Working on Robert's armor

Robert stopped by on Friday and we worked on his kit. He lacks elbows (he’s been borrowing mine) and he needs his own helmet (also borrowing mine). One of the helmet kits will be his as long as he does enough work on it. Friday he repaired his chainmail and we both worked on his vambraces and helmet kit. The chain is repaired and the vambraces are done. Next Friday we will cut out elbow cops and shape them. If we get far enough we can add the elbows but I expect it to be the week after.
I think he needs two more fighting practices with a couple different people to be ready to authorize as a fighter. After the elbows are done it will be time to take our show out on the road and make sure to attend a couple practices. Hopefully this will be accomplished in April and he can get authorized at the next event we can attend.
I will have to remember to take pictures of the progress. I always forget.

Illumination

Well its been more than a decade since I did any calligraphy or Illumination. I thought I would try my hand at some Celtic Knotwork. It looked great before I colored it in. I should have used proper pigments but instead tried to make do with what I had around the house. It turned out way to dark. It worked out but I must admit it looked better in my head when I was thinking about it.

More practice and some proper tools should help.

Second Helmet

Well I liked the first one so much, I decided to get a second kit and make a Helmet for Daryll. It arrived yesterday and I hope to put some work into it tonight.