The rings are 5.95mm and 3.57mm. You can get them on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath this video.
You can get the supplies featured in our videos on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath this video.
Excellent video! Thank you so much! I do not understand those critical comments - do you, people realize that this tutorial is to show how and it IS free? Some of us just do not know how to be grateful - so sad. It's nearly impossible to find any info how to make this chain maille weave, especially so clear and detailed. Thank you so much again for the wonderful tutorial and for being so patient and kind. I love your videos.
It took 7 packs of silver rings to make the Dragonscale Chain Maille Bracelet - Project B1025. The link for the project in this video is located in the video description underneath this video.
Thank you for the tutorial. This is only my second day at this hobby and yesterday I succeeded in making a box weave necklace. I decided to try something harder and although I was very frustrated at the start I've gotten the pattern down. I really appreciate the way you would lay the piece down regularly so I could look at how it was supposed to go together.
The rings are Artistic Wire Chain Maille Jump Rings Non Tarnish Silver Plated - 18 Ga/ID and Artistic Wire Chain Maille Jump Rings Black Color - 20 Ga/ID 3.57mm/180pc. You can get them on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath the video.
There were 7 packages (1 package = 45 Pieces) of the silver rings and 3 packages (1 package = 140 Pieces) of the gold rings. You can get them on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the the Dragonscale Chain Maille Bracelet and supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath this video.
Yes you can absolutely use this video in your class. We absolutely do encourage you to use techniques that you have learned from us to create original designs for fun and profit.
I think that this video is wonderful! I am so happy I subscribed to your uploads. I have been trying to teach my 17 year old son how to do this and your voice is soothing. You are clear and easily understood. I will be using this video when helping my son. Extra patients and this video is going to make teaching him this technique so much nicer. Thank you.
You can get them on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath this video.
+Kari Crouse - The only way to determine the gauge and inner diameter if they don't list it would be to measure the rings. I am not a big expert on all of the math involved in ring sizing for chain maille, in fact, I just chose the sizes according to what was recommended on the back of the Artistic Wire Chain Maille Jump Rings. An internet search should yield a lot of information on determining the correct size and ratios. I can't speak to the specific rings that you're trying because I've never used that particular brand and I don't know how accurate their sizing is. A very small difference can make a big difference in this kind of technique. I recommend the Artistic Wire rings. They work great and the sizes are spot on.
I'm not an expert on aspect ratio, and I honestly tend to use the sizes listed on the back of the ring package, so I can't give you a lot of advice, but I can tell you that yes, the smaller rings do have 4 of the larger rings going through them.
Our videos are made to teach you techniques and inspire you to create :) All of the supplies for you to make your own dragonscale chain maille bracelet can be found in the video description.
thank you so much for having CC on your video, I have bad hearing problems and sometimes I can't understand what the person is saying, especially if they have a heavy accent
It took me about 12 hours of work once I made all the jump rings and cut them/ prepared them all. Once you have the pattern down it goes pretty easily. Making the rings by hand takes some extra time but it is pretty cool :)
If you are willing to experiment, you might try that size, the sku is FJR-6012. Otherwise, I can tell you that the colorful aluminum rings are not cut as precisely or neatly. The sizes may work, but they may not look as nice as the rings that are made for chain maille. Again, that is something you might determine is okay with you in order to get that pop of color, so experimenting with it would tell you whether or not you liked it.
Yes, those black chain maille rings can be tricky! I tried using them when I was learning, and scratched them all up. My only advice is to practice and make sure that you have the technique down before you try the black ones. When I went back to them after I'd gotten the hang of it, I was able to be much more careful.
I tried this the other day and found a kinda easier way to do it, connect the second row of three before attaching it, that way you do not have to do the donting task of going inside the other rings and I skipped every other third row with the connectors so make it more flexible. Your tutorial is great though, just shared something that helped me
The clasps are from Beadaholique. You can search for SKU FCL-6808. As far as how long this takes, as I've said before, I don't remember exactly how long it took me because it was last year that I made it. I do remember that I worked on it off and on for several days. It's also going to vary A LOT from person to person depending on how fast you work. I think it probably takes me about an hour per inch, but I've spoken to other people who say that it takes them up to three or four hours per inch.
