Warriors ensemble has several layers: 1) a black satin tunic & pants
(made from the same satin as ladies dress),
2) Long sleeved knitted "chain maille",
3) A sleeveless tunis made of white dragon design silk jacquard/lined
with white china silk and trimmed with black braid,
4) Armor pieces & 5) Long white cape trimmed with black fur.

Cape was made of a white faux suede,
lined in black and trimmed with black fur.

Armor was made using three layers for each separate piece -
top layer is real white leather, mid layer is buckram,
third layer was a light weight white cotton. All layers were sewn
together close to edges with a straight stitch.
Then outer rim of each piece was painted with a black paint
(so the white wouldn't show thru the zig-zag stitching) before edges
were finished off with a zig-zag stitch using black thread.

Each armor piece was decorated with "pearl seeded" studs.
Where the pieces were layered, I stitched them together before
the studs were applied to make it secure.

Chain Maille was knitted on a machine using white/silver metallic
nylon crochet thread by Omega. I basically knitted a rectangle for
the body and two smaller ones for the sleeves - then sewed them
together. I then dyed it grey to get the color I wanted - and trimmed the entire maille piece around the front and hem with a silver metallic trim.

The round decoration on the shoulder pieces was from
the scrapbooking department!

Sword sheath was made from faux leather and
decorated with silver cord and jewelry pieces.

The sword was designed by Neal - first designing it with pencil and paper then creating a model using 3D software.
The 3D file was uploaded and the sword was created using a process known as additive rapid prototyping).
The upper sword shows how it looked when received from the prototype company - the lower one is after it was painted.

Side fabric pieces were made of the silk jacquard trimmed with
black cord - folded over belt. Armor piece hangs from
a strap attached to the belt.

Real Gloves were made of faux leather.