Chest armour for the Spawn

Spawn has resumed his LARPing career so it was about time he got an additional piece of armour.

His character is called Bjorn (Bear) so that was the natural inspiration for the decoation theme

It started with an idea and a few sketches to illustrate as we discussed size and fastening

A quick Google search found a vector and a few adjustments in GIMP later it was ready to be printed out

A paper model was made and adjusted until acceptable

The model was folded for stability and to adjust strap locations

Outline drawn on leather

Shape cut from leather

Bear head transferred to leather

Swivel knife has been put to use

Tooling complete

Straps riveted on

Single rivet in the bottom part so it can rotate for a better fit

Awh yeah!

Not too shabby… the leather has been soaked and is drying

Simple cross straps on the back. Still he’d closed while drying

All it needs now is the wax treatment but can’t do that until it dries completely