How to Make Dragonscale chainmail
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This is a tutorial on how to make a type of chainmail called Dragonscale. It is a beautiful looking chainmail and it uses two different sized rings so it is a bit more complex than the more common 4 in 1 style. I walk you through the process step by step.
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This is a chainmail style that a beginner can make and I show you how to do it ring by ring. It is a repeating pattern so once you learn the pattern you just repeat it. But if you want to start with something easier my beginners tutorial is here: • How to make ChainMail
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Finally someone that can teach clearly how to do this pattern. Thank you so much.
This is by far the best scale maille tutorial I have come across. I love that you used large rings to show the pattern, and your video was nicely zoomed and focused. The technique of starting the work close to you and working the pattern out and away made much more sense than the other videos I watched that had me do the opposite. And I love that you weaved this example piece while it was laying flat on the table-the other videos where the instructor picks up the piece to add a row just get confusing real quick because all of the rings flop all over the place.
2 thumbs way way up! I love this first piece that I made and can’t wait to give it as a gift this Christmas! Thank you!
Thanks for that tip about opening the rings left handed or right handed. It's not something I thought about before.
Best tutorial for dragonscale I've seen! I've been trying to learn this pattern for ages but could never understand the tutorials on how to do it- this was so much easier to understand, great job!
Thank you for helping me wrap my head around this weave! I can finally understand what I am doing and am able to put it down and pick up where I left off!
Love your tutorial. You are very patience in your explaination.
I agree with cherylvanputten below. This is the BEST video for Dragonscale I've seen. I'm finally getting it. I'm working on jewelry scale [much tinier] and in Argentium Sterling and for anyone else at that might be at that scale, I saw one tip on another site where the maker used a thinner gauge for the small rings....so if the large rings were 18 ga make the small rings 20 ga but the same diameter as the AR for smaller rings. That made it a whole lot easier...especially when learning.
The best tutorial on this weave I have found! Great job thank you so much!
Great tutorial! Very clear! The best one I could find on Dragon Scale. Now I was finally able to make a dragon scale bracelet. Thanks!
dude, your my hero, I thought I was the biggest nerd on planet earth.
Thanks for following my channel!
a fellow geeky nerd, i salute u. I built a wood burning forge a few months ago. i've got a tricked out home designed anvil. i've got two home made hammers two knives and a gladius. the creme de le creme is my unfinished crossbow (trigger assembly almost done). now i need some chainmail.
Very nice! You are having fun! Send me pics!
just got into making chainmail and i knew some basics but i knew you would have something on it
Totally addicted to chainmail. This video is wonderful. Trail and errors yesterday, now I'm on a roll. Thank you 😊
I used to make regular 4in1 chainmail in high school using notebook wire. It looked pretty cool. I decided to try to make faux chainmail when I saw a black mesh laundry bag with wide circular mesh rings I took it apart spray painted it silver and it looks pretty good as costume armor if you double layer it.
I know this is an old video but for the past month now I have been looking for chainmail jewelry tutorials and a lot of them the Rings are way too tiny and I find it hard to follow along. This video helped me a lot with the large rings I could easily follow along thank you so much!
Good to see you back on the channel! :)
thank you for the lefty tip it workssss
hi :) thought I'd have a look around youtube for any chaimail making videos and i was surprised to find someone as happy as you that actually knows his stuff :p
cheers for the well explained videos :)
tbh i've been making chainmail for years, but i never could work out dragonchain (made my head hurt trying to work it out)
Excellent thank you this is the best dragon scale demo i've seen online, I now have the courage to attempt a dragon scale necklace or bracelet in gold and silver.It'l no doubt be fiddly though...Again thanks
You are very welcome. thanks for watching and you just go for it!
I love your chainmail and blacksmithing videos. Would you ever do king's chainmail as a video?
i found you today and had a bindge watch. god i love your vids. you are so happy xD
Thanks for finding me!!!
You're welcome.
Great work! I'll have to give it a whirl.