Thanks! I don't remember exactly how long it took, as it's been a few months since I completed this bracelet. I do know that I worked on it for several days off and on, though.
Those are the quantities that come in a package of those jump rings. This video is only intended to demonstrate the dragonscale weave, but the bracelet shown in the beginning of the video will be up on our projects page soon, and will have a detailed materials list and specific instructions. You can check our free beading projects section. That bracelet used 7 packages of the 18 gauge rings and 3 packages of the 20 gauge rings.
A necklace usually needs to curve sideways much more than a bracelet does. The dragonscale will bend sideways a certain amount, but does get a different sort of gathered appearance. It may help to make the strip narrower. It might just take a bit of experimentation.
I'm a jewelry designer, so that's my expertise. Dragonscale bends quite well along the grain (in this case, the way it bends around the wrist) and not as much the other way. Good luck in your quest for information.
@HARSHIT POOJARI - I don't remember exactly how long it took me. I do remember that I worked on it off and on for several days. It's also going to vary A LOT from person to person depending on how fast you work. I think it probably takes me about an hour per inch, but I've spoken to other people who say that it takes them up to three or four hours per inch.
oh this is so cool! I'm a novice and haven't tried chain mail yet but definitely getting rings tomorrow and giving this a go. It looks complicated, it'll take a lot of focus (at least for me lol) probably be a 14 hour project but it is worth it. Thank you for doing several rows step by step, I'll be watching this video over and over while I do it!
It would depend on exactly what materials you use and how wide you make it. You could do a one inch swatch, count the rings, and then calculate how many would be in your finished piece, but I don't have a way of figuring that out without making a swatch.
I have no idea about the varying durability of different chain maille types. I can tell you that this is plenty durable for use in jewelry making. It uses quite a few rings per inch, so it's probably a bit heavier, but since they're aluminum the amount used in the bracelet do not make it overly heavy. I could not tell you whether knights wore chain maille of this type. You might try doing an internet search for chain maille groups and asking someone who's more of an expert on chain maille.
That is the number of packages that I used for my 6.5" bracelet. I made the weaving 6" long and then the clasp adds about half an inch. You will want to get some more rings if you're going to make your bracelet the same width and you need it to be longer.
Your work is very nice, and the tutorial is well made. On the other hand, this is the hard and slow way to make dragonscale. Dragonscale has a speedweaving technique in which all the small rings are pre-closed. When I switched from the non-speed technique to the speedweaving technique, my total weaving time dropped by about 1/3, which is important considering how long it takes to do dragonscale. I just added some advice on this weave-see the link to my blog on my profile.
Since the angle of the rings matches up, I suppose that would technically be possible, yes. You'd probably want to make it flat and then find a way to join the ends. It would take some experimentation to figure out how this would work, but I can add it to our video request list.
How Amazing! I am impressed how beautiful your technique was shared!! Thank you so much, you was so clear and exact on the placement of each ring and made it look so easy, not the next part is mine, making the scale. LOL Thank you very much for your time and kindness helping someone like myself that is just starting!
If I'm ever dying I'm going to do this as a project....it will seem to take FOREVER!!! Seriously, great video!! Thanks!! I imagine with all this work, you sell them for HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS...
I watched it three more time and I'm sorry to say, because of the hands holding things, I couldn't even begin to make out what was going on. I was more frustrated than helped. Most of the time the camera didn't even show the work. The item was either above or below the view of the camera. Very awkward and not at all helpful.
It's not just the outer diameter of the jump ring that is important for chain maille. It has also to do with the gauge (thickness) and the inner diameter. These measurements all have to do with the aspect ratio of the rings, and this is what tells you if your rings will fit for this weave. It's all very confusing, and when you are just learning, I found it much easier to just stick to the ring sizes that you know will work.
Great tutorial well put instructions all I know is u had to have been using a thin material I was trying to follow with 14g steel with a. 3/8 and 1/2 inch ring and struggled a bit had to go thru video twice but got it down thanks for posting the video !!!!
