Second view. |
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-22 June 2014-
The art on the pauldron. |
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-29 June 2014-
The art for the pauldron. |
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-1 July 2014-
The art in steel. |
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-4 July 2014-
The first main lame of the pauldron, close-up. |
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Both pauldrons at this time. |
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-5 July 2014-
The inside of the pauldron. |
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The hook. |
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The first real look and feel of this armor together. |
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-7 July 2014-
After general cleaning. |
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Second look. |
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-19 July 2014-
Fitting with new cardboard hawk-guard. |
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-23 July 2014-
Hawk-guard art and steel. |
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-26 July 2014-
Gorget / pauldrons with hawk-guards. |
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Second look. |
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-15 Aug 2014-
The steel and the art work, the instructions for the photopolymer film. |
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Exposing the art to the UV / Sun. |
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| Close-up of the art. |
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Both Welsh Dragons. |
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| The End. |
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This was a fun project, but lots of work. |
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