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Re: Finished Linothorax - Folkert van Wijk - 07-23-2008

Yes this is realy good, i don't know much about Greek armor but it looks just fine!

Where comes the inspiration from vases, books? All the details are indeed very nice, the lion heads, the scorpion, the decoration bands...

Outstanding! 8)


Re: Finished Linothorax - Chris B - 07-23-2008

The chiton is simply secured by two very small stitches where the pins would be. That way it doesn't chafe.

Inspiration came from prior work I have done and that, in turn, came from vases and artwork from the period.


Re: Finished Linothorax - Peter Raftos - 07-23-2008

Laudes!Laudes! Laudes!


Re: Finished Linothorax - Idomeneas - 07-23-2008

great work laudes!!! More pictures please and not just static. That could be good reference material for illustrations!
I think you and Giannis have the best linos around


Re: Finished Linothorax - A_Volpe - 07-23-2008

WOW!

*looks again*

WOW!

*looks again again*

Great work, man! Looks Spiffy!


Re: Finished Linothorax - PMBardunias - 07-24-2008

Quote:The chiton is simply secured by two very small stitched where the pins would be. That way it doesn't chafe.

Somewhere I have a copy of a paper on the way Greeks used buttons to secure the chiton, I wondered if this made them chafe less under armor. If you are curious, send me an email and I'll send a copy of the paper if I can find it.


Re: Finished Linothorax - Strategos - 07-24-2008

That´s fantastic! Confusedhock:
It´s awesome, it´s wonderful!
Nice idea to paint a scorpion on the backside!
Great!


Re: Finished Linothorax - hoplite14gr - 07-24-2008

Laudes Chris!

Is that the Depeeka chalcidic ?

Kind regards


Re: Finished Linothorax - Chris B - 07-24-2008

Yes, it is a Deepeeka Helmet. The high crest we have been discussing is going on it within a couple weeks.


Re: Finished Linothorax - Mythos_Ruler - 07-24-2008

How many "man hours" do you reckon this took you, approximately?


Re: Finished Linothorax - Chris B - 07-24-2008

A very rough guess is 200-250 hours. That is actually working. It took 7 1/2 weeks to do with the dry times and waiting on material though.


Re: Finished Linothorax - Pericles of Rhodes - 07-24-2008

How did you make the scales in the end? Did you cut them out individually? Your right Giannis! Bronze does look very nice! Big Grin


Re: Finished Linothorax - Chris B - 07-24-2008

I made each one individually by hand. I cut them out with shears and then used a hand punch to make the holes.


Re: Finished Linothorax - Mythos_Ruler - 07-25-2008

Does bronze curl up on the edges when using shears or? How was it? Slow going on that part?


Re: Finished Linothorax - Chris B - 07-25-2008

It did not curl up on the edges with the straight snips I used. I used "notching" shears for cutting the curved edge and it left tooling marks on that edge, but it was easily filed. The entire scale curved slightly when cutting a row of 8 scales out of the grid, but that curve spread over 8 scales was easily flattened for each individual scale. Bottom line is that it wasn't that difficult with 24 gauge phosphor bronze.