NOW! For the main event! The armor!
First you will need to draw out and pattern your pieces.
Pin your pattern pieces to your doublet and make any adjustments.
Cut out your armor from the thicker veg tan leather (7-9 oz)
After beveling the edges and poking and punching any holes needed, each piece was placed in a bath of water with a bit of vinegar and dish soap. Soaked until nice and soft and floppy.
Stitch your pauldrons together while moist then form as they should be.
Form your armor while damp and moist.
Now dye your pieces. You may need a couple coats.
Punch riveting holes.
After dying, I lightly brushed Alumilite silver powder over the black and then wiped it off to give it that metallic shine followed by dusting the edges with a gold powder.
Don't forget to burnish your edges. This is a finishing touch that will round your edges and take out the roughness and tool marks.
Instead of wax, I used a burnishing gum called Tokonole
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I finished the leather with Resolene to give it a nice shine.
But wait! We're not done!
We need to harden the leather!
To harden my pieces I did a few coats of UV resin. Hitting each coat with the UV light.
The top parts of the pauldrons you are going to cover in the same fabric as your doublet with the trim/bias also. The triangles cut out with a heat tool to seal the edges.
Rivet your armor together and you are now complete!
