Peanut butter and jam! From Bam!

Damn!

That's crazy cool, would love to visit. Maybe someday

Thanks! It was fun to work on it and glad I could get his help as well.

The explanation and the personal story makes it even better.

Huge congrats to both you and your old man, you're both very talented :)

Thank you! The leg armour and sabatons (shoe armour) I made myself. It's part of my plate armour that I made fully by myself. I did make my own gauntlets but the ones in this photo are real steel from Amazon too. The sword is handmade by my dad and I painted it. I got the cape and hood from Amazon and the chainmail shirt from an online store called The Knight Shop. I used plastic from flower pots to make the leg armour and sabatons. And for my chestplate and other armour (that you can see in other posts in my profile) I used EVA cosplayer foam and more plastic. I found it easy to work with plastic and it has a metalic look. However, it can be tricky to spray paint and I used silver spray paint and a see-through top coat.

However, sometimes the paint flakes off which is the downside of not using real armour. I would love to get into real blacksmithing though but I do not have the training or space for a forge. But that would be epic. The chainmail shirt weighs 9kg and the hood weighs 2 kg so I was just getting used to it, lol. It did feel slightly heavy but not uncomfortable and even moved in the wind. I could easily run around and stuff like that. But if you want real chainmail it comes with lots of oil from the warehouse so you have to clean some off and it smells somewhat. Airing it out in the sun can help. Sorry for the long answer but it did take a few years to make though more that I kept tweaking and changing it. I will definitely save up for real armour like a chestplate but that might take time.

Thanks! I definitely am. My sister and her boyfriend took me there to celebrate finishing my degree and it was epic!

Thank you! I studied historical coat of arms and followed the Rules of Tincture which is how medieval knights and nobles made their heraldry on shields and flags, etc. There were specific rules about what colours and patterns could go together so I tried to make it as accurate as possible. I made it myself though my dad made the sword and shield you see here, I made everything else and painted the shield and sword. It's meant to be two moons which symbolize my other hobby of astronomy and the owl is sitting on a book to represent my Animal Behaviour and Welfare degree that I studied at university. Also, my other hobbies and interests in general are animals and reading and writing, so just a kind of personal coat of arms. Though I am bad at art, lol. Glad you like it though. It was fun to make.

Did you make some of that yourself or did you buy? That looks pretty well done the stuff you have on

That's some serious dedication!

Love your armor, and the heraldry on the shield is cool, too! Is it from a real source or original?

that's sick! looks like you're living your best life

Here is my helmet and shield too

throws hat to the ground

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY "HOUSY HOUSY"- wait a minute, how old am I again? In fact, thinking about it, that sketch was kind of racist. Don't you bother none, youngin'. You have a blessid day now.

Thanks! It felt epic to wear real armour.

I love Cornwall! So many cool places. Going to participate at a tournament at Pendennis Castle though not in any combat as I don't have training or jousting equipment. Some day though.

Thanks! I just got chainmail armour for the first time and almost returned it cause it was heavier then I thought and stank bad but I degreased it a little. Used some guides online and it was not as heavy as I thought.

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HA!

How was it? You look glorious.

Cornwall? My parents from Cornwall. Spend much time there. Play bingo.

at knight time?

Camelot!

Fuck yeah dude. Proud of you

That is so cool. Love it