We’ve made costumes for years. Whether for Halloween, or plays, or cosplay, we’ve made them. One costume that Sam has wanted is Havel the Rock, from Dark Souls. There will be more on this build later, but one of the pieces of armor builds is chainmail. You can make authentic chainmail with metal rings, very painstaking. Or you can try one of the different methods for making chainmail-like fabric, cloth, or other simulations. We’ve tried cutting rings from pvc, but again, this is very painstaking. I’ve tried 3D printed chainmail sheets, but this didn’t work very well.
A while ago, we saw a video of Adam Savage showing some laser cut chainmail designed by Ben Eadie at Foam Armory. It looked really cool, but we didn’t have a laser at the time. Fast forward to today. We do have a laser, and we did cut some out. Let me tell you, it is beyond cool.
Chainmail Freshly Cut
One Sheet of Chainmail Fresh From the Laser
Chainmail Strips
Closeup of Chainmail Strips
Here is a sheet of chainmail made from weaving about 12 sheets together.
Chainmail
Closeup view.
Chainmail Closeup
Comgrow ComGo Z1 10W Laser Engraver
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