With these measurements I was able to draw a pattern for the nosepiece onto another sheet of paper cut it out and hold it up to the helm.
Making leather armor. Let me say right up front as an apartment dweller myself that if you live in an apartment most plate armor is going to be out of the question you will not be producing suits of gothic armor. If you know how to use a cutter and a hole punch you know everything you need. After doing research on ancient armors in Chinese and foreign history I designed a 13-hole plate for my armor and send the design to a PUNCH METAL factory to have pieces madeIts made of steel plate.
With the right tools which can be purchased inexpensively at a leather shop or fabric shop this is an easy project that has both functional and attractive results. Leather armour is lighter and more flexible than metal giving the wearer that much more room to work with. If you want to make hardened leather armor then you have a few options for how to harden it.
Making Leather Armor - Elbows - YouTube. Learn to Make a Leather Cuirass Skill Tree - YouTube. So beyond a certain level of smithingenchantingalchemy you cant max out leather armor.
And when you decide to wear leather armour you can find the leather cuirass you need here at Medieval Armour. This is my third video on how to make leather armor it deals specifically with leather shoulders spaulders pauldrons. In medieval times there was something called cuir bouilli which means boiled leather in French.
Continue to build up the rows making sure to put the scales in the right spot in each row. Making your own homemade leather armor will allow you more inexpensive and better fitting armor. With other types of armor its a little bit to easy to get to the cap.
I measured the top of the helm on down to the base of the black eye piece. Vegetable-tanned leather could probably be molded to fit pretty closely but that kind of leather is expensive. Be sure to pick up the pattern and make them so you can race into battle or wear them.