Lego armour version 3 finished with video tutorial

Phew! Its done. I finally sat on my behind and am now done with the lego DIY armour version 3. Gave me a headache but it was worth it. USED MATERIAL: custom made links - 0.3mm rhodium plated copper wire, winded on 1.2mm dowel. Since I do believe I've reached the maximum development possible for this project, I made a video tutorial on it. Its not the best, and well my camera isn't the best too, but it will do. Any chainmaille enthusiast will be able to catch up and get on with it in no time. For the rest - hold your horses, this is not for newbies. Do some easier stuff and then try to ruin your eyesight with this. Here's the front in better...

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Lego armor version 3 WIP

Version 3 of my lego chainmail armor. Its made with custom homemade rings which i winded myself and cut with a nail clipper. Its still a work in progress. I finished about 2/3of it. The home made custom links are much, much smaller. Now it looks like a proper chainmaille suit for the lego mini fig. However its much harder to weave it.The links are so tiny I can barely see what I'm doing there, and they are very easy to damage. Not saying its impossible ofc, but its quite hard.  Here you can see it in comparison to the old lego chainmaille. The new links are small enough to fit inside the old ones. ...

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Lego armor - the Warhorse

Its lego time again! And yeah, first it was the rider, now its the horse! The armor is removable like all of my previous projects. I might modify it a bit but thats all. I'm also working on improved version of my lego minifig armor - the problem there is the size of the rings...so im making custom micro rings which are even smaller.  First pic - the horse and the rider both in lego chainmail armor.  Top view.  Back view  And two 3/4 shots. It turned out better than the lego minifig armor mostly because of the above mentioned ring size problem. It IS being adressed though. Of course it will be a while until results come...

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Lego armor - new and improved

Happy new year everyone! Here is the second version of the armored lego. Now the chainmail is a much better fit, and the coif looks much better.I will do version 3 though - will try for classic norman armor - coif integrated in the hauberk. The front is slit(as it should be) so walking is OK.  The back is now symmetric and completely covered.  The coif has a proper bishop mantle from gold plated rings. Its easy to fall off though, nothing I can about about that. Maybe an elastic tied in the rings?  And finally - full chainmaille gear.  The sides can't be closed off - it blocks arms movement. Better results are...

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Lego man in full armor

You love lego. There are no exceptions, unless of course you are an alien trying to take over the world or a nazi or something. So yeah the idea was simple to implement once i got to making it.  The quality of the photos is quite poor this time. I'll do a new session tomorrow. The armor itself needs some fixing too its not symmetric or a good fit yet, but the lego man was more problematic to work than the bunny. My eyes are very tired and I just can't go on for today so yeah - fixes and new photos tomorrow. I used rhodium rings for this one - the smallest I could find, still not small enough to look great but its ok...

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