Armor of the Spider Queen: Engraving D&D Armor 

I would watch that 2

Yes please 1000 times yes!!

Yeeees

Skill Tree except it's with literal skill trees

You TOTALLY should! Easier than it looks for sure.

Go for it! Making metal Armor Is not that hard

honestly metal is easier than leather for me

Metal is fun to work with. I started making costume armor from aluminum shelves that I found on the side of the road and now I’m a full time blacksmith (15 years later but I was transitioning slowly).

A dear friend just got me into the series, I'm in the middle of the second book (in chronological order, so just met Jarlaxle) and agree 100.

I, sadly, have yet to read these. I will get started though! Been meaning to anyways!

Do it pretty much the same way he did this etching. For small parts you can use nail polish, which works really well. If you need larger areas covered any sort of acrylic paint should be sufficient to protect the metal. Then use a hand held electrode to target the specific areas needing plated.

@@DH-xw6jp the only electroplating method I know as far as DIY stuff involves a salt and vinegar solution "charged" by placing two pieces of the desired plating metal (say, nickel) hooked to an anode and cathode and then placed in opposite sides of the container, plug it in for a whole, unplug it, swap the "fodder metal" on the cathode with the piece to be plated, dunk it back in, plug it all in, and let it sit for a few minutes or more depending on desired thickness of the plating. Only having "theoretical" rather than "hands on" knowledge I have to wonder would nail polish dissolve or otherwise fail to shield the metal when submerged in essentially electrified acid, and would the paint suffer a similar fate? And if with/both hold up how would I go about removing the "shielding material" without risking damage to the plating? The specific project I have in mind would be plates for a championship title belt, cast from zinc and then plated with copper, brass, and/or nickel either individually or any combination thereof. I could cast and plate individual pieces and then try to stack them all together but 1) that means more hardware, 2) that means creating more prototypes and more molds, 3) I'd lose "real estate" upon which to create designs and patterns in order to make space for all that additional mounting hardware, and 4) it adds a complication in having to craft pieces that will line up properly after being cast flat and then formed into a curve to conform more comfortably to the wearer. The more individual pieces I have to puzzle together the more complicated each of those issues become, so it would overall be easier if I can nail down a reliable and not-too-labor-intensive method of multi-plating.

It really does, every armor piece I see in the game makes me itch to make it in real life!!

Oh that sounds like the drinking game Madi plays every editing night...

What kind of stuff you looking to do?

Anything really but I really like the leather armour