1st attempt at a shoulder pad

HI all, this is my 1st post after completing my 1st piece of armour. I made it from a scrap of aluminium that I "borrowed" from work. Just wondered what people think.

That looks pretty darn good. Is that you own template?

I wish I could say it was but I downloaded it from this web site. Someone else did all the hard work on templates.

Looks pretty cool! I'm working on trash can armor right now, but I used a metal For Sale sign on a light saber, looks like similar material. How thick is it?

Hi Funkhead,
The aluminium on this shoulder piece is about 1.5mm thick, I grabbed a few offcuts from work and some pieces are thicker than others. The thin stuff is alot easyier to shape than bits just 1mm thicker.

What I love about metal armour is that the battle damage can look so much more real.

Webba

Hi Funkhead, if you've got any useful tips on orking with metal I'd love to hear them?

Sorry, not much of an expert. I just used tin snips to cut it, then a small file to dull out the edges so I wouldn't cut myself. The sign I used was only about 1/2 mm thick. I had to be careful bending corners into it, or it would snap.

That would be a Wizard of Flight template......looks good though, nice job

cheers dude, yes those templates are brilliant, i probably wouldn't have ever gotten started without them.