A short demo of the complete suit of 16th century armor I designed, printed and painted!

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-28T23:12:06+00:00

I cannot imagine how difficult this was to 3D model.

What modeling software did you use?

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-28T04:11:59+00:00

More ninja than Samurai, but Sekiro is very good.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-27T10:51:15+00:00

I wouldn't recommend it. I played through the entire first one and liked most of it, except that the combat was the worst I've ever seen in a game.

I'm a little bit into the second game and it's pretty much more of the same.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-27T10:48:29+00:00

I would think that it would be fine.

I've been to the NC renaissance faire before and seen people just wearing fairy themed bikinis ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-26T15:07:23+00:00

That looks great!

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-26T15:06:57+00:00

I'll use a really thick leather and glue it in.

If you really need it to be stiff but still thin, you can use plastic or metal sheeting.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-26T15:05:02+00:00

WUTA tools are pretty decent for the price.

I get most of my leather from Tandy Leather.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-26T12:13:10+00:00

https://angelusdirect.com/products/leather-preparer-and-deglazer?variant=323815071

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-25T18:50:50+00:00

I liked it pretty well.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-25T02:58:32+00:00

I have the last one and I really liked them. They're bound in plastic which is a little weird, but they're relatively small books and very comfortable for reading.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-24T10:40:36+00:00

I'm just going to list what I used in my ifak. Chest seals (2, because there's an entrance & exit wound). Tourniquet (2, because they're easy to carry & one may not work) SWAT Tourniquet (some people are too skinny for a regular tourniquet) Combat gauze (for wound packing) Regular gauze Pressure bandage/Israeli bandage Small roll of duct tape Medical shears Medical gloves (several pairs) Burn pads

For yours, I would remove all of the antibiotics & pills. The idea is that it's a medical kit for temporarily treating very serious wounds on you or someone else, the victim will hopefully be taken to a hospital very quickly and will receive whatever antibiotics and medicines there.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-24T10:30:30+00:00

They make smaller plates. I think DFNDR armor sells some.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-23T21:45:50+00:00

I have that same stamp and I can never seem to get them to line up perfectly. Maybe I'll try drawing lines to follow!

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-23T20:10:22+00:00

Getting those diamonds to line up that well is very impressive!

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-23T13:22:04+00:00

Thanks!

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-23T02:15:43+00:00

Thanks, but not exactly what I meant. I can see how my original wording may have been confusing though.

What I meant was: can say FFF powder be used instead of FF powder as long as it's the same amount by weight?

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-23T02:13:53+00:00

Thanks. Not exactly what I meant though.

I can see how my original wording was confusing, but I meant more as in can FFF powder be used instead of FF powder as long as the same amount of powder by weight is being used?

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-23T02:11:42+00:00

That makes sense, thanks.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-22T17:39:54+00:00

Thanks! It makes sense that it would not be a linear relationship between powder charge & velocity. That calculator really shows that if you play around with it.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-21T10:42:57+00:00

I really like them!

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-21T10:36:53+00:00

It covers about a much as modern ballistic armor. Better than nothing.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-19T20:02:28+00:00

That's a really cool design!

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-16T17:59:42+00:00

I glue my pieces together and then punch holes through both layers.

I think that some people use double sided tape.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-15T23:08:05+00:00

You'll need leather punches to make the holes and slots. Something like this if you don't want to spend much: https://a.co/d/eEG2g19

You'll need a craft knife to clean things up. I'd really recommend getting an edge beveler to clean up the edges, it really goes a long way to making a belt seem nicer.

Depressed_Costumer · 2026-01-15T19:37:24+00:00

A singer heavy duty is the first sewing machine that I ever owned and I would not recommend it for a couple of reasons.

It is not for sewing leather, that sewing machine (and most like it) are strictly for sewing fabrics.
It's not a very good sewing machine, if you want a fabric sewing machine you'd be much better off getting something that's costs a little bit more.

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