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This is my "Gembu no Yoroï" (Gembu's armour)!
This Samuraï armour is crafted in leather, inspired by a Sino-Japanese legend: "Gembu, the north master".
Gembu is a mythologic personage who is a mix of a turtle and a snake.
So, i'll designed my "Yoroï" (armour) with an interlacing patern of turtules and snake. I called it "Entreptile" in french (intereptiles maybe?).

About the patern of theese armour, it's scrupulously historical. This sort of Yoroï, called "Gosoku", are be weared on the 16th century:
-The dô is a "Nuinobe dô"style
-The Kote are "Bishamon Gote" style
-The kabuto is "Zunari Kabuto" style
-The face armour is "Mempô" style
-The Suneate is "Tsubo Suneate" style

There is also a "Haidate" (thigh armour) that i'm wearring on these pictures.

Of course, these Yoroï is handecrafting by myself =3

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Voici la "Gembu no Yoroï" (l'armure de Gembu)!
Cette armure de Samurai est fabriquée en cuir, inspirée par une légende sino-japonaise: "Gembu, le maître du nord".
Gembu est un personnage mythologique, mélange de tortue et de serpent.
Donc j'ai conçue mon armure autour d'un motifs de serpent et de tortues entrelacés. Je l'ai appellé "Entreptiles".

A propos du patron de cette armure, il est scrupuleusement historique. Cette sorte d'armure, appelée "Gosoku", a étée portée au court du 16em siècle:
-Le "Dô" est dans un style "Nuinobe"
-Les "Kote" sont dans un style "Bishamon Gote"
-Le "Kabuto" est un "Zunari kabuto"
-L'armure faciale est un "Mempô"
-Les "Suneate" sont dans un style "Tsubo suneate"

Il y a aussi un "Haidate" (armure qui protège les cuisses) que je porte sur les photos.

Évidemment, cette "Yoroï" a été entièrement réalisée a la main par mes soins =3
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Comments: 37

rassaku [2015-05-16 03:44:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow. As a leatherworker myself, I can hazard a guess at how much time all that custom tooling took, and my hat goes OFF to you, sir! Phenomenal achievement.

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Bear-Crafter In reply to rassaku [2015-05-16 13:42:26 +0000 UTC]

Yep! It was a very long work to do =3
Thanks for appréciation!

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Wolfbr0ther [2013-09-25 08:26:10 +0000 UTC]

That is one fine piece of work! The details are amazing and the niveau of your craftmanship really makes me jealous!

I might come back to this gallery from time to time for inspiration and to ask you about stuff, because I'm thinking about making my own Japanese armour next year...

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Wolfbr0ther [2013-09-25 17:00:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Nordmalm [2012-08-13 20:20:37 +0000 UTC]

Awsome, im working on a simillar piece myself Truely inspiring!

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martinendara [2012-04-13 18:00:27 +0000 UTC]

Did it yourself? this is wonderful

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Bear-Crafter In reply to martinendara [2012-04-13 19:31:34 +0000 UTC]

Yep! All by my self on this Galery!

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martinendara In reply to Bear-Crafter [2012-04-13 20:54:43 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant my friend great job! how much time took you to accomplish this yoroi?
how much $ something like that could cost?

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Bear-Crafter In reply to martinendara [2012-04-14 08:22:53 +0000 UTC]

First, you have to know that's leather-crafting is my job =3
It took me 1 month to realise it, but that's not my choice... I couldn't sell a Yoroi like this, handcarving this much, under 3000€. Yep, this is not "cheap" ^^'

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martinendara In reply to Bear-Crafter [2012-04-14 12:31:30 +0000 UTC]

I see of course you are an expert on the matter, very good job!! keep it up

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Fragrach [2011-11-16 17:37:38 +0000 UTC]

By the way, do you make armor like this as a comission?
How much would that be?
I have a project, that would require a very detailed samurai armor...similar to this one.^^

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Fragrach [2011-11-16 18:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I can make armor as comission. But, for a Yoroï detailed like this... The budget is huge.
I could not sell this armor is less than 5000€

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Fragrach In reply to Bear-Crafter [2011-11-16 19:12:32 +0000 UTC]

Then 5000€ it is...I'll have to save a while for that, but quality has it's price.

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Fragrach [2011-11-16 21:05:11 +0000 UTC]

the price is directly related to my time to work ... And there is considerable ^^'

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Fragrach In reply to Bear-Crafter [2011-11-17 01:23:50 +0000 UTC]

I thought that already...this degree of detail takes a lot of time.
By the way, how long does it take to create something like this?

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Fragrach [2011-11-17 08:15:21 +0000 UTC]

I take less than 600 hours ^^'

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Fragrach In reply to Bear-Crafter [2011-11-17 10:09:28 +0000 UTC]

That certainly explains the price...definetly worth it.^^

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Fragrach [2011-11-17 16:11:44 +0000 UTC]

Exactement =3

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Fragrach In reply to Bear-Crafter [2011-11-17 17:29:33 +0000 UTC]

I think I'll contact you again, as soon, as the character, who is going to wear it is complete...aiming for some kind of tiger beastman, with a lot of padding to add enough muscle mass. XD

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Fragrach [2011-11-17 21:30:38 +0000 UTC]

The project looks very interesting =3

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Fragrach In reply to Bear-Crafter [2011-11-18 05:56:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks...the greatest problem with things like this is allways to find someone able to create armor, that doesn't actually fit human anatomy.^^
And if you mention something like "blue japanese inspired armor with gold details and dragons"...most people doing armor here would likely run away. XD

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Fragrach [2011-11-21 16:01:19 +0000 UTC]

It not make me run away =x
Like the Lolcatz says: "This is relevant to my interest..."
As a Minotaure-maker, I think I can craft this kind of armour =3

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Fragrach In reply to Bear-Crafter [2011-11-21 17:51:46 +0000 UTC]

Then I'll have to craft the character, because I can't take measurements without it beeing finished.^^
I'm looking forward to cantact you again, as soon as it's finished.*g*

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Hellwolve [2010-09-15 14:16:26 +0000 UTC]

The ammount of detail on this thing is nothing short of mindblowing It is truly awesome in every aspect

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Hellwolve [2010-09-19 11:29:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It was mind-insaning to craft =x

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Hellwolve In reply to Bear-Crafter [2010-09-20 07:55:41 +0000 UTC]

I can certainly imagine that!

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Ayedail [2010-09-07 18:24:45 +0000 UTC]

wow man, just wow that's really impressive! it's very beautifully crafted and you should (and also look quite a bit ) proud on this!! It's also good to see you really have knowledge on the subject because of the names and styles, must have taken quite the preparation! once again, fantastic, and I envy you!

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Ayedail [2010-09-13 07:03:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! That's right, I'm proud of it #^^#'
For this armour, in the matter of knowledge, this is a real work of research!
Thanks for appreciate it =3

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coalheart [2010-08-22 22:34:20 +0000 UTC]

I would FAV all and any of the pics you have about this armor but I'll get this one (I like the whole thing).

Leatherwork is just SWEET and I'd love to craft something soon. ATM i'll stick with plate armor .

Keep the awesome work!

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Bear-Crafter In reply to coalheart [2010-08-23 11:10:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your appreciation! I'm honored ^^"

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coalheart In reply to Bear-Crafter [2010-08-23 23:06:55 +0000 UTC]

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Louvargent [2010-08-01 18:59:23 +0000 UTC]

Quel boulot ! Bravo !

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Louvargent [2010-08-03 08:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Merci! J'ai failli y laisser ma santé mentale ^^'

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vladrozgozo [2010-08-01 18:45:07 +0000 UTC]

oo its great work ....amazing.
i am impressed..

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Bear-Crafter In reply to vladrozgozo [2010-08-03 08:48:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'll do my best =3

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Shirushi-sanbusaku [2010-07-26 02:09:25 +0000 UTC]

VERY well done. I live in Japan, and I attend a lot of events and stuff and I've never seen something so beautifully put together. My SCAdian/Leather working/Japan-living soul appreciates your work to the enth degree.

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Bear-Crafter In reply to Shirushi-sanbusaku [2010-07-28 08:22:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for appreciation ^^'
it goes straight to my heart =3

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