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-5 Feb. 2006-
Horse armor definition. |
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This picture shows the armor J. Ponczek commissioned for.
The armor is by
Kunz Lochner 1548
Nürnberg, Germany
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Impressionistic form/art work of the chanfron. |
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More reference data on this
Armor
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-12 Feb. 2006-
The die set to make the scalling look on the armor. |
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Second pic of the die set.
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First test of the die, the pattern is to close. |
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Second test, 3/4 of a inch looks and feel right on the spacing.
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The customer is making a mold from the skull. |
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-21 Feb. 2006-
This is for the design for the chanfron pattern. |
Now this is only 2 dimensional, once in metal it will be worked into a 3 dimensional piece .
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This shows the pattern on the cast. |
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-24 Feb. 2006-
This is the blank for the wappenschild.
The size is the ratio against the chanfron. |
-28 Feb. 2006-
This is with the art work. This is done by hand. |
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-2 Mar. 2006-
Wappenschild after the acid bath.
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I like the feel and look, it has good contrast. |
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-6 Mar. 2006-
This is the steel with the pattern.
The extra steel in front on the chanfron is for me to work-out the edge with the Englishwheel. |
This is after the cut out with the plasma cutter.
The next thing is to clean the steel and start shaping it. |
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-7 Mar. 2006-
This is the steel with the cold rolled muck. |
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This is after the muck removal. |
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Placing the steel into the slip-roller. |
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This placed the basic shape. |
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This is the basic lay-out for the chanfron. |
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This is after placing the basic lines on the steel.
This is placing the roping lay-out on the steel. |
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The roping guidelines. |
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This is the basic look it will have. |
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This is after the scaling work. |
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-11 Mar. 2006-
This is working the edges. |
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The robing can be seen already for what it is. |
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A front shoot on the form, to get the basic shape. |
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A side shoot, there is still a lot of work to too. |
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-14 Mar. 2006-
This shows a better view of how the eyes will fit in the chanfron. |
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Close-up. |
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-21 Mar. 2006-
The types of pens used on this test. |
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The line-up |
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After 10 min. |
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After 25 min. in the acid bath. |
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After the bluing. |
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The final shows that the Sharpie, Silver was the best. |
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-26 Mar. 2006-
Melting down the crayons. |
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The steel to test on. |
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The art work on the steel. |
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The final out come. This is about 1/64" deep. |
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After the cleaning. |
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The crayons on the chanfron. |
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This is some of the art work on the main piece. |
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-13 April 2006-
All the pieces are cut now. |
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I am getting close to finishing of the art work. |
-21 April 2006-
Giving the Chanfron in the acid bath. |
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This is after the acid bath. |
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Using the heat-gun to let the crayon's run off. |
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This is the final look on the steel. |
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-27 Apr. 2006-
Getting close to the end on this project, still need to do etching
on the ears, eye-guard and side-guards and lots of cleaning. |
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-28 Apr. 2006-
John, did not like the look of the eye-guards, he feeled they did not looked right, like in the pictures. |
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Well, after looking at them again the next day, I think he was right, so here are the new guards. |
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-2 May, 2006-
All the pieces after cleaning. |
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Spraying the pieces in the back to get it ready for etching. |
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This it the first piece with the art and the Jane ground. |
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This is the acid etching machine with the piece inside. |
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The machine is running. |
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This is the pieces after etching. |
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-3 May, 2006-
The art work before the acid bath. |
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All the pieces are done now, all I have to do is clean and put it together. |
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-4 May, 2006-
Here is the final work. |
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Close-up shots.
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-16 May, 2006-
The chanfron on the horse. |
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