Looking for chainmail sheets, 25-35mm scale.

[QuietiManes]

Subject line sorta says it all. I thought I might find sheets of it somewhere, but I havent yet. I was thinking something like the paterned plasticard sheets they sell, brick, tile, stone, shingle etc.

I\'ve read a bunch of articles on how to sculpt it and stuff, but I was hoping for something a little better detailed, more reliable, more consistent, LESS WORK, I dont want to go coo coo trying to measure out the links in my chainmail I\'m sculpting while I sculpt each link seperately (I know it\'s usually not done that way, that\'s just how I\'d need to do it because I\'m anal and stuff).

So does anyone know of a supplier of sheets of chainmail, plastic or pewter or resin I dont care?

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Ive been doing this for 15 years and Ive never seen it..

Your going to have to do chainmail the old fashoned way..one link at a time.

Besides theres no real way to form a sheet around a figure and have it look natural.

 

[QuietiManes]

Well yeah, I was mainly planning to use it for the edges peaking out from under clothes and stuff, tabards etc.

 

[freakinacage]

i doubt you\'re gonna find something like that. the only was to make life size chain mail is link by link. i think if oyu were to invent a machine that did it, you\'d make a packet from the film industry

 

[Minigrrrl]

freaky love, he\'s not talking about real chainmail, but the miniature variety. Actually, there are machines that make chainmail for the film industry, the links have to be inserted by hand on metal beams, but the machine links them together and closes them. doesn\'t look as good as good old fashioned handmade4-in-1 weave tho.

 

[freakinacage]

but tammy love, it sounds as if he wants actual mail. mind you mail plasticard or other could work i supposed. i thought you couldn\'t get a michine, which iswhy peter jackson payed for those 2 poor bastards to make all the lotr chainmail?

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

All the chain mail for LOTR was actually rings cut from plastic tubing whuch was cut and snapped together then plated. Two years ago when I was in London I got to see the LOTR display at the Science museaum, in it they had a video on the machine that made the mail. They even had a example shirt you could pick up. It looked very real and was virtualy weightless.

As for the origional poster, I think he wanted a sheet of metal or plastic shain mail looking material to use in converting his model.

 

[QuietiManes]

As for the origional poster, I think he wanted a sheet of metal or plastic shain mail looking material to use in converting his model.

Yup. Not real chain mail, life size or model size. Just a flat on one side, textured like chain mail on the other side piece to use on small bits of conversions. Belts, tabbards, peaking out from rips and shirt sleeves etc. Like the sort of thing Plastruct sells for stone walls/walkways, metal gridplates.

Since noones posted a link yet I\'m doubting it\'s in production anywhere, sadly.

 

[Swordwind]

This probably wont work but how about sand paper? Its probably too small but its worth a try!

 

[QuietiManes]

That might not be a bad idea for really tiny figures, epic/warmaster sort of thing, 6-10mm. But for the typical 28mm\'ish hero scale I dont know how it would look.

Warrants a test though, I\'ve got tonnes of sand paper and paint to play with. Just need to dig out some really rough sandpaper.

Thanks for the idea.

 

[dauber22]

I used to have chainmail sheets...

In fact it they were cited specifically as one of the primary reasons my ex wanted out lol They ARE a little chilly in the winter.

 

[freakinacage]

*snigger*

 

[Swordwind]

Thanks for the idea.

Yay! I\'m helping!!!

If that fails get a mini with loads of chainmail on anyway, press a blob of greenstuff into the mail let it set and use it a a stamper? PS if that works I call copyright on it :idea:

 

[Itchy]

Even if they did make plates of it i\'d guess it\'d be way too thick to actually use for convertions. Here\'s my first and only, so far, chainmail sculpt. It\'s easy to learn, hard to master. So if you\'re doing very small pieces it wouldn\'t be a problem keeping it all lined up.

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Itchy
Here\'s my first and only, so far, chainmail sculpt. It\'s easy to learn, hard to master.

Well put.

Einion