Heres A Batch Of Small Things That I Shipped Out This Week.

Here’s a batch of small things that I shipped out this week.

In order, we got: scale bracelets in stainless steel and bronze; a matched set of choker necklace and bracelet in the colors of the asexual pride flag; bronze scale earrings; a bunch of leather fortune cookies; and a leather barrette in the shape of a dragon wing.

My Etsy store is still open for Christmas orders! Anything ordered by December 15th will be shipped out by the 18th. After that, I will be out of town visiting family (as safely as I can without being disowned) until the new year.

Drone dragon visor and armor.

This breastplate was the big personal project I got finished up before last Halloween, but in the rush of prep for conventions in Jan-Feb I forgot to post it.

I had a lot of fun building it. I designed and pulled the pattern off of a duct tape dummy of myself, so it fits me very specifically. (Process shots here.) With the rigidity of the leather and the fit of the design, it basically acts like a corset.

Other photos of the visor can be found here, and it’s up for sale on my Etsy (either this one or custom colors), but the torso will stay a personal piece. I don’t currently have the torso forms that would be necessary to make stuff that is quite this carefully fitted. I still do want to try to work out a reasonable corset design though.

New dragon tail commission! This one has a complex custom pattern--red mottled striped and brown speckles on a purple background, with an underbelly of yellow with brown stripes. It’s got clusters of spikes down the spine, and a custom 3D shaped spade tip.

As per usual, it’s made of anodized aluminum scales linked with stainless steel rings. The spade tip is leather, and attaches via 3 lobster clasps. The tail measures 34 inches long, 38 inches with the spade tip, and weighs 3 pounds 14 ounces.

More photos, carry on.

Made a black version of my steampunk-ish respirator mask (previously seen here), also wanted to show it with the option for attaching with just a simple cord to knot instead of the full buckle arrangement. 4 oz vegetable-tanned leather, laser-cut, dyed and sewn together by hand, with brass screen beneath the grating. Not protective on its own, but you can wear it over a disposable or cloth mask. Available on my Etsy shop!

Just finished up this lined leather collar! It’s got a gold base layer, which shows through the geometric filigree cut pattern in the top strap.

I tried one of these a few years ago, but for this one I updated the design with a heavier leather, and also made it easier to assemble.

1 inch base strap, total collar width is 2 inches. Made with 8 ounce vegetable-tanned strap leather, a heavy but soft garment leather for the lining, and nickel-plated D-ring, roller buckle and rivets.

This one does have a defect, where insufficiently dried black dye soaked through to the base strap along the edges. It’s not visible when it's worn, but I've lowered the price to account for this error. (It’s embarrassing when that sort of thing happens, but I guess I learned something about this new dye for the future.)

It’s available on my Etsy store!

I decided to do a flash sale for Black Friday--everything on my Etsy store is 20% off through 11/30!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheArmoredDragon

I thought about doing a fun gimmick like only black items are on sale, but actually I want to make more colorful things right now, so I just went for black promo pieces and put everything on sale.