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[Ryujin]

People have asked me why I don't paint and sculpt miniatures professionally (clearly people who have no idea what "good" actually is)...

I tell them that, for the amount people would pay for them vs. the amount of time I put into them...

I'd be making about $1.50 an hour.

And earning literally just enough to keep me in supplies.

Rough estimate: Making a chain shirt, by hand, takes roughly 30 hours. Maybe quadruple that if the rings are welded.

I think I could get enough aluminum wire to make a shirt for maybe CAN$100.00 That would be hip length. It's been a while since I priced it out but I think triple that for steel and then at least double it, again, for stainless. I can't weld aluminum. Stainless welds can be done but I'm not using a noble gas box, so they're somewhat brittle welds. Still maybe 3x stronger than just butted, at the least.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Rough estimate: Making a chain shirt, by hand, takes roughly 30 hours. Maybe quadruple that if the rings are welded.

I think I could get enough aluminum wire to make a short for maybe CAN$100.00 That would be hip length. It's been a while since I priced it out but I think triple that for steel and then at least double it, again, for stainless. I can't weld aluminum. Stainless welds can be done but I'm not using a noble gas box, so they're somewhat brittle welds. Still maybe 3x stronger than just butted, at the least.

So you should charge at least CAN$550 for them, IMO. If I'm going to buy a handmade chainmail shirt anyway, I'd expect to pay at least that much for something not a piece of crap, and I'd rather the money went to a friend instead of a stranger.

 

[Thomas Shey]

If someone called me foodie as an intended insult, I'd laugh.

I'd just assume they had me confused with someone else. I don't lean into that nearly far enough for that to be even vaguely accurate.

 

[Ryujin]

So you should charge at least CAN$550 for them, IMO. If I'm going to buy a handmade chainmail shirt anyway, I'd expect to pay at least that much for something not a piece of crap, and I'd rather the money went to a friend instead of a stranger.

I've given friends chainmail coifs, a couple of chain shirts, and in one case a chainmail minidress, all of them in aluminum. I'm still hoping that the last will eventually make it to pics because the person who has it is fairly well known as such things go, in our community, and she'd rock the hell out of it

To date I've sold exactly one chain shirt. I sold it to the person who modelled it for me, so I could check it, prior to the photoshoot for which I made it. I made it specifically for the shoot in order to help out a friend who had an idea for a photo series, thinking that he might be able to sell it to a tattoo magazine. I sold it for the cost of materials, after the shoot.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I always respect the artisan’s ability & decisions. I have even accepted “No.” as an answer to an inquiry.

And I don’t really care about time unless I’ve been told an approximate done date and it passes without comment.

 

[dragoner]

I've given friends chainmail coifs, a couple of chain shirts, and in one case a chainmail minidress, all of them in aluminum. I'm still hoping that the last will eventually make it to pics because the person who has it is fairly well known as such things go, in our community, and she'd rock the hell out of it

To date I've sold exactly one chain shirt. I sold it to the person who modelled it for me, so I could check it, prior to the photoshoot for which I made it. I made it specifically for the shoot in order to help out a friend who had an idea for a photo series, thinking that he might be able to sell it to a tattoo magazine. I sold it for the cost of materials, after the shoot.

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Very beautiful work.

 

[Ryujin]

Very beautiful work.

Thanks

Edit: Here's a link to the rest of the pics I have from the shoot.

MorallyAmbiguous

 

[FrogReaver]

Given the number of things that were Canadian inventions, just claiming a couple of foods is pretty humble

It’s a common myth that Canada invented maple syrup, eskimos and elk (it wasn’t actually them).

 

[dragoner]

Thanks

Edit: Here's a link to the rest of the pics I have from the shoot.

MorallyAmbiguous

Those are really awesome.

 

[Scribe]

Called it years ago.