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hammerhandwkshp

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A cosplayer and maker from the Chicago area, lately focusing on metal and leather creations.

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I made some pewter tiles for a Kili (from The Hobbit) cosplayer. These will go on the collar of his coat. I has originally planned to make these by pressing metal between 3D printed forms, but they are so small that the detail is too fine to come through with that method.

Photo of 30 small metal hexagonal tiles. There is a pyramid shape protruding from the center of each, and a raised border of fake stitches. Each tile also has two holes drilled on either side of the pyramid.
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Going to give this site another shot. This is the first of two Aragorn coronation vambraces that I'm making. The second is still in progress, and I'm kind of ashamed at how long it's taking me. Life keeps getting in the way.

Video of a leather, steel, and brass vambrace being held and turned back and forth to show all sides. The metal has been embossed with symmetrical wing like patterns, and engraved with crowns and stars.

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I did some more R&D for Aragorn's coronation armor. I also acquired a hydraulic press, so I can stop abusing my bench vise. I'd like to be able to punch as much detail into the steel as I can into the aluminum, but I'm very happy with how these are looking either way.
I'm also getting a bit frustrated with how often this site seems to be down or too slow to use, which is why I'm not posting as much.

Photo of three sets of 3D printed forms, along with the metal shapes they produced. From left to right the first 3 are aluminum, and the last one is steel. The steel does not show as much crisp detail as the aluminum.
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I'm slowly doing some R&D for this project, and learning where my 3D modeling skills need improvement. The forms are printed at a high infill percentage, and used to press the aluminum sheet in a bench vice. This first set has flaws and not enough detail, but it worked well enough to show me the concept has potential. My next set will have sharper details, and hopefully just the right tolerance gap to perfectly shape the metal.

Photo of the bed of a 3D printer with two arrowhead shaped forms - one negative and one positive - that have just been printed.
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I had free time to work on some 3D modeling in Blender last night. This will be my next significant project after the crown. I'll be using these models to 3D print some dies for stamping thin metal. But I couldn't resist roughly assembling the parts to see how close it looks to the original.

Screenshot of a 3D model of Aragorn's coronation bracers next to a photo of the original armor.
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I plated the Arwen butterfly crown yesterday. I'm fairly happy with how it turned out. Some small flaws in the finish, but really only visible up close.

Photo of the right side of a silvery metal butterfly crown.
Photo of the left side of a silvery metal butterfly crown.
Photo of the back of a silvery metal butterfly crown.

Photo of the front of a silvery metal butterfly crown.
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