-21 June 2019-
The general concept. |
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The pattern for part of the knee in 14ga. SS. |
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| Working the knee cops. |
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-29 June 2019-
TIGing the cop together. |
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| Both knee cops are welded. |
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-1 July 2019-
Semi Clean-up. |
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-2 July 2019-
Lame articulation parameter. |
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Lames on the steel. |
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-3 July 2019-
Lame aligning. |
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-5 July 2019-
2 Lame aligning. |
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-11 July 2019-
Pattern for the cuisse. |
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-12 July 2019-
Shaping the cuisse. |
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-15 July 2019-
Shaping the second cuisse. |
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General feel of the upper leg armour. |
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-16 July 2019-
Top of the cuisse. |
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-19 July 2019-
The upper part of the cuisse outside. |
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Inside of the cuisse. |
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-20 July 2019-
The cuisse side guard raw. |
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-20 July 2019-
The cuisse side guard srated the line-up. |
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-23 July 2019-
Work still on the cuisse outside. |
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-24/25 July 2019-
Working on the back of the cuisse and hinges. |
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-2 Aug 2019-
Working on the back of the cuisse. |
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Made a new pattern, had issues with the old one. |
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| Working the edges. |
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The general flow of the lines |
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-3 Aug 2019-
The back lame of the cuisse. |
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-7/8 Aug 2019-
New design for the sabatons. |
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-10 Aug 2019-
Shaping the sabatons. |
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-20 Aug 2019-
Starting on the greaves. |
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-21 Aug 2019-
Working on the greaves, the general look. |
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-22 Aug 2019-
Working on the greaves and rivet holder. |
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-26 Aug 2019-
Working on the sabaton. |
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-27 Aug 2019-
Working on the second sabaton. |
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-27 Aug 2019-
Starting to equalize the greaves. |
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-30 Aug 2019-
Working on the greaves / sabaton, the general look. |
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-2 Sept 2019-
Working on the greaves. |
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-4 Sept 2019-
Working on the greaves/sabatons after TIG welding. |
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-6 Sept 2019-
Getting ready to TIG the greave to the lower part of the sabatons. |
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Closer look before the weld. |
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-9 Sept 2019-
Working on the left greave. |
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-10 Sept 2019-
Cleaning the left greave. |
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A general look to see if the look and feel the same. |
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-16 Sept 2019-
Cow-mouth toe. |
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The pattern. |
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-17 Sept 2019-
Both toes are done, now comes the back of the greaves. |
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-19 Sept 2019-
Knee-cop side guards markup. |
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-20 Sept 2019-
Pattern for the back of the greaves on steel. |
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Cut and ready to shape. |
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-23 Sept 2019-
Starting to shape the back of the greaves. |
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More form. |
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-24 Sept 2019-
Working on the sides. |
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The matching of the side shapes. |
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-27 Sept 2019-
Working on the back of the greaves. |
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Working on the second one. |
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-30 Sept 2019-
Working the parts together. |
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The general look, still some shaping to do. |
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-4 Oct 2019-
Working on the lower part of the back greave. |
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Another look. |
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-7 Oct 2019-
Getting the bottom in form. |
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The general look. |
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| With boot. |
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With the spurs. |
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| After the TIG weld raw work. |
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Raw work, to get the general idea. |
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| Matching and shaping the pieces together. |
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Another look. |
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| Matching the sides and worked on the overlap. |
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-21 Oct 2019-
Mounting the Hinges. |
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| The general look. |
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-22 Oct 2019-
New pattern for the side guard. |
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-28 Oct 2019-
Working on the second back greave. |
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Mounted the hinges, still need to algin the sides and work more on the calve muscle on both. |
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-29 Oct 2019-
Working on the side guards, still need to do the clean-up. |
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-1 Nov 2019-
Working on the second side guard. |
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After raw cleaning.. |
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-4 Nov 2019-
Welding the first side guard. |
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The general look.. |
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-5 Nov 2019-
Starting the clean-up. |
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Keeping a space between the lames so they have room to move... |
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| This is the E-Clip so you can change the toe. |
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General look of the right greave... |
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11-6-2019
The last welding on this project. |
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Another look, now comes the clean-up... |
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11-8-2019
Worked on the last sabaton. |
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Started the clean-up and the last knee-cop. The E-Clip did not hold as well as this did. |
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11-9-2019
So the lower leg armour is done. |
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11-11-2019
How the back of the Cuisses hold. |
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| General update, need to make one more lame for the greave and the knee-cop. |
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11-12-2019
How to hold the greave to the lame. Amy helping to get these rivets set. |
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| The look of the . |
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One leg all done. All we need is the lamp Shade! |
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11-15-2019
Placed the brushed finish on the last parts of the armour. |
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Both legs are done, now some fine tuning and this goes in the mail. |
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