My last project was an interesting collaboration with a client who is building a panoply based on Homer's description of the armour of Achilles, and on archaeological evidence. My contribution is the following cuirass, finished to the point where the customer can integrate a leather liner using the holes furnished. Black leather lacing and suspension are temporary. Pauldrons decorated in the same fashion are to follow.

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Detail showing left side closure

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Detail showing shoulder closure

-Hildebrandt

Do the shield please :D :D :D .

That has been an ambition of mine since I first read the Iliad, and would be a wonderful project. I suspect that many of the magnificent parade shields of the 16th C took some inspiration from that text as well.

-Hildebrandt

Beautiful work. I really like this one.

That is a wonderful piece of functional art. Truly masterful!

Looking forward to seeing this project completed, excellent work. :cool: