A Very Green Dragon Tail. The Base Color Is The Standard Green, The Stripes Are A Darker Shiny/premium

A very green dragon tail. The base color is the standard green, the stripes are a darker shiny/premium anodized aluminum.

This one measures in at 35 inches long, 3 pounds 6 oz. It’s got a lobster clasp at the tip for attaching things to.

Was sort of burned out this month after finishing up the big armor project, but had a bunch of small orders to work through. Here’s a bunch of scale chainmail pieces that I shipped out over the last couple weeks. A pair of randomized anodized titanium bracelets, bronze and stainless steel, trans pride bracelet and black choker, and a bi pride for good measure (but bad lighting).

Mask interior appreciation post, full hood edition.

I don’t usually take Nice product photos of the interiors of my masks, but I think they’re fun to see anyway. Some of them reveal some of the little compromises that you end up with when designing stuff, some give clues to my process if you look carefully.

Could you see yourself inside one of these? Can you tell what they are from this view? (answers in tags)

The paladin is a noble warrior. His blessed armor protects him from harm, and his holy vows help him resist the temptations of sin. Those who receive his aid in battle are assured of victory, but those who meet him afterwards consider themselves the truly lucky.

I made this suit of armor for the Magic Meat March challenge (delayed to May this year), which is about putting men into the sorts of costumes that fantasy women get drawn in. Check out other people’s stuff over @magicmeatmarch​!

In place of a standard breastplate, this one is built in the form of a corset, providing protection and support while shaping and accentuating your profile. The pauldrons connect to the codpiece with a harness arrangement of straps, tying them together into one cohesive piece, supporting the necessaries and accentuating the assets. The greaves stand on their own.

I made everything by hand--cut, burnished, tooled, shaped, dyed, painted, sealed, and riveted together. The corset-breastplate and codpiece I designed from scratch--you can see a progression of the corset design here. The pauldrons (shoulders) and greaves (shins) I built from patterns by Prince Armory, partly because of time constraints, and partly because I wanted to see how other designers dealt with those pieces. (The greaves I was really impressed by, the pauldrons restrict movement more than I’d like, which was a problem I hadn’t been able to solve previously either.)

This is the most ambitious armor project I’ve tackled so far, both in scope and design, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out! I’m looking forward to making a few more pieces to go with this set in the coming months.

Here's a pair of dragon-scaled leather bracers! The shaping on the scales is always fun.

It's been a while since I was able to get any good full-outfit photos with this design, I need to put together a fresh armor set that I can swap pieces in and out of.

Obligatory Etsy link!

Wolf skull muzzle mask commission that I just finished up! It took more back-and-forth with the client than normal, but I'm really happy with the final result.

Made of 4 oz vegetable-tanned leather, which I laser-cut, dye black, form to shape, paint white, and seal up all myself. I actually took a good number of photos while making this, so here's a making-of post.

If you'd like a version of this for yourself, I've listed it up on my Etsy shop!