The Armour of Clyde Caldwell
Clyde's armour is like jewelry in that respect. They obey the unwritten law of fantasy illustration that everybody will aim for the shiny parts, that arrows don't infest the battle field, and a well turned ankle in high heeled boots doesn't actually result in a badly turned ankle on the battlefield. Ah well, but thats what makes it GOOD!
The
following
illustrations are from Clyde Caldwell's gallery, which is located HERE.
He has graciously allowed me to reproduce some of his work here,
and I have made sure to give credit where credit is due (with hotlinks
back to his web site), and to remind my readers that you too can
actually
own these wonderful works of art. In the next couple of months, I
will attempt to make some of these armours, and if they are good
enough,
I'll even post pictures of them here. So bookmark this page, and
come back often! I think this will be one page I won't mind
taking
the time to keep updated!
Working from the above painting, this is what I came up with.
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Below, are some of the vambraces inspired by Rose Sea
Again, click on the images to enlarge.
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Traci is wearing a Clyde Caldwell inspired top
It is 18 gauge armour rated steel, hand formed and shaped
by Bill Fedun in
the South Tower Armouries
at Ottawa, Canada
original inspiration for this piece may be found
by clicking HERE
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images copyright 2009
Wallpaper of Traci wearing this armour may
be found here, and we consider its use on your
personal computer as a wallpaper to be
"fair usage" under the copyright act. No other
images may be used in this fashion.
Other sexy armour would include the arm bands you see in the above pic
slave collars like this one
I like the cute little magnetic lock on these!
and also the Cobra vambraces which have become remarkably popular.
Sonja's Armour
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Check the cool knife sheath on her left leg!
And the cute crissy crossy straps front and back.
I originally wanted the black cloth to be front and back panels under the chain
but she elected to have it made into a miniskirt instead. I think it would
have looked good either way.
The cost of a piece of armour like this depends so much on what you
want me to make that it is almost impossible to determine
a price here on an internet page. However, you can estimate
a vambrace with your coat of arms bashed into it to be in the
range of seventy five dollars, and a replica of a Clyde Caldwell
design, well, that can get pretty elaborate.
We would most definitely need to talk.
Email me for prices and construction details
(and for more pictures of these gorgeous models)
stag@southtower.on.ca