/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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And the clanking sound when you move around... so fucking erotic!

Decorative armor for cosplay =! functional armor
Fantasy costumes based on illustrations don't translate well into real life armor.

Also, what the hell? It isn't easy to make functional armor for anachronistic combat.

That's not sexy.

metal armor would look good if you knew how to make it right
but see, real armor is also really heavy, and people don't want to be walking around in it for hours in a crowded place

>>7105855
I find it just as comfy, if no even more so, than walking in a elaborate costume that might fall apart if anything unexpected happens.

OP do you happen to be Finnish?

Where is Gropey when you need him to talk about real smithing and accurate armor?

I LARP sometimes.

The armor some of the regulars have is pretty fucking pimp. There's a US Army combat engineer who kicks everyone's ass and sometimes uses a full metal armor set with tabard.

For plain old cosplay though, whatever goes. Personally I'd dig Elite Knight Armor from Dark Souls.

The other thing you have to think about is that cosplay is usually worn at a convention, and a lot of conventions can be a bit funny about actual metal armor. You have to check up what the rules are regarding it depending on the convention in question.

>>7105869
Nope swede!
>>7105948
Never been a problem in Sweden! Guess the rules are different at bigger ones though.

>>7105855
Not heavy at all; sure you gotta sit down abit more but it works well.

>>7105674
Very easy. The armor up there is the first one me and my friend made. Took a few weeks. The results are not perfect but version 2.0 is looking better!

>>7105676
I get the ''Easier to bend and make intricate patters in''-argument but I quite often see american larpers wearing plain breastplates of foam and that just looks horrible.

>>7105855
a proper plate armor usually lighter then the chain equivalent which protects the same parts of your body.
For example my breastplate, backplate, gorget and helmet weights only 8 kg and it's reenactment compatible. If we put in the arms and the buffe than we are a little over 10 kg

>>7105667
OP, I see that your armor is very crude and don't fit that well because probably this is your first time trying to make an armor but... Why the fuck do you put the gorget above your breastplate?

>>7106092
It's a simple saftey measure; since we couldn't make a real gorget (2.0 will have it!) it sits over the breastplate so that a hit wont decapitate you.

>>7106099
well if you trim it it wouldn't decapitate you either. Or you can put some thick cloth at the back of it.

also, answering the original question: in cosplay I don't think it's that important if your armor is made of metal or plastic or foam or whatever, as long as it looks good.
Although I prefer armors that could actually withstand a little abuse

>>7105667
yours looks awful, so I think I'm gonna stick with my Sintra, thanks.

Yeah OP, lemme just make some daedric armor with no experience, no tools, and no workplace for working with metal. Should be easy and cheap.

Metal smiting seems like there's a steeper learning curve than when it comes to making fake armor out of whatever the fuck. Especially when it comes to decorative pieces, which is usually what makes up most fantasy armor.

IMO if you feel like you can do it, do it. But when it comes to fantasy armor, as long as you can make it look convincing, fake armor is great in my book.

>>7106107
True, but as said it just a prototype. We are still learning.
>>7106129
Your insights astound me

>>7106150
did you look up http://armourarchive.org/ ? that could help a lot

>>7105667
Your self-esteem is seriously so low that you can't post your face? What's the worse that could happen? The 1/1000000 chance someone recognizes you can says they saw you on 4chan?

I live in Texas, summer cons are hot enough without walking around in full metal armor when foam will do.

>>7106150
>bragging about a first prototype
>saying it's better than foam or worbla material

>>7106246
actually it's a lot cooler if you wear proper padding underneath it

Ignoring whatever bullshit is going on in OP,

>>7105676
What is yaya's armor made out of? I've just started a costume and realized that some of the bits are supposed to be armor, not a painted design. Yaya's has that nice balance of shiny/fantasy and realistic. What is it?

>>7106307

Either worbla or wonderflex.

>>7106290
Yup, that was just a quick snap.. Funny how people are so aggressive here. Thanks for the link BTW.

>>7106192
No, but since it my friend wearing the armor I don't want to post him on 4chan.
>>7106262
Jelly?
>>7106148
Sure decorative/fantasy armor is best made out of foam or whatever.

>>7106326
>Funny how people are so aggressive here.
try /tg/ they are actually helpful there and more than a few guy who try doing things like you
>>27281429

>>7106326
>Funny how people are so aggressive here.
try /tg/ they are actually helpful there and more than a few guy who try doing things like you
>>>/tg/27281429

>>7106340
Yeah I've seen you on there. But it usually turn into us Swedes circlejerking.

>>7106345
well, my main board is /tg/ I just occassionally pop up here
and the swedes are not circlejerking. they are just being swedes. It's a cultural thing I think. And as I said they can be pretty much helpful if you ask for help

>Making your own real armor is not that hard and by god it looks so much better

I dunno man, the armor in OP looks pretty wonky and not that much better than some pieces made with eva foam. Why claim that it looks much better when you post shitty results?

The only time it's not gonna look shitty is when someone who has a lot of experience makes it. And that really goes for any way you go about making armor.