Chainmail Tutorial for Cosplay!! [DIY] 

Holy shit dude that's super nice. Thank you!

Yes Ballsey, you did very good with the 2-1-2-1-2 thing... The difficultty is to weave those chains together... You may want to look into a video about speedweaving. The gentleman who is explaining his method calls it Raw+1 and works well with the 2-1-2-1-2-1 thing... Also the method of cutting can be less painfull: also a series of video's: look again on youtube for video's with "score and break" in regards to chainmail. Also, (and this is a very handy one) Epic fantasy (Will Strom the castle) has a tutorial made of a little gadget (I cooked up but everyone can fashion) which helps you spin coils, fast, safe and without any coil/mess-ups... regards, Sander.

Teach your children the art of war, and present the armour you make as a Coming of Age gift. Simply written on the letter upon receiving it? "Complete my work. Succeed where I failed"

Thank you!! :)

I actually did something similar to this. The dremel is slower for individual links honestly, but since it completely saves your hands, in the long run of the project im sure it will be faster. Even if it is slower, the fact that it saves your hands is the important part. The one big downside is that you end up with metal dust everywhere so you need to make sure to do this outside or some place well ventilated.

Dremel alumina cutting wheels get used up and broken in cutting wire coils. For armor use and galvy steel wire I think the bolt cutters cut is sufficient; you have at least five thousand links to cut from the coils. The cuts look like >

Aluminum works fine for LARP butted mail. Steel and titanium is really only useful for riveted chain mail. And if you want a less shiny more historical look.

Thanks bby

It will take quite a long time to make a funtional piece like a shirt! But if you just put a show on the tv and do some weaving while watching, you'll be done in no time! 😁 I'm so gad it was helpful!!

Glad it helped! ^_^

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there is a chain male called Scalemail that could help tho it's harder to find and you'll probably have to but it online

I think he meant dragonscale weave. Scaly, but heavy area for area.

I'm sure there are a couple of cosplayers you could commission! Or, if you're just worried about the chainmail part, you can always order shirts and adjust it to your needs!

A shirt of mail can typically weigh about 25-30 lbs. For that reason i'm making mine out of 1/2 in pvc pipe.

Jon Van Pelt try 16 gauge aluminum wire. you use the same method but its a fraction of the weight. less than 5 lbs for a basic shirt. I'm finishing a 6x1 set right now and I barely notice it when I wear it.

But estimate thirty to forty thousand links. With small fine links, fifty.

I believe it was a 3/8"

Galvanized!

thanks!