Armouring workshops

I will be running a series of armouring workshops at my home on Saturdays starting some time in the new year. I will be focusing on teaching people how to make articulated plate armour, brigindine, hardened leather and helmets suitable for SCA combat.

This armour is also suitable for larping, especially when made from lighter materials (like 0.8mm stainless).

I haven’t decided when these workshops will be starting yet, probably late January or early February.

I’m not interested in training people who just want to make themself some armour. I want to train people who are interested in building lots of armour as a hobby. Three or four lessons will probably be enough that you can see which tools you will want to invest in and learn how to use them. I have patterns which, for the most part, I am happy to let people copy for their own use. When I first started armouring, I spent thousands of dollars on tools I didn’t need and I can help people avoid that trap.

So, if you have ever thought “I want to make armour for a hobby” then let me know and I’ll let you know when the workshops will be.

I may be willing to step forward for this…

Always good to have another skill to put in my CV.

Would there be a cost?

Would it be necessary to have any previous basic metalworking skills or could anyone come along?

If I’m mobile again, I’m so there!

Man, I’d love to go. Commutes suck. Mostly I’d have been interested in brigandines and cloth archer’s armour*, but learning the basic metal-working skills would have been neat.

  • I’m one of nature’s sewers.

I meant more in the way of 8-10 hours drive - I live in Palmerston. Sorry, feeble joke.

You don’t need previous metal working skill.

Woot, I’m mobile again.

I’ll be comming! When?

I’m keen, but I have time constraints. So it will depend on when the workshops are held - and how much notice I get.

Cheers for lending your skills to the larping community, though :slight_smile:

I’m currently looking at Saturday 27 Jan as being a likely day.

Coolness, what time?

i too would be up for that.

I’m keen, and this Saturday is good for me.

:wink:

Would you allow other metalworking? I have some stuff I want to do and my basic tools are slowing me down. Larp related.

Also, do you have flat sheet metal? I can bring some, but damn is that stuff expensive and hard to find!!

Sorry guys, I won’t be running the workshop this weekend. I have decided to paint the outside of my house instead :smiley:

Shhhhh, you can rope them into helping if you dont say any thing about painting the house and they turn up.

R