I'm sure you could find a design for using this weave to create earrings, yes. Experiment and be creative! You might try making a diamond shape of the chain maille and hanging it by one of the points, but feel free to play around and see what you like.
This bracelet has a substantial feel, and it a bit on the heavy side as far as bracelets go, but I don't imagine it would be so heavy as to be uncomfortable to wear.
I wanted to have more color choices than the 4 colors Artistic Wire offers (brass, copper, silver, black). The key it seems is to know the Aspect Ratio (AR) of the rings that work. This is figured by ID (inner diameter)/WD (wire diameter). I convert both to milimeters to find mine. Most sources say to try to stay within +/-.5 of the AR when choosing rings. Some extra play works for some patterns while others need to be pretty precise. If you know the AR, you can size up and down pretty easily. When ordering rings, you also have to pay attention to what guage standard was used to form them. A 9/64" (3.57mm) ID ring using AWG (american standard) 18ga wire is 1.02mm thick (3.5 AR), while a SWG (imperial standard) 18ga wire is 1.22mm thick (2.9 AR) so you would be better off to choose 19ga SWG wire which is 1.16mm thick (3.2 AR) to keep the AR within the accepted range.
These jump rings aren't all that soft. It takes pliers to open and close them. One alone might not stand up to a good solid tug, but with the stress distributed amongst so many, it's pretty durable. My suggestion, if you're concerned about it, would be to experiment with some swatches and see how well you feel they hold up.
This bracelet has a substantial feel, and it is a bit on the heavy side as far as bracelets go, but I made one for my husband and he doesn't find it uncomfortable to wear.
Unfortunately, chain maille techniques are very difficult to explain without visual aid. We do them as videos because we feel that this is the best way to give clear, easy to follow instructions.
Please bear in mind that if your planning on actually wearing this that this type of maille is known as "butted maille" and as such. Has absolutly no protective qualitys what so ever. Just thought id say this here because my friend wanted to get into HEMA and very nearly brought a butted maille tunic for practice. For the same price as a real one too. On a much lighter note. Fantastic tutorial! Keep up the good work!
The problem with making this into armor is that you'd have to tac-weld the rings closed, or you may find the weight pulling rings apart. Which would be very, very difficult and time consuming due to the proximity of the rings.
A good tutorial, a few constructive points if I may: your left hand is in the way a good portion of the time, which makes it very difficult to see what you mean. You also moved just a little fast, and the camera person couldn't keep up, which means we missed small bits. Thanks :-)
I appreciate how thorough you are with telling us how exactly to do this type of Chainmail. My only issue is how you keep picking it up to put in the loops. It makes it hard to see how you are doing it. Not trying to be rude or anything, it is just the angle on the camera was a bit off. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I have made this weave many, many times. I prefer these rings sizes: larger rings: 18 gauge, 6 mm inner diameter smaller rings: 20 gauge, 4 mm inner diameter. Both gauges in AWG, so 18 gauge is 1.02mm, and 20 gauge is 0.81 mm. I have done wide chain of 4 large rings wide, and narrower chain of 3 large rings wide. The narrower is very pretty, the wider is more bold, in your face. Both take a long time, with many rings per inch. Technique: Make this much easier on yourself. Pre-close all the small rings and never weave them in. In the video, Megan complains about how it's hard to weave those small rings into place and get the pliers where they need to be, so don't bother. Pre-close the small rings. It's easier and faster. Look for a Dragonscale Speed Weaving Tutorial, which shows how to do this with pre-closed small rings.
The math involved in figuring out the aspect ratios and what other size rings would work is very complicated. I can tell you that the mm measurement for the chain maille rings is the inner diameter, not the outer diameter. So the 4mm rings would not be a similar size. I went ahead and pulled a 5mm 19 gauge capri blue aluminum ring and tried a few rows with the silver rings that I used in the original project. They do seem to fit, but it is a limited sample.
Thank tou wery much fo upploading this, that tekniqe was kinda new to me, at my oppinion, this looks much better and more dense and smooth compared to many other similar tecniqes. Must try this for parts of a full suit of armour some time. (Sorry for my English...)
