"Puffed" Leg
Harness
This is a bit of a concept-piece;
Kris was first trying his hand at hot-forming steel, and decided to
make a pair of cuisses (thigh plates) that looked a little bit like the
puffed-and-slashed designs of 16th century armour. After successfully
forming the cuisses, they were integrated into an old gothic set of
knees, so the end result is not homogenous to a particular time-period.
Here is the result. These thigh-plates
are ridiculously resistant to denting - one small dent in a year of
fighting once every week for 2hrs.
