Prince Armory Academy Themes
Choose Your Armor Theme
Explore complete armor systems built from matching patterns and guided lessons. Choose one style from head to toe, or combine individual pieces across themes to create a suit of your own.
A coordinated armor system
Every core theme gathers compatible components into one visual language, from foundational pieces through the details that complete the silhouette.
Learn through the build
The patterns are paired with video instruction and course access, so the project teaches the process instead of leaving you with cut lines alone.
Modular by design
Most pieces can stand alone or combine with components from other themes. The progression is a guide, not a gate.
Choose Your Adventure
The Apprentice Path
Choose the style that speaks to you. Each series pairs a complete armor design with instruction for the techniques used to build it.
01 / Starter / Pre-Order
The Scout
Scout is the first step into the Academy path: a light, practical armor set built around clean forms, manageable pieces, and a smoother introduction to full armor work. It is intended for absolute beginners who want direct guidance without beginning with the scale and complexity of the larger fantasy suits.
The planned collection includes coordinated armor patterns, leather and foam getting-started guides, and matching Academy course access. Some pieces and lessons are still being prepared, so the series may unlock in stages as it is completed.
What this path emphasizes
Approachable tools, basic construction, early shaping and assembly confidence, plus a coordinated silhouette that can grow into later armor work.
See the planned Scout collection
- Scout Headband Pattern
- Scout Helmet Pattern
- Scout Male/Unisex Breastplate Pattern
- Scout Female Breastplate Pattern
- Scout Bracers Pattern
- Scout Tassets Pattern
- Scout Greaves Pattern
- Scout Pouch Pattern
- Scout Getting Started Guide: Leather
- Scout Getting Started Guide: Foam
- Scout Armor Bundle course access
02 / Beginner
Warrior Armor
The Warrior Bundle is the Academy’s best-known first armor project. It teaches the fundamentals through a complete, grounded fantasy silhouette with smooth lines and rounded forms, while keeping the build approachable with a small basic tool kit.
Core construction, basic shaping, fastening, and finishing are taught in the context of a full suit. More than 2,200 bundles have been sold, and Warrior has been the starting point for nearly 80% of Academy students.
Approachable does not mean disposable. Warrior is designed to produce a finished suit you can be proud to wear, then decorate, dye, or adapt as your skills grow.
What this path emphasizes
Cutting, assembly, basic shaping, and finishing with tools such as a utility knife, hammer, rivets, and screws. Course access organizes the pieces into a practical build path.
See the Warrior bundle contents
- Warrior Armor Helmet Pattern
- Warrior Armor Breastplate Pattern
- Warrior Armor Female Breastplate Pattern
- Warrior War Skirt Pattern
- Warrior Pauldrons Pattern
- Warrior Armor Bracers
- Warrior Greaves Pattern
- Warrior Pouch Pattern
- Warrior Painting Lesson
- Warrior Armor course access
03 / Intermediate
Fantasy Armor
Fantasy is where the Academy’s complete armor system began. It remains a community favorite because it balances a strong, timeless fantasy look with a broad set of techniques and enough design flexibility to support customization.
This is the signature intermediate crash course: a head-to-toe project that moves beyond the basics into more varied forms, decorative work, painting, distressing, wet forming, buckles, accessories, and fitting a larger collection of pieces into one coherent suit.
Hundreds of student photos and more than 1,290 recorded sales make Fantasy one of the clearest examples of makers turning Academy patterns into armor of their own.
See the Fantasy bundle contents
- Fantasy Helmet Pattern
- Fantasy Bracers Pattern
- Fantasy Tassets Pattern
- Fantasy Female Breastplate Pattern
- Fantasy Breastplate Pattern
- Fantasy Sabatons Pattern
- Fantasy Spaulders Pattern+
- Fantasy Scale Skirting
- Fantasy Gauntlet Pattern
- Fantasy Greaves Pattern
- Fantasy Gorget Pattern
- Fantasy Full Arms Pattern
- Fantasy Upper Legs & Knees Pattern
- Fantasy Buckles Pattern & Lesson
- Fantasy Pouch Pattern
- Fantasy Ring Belt Pattern
- Fantasy Painting Guide: Red and Black
- Fantasy Distressing Leather Armor Lesson
- Fantasy Wet Forming Introduction
- Fantasy Introduction to Decorative Tooling
- Fantasy Armor course access
04 / Intermediate
Imperial Knight
Imperial Knight is a clean intermediate armor path with a refined knight silhouette, articulated forms, accessory options, and a clear progression from core armor pieces into more detailed work.
It builds on the confidence developed in earlier themes while introducing a laser-friendly workflow. The templates remain suitable for hand cutting, while many files can also support digital cutting. The collection adds more tooling, finishing, painting, and construction options without giving up the structure of a guided full-suit project.
What this path emphasizes
Refined construction, articulated armor forms, a broader accessory set, painting and detail work, plus an introduction to integrating digital cutting into a primarily hands-on build process.
