Quick Armor - Halloween shortcuts
Here we present some shortcuts from our members.
Tar Paper Helmet and Chest Plate
To make my version of Dernhelm I used tar paper for the "armor", boots,
helmet, and vambraces. the boots didn't hold up very well. I ended up
wrapping them with clear packing tape.
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Helmet pattern |
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Attached are measurements and a pattern for the helmet. Instructions
are for assembling helmet:
- 1. Staple number one together with the small ends.
- 2. Staple the number two pieces perpendicular to each other
intersecting each other at the centers.
- 3. Staple the attached number 2 pieces to number one.
- 4. Staple the number five pieces in the gaps on top.
- 5. Staple number three to number one.
- 6. Staple the two number fours to number one on the sides of number three,
with the bigger ends of number four on the bottom.
- 7. voila! paint it or whatever you want to do.
Pattern for the Chest armor:
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Pattern for the chest armor |
Tar paper "armor" |
See her scrapbook entry
for more tips.
== Dernhelm D
More bits can be found under the characters that wear armor.
Also check out all out "cheat" solution over in our "Tip" section.
Disclaimer: Everything here is just provided to help you out as a
suggestion. .
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04/22/08
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