I have bought rings from beadsisters.co.uk. I have used aluminumrings; the large ring is a bright aluminum id6mm 1,02 mm ring (rd5-40) and the smaller is an anodised aluminum id4,2mm 0,81mm ring (rd3-32). So there you have an european option, but I'm sure Beadaholique is as good a choise, and they will have the exact ring size mentioned in this video, while I had to do alot of calculations to figure out what rings to buy..btw beadaholique have the best tutorials I have seen!
The rings are pretty sturdy, and the stress is divided among several of them at a time. However, I'm sure if you really yanked on it, you could damage it. But that is true of a lot of jewelry. Most jewelry is somewhat delicate, and should be handled with some level of care.
A great end product, but for demonstration purposes only it would have been easier to follow if the rings had been much larger.However my wife likes it so I will watch again and then have a go. Many thanks. :-)
I would like to do something of a more armor type of chainmail using this patter. It will be God awful and time consuming, but something to do. The only problem is that I am having a very difficult time following the pattern you are laying out after the second row is put on due to the fact that your perspective changes and I just have a hard time following the changing with hands in the way. Is there any illustration that I could follow to show me a little easier?
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with armour making techniques, and would not want to give you a wrong answer. I would suggest doing an internet search for sites with information on chain maille armour making, as they will be able to provide you with more appropriate information.
I used a magnetic clasp to close my dragonscale bracelet. It's small and discreet, but the magnets are quite strong and hold it closed no problem. You can find step by step instructions and the materials used for the bracelet on Beadaholique's Free Project page under Bracelet Projects. There's a link for it in the video description underneath this video.
My expertise is in jewelry making, not in armor, so unfortunately, I can't advise you on whether or not you could make a suit of armor out of this weave. The rings I used in this project are sold in quantities consistent with making jewelry projects, which is what they are manufactured for.
Unfortunately, my expertise is in jewelry making, not specifically in chain maille. I haven't tried mixing different chain maille weaves together, so you may just want to try experimenting to see how it works. I imagine you'd want your dragonscale to be at least three rings wide, but again, I haven't made any that narrow, so you'd need to try it out and see.
I made a bracelet and it took me about 12 hours total. Picture how much an average person would charge for the work alone :P Probably would be in the $200 range would be cheap. You can find similar jump rings that are not so expensive. This looks the best though.
I make all my own jump rings I buy the coils of metal in various gauges and spin it on different size dowels depending on size of ring I want granted colors don't vary too much and are basic but if your working in silver and black it's very cost effective and get sooooo much more for your buck it is a lot more time consuming but worth it in the long run when your spinning up half mile of Wire into tens of thousands of rings for 30 dollars or less
I don't remember exactly how long it took, as it's been months since I completed this bracelet. I do know that I worked on it for several days off and on, though.
Hi rpprevost, I think what she is getting at is that tutorials like the ones at cgmaile use still images and you can look at each one and keep with it untill you grasp what it shows. This weaving gets incredibly complicated with these more harder styles, so this is also implying that you need to use both sorts of tutorial. Use both. If you want a real challenge, try joining the dragonscale to itself so there is no seam. A continuous loop!! It took me ages.
Honestly, you creative types are a different species. How amazing to have come up with this, it looks fantastic. If I ever get the hang of normal mail making I will give it a go. Probably will anyway just for masochistic fun - my hands aren't nearly so dainty & dexterous as yours! Just to clarify the technique, you're essentially weaving together 2 sets of rows aren't you - the even set & the uneven. In the video, it was 4-3 till the tapering. So the 4 row's don't connect to the 3 rings, just each other, & the 3 rings likewise. Is that correct? I did try to follow & if you don't have time to answer I will work it out, just thought I'd ask. Thanks very much. If you completed this chain I'd love to see what a longer &/or fatter length with those colours would look like. The bronze/gold one was great. Creative people!
Yup I sure did. But I understand her process for the weave ^^. I've already made this item by listening to her tutorial but I made my own rings and I made them (at first) by the 3 times the thickness rule and found the 4th ring wouldn't allow me to get the ring completely closed, so I asked a question...
