20 Images of Women in Practical Armor

[Rusty Edge]

"I can't help it - I have to make this thing.  I just don't know what I'll do for a bikini-body shape to do fittings on and work the bugs out - and take pictures to show..."

Google female torso mannequin. There's affordable stuff on E-bay, etc.
I found an inflatable silver one, but realized it might not withstand wearing wire clothing. 

Ultimately looking at too many mannequin faces gave me the creeps in a Twilight Zone kind of way.

Good Luck!

[Buster's Uncle]

Haven't the foggiest what I'll do with it when I'm done, either -Buster's already 12, and her mother's big in the chest, so probably give it to her in a few years (w/ a lot of chainmail added, mind you)- so spending any money is out of the question.  You'd be amazed how cheaply I can do this...  (Also, no fun, fitting a mannequin.)

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A few more things about the bottoms;  I could've gone more open up the sides, but I swear it'll ride more comfortably with a granny waist to distribute the weight - and a lady needs coverage so she can wear something under, or porno-time at the LARP or con when she walks and the flaps move.



(I did renfairs for a lot of years.  I've. seen. things. you people wouldn't believe.  Hippies taking showers together w/o the curtains drawn.  Warn-weather fairs out west with costumes on customers that taught me not all skin is good skin.  The time Wet Dream Barbie spent the day at Hawkwood (I swear it was Amber Michaels of actual pornography fame.  I probably wouldn't have kissed her if I'd recognized her, but GOOD GOD, some things are WORTH dying for....)

I recommend something like the thick shorts-panties cheerleaders wear to protect their modesty, after their cheerleader fashion.

Do not wear this if you plan to run - you can run just fine, but those flaps flapping will be incredibly annoying, and they're heavy enough to bruise your legs.

[Buster's Uncle]

...I guarantee this sucker will wear COMFORTABLE as armor and chainmail bikinis of armor-grade-links/weight go.  It's designed to  put the weight on sloping parts of the body the mail hugs...

I've only seen them done in the light jewelry-grade links chainmail dealers at renfairs do the decorative stuff in.

The beauty of this?  On a cold day out, a chainmail BIKINI-bikini would look stupid as heck over clothes, but put on some tights and fur-top boots, and this would look SO awesome over a simple crotch-length tunic w/ a blanket cloak.

[Buster's Uncle]

I noticed the model in your drawing contains hair with a red-orange (ginger) color. The less than modestly clad model from BUncle's imagination strikes again .

I don't know what you're talking about...

[Dio]

The emotion icon's equivalent of a mannequin  . 

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay Valka, what have I done wrong this time?  This chainmail project is so you it just got into an argument with a troll on YouTube.  Nothing to say?

[Valka]

WHAT??? 

I have absolutely no idea what you mean. Seriously, I can't tell if you're joking about something or genuinely upset about something.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm just surprised you've had nothing to say about my armor design.

[Unorthodox]

I just don't know what I'll do for a bikini-body shape to do fittings on and work the bugs out - and take pictures to show...

dress forms go for about $20. 

[Unorthodox]

ok, make that $8.

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https://www.google.com/shopping/product/3350465459218754873?q=dressmaking+mannequin&biw=1517&bih=714&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.&ion=1&espv=2&tch=1&ech=1&psi=D1TNVYKLGdLGogSJkaiQDA.1439520209988.5&prds=paur:ClkAsKraX0sP6RR11M8Kwfuw4MFOGAxhqjo-V4gvZKGCEn-_VzcHRTaArDVXqCiJBSkXbX81kna_9suhOtAzQSM4CMGprVQY0lhnVHCPrLWvHr9GeJgC0hQQLxIZAFPVH71xSycYd_d30DXNnNUIbGDiNK3vHw&ved=0CG4Qpis4FGoVChMIpv_e5sanxwIVhk-SCh3rPQGg&ei=9FXNVaa1NYafyQTr-4SACg

I believe this is the female equivalent to my male forms, however and there is no back on them 

[Unorthodox]

ok, link busted the thread....

[Buster's Uncle]

I'd need a back.

[Unorthodox]

I mache that...

[Buster's Uncle]

Chainmail is seriously not weightless.



Below, add a cloak, and you're looking all hot and cool, able to take some pretty coldish weather.  A bodice in the middle, instead of the sash, would probably be warmer and might look armor-y, depending on the bodice.

[Dio]

I hope that model works as one of Santa's Helpers this year with the fancy new green and red color scheme.