Very beautiful thanks for sharing. I am going to have to make some so i can look at it everyday.
i bet this would be fantastic when used on an arming doublet using riveted mail. that way there would be almost no weaknesses in a full plate armour except the eye slits
Hey great work I have a suggestion a cast saurons ring like you did the septum
¡Gracias! Al fin pude entender el sistema para hacer las escamas de dragon.
this does look interesting and i'll have to give it a shot at some point.
Can we expect a tutorial for some more chainmail clothing? we have the headpiece so how about the rest of the outfit? Also, would the tecnique for making the clothing differ much if using this dragonscale patten as opposed to the normal one?
It seems to me that you could make this with one set of rings (small or large) already closed, and do all the joining using the other size. This would halve the number of rings that need to be closed during the actual construction. If you were using welded or riveted rings, then pre-closing the small rings would be much faster than closing and welding/rivetting while on the actual mail.
This is so cool. I am just brave (or maybe crazy) enough to try this even though I have never done chainmail before.
- Heidi
Your hands are going to get sore :)
epicfantasy That is nothing new to me. :) I have been in that situation many times and always survived though perhaps with a few more scars than before. :) I don't intend to go out looking as perfect as I did when I came into the world. :D Thanks for the heads up.
- Heidi
I recently played through Metro: Last Light, and I loved it. I thought of a project you can do: The .50 Bullet Lighter that the main character Artyom carries about. I would be very interested.
So it's just the first row where you lay the closed large rings down over the small rings before joining the second row?
Do you know what would be the best way to attach "scales" to make a Scale mail. If you do, would you mind making a tutorial for that?
This is so much fun!!!
I tried to make this into a bracelet. It didn't come out like I wanted it to though. I think the smaller rings and the larger rings have to be the same thickness. The smaller one fit into the larger ring but the smaller ones I got were thicker. It just make it really tight.
Can you do a sped-up video of you chronologically making a chainmail vest?
I really enjoyed your tutorial, how do you finish your pieces. I am trying to make or find a pattern for a cod piece.
heck yes. I some new armor to make. thanks man.
this was really good
Hey I am planning to make a glove out of gemstones in a chain mel style can you make a video to show me how to make it?
I have a good suggestion, if you know anything about star trek, do the blade of Kahless.
i just compare the 2 chainmail videos , this one and the old 2012 one , and belive me the beard make you look so much better than the shaved version hahaha
Gona make a riveted mail shirt, as such I need to know how flexible its this weave compared to 4 in 1? Any idea which is stronger?
I actually understand this tutorial, and can see what you are doing. THANK YOU. Might be easier if you used colored rings for teaching, even though I know that is not "authentic" in any way.
Do you think you can make a full short sleeved shirt and use it as a prize of some sort, because I want it for a cosplay but I don't want other people to not have a chance
Could you make Mal's pistol from the show Firefly?
Can you make a video in how to make a dragon scale hood?
Brilliant! Looks great
Thanks :)
epicfantasy Have you thought about that board game I mentioned? (:
epicfantasy Have you thought about that board game I mentioned? (:
Can you make kings mail aswell?
does this protect more?
aside from aesthetics, does this dragonscale mail have anything over normal chainmail?
Yes, it offers better protection because it is denser and layered.
Do you think that you can make a full short sleeved shirt made of chain mail for a contest, I want one for a cosplay, but I want the odds to be fair for others.
you could always make it yourself as it isnt to hard to do :) im working on one myself with my uncle. once you have the rhythm of it you can blast though it.
What size rings are you using? I'm using 5/8 inch ID for the large rings and 1/2 inch ID for the small rings. I can weave just fine, but when I hold up my mail the shape falls out of place and the dragonscales aren't really visible
I think the best analogy is that the smaller ring just fits inside the large ring.Worked well for me.
can you make a tutorial on how to make a plastic mask
Try using candrink pin and make a chain
the original real chain mails had each ring *riveted* close, right?
how would that system work?
