Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval

I just completed this new tutorial and it is complete with a video. It shows you how to make the leg guards (Greaves) just like in the movie 300. They come out really good and you just need a few items including some cereal box cardboard, flour and water. This is part of my on going series of tutorials on the 300 weapons and armor. So far I have the Spartan Greaves, Spartan Vambraces (arm guards) the Spartan Helmet and the Spartan Spear.

Coming soon I will be doing the Spartan Sword, The Spartan Shield and the Chest Plate.

In a previous post I talked a little bit about the project of making a samurai sword style katana out of cardboard. The trick to making it strong was to mimic the ancient art of sword making by using two different types of cardboard rather than two different types of steel. It works really well and the katana is very strong. Well, to prove my point I have made a fun little video called “The Katana and the Watermelon”

If you are a fan of swords you have no doubt seen videos of guys cutting watermelons or other things in half with their swords or katanas. Well this video is not quite the same as any of the others. You have got to watch this one

You can watch the video here on my website. Or you can visit my youtube channel and watch it. While you are on my youtube channel you might want to subscribe to my channel to keep updated on my projects and videos.