Cotswold is working on revising its chain mail armor, but it may be a while before its available. Take a look at this thread for more info--
http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64385

 

try making it.All you need is small guage steel wire and a pair of round pliers.

 

How would you do that?

 

How would you do that?

 

Hi
I made my own maille a while back using "4mm jump rings" which I got off Ebay - there are lots of websites on 1:1 chainmail construction that can show you patterns on how to join the rings together. The rings are actually a bit overscale but they look much better than the fabric or rubber alternative. Hope that helps.

http://www.maj.com/gallery/greg3/Hussites/zizka7.jpg

Cheers
Greg

 

I recall someone using a butcher's glove and modifying it into a suit of mail, but the rings are kind of large for 1/6 scale. I know waiting sucks, but I would wait till Cotswold drops theirs. I saw it in person at the OSF show, and it is outstanding!

 

There's a company which makes 1:1 chain mail which also makes some very very fine stuff, and they sell samplers of different sizes.

I've lost the bookmark but think I posted it here before - try a search, and I'll have a dig around for it later.

 

http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=75&cat=Weaves

 

Hey spidey,
This is what actionman was referring to. http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=95&cat=Sheets+of+Maille Try the stainless 24ga 3/32" rings, they will work well. Auret did the butcher glove thing a while back, and it works pretty good as well.
I have high hopes for the maille that Cotsworld is working on, but noone knows yet when it will be released or how much it will cost.
I have made my own with slightly smaller rings. But I wouldn't recommend it.
...Here is a shameless promotion of my work.

 

Thanks, Reb, that's what I meant.

And that's not shameless promotion, that's shameless showing off brilliant artistry! That c/m is fantastic!

 

Oh God ! :wideyes That last assembling his brillant ! Is that "Authentic" (maybe oriental ?), or is that something you invented ?
Rebel Ape, I'm admiring your work since the first time you posted your first handmade chainmail. And because of you I've started this INSANITY of doing a 1:6 real chainmail. I agree with you, I won't recommend anyone to start this without having a deep passion (devotion ?) to both medieval and 1:6 stuff. This is dozens, maybe hundreds of a repetitive movement.
I definitely love when you shamelessly promote yourself. ;-)

Sylvain

 

Thanks ActionMan!
Thanks nomelrw!

Greg - thanks for the update! I am definitely looking forward to seeing that Norman knight!

Sylvain - Thanks buddy! And good luck with all of your maille projects. I must warn you, once the insanity kicks in, it can be addicting as well. You start to think two and three projects ahead before you're even done with the first one. The vest that the last guy is wearing was intended to be Dwarvish maille. It's made with titanium rings and is basically a modified(doubled) Japanese 4-in-1 pattern.

Spidey1588 - I'm not exactly sure how that will work out. I've never tried anything of that nature. However, nothing involving actual chainmail is going to be very cheap. Even DIY can be expensive unless you cut your own rings. And that is an incredibly time consuming process in itself. Oh well. I think that buying a sheet of pre-linked maille from The Ring Lord and modifying it to your needs would probably be your best bet at this time.

 

Our plan is to debut a Norman Knight by this years's Dragon Con in Atlanta, if not sooner,

Greg at Cotswold

 

My sincere applause! Beautiful to look at! Not shameless at all.

 

Thank you so much for all of the tips. I will seriously consider all of them. My idea is to make a Batman figure based on the new movie. Takara is too expensive for me, so I was going to customize my own figure. To do that, I'm going to put chainmail all over the body. Then, I'm going to cut symmetrical and smooth pieces of clay and put them over the chainmail-covered body to form Batman's armor. Any ideas about this?

 

My idea is to make a Batman figure based on the new movie. To do that, I'm going to put chainmail all over the body. Then, I'm going to cut symmetrical and smooth pieces of clay and put them over the chainmail-covered body to form Batman's armor. Any ideas about this?

Hi Spidey. I must say your project is a bit mysterious to me. I have no idea what the Batman armor looks like. Do you have a pic of it ? Anymay, I must warn you that, if you acheve to complete a 1:6 chainmail, it will be kind of "painfull" to hide it with clay.

Sylvain

 

Have a look at what Jim did here: http://www.jimbobwan.com/gij41.htm . An alternative to the laborious job of hand making every ring (just like real chain maille) is to use chef's chain maille gloves or an old chain maille purse. You can cut them apart, form and piece together the parts with additional hand-made rings. Hunt around on ebay for both, keeping in mind the approximate size of the ring you want in 1/6. I've picked up a large chef's glove for as little as $20.

 

Thanks for the old JimBob link. That site is customizing and humor GOLD.

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