Only the cheap stuff was riveted, most of it was riveted and welded, but the good stuff was all welded. However in today's world, the strength of the steel will be enough to hold the mail together, unless you're getting involved in a real fight with really strong people and sharp swords(however in a fight with sharp swords, you'll want plate armour not chain mail, mail has to many holes to slip a point in).
hmm I see! pretty cool and makes, sense! but regarding the welding and rivets, they must have some sort of jig to speed up the process, I'd love to see how do they do it anyways... Thanks for the reply, mate! =)
Hi Will, to your knowledge, did any budget minded viking, roman, saxon or even any of those mad normans know this kind of pattern ??
Great question. I don't know.
Do you think you could make tsugumi's halberd from soul eater not. (with the blade)
Had anyone ever made a shirt with this pattern? I've made 2 other chainmail shirts already, but I want something different to wear, so I think it's time for me to try this
dragonscale heavier than normal chainmail weave?
i mean by how much roughly
Kumagai1976 by normal do you mean European 4 in 1
I am not at all and expert and have not measured it myself but judging from the ring size and amount of rings i can make a prediction.
Compared to the 4 in 1 its heavier since you have the added weight of the small rings. When compared to the 6 in 1 or the 8 in 1 i think its lighter.
thank you once i have mine done i will link you so you can see what it looks like from yours, yes?
I've searched ror so many tutorials and every time your channel shows up. Is there anything do don't do?
Thanks for returning every time :) The only thing I don't do is give up!
Was this an historical technique?, or it's fantasy based?
Hey bro great work here. thx for sharing. Your channel is awesome!!! Sorry but did you mention the kind of wire you use??
This is 14 gauge steel fence wire.
Does it have anything better than the normal 4v1 style, or it just looks good? I see you use butted mail so this channel is probably for costume makers, not for reenactors.
There are records of butted mail, historically. That makes sense, you know, since the time savings are immense.
Jacob Thomas Yes, there are records of them existing, but not historical use in battle. There are a lot of videos on the internet that show, how little protection the butted mail provides, but if you want to make sure, just buy one, and then put it on, and commit sepukku, you will succed. If you want butted mail to be strong, you have to treat it specially, by coating it in silver(expensive as fuck), or giving it a heat treatment, which didn't existed until late 13th century, so you probably wore riveted mail to battle, because that shit protects you from everything, exept blunt force trauma, and stronger bows (over 70 lbs).
So in essence, the pattern is an Interwoven 4 in 1, with different size rings, where you only assemble half the four in one at a time? at least that's how it appears to me. it seems that when you look back at the previously made portions of this mail, you see four small rings in the big ones and vice versa, but to get the density it is interwoven, meaning you can only assemble half the 4 in 1, then half of the next row of 4 in 1, then finish the first 4 in 1, interweaving the bottom of the second 4 in 1 in the process of completing the first, wash, rinse, repeat. Am I understanding the structure of the pattern properly?
kememorethyuri that's pretty much it
sweet!
kememorethyuri I can't really decide if I want to do the 4 in 1 the 6 in 1 or the dragonscale for a full mail. I did smaller pieces before but the stakes are higher with a big project like this one.
The 4 in 1 is not as nice but easy and fast to make and the lightest to wear.
The dragonscale looks the best but takes the longest to make from what I read. The fact that I would need to make 2 types of rings is also a complicating factor.
The 6 in 1 looks nice but is the heaviest of the 3 I assume. Its a little harder to make then the 4 in one but there are ways to speed weave it.
Do you have more information or suggestions ?
me personally? nope. I have never made mail at all. lol. but i'm interested in getting into blacksmithing and so i watch a lot of videos. Seems though like it is a matter of what is important to you. If you want medieval warrior look, go wit the 4 in 1.The dragon scale may look the best, but i think, due to the construction, that it is the bulkiest of the three mail types, while the six in one would seem to have better protection, though it is heavier, so i would assume that it depends of the purpose of your mail. However, you also have to take into account the skill factor. Id say if it is your first time, do the 4 in one. Almost every video i have watched about mail says that. I would assume it is because it is the fastest and easiest to make for a beginner.
kememorethyuri
I have made mail before but that was almost always jewelry.
