I think you'll find that you get a better hang, without the scales flopping loosely over each other, if you run a couple of courses of 4-in-1 rings along the bottom edge. They'll still be concealed by the bottom row of scales, but they keep the scales from slipping over each other and losing the layering of the pattern.
Question, if you wanted to add more stability, could you go through and add rings to connect rings together on the back side after its put together? If that makes sense or would that create to much bulk and weight?
Word of advice to newbies. Scalemail is European 4-in-1. Every ring and scale must pass through four rings, so between each scale, you should have a ring. Also, to prevent the piece from flipping around and getting all messy and janky on the edges, especially along the bottom taper, edge those, too!
I just found your content. Very nice work! I'm at the beginning of my scale mail journey and have made a single necklace for a LARP so far. Hoping to integrate chain and scales into my leather armor soon. Keep up the good work!
Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for the easy to follow video and great explanations. I'll be crafting a single pauldron for my Forest Scout that I am putting together.
Hi, have you ever done a strap for two pauldrons? I am thinking it would save me a lot of extra rings to just sort of strap them together instead of making two cross body straps, but I'm not sure if it would work
@@legolunatic1337 whether they’re stacked on top of eachother or side by side, it’s still the same weave! The down down up up applies in every direction
Is this the same video on ringlord? I need help. Im trying to do the arm piece and I got to 10 scales, then 9. But im having trouble going from 9 to 10 again. Trying to get that "straight" line down the arm and having trouble
Im currently messing with smaller scales that are made out of polycarbonate and im currently just having issues with the scales consistently moving in front of other ones so they go out of place. Is it just because of the ring size? Or because of the weight of the scales?
I have a little different and I need advice from you. I made the scale with cardboard and in a circle form if I have to make the shoulder armor from it how do I do it
Thank you for the tutorial I have a lot more confidence to start scale mail and even my first project!! However I’m planning on making a scale mail dress and I’m scared about how I’m going to plan that out and how much that is going to cost lmao ❤😅
Exceptional video. I bought scales just like that to make dragon scale bracers, but unfortunately, the rings were the wrong size. But now that I know how to do it from watching your video, I can actually make them!
i think you could improve the efficiency of opening the rings by lining them in a rod, turning them until they caught against each other on the split end (they should be lined by now) and smack one of the end with a hammer so they twist all at once, sounds like it might work 🤷♂😁👍
So I literally just found you because of the ring lord XD, and I hope to use this tutorial in a collab with my sister to make some cool leather and scalemaille pauldrons!
I'm so confused. I watched it, I paid attention, but I still don't get it! My brain just cannot process linking. It's gorgeous, but I could never do it.
That’s totally okay! Not every tutorial clicked for me when I first started so I watched a handful of different ones until I found a method that made sense to me. Try some others to see if someone has a technique you resonate with!
Hey, is it possible to do scale mail with a straight/flat top instead of a triangle/widening top? And how would you do that? Say for a skirt style piece?
You'd just add more scales on your first row. Like how she did the straight edge portion of the pauldron. Instead of one scale you'd do 30 or something like that, then alternate 30,29,30,29 to keep the edges nice and smooth/straight
This is beautiful. I did have a question though. How would you go about sizing your body to know if you're a 9 scale girl or not? Lol all I can think is maybe use cloth to outline what I want and see if it fits then line up the scales how they'd lay and compare it to the cloth? 😅
honestly when im measuring things for myself I just play around with it a lot until I find a size that I like! Sometimes I'll initially make something too big and take some scales away or vice versa if I start to small. don't be afraid to experiment with sizing since everything can be undone!
While doing other research on making scalemail, I saw something about finishing the edge so the outermost scales don't get out of where they're supposed to be placed? Do you usually do that or like think that's necessary or anything (if so please tell us how)?
I love the chainmail look, and I love the black one you opened with. But the scales you featured in this video I think are a bad fit for scalemail. When you first turned it over and showd us the initial grouping, I couldn't even tell that they were scales. The pattern camoflauges the scales. A much better design for the scales would be something that highlit their edges, enhancing rather than masking the individual nature of them.
