Sometimes I get carried away while making a costume, but not far enough to be considered a cosplayer. I started by making a
Great Helm, in Australia this is commonly mistaken for a
Ned Kelly Helmet. Then I got carried away and made most of the upper body armor in the crusader style. This post has some build photos and final result.
I wore the full suit on top of a traditional indian kurta, the best approximation I could come up with on a short notice of a
crusader tunic.
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| Top on Great Helm |
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| Completed Great Helm, with Breast Plate (template attached) |
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| Top/Bottom parts of Great Helm |
Had to take a photo of the pauldrons with the make magazine and the brushed aluminium of the Mac.
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| Pauldrons |
The gauntlets were some simple spray pained gardening gloves, the metallic paint costs more than the gloves. Next time I shall try to make an articulated stiched on number.
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| Gauntlets |
The final pieces were made of moulded Worbla, nothing fancy. Mostly because I ran out of aluminium sheet and wanted to experiment a bit with this new material. It has great potential, but is a bit thin when used by itself, next pieces will have some craft foam embedded in them.
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| Vambraces |
The day at the medieval fair turned out to be quite a success, my Morning Star built out of coke cans and a foam ball got a lot of attention. Currently the armor sits on a mannequin in my living room. Looking forward to making some more pieces for next year.
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| Mixing up themes a bit |
