> yes. they slice up pvc pipe and use it for the rings in the maille. It > is very light and looks amazingly good. so much better than 'string > maille'. It was striking in the way it draped, wasn't it!
Though there was string maille in the very background shots of LotR;) I know some people who wore it... Thus they never knew of the electroplated stuff. Someone pointed out to me that WETA now have a different process, which makes for smoother rings: http://www.wetanz.com/chainmaille/index.html michaela http://costumes.glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 16/12/2005 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
