Making Sheet Metal Armor

Making a medieval steel gauntlet sheet metal wip step 1.

Making sheet metal armor.

Here in his workshop he works as all the smiths he s a blacksmith a whitesmith a bladesmith sometimes even a locksmith. I also used a phillips pan head stainless steel 18 8 4mm x 0 7mm 36 for this build. Welcome to armor sheet metal inc. I made it in techshop.

One of my first projects was a suit of armor that i made for halloween in 2010. In this tutorial we quickly make a simple but extremely useful tool to use with blacksmithing and armor making. There are also cases of people using real metal albeit lighter more malleable types such as sheet metal and reading up on historical armour designs to help them with their contemporary editions gears of war cosplay using a combination of craft foam resin and fiberglass resinfor those who cannot afford professional grade materials there. Get the template here.

As a historical accuracy buff myself i do loathe the sense of going down to modern. How to build leg armor using recycled cans or sheet metal step 1. And you d be hard pressed to find someone more skilled at this craft than tony swatton. The eyes are red leds which i installed in the helmet.

Basic metal shop sbu class in order to be qualified to use the tools in the techshop for this piece. Welcome to armor sheet metal. We ll learn how to use this tool to roll and emboss sheet metal. Heating ventilation air conditioning and general sheet metal work.

The suit is made primarily out of sheet metal and pop rivets which you can pick up from your local hardware store. Tony founded and owns sword stone in burbank ca. This lesson is all about making metal armor.