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The client already owned the pieces. He only wanted the board, in leather, big enough to actually play on.

Two pieces of leather that get about four seconds of screen time each, and that people have been asking me to build for years.

A forearm is not a cylinder. It is a cone, and that single fact decides almost everything about how this piece is built.

My son is a huge Breath of the Wild fan. I wanted to make him a leather shield, but with a hidden function: a backpack.

Prep, dye choice, application and sealing: a practical guide to dyeing vegetable-tanned leather evenly, without streaks, from a maker.

How I designed a Middle-Earth map in Illustrator and laser-engraved it into leather - the detailed design work behind a Lord of the Rings build.

I build an embossed leather quiver inspired by Assassin's Creed Valhalla: pattern, Norse tooling, assembly. For cosplay and LARP archers.

Vegetable-tanned leather, thickness, finishes: the complete guide to choosing the right leather for your cosplay or LARP armor, from a maker.

How to harden leather so your armor holds its shape: the cuir bouilli method, waxing and heat, explained simply by a maker.

The saddle stitch, the tools and the steps to hand-stitch leather that lasts. A guide from a maker who has hand-stitched everything since 2007.

Embossing leather to create raised, three-dimensional relief: casing, plate and hand-modelled repoussé methods, and finishing, from a maker.