/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10109834
technically you can use it on bare skin. I did it, you can survive it. But that said at least one layer of anything will make you more comfortable (also it will rust like hell if it is in direct contact with your sweat) so very thin layers of whatevers will be stained as fuck, but that's life.
Some people are like you have to get the thickest gambeson ever under it until you look like a Michelin figure but they are just way too worried that something might touch them.
On the other hand you can put over the mail anything you want even gambesons.
On pic is how a form fitted chainmail looks like and you can deduce that the undergarment isn't extremely thick.

Also you will get pretty warm no matter what, but as long as you don't use too much synthetics there will be no real problem

>>9775920
I really would not advise a completely DIY riveted shirt to start with. It's would be a hideous amount of work to do from scratch. If you want riveted then you could buy loose rings (both solid and riveted links will save time compared to all riveted and is the more common historical design) and assemble them yourself, although depending on where you buy the rings the money you save compared to buying a complete shirt might be marginal and not worth to assembly time. I love riveted but for your first shirt, either cheap and cheerful butted or buying a complete riveted shirt and adjusting it is better. A home-made riveted hauberk can be something to work towards, starting off with test squares and then smaller items such as skirts or pizons/standards before tackling a complete shirt.

One of the big advantages of making, or at least assembling, your own mail is that you can fit and tailor properly. It's more historical, looks better, allows better range of movement in the arms and saves weight by not having unnecessary rings.

http://www.the-exiles.org/Article%20chain.htm
Tips on butted mail and tailoring advice near the bottom.

>>9753381
>The gambeson underneath all that should be fairly thin for ease of movement, weight and not overheating.
this is very important and have to be highlighted.

People think that gambesons should be as thick as possible while in reality the ones that were used underneath the chainmail were fairly thin.
Earlier XIII. century versions of gambeson/akteon were stuffed usually as far as I know but if you sew together a few layer of linen and/or wool that's fine too. Basically ~4 layers of linen could be enough depending on the thickness.

Also if you have time with the chainmail mod it to fit your body. It will look better and also greatly reduce cost.

>>9290710
found the pic that is probably the one

>>9290718
well, because it is for a larp you don't have to worry much about it. It shouldn't be too big though, and it shouldn't be too thin otherwise it won't hold up.
Also no need to worry about such things as riveted and flat links as that's way out of your league right now.

Just got home from a scifi larp, pictures will come in the next few days or weeks somewhen.

in the meantime

>>9223809
just found this picture, shows you a properly fitted chainmail