Chain Mail Torso
- TwoTonic Knight
- TwoTonic of Many Colors
- Posts: 1815
- Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:33 pm
- Location: The Lowest Pit of Megablocks
Chain Mail Torso
Yes, yes, I know - just "mail" is sufficient.
This is my first pass at making chain mail - I haven't tried to make any kind of collar and I imagine the detail is too fine for anything except high quality paper. This was more an experiment in laying out a pattern than anything.
This is my first pass at making chain mail - I haven't tried to make any kind of collar and I imagine the detail is too fine for anything except high quality paper. This was more an experiment in laying out a pattern than anything.
Last edited by TwoTonic Knight on Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Redwine the Ribald: Stare long enough into the abyss...
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
- Dragon Master
- Merchant
- Posts: 1345
- Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:30 pm
- Location: USA
- Blasterman
- Steward
- Posts: 531
- Joined: Thu Oct 02, 2003 3:26 am
- Location: Chocolate World!
- Contact:
- wlister
- Sheriff
- Posts: 1562
- Joined: Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:40 pm
- Location: There be no castles here.
- Contact:
Whoever manages to print this out and retain the details, please post it. I have been mulling over whether or not I want to purchase a new printer. Being able to see if a non-lazer printer could handle this level of detail would really help my decision. Thanks,
Will
Will
After a long absence, I have returned. I can't wait to start building again.
Fantastic!
...now, how about figuring out a way to print that on arms?
- TwoTonic Knight
- TwoTonic of Many Colors
- Posts: 1815
- Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:33 pm
- Location: The Lowest Pit of Megablocks
I have only printed out a test on regular paper so far. It holds fairly well, but without the full black of glossy paper the contrast is down. Thus, for cheaper paper, a larger pattern would work better - maybe double the size for the links. I'm going to make a sheet of torso prints that I have collected, add a larger link pattern, and do a print out on the good stuff this weekend.LEGOFREAK wrote:very very excellent design - the chain mails that I have done have all lost their details when shrunk down to fit onto a torso. this looks like it should keep it's "flavor"!
very nice
I will have to print a few out at my earliest chance.
LF
Redwine the Ribald: Stare long enough into the abyss...
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
- TwoTonic Knight
- TwoTonic of Many Colors
- Posts: 1815
- Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:33 pm
- Location: The Lowest Pit of Megablocks
This is the large link version. It's one of those things that it looks oversized here, but once it gets printed at the size of a minifig, it's easier to see and distinguish. I'll have to see them both on the quality paper before I decide which I prefer (or, Loki forbid, an intermediate size).
Redwine the Ribald: Stare long enough into the abyss...
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
- Dragon Master
- Merchant
- Posts: 1345
- Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:30 pm
- Location: USA
Well DM, they did make this:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/973p41
As you can see it's been misnamed chainmail even though the pattern clearly looks like scale mail to me... but then what do I know. I'm not one of those people who dresses up in ridiculous costumes and goes to rennaisance fairs.
-Andy
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/973p41
As you can see it's been misnamed chainmail even though the pattern clearly looks like scale mail to me... but then what do I know. I'm not one of those people who dresses up in ridiculous costumes and goes to rennaisance fairs.
-Andy
- Troy T. Moore
- Gentleman
- Posts: 710
- Joined: Thu Sep 18, 2003 10:58 am
- Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
- TwoTonic Knight
- TwoTonic of Many Colors
- Posts: 1815
- Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:33 pm
- Location: The Lowest Pit of Megablocks
The medieval period used a variety of "flexible" armor, but one of the easiest to actually print onto a minifig due to complexity and the way it "reads" is scale. You can oversize the scales and it still is obvious what it is. Make chain links too large and it starts to appear as if it is an anchor chain wrapped around a body.akochan wrote:Well DM, they did make this:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/973p41
As you can see it's been misnamed chainmail even though the pattern clearly looks like scale mail to me... but then what do I know. I'm not one of those people who dresses up in ridiculous costumes and goes to rennaisance fairs.
-Andy
To answer DM's thoughts previous to akochan, what looks good at full Photoshop size, and what looks good actually shrunk down to minifig size are two different things. My small pattern should work reasonably well with a good printer and photo paper. Anything else and it will simply become a texture. The large links look better on my test sheets with the cheap paper, and "read" better from a distance. I'm sitting down now to do an intermediate size. I'll then do a print out on the good paper, post pictures, and judge from there.
Redwine the Ribald: Stare long enough into the abyss...
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
- TwoTonic Knight
- TwoTonic of Many Colors
- Posts: 1815
- Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:33 pm
- Location: The Lowest Pit of Megablocks
And here is the intermediate version. I decided I didn't like the black space, and added the far side of the ring (ooooo, sounds like Aubrey and Maturin meet Frodo and Sam).
Redwine the Ribald: Stare long enough into the abyss...
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.
[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
- Dragon Master
- Merchant
- Posts: 1345
- Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:30 pm
- Location: USA