Beginner Leather Greaves Build Guide: The Easy Leg Armor to Start With
The written companion to our beginner greaves tutorial. Rivet the pre-marked pattern pieces, shape the knee, dye, seal, and buckle a pair of leather l…
Category: Build Guides
Step-by-step leather armor build guides, companions to the Prince Armory tutorials.
Leather Greaves Build Guide: Imperial Leg Armor from a Flat Pattern
The written companion to our DIY leather greaves tutorial. Cut, dye, rivet, and form Imperial Knight leg armor from a flat pattern, step by step.
Imperial Knight Tassets Build Guide: Leather Hip Armor from a Flat Pattern
The written companion to our Imperial Knight tassets tutorial. Cut the plates, tool a cedar border, dye, rivet the layers, and buckle the hip armor to…
DIY Leather Pauldrons: A Beginner Build for Warrior Shoulder Armor
The written companion to our DIY leather pauldrons tutorial. Cut, wet form, rivet the shoulder cap, link the lames with Chicago screws, dye, and mount…
Female Leather Breastplate Build Guide: Warrior Armor from Cups to Buckles
The written companion to our female leather breastplate tutorial. Print the pattern, wet form the cups, rivet, dye, and buckle a Warrior armor breastp…
Leather Scale Skirting Build Guide: Laser-Cut Scales into a Modular Armor Skirt
The written companion to our imperial scale skirting tutorial. Laser-cutting scales on a Glowforge, dialing in the cut, dip-dyeing royal blue, wet-mol…
Leather Buckle Straps for Armor: A Reusable How-To with Free Patterns
The written companion to our buckle straps tutorial. Cut, punch, and rivet leather buckle straps for armor and cosplay, step by step, with a free patt…
Articulating Leather Gauntlets Build Guide: Imperial Knight, Cut to Finish
The written companion to our Imperial Knight articulating gauntlets tutorial. Laser or hand cut, dip dyeing, airbrushing, riveting, and Chicago-screw …
Berserk Leg Armor Build Guide: Articulated Leather Cuisses, Knees, and Greaves
The written companion to our Berserk leg armor tutorial. Cutting, fluting, dyeing, and assembling fully articulated leather cuisses, knees, and greave…
Custom Leather Armor: How I Design, Tool, and Color Test a Suit (Manticore Build)
The written companion to my Manticore custom armor video. How I take a suit from a theme to paper patterns, a tooling test sample, and a black, red, a…