I have looked further into armor and with a better AR(aspect ratio) 4in1 looks good too.
The only problem now is to find stainless steel rings/wire. The place where I got my other rings only sells copper, brass, silver and plated stainless with small diameters.
I have all the tools to make the rings myself if I find the wire but stainless wire is hard to find.
I only found stainless cable so far.
you should make a full body armor chain mil
Im gonna make a dragonscale chainmail watchstrap :)
+Kevin Larsson Pretty cool idea.
You are amazing
Awesome!
Make a long bow please .
hiya! me and my uncle are working on different pieces, he is working on a coif and i am working on a shirt but we hit a little snag when we came to the skullcap of his coif...im trying to figure out how you did your "pizza slices" but you didn't really go into detail in your video and the tutorial on the website doesn't help me much...any tips or maybe a more detailed video focusing on making the "pizza slices" to make skullcap of a coif? Thanks in advance
~Dark
People have trouble with the pizza slices. Keep at it. You will get it. All I have is the video and the web tutorial.
You should make the veteran ncr rangers grom fallout new vagas helmet
can you please make a video where you rams a knife against such a thing
Im working on the scroll
cool, send me a pic when its done!
Oh my god I like that...
1:38 what are the inches in cm
3/8" is .952cm 5/8" is 1.587cm you could probably round it to 1cm and 1.5cm as long as they still fit inside eachother (like it says in the video)
Make Elric's Spear from Full Metal Alchemist, please :)
Check out the channel called AweMe. He makes a lot of weapons from TV shows and things.
I know him. But I want to see hoW epicfantacy makes it.
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I often wonder how long it would have taken someone in medieval times to create a full set of battle-ready mail, considering the tools and technology of the day.
I suspect that there would have been several people working on it.
it would take 1 armorer & 2 apprentice approx 2 - 3 days of work to make a mail hauberk
The thing is the tools and technology they had would be for specific jobs like this. It would still take longer but they would have tools specifically for making chainmail
Deep story man..
Thank you.
How about making the blades of chaos from god of war
4 is one is better and looks better
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Why is there a dollar on the door
Good eye Caleb. There is a reason for that dollar :)
found it hard to follow why cant the ppl who make these videos not use 2 color rings make is a whole lot easier to see
that is cool as (bleep). but if you where to try and do that riveted i am betting the neighborhood would lean a lot of new cuss words ..and the grand kids would be whats wrong with grandpa?
lol! Good point.
To be honest she was talking about the mail, not the heart. Stuff is tedious as hell to make.
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This looks EXTREMELY time consuming.
It is EXTREMELY time consuming. :D
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hey epicfantacy!!!!! Could you please please please make Prince Aurther's sword forged by dragon breath by Merlin in the movie Merlin? thanks A LOT epicfantacy!!!!!!!!!
Do you think you could make tsugumi's halberd from soul eater not. (with the blade)
Thank you so much for this tutorial. This video by far from my research really helped clarify how to do a dragonscale chainmail. I really loved how you used large rings to demonstrate.
@ EpicFantasy, I have a game for you to try.... [Mount and Blade: Warband] I can show you how to install a mod A clash of kings. And boom you got a Game of Thrones game real Medieval.
lol is it possible to make a dragonscale shirt? haha
+Nuva Its possible but it would be about 1.5 times as heavy as normal 4 in 1 weave.
really good one but it left me a question.. when you've made pieces of ti how would you link one to another? (forgive my english if I made any mistake.. it's a log time I'm not practicing them :P )
Can you make some Naruto projects? Like Zabuza's Sword or Minato's kunai
I have left some comments Like this in your videos i hope you answer me soon
when doing the dragonscale, does it get hard to put the ring in? because on the eight row it's very tight...please let me know what I can be doing wrong... thank you for your time
Awesome! I made a coif out of the other type of chainmail, and was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how to make a dragonscale coif. ☺
Since the mail is not riveted it would be nice to see if it can be easily pulled apart with just your arm strength. That would be a nice follow up.