Which WIP: A follow up.
Since the WIP I am actually working on at the moment is the chainmail, (though we are probably at check yourself before you wreck yourself today and I will need to do something else like tea, probably) here it is. (And thanks for the tag @gallamorte, this is what I'm doing.)
So. They did lace shut at the ankle, as being a medieval method for closing your chainmail, but with the power of flycam I was able to take better close-up shots of the Dalish scout armor, and I had thought that the strip down the front was garters for keeping the leather leg guards up, but then, looking at the arms, there is a similar strip on the arms which just ends. So I thought hey, what if it's an opening, and the edges are bound with leather and then it's clipped shut? So I hypothesized that, and the lovely @elkattacks who has a gorgeous mage Inky cosplay and doing a very nifty Bellara hairpin thought that too and was kind enough to say, so I was like yay! 🤗 expert agrees! (the mage armor chainmail is not the same style as the scout armor chainmail though, which is super interesting. It has a high neck and the foot is different and it doesn't have the cutouts of the scout armor.)
So I split them up the front enough to get them over the heel, and then I'll finish splitting them later, and I need to figure out how to manage the knee, so right now I have lower leg and a bit of upper thigh, but the clip thing is going to be great. I will probably fabricate those out of bronze rod.
So, @vanillastrange, pictures of the actual chainmail.
(I just have them tied up and clipped together with open jump rings at the moment, but you get the idea.)
As you can see, the knees are going to be tricky, but honestly probably easier to figure out split down the front. This project was on hiatus for quite a few months because I jacked up my thumb joint setting rivets and it did not want to heal, so I'm being careful now.
Up to the juvenile shrikes and my beetles, now, which feels like a significant accomplishment.
