-17 Feb 2015-
Gothic Breastplates. |
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-29 Apr 2015-
First round of the Gothic Breastplate. |
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-06 May 2015-
Decore on some gothic armour. |
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-22 May 2015-
Gothic Breastplate with St. George killing the dragon. |
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-25 May 2015-
Gothic Breastplate with the Holy Grail and grapevines. |
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-26 May 2015-
Gothic Breastplate with grail version 2, with the gothic lines. |
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-27 May 2015-
Gothic Breastplate with grail version 3, with the Maltese cross. |
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-28 May 2015-
Gothic Breastplate with grail version 4, with Celtic art and a Tudor Rose. Placed the art on the bottom for a better view. |
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-10 June 2015-
The lower lame of the back plate. |
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The next task is to shape and TIG this together. |
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-13 June 2015-
Modification to the pattern. |
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The lower back armour before TIG welding. |
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-16 June 2015-
Just to hold it in place to I can lineup both sites. |
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TIG the main part, will do the side after the visit to get the angle perfect, the welds are all the way. |
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-19 June 2015-
The rest of the welding of the lower back and shaping. The welding is all the way through. |
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-22 June 2015-
The clean-up on the lower back plate, it taken longer then I planned, but I am happy how it feels. |
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-24 June 2015-
The first run of the art. |
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-26 June 2015-
The lower plate on the back. |
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The line-up on the sides. |
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-29 June 2015-
Mod. pattern on the lame. |
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On the steel. |
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| The upper back plate on steel. |
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The general idea. |
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-30 June 2015-
Basic idea of the lames. |
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Second view. |
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-3 July 2015-
Using the English Wheel to work the shoulders. |
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The V cut plate for the upper back plate. |
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| Rolling the tip trap on the V lame. |
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The general look of the upper back plate. |
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-6 July 2015-
The gothic decor lines on the back. |
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Second view. |
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-7 July 2015-
The raw back with the general art, a lot of clean-up to do. The art on the bottom still has to be cleaned and filed to equalize the look. |
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-9 July 2015-
Some clean-up and line-up. |
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-13 July 2015-
Using the English Wheel to work the back of the lower lame. |
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The top lames are all done only the bottom still needs work. |
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-14 July 2015-
The lines in the bottom lame. |
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The bottom pattern for the breastplate. |
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| The bottom breastplate in steel. |
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The pattern for the breastplate. |
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-16 July 2015-
The bottom of the breastplate. |
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-20 July 2015-
The breastplate art. |
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-22 July 2015-
The brass art plates. |
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| The art on the computer. |
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The art on the brass. |
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-26 July 2015-
The brass plates with art. |
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-27 July 2015-
The basic cup, which is raised and shaped. |
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-29 July 2015-
The copper cross. |
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-10 Aug 2015-
New upper breastplate piece, with mod. |
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-12 Aug 2015-
Upper part of the breastplate on the English-wheel. |
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-12 Aug 2015-
Just the work as we go. |
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-14 Aug 2015-
Mounting the cup up. |
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Mounting it down. |
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| Side view of the mounting. |
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The cup from the back. |
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-19 Aug 2015-
Working on the lance-rest. |
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-21 Aug 2015-
Working on the lance-rest 2. |
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-25 Aug 2015-
Working on the faulds. |
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-27 Aug 2015-
Working on the tassets and brass decore. |
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-1 Sept 2015-
Back Plate view. |
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Almost done. |
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| The day of pick-up, last picture. |
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