Darkbladelarp's Blog

Steampunk – New Products in Production

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:29:15 +0000

After eating our own body weight in turkey, mince pies, chocolates and the odd beer over the Christmas period we are back in the workshop and having a sort out. At present we have managed to photograph our Steampunk range and also sort out some more Special Offers for you:

Steampunk

We have created a range inspired by Steampunk: -

Filter Mask - pictured
- Forage Cap
- Shako
- Gaiters
- Gun and Holster
- Pouch

Steampunk Mask

Special Offers

Another sort through the stock has yielded some more bargins:
- Lightweight Shirts – bargin at £10
- Short Sleeve Tunic – we are discontinuing the colour (Maroon) – £25
- Various armours – prototypes, “seconds”, end of line

Steampunk Inspired Gaiters

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:41:19 +0000

Following yesterdays Steampunk Shako and Mask we have done a version of a Swiss pair of gaiters. Done in a copper foil based leather but hope to be building a pair in brown today and timing to get a price for them.

Steampunk Shako and Mask

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:28:38 +0000

We are working on some Steampunk items and here is our first (photographed!) effort. A Shako inspired hat with a basic facemask. Now we have the basic form we will be working on what we can do to one or both…ideas on a postcard ?

Brigandine LARP Armour

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:40:27 +0000

After recently attending a re-enactment fayre we were asked if we had any Brigandine. After a day of altering patterns and cutting some leather we have come up with 2 versions of a Brigandine – a short and long. Looks a bit strange compared to our normal LARP Armour as this fastens at the front but we think this Brigandine looks good, and different, and will hopefully appeal to the re-enacter and LARP guys alike….

Enough waffling – here are some pictures of it !

New Larp stuff, Engraving and Special Offers

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:42:07 +0000

New Products
- Hoods – a new hood (Offset) in the form of an asymetrical look and a set of limited available colours to choose from in our range.
- Dragon Lord Armour – (pictured) scales, scales and scales to keep you safe
- Dragon Scale Skirt – to keep your legs from being hacked off…
- Elven Part Scabbard – it’s a part scabbard for Elves…
- Ryder Armour – we have amended the sizing so it now goes to a 56inch chest, for the more robust warrior.

Special Offers
We have stuffed our Special Offers page with lots of goodies. Some items are one-offs, old friends, or prototype items we have been playing with…

New Coloured Engraved Range
We have re-launched our engraved range with some new images and the ability to have the engraved image coloured. Don’t forget, we may be able to engrave your own image on a product…drop us an email and we can discuss what we can do.

The Original Re-Enactors Market
We will be atending the above on 11, 12, 13 November near Coventry. We might see you there…

Many thanks for looking.

Darkblade UK Ltd
www.darkbladeuk.co.uk
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Medieval shirts for wedding, banquet and Larp

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:03:57 +0000

Thought we would do some dodgy camera work to show the range of sizes and colours available for our medieval shirt. http://www.darkbladeuk.co.uk/COSTUME/Body/Medieval-Shirt/p-77-78-480/ Suitable for medieval weddings, banquets and Larp. You can buy them now on our website.

Back in the workshop…

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:54:53 +0000

Well, the school holiday is coming to a close and it is time to return to the workshop to help Tim out building orders and creating new designs and stuff over the winter.

Some work is also required on the website - just fine tuning and sorting out the odds and sods that we didn’t get round to during the season.

Hopefully we will have some new stuff up on here shortly….

New Larp Armour, Vambraces and Shirts

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:53:04 +0000

A few new things this month to tell you about :

Ranger Armour – shown on the right. Medium weight leather armour with a built in hood.

LARP Costume Shirt – Straight cut, cuffless medium weight cotton larp costume shirt

LARP Laced Vambraces – Simple laced Larp vambraces made from medium weight leather with metal boss and leather disc decoration.

Combo Deal E – more pouches than you can shake a pouch at….

As normal all these can be found in the Amazing New Stuff category.

Don’t forget to keep tabs on our Facebook page where you get sneak previews of the new products, prototypes and ideas we are working on…

Pirate LARP Stuff, Baldrics and Shirts

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:56:55 +0000

Just received a few photos from a customer, he is not a LARPer, just a pirate !

He has just ordered a Wide Pirate Baldric to go with the Double-Gangsta holster, Leather Tricorn and Frilly Shirt.

He didn’t get the rum off us though to complete his Pirate look !

YouTube Larp Videos – Armour and Spear Carrier

Darkblade Larp - Pete — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:09:36 +0000

Hollywood has nothing to fear with our video skills but we thought it would be a good idea to put some videos up on YouTube and the website to show how some of the products work.

We have done a Larp Spear Carrier:

and some Lameller LARP Armour: