0 Lego armor - the Warhorse

Its lego time again! And yeah, first it was the rider, now its the horse!
The armor is removable like all of my previous projects. I might modify it a bit but thats all. I'm also working on improved version of my lego minifig armor - the problem there is the size of the rings...so im making custom micro rings which are even smaller. 
First pic - the horse and the rider both in lego chainmail armor.

 Top view.

 Back view

 And two 3/4 shots.

It turned out better than the lego minifig armor mostly because of the above mentioned ring size problem. It IS being adressed though. Of course it will be a while until results come out of this. Stay tuned.

0 Starting weekly(or so) featurette

Oookay since I'm hardly a workaholic, I can't produce nearly enough projects to keep this blog regularly updating, so I will start featuring other blogs&sites of handmade artists, crafters, medievists and such. After all they all could use the extra publicity and besides most of their stuff IS interesting.

The pilot episode of my featurette will be Mediavisticals
Started by some of my favourite reenactors from Chigot (as we call them - the Chicool guys). Its 6 months old by now but they started effectively posting only recently. What can be seen there is a number of articles showing the items crafted by Chigot, be they medieval clothing, weapons, armor or accessories and daily items, with the occasional stray post. Now they are still filling it in, its not that they don't have stuff to post, so keeping an eye out will be a good idea. I know for once that I am...

0 Another homemade medieval crossbow guide part3/3

Last part.
Part 1/3
Part 2/3


This part will show in detail how to make the nut of the crossbow, the trigger lever, and partial assembly and finished product. What's missing is full assembly tutorial and the making of the bow itself.

Now the nut is finished, and its time to make the second part of the trigger mechanism - the lever.

Unfortunately the photos for the lever are insufficient.

 Finally the body is polished and assembly can begin.

The finished crossbow.

As you can see from the date, this is just a few months old.

0 Another homemade medieval crossbow guide part 2/3

Continuing from here. Another homemade crossbow 1/3


Now the holes for the trigger and the nut are being trimmed.

  And the nut is tested for good positioning and smooth movement.Thats kinda important - if the nut is not moving smooth it might misfire or worse. 

 

0 Another homemade medieval crossbow guide part 1/3

Oookay with the permission of maister Aule from Vidin, I'm posting here his guide for Vth century crossbow. Its the same model as the one in my previous guide - Medieval crossbow guide   but its a bit bigger and with more attention to detail. Its also more than twice the size of the other one so it will be separated in several posts to relieve people with dial up. 

 Starting with the making of the body from a single wood block.

Mind you this is only supposed to give it basic shape. You can also see the bit that will be turned into the nut. 

Now after the body is given some rough shape, its time to mark and carve the trigger and nut positions.

End of part 1.