Tony founded and owns sword stone in burbank ca.
Making sheet metal armor.
Heating ventilation air conditioning and general sheet metal work.
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.
Making a medieval steel gauntlet sheet metal wip step 1.
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 inc.
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.
Dremel for edges hammer brace spay paint puncture tool and silicon gun.
Due to constraints from absurd laws in my country i am unable to acquire a forge through.
I made it in techshop.
I also used a phillips pan head stainless steel 18 8 4mm x 0 7mm 36 for this build.
Get the template here.
In this tutorial we quickly make a simple but extremely useful tool to use with blacksmithing and armor making.
The suit is made primarily out of sheet metal and pop rivets which you can pick up from your local hardware store.
You just need to take the mtl103.
And you d be hard pressed to find someone more skilled at this craft than tony swatton.
We ll learn how to use this tool to roll and emboss sheet metal.
The eyes are red leds which i installed in the helmet.
One of my first projects was a suit of armor that i made for halloween in 2010.