Making Sheet Metal Armor

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Making sheet metal armor.

Tony founded and owns sword stone in burbank ca. 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. I made it in techshop.

Dremel for edges hammer brace spay paint puncture tool and silicon gun. Basic metal shop sbu class in order to be qualified to use the tools in the techshop for this piece. Due to constraints from absurd laws in my country i am unable to acquire a forge through. One of my first projects was a suit of armor that i made for halloween in 2010.

Welcome to armor sheet metal inc. Welcome to armor sheet metal. Get the template here. 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.

The eyes are red leds which i installed in the helmet. 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. This lesson is all about making metal armor.

As a historical accuracy buff myself i do loathe the sense of going down to modern. The suit is made primarily out of sheet metal and pop rivets which you can pick up from your local hardware store. Making a medieval steel gauntlet sheet metal wip step 1.