Leather Scale Armor Build Guide: A Flexible Scale Skirt from Scrap Leather
The written companion to our leather scale armor tutorial. Punch veg-tan scales, rivet them to a supple grid, dye, finish, and wear the skirt on a wai…
Category: Build Guides
Step-by-step leather armor build guides, companions to the Prince Armory tutorials.
Leather Sabatons Build Guide: Foot Armor from a Flat Pattern
The written companion to our leather sabatons tutorial. Trace a flat pattern onto veg-tan, carve, bevel, punch, form the toe, stain, seal, and rivet a…
Leather Greaves Build Guide: From Flat Pattern to Antiqued Leg Armor
The written companion to our leather greaves tutorial. Trace the pattern, wet mold, rivet, dye a red base, antique the edges, and buckle a pair of fan…
Leather Gorget Build Guide: A Fantasy Armor Neck Guard, Step by Step
The written companion to our leather gorget tutorial. Cutting, carving, a two-tone red and black dye, riveting, and snaps, step by step, from a printe…
Leather Cuisses and Knees Build Guide: Articulated Upper-Leg Armor
The written companion to our leather cuisses and knees tutorial. Cutting 10-11 oz veg-tan, red oil dye, riveting, Chicago-screw joints, straps, and we…
Articulating Leather Gauntlets Build Guide: A Fantasy Set from a Flat Pattern
The written companion to our fantasy articulating gauntlets tutorial. Pattern, veg-tan and kangaroo leather, finger scales on flexible strips, immersi…
Leather Arm Armor Build Guide: Fantasy Vambrace, Rerebrace, and Elbow
The written companion to our fantasy arm armor tutorial. Cutting, creasing, dyeing, riveting, and Chicago screws for an articulating leather arm harne…
Leather Scale Armor Build Guide: An Elven Skirt Panel, Scale by Scale
The written companion to our elven scale armor tutorial. Cutting scales by hand or laser, dyeing, layered metallic painting, doming, and riveting them…
Elven Leather Gauntlets Build Guide: Laser-Cut Pattern to Painted Pair
The written companion to our Elven gauntlets tutorial. Cutting, carving, wet molding, green dye, metallic paint, and articulated assembly of a leather…
Leather Bracers Build Guide: Make a Fantasy Armor Pair from a Flat Pattern
The written companion to our fantasy leather bracers tutorial. Cutting, carving, border tooling, dyeing, and riveting a pair of leather armor bracers …