See the Imperial Knight bundle contents
- Imperial Knight Helmet Pattern
- Imperial Knight Breastplate Pattern
- Imperial Knight Armored Corset Pattern
- Imperial Knight Pauldrons Pattern
- Imperial Knight Arms Pattern
- Imperial Knight Bracers & Cuffs Pattern
- Imperial Knight Gauntlets Pattern
- Imperial Knight Tassets Pattern
- Imperial Knight Scale Skirt Pattern
- Imperial Knight Knees & Cuisses Pattern
- Imperial Knight Greaves Pattern
- Imperial Knight Sabatons Pattern
- Imperial Knight Headband
- Imperial Knight Sword Sheath Pattern
- Imperial Knight Dagger Sheath Pattern
- Imperial Knight Pouch Pattern
- Imperial Knight Painting Lesson
- Imperial Knight Armor course access
05 / Advanced
The Berserker
Berserker is an advanced dark-fantasy armor path for builders ready to push into larger forms, complex curves, layered pattern work, dramatic silhouettes, and intensive surface treatment. Two distinct helmet designs let the same visual language branch in different directions.
Unlike most Academy patterns, the bundle includes both PDF and SVG files so the collection can support a hand-cut or laser-assisted workflow. The build focuses on advanced tooling, shaping, fluting, and construction techniques that create its rugged, battle-worn depth.
Bundle owners receive premium technique support beyond the public YouTube library, including the related Berserker Armor and Berserk Helmet Tooling courses.
See the Berserker bundle contents
- Berserker Skull Helmet Pattern
- Berserker Hound Helmet Pattern
- Berserker Breastplate Pattern
- Berserker Tassets Pattern
- Berserker Pauldrons Pattern
- Berserker Gauntlets Patterns
- Berserker Leg Patterns
- Berserker Sabatons Patterns
- Berserker Cape Pattern
- Berserker Advanced Leather Armor Fluting Lesson
- Berserker Tooling Effect Lesson
- Berserker Armor and Berserk Helmet Tooling course access
06 / Advanced
Elven Lord
Elven Lord is an advanced project for makers who want to develop precision, patience, and close attention to detail. Elegant lines, layered construction, ornate scrollwork, filigree, fluting, and decorative finishing create a demanding build with a distinctive organic silhouette.
The collection includes a full armor path plus expansion pieces and premium technique lessons. Its cutting, tooling, and finishing instruction is designed to carry forward into later custom work, not only reproduce one finished suit.
Related premium courses include Elven Lord Armor, Advanced Leather Tooling for the Elven Lord Helmet, and Advanced Leather Cutting & Filigree.
See the Elven Lord bundle contents
- Elven Helmet Pattern
- Elven Lord Helmet CORE Pattern
- Elven Lord Breastplate Pattern
- Elven Lord Female Breastplate Pattern
- Elven Lord Pauldrons Pattern
- Elven Lord Arms Pattern
- Elven Lord Gauntlets Pattern
- Elven Lord Tassets Pattern
- Elven Lord Scale Skirting Pattern
- Elven Lord Upper Legs & Knees Pattern
- Elven Lord Sabatons Pattern
- Elven Lord Quiver Pattern
- Elven Lord Pouch Pattern
- Advanced Leather Cutting & Filigree: Elven Lord Helmet
- Elven Lord Painting Lesson
- Elven Lord Horse Hair Attachment Lesson
- Elven Lord Advanced Leather Armor Fluting Lesson
- Related Elven Lord course access
07 / Expert / Pre-Order
Hydra Dragon Armor
Hydra is the expert challenge and the Academy’s most advanced build to date: a dramatic dragon-inspired armor system with layered scale work, large sculptural components, clawed forms, and advanced organic tooling.
The head-to-toe collection spans a modular dragon-head helmet, gorget, yoke, pauldrons, breastplate, tassets, multiple scale skirt options, legs, greaves, sabatons, pouch, horn attachment instruction, and an advanced organic tooling lesson. An exclusive course supports the long-form build.
Hydra is a lifecycle bundle in pre-order. Some products and lessons may be delivered in stages, and ownership keeps the entitlement attached to the customer’s account as the series fills out.
See the Hydra bundle contents
- Hydra Dragon Helmet Pattern
- Hydra Gorget Pattern
- Hydra Breastplate Pattern
- Hydra Pauldrons Pattern
- Hydra Yoke Pattern
- Hydra Tassets Pattern
- Hydra Scale Skirt (Full) Pattern
- Hydra Scale Skirt (Medium) Pattern
- Hydra Scale Skirt (Small) Pattern
- Hydra Legs & Knees Pattern
- Hydra Greaves & Sabatons Pattern
- Hydra Pouch Pattern
- How To Attach Horns To Armor
- Hydra Advanced Organic Tooling Lesson
- Hydra Dragon Armor course access
A New Branch / Early Access
The Fighter
Fighter is a focused three-piece collection outside the seven-theme core progression. It combines the breastplate, pauldrons, and tassets into one coordinated intermediate project.
Its companion Fighter Armor course is in Early Access, with lessons and materials expected to expand as the course develops.
Three Coordinated Pieces
Chest, shoulders, and tassets
The collection includes the Fighter Breastplate Pattern, Fighter Pauldrons Pattern, and Fighter Tasset Pattern as one focused build.
