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Published: 2011-07-28 15:25:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 14951; Favourites: 377; Downloads: 74
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Think its about doneAn arm fit for a king, This prosthetic model was made for the 501st royal engineer corps. It contains a lot of the tools any modern field engineer would need.
Ok, back to reality!
This was a tough one to pull together, but it works, and is much much more comfortable compared to the previous prosthetic arm i built. The arm is completely made out of leather plates, which were engraved and painted. The lines left by the engraving process are filled up with gold paint.
other parts include the wrenches, brass nuts and bolts, copper rivets, straps, buckles, etc. etc.
Props go to Ian Finchfield, AKA Skinz-n-Hydez for the inspiration to make a full leather prosthetic arm.
Now to build the foldable mortar i want to attach to the back xD
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Whoaaa that's so awesome ! I tried once to make one but it didn't looked even close to yours
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this is bad ass
but id add alot more real nuts n bolts that those wrenches fit
beautiful thoΒ
love the creativityΒ
keep doing what you love
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This is very cool. I'd love to see an engineer character in a video game have this. It just fits and looks badass.Β
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well, similar stuff does tend to pop up in the game Rise of Legends. it's an old RTS game, but it is awesome
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eh, killing me is hard. people have tried 
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Holy shit this is epic! How do you get a leather plate to harden like that? I'm new to leatherworking but I want to make something similar to this.
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Hiya, its always fun to help someone out: what you do: 1. start with veg. tanned leather. 2. make this stuff soaking wet (as in, leave in a skip with water for a few hours, rough side up). 3. engrave it using a dremel or something similar. even an HB pencil will work at this point. 4. Bend into the desired shape, and make sure it stays that way. 5. Let it dry. It should take a couple of days. if you want to harden it, roast it over a fire (without burning it). 6. paint it. And thats basically how every plate is made
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Holy smokes!
How long did it take you to make? It's FANTASTIC!!!
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Thank you!
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2 weeks? I thought it would have been longer than that, but either way you've made a brilliant job of it!
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Cheers! be sure to stick around, i have got faaar more beautiful stuff in the works *evil grin*
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Now that sounds like something to look forward to!
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holy crap is that a fully functioning i want to be a mechanical engineer and i would cut my arm off just so i could have that
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Yes, it is in fact fully functional and fully articulated. Even the wrenches are well used by now, by actual use
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I must say, this entire piece is beautifully impressive! Did you use leather moulding to get the shapes first, or did you just wing it on the design?
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i make the stuff out of cardboard first, make sure everything works properly, trace the cardboard back on to leather, and cut that out 
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Ah, thanks so much for the info! So it is just plane leather fitted together and tied on after the pattern is made in cardboard? Good to know!
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well, thats just the basic outline for armour pieces... to engrave the leather is a bit trickier
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Man, u did it again. AWESOME!!
That's an arm i'd like to wear, only mine should be totally packed with Tech.
U bringing that to CF11?
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thats what its for
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Yezz, there is room at the camping. Ofcourz there is, i reserved a place especially for u............When i take care of things, i take care of things
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Truly an arm of an engineery! 
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bout 2 months to dream up, couple of days to build
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A-MA-ZING!
Foldable mortar = excellent notion.
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Thanks! now to design and build it. Was thinking bout a rack and pinion gearing with a drawer slide for the folding action
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Oooooh sounds interesting.
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love the wrenchness
shoulda had them brass plated tho
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yeah... ah well, maybe ill set up some sort of electrolysis thing
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make it happen
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well... i AM armed, and i sleep very very light
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well i have something you dont! THE POWER OF TECHNOBABBLE!
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Please... i made through all of star trek voyager, and doctor who. if you want technobabble, i has it :3
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its clear this duel will not be decided by our knowledge of technobabble, but with our skills, with a sonic screwdriver!
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Wow dude dat is echt awesome!
Volgens mij moet jij echt outfits gaan ontwerpen voor films ofzo. XD
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thanks
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Leather and brass, and paints thats it
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Thats pretty resourceful, what type of paints did you use? Cause there are some paints that become hard and crunchy
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just leather paint, available at any shoe store ^^ and craft store gold paint for the lines
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Nice craftsmanship. If you ever get in the leather works business, I shall be your first customer
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...provided i figure out how to transport stuff into the states without the customs offices asking questions
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