Witcher Costume | Real Leather Armor

[@VosperCDN]

The full kit looks amazing, and so (relatively) simple to do, any man-at-arms could fit themselves out like our famous Witcher(s).

[@SeleneSalvatore]

And easy to repair with some tread, needle and some scrap material especially gambeson parts. Also some parts can be added when needed like studded arm protectors.

[@cameronalexander5195]

The armour actually looks good with the burn mark, makes it look like you've seen some fights

[@Blondie42]

Clearly stabbing him in the back didn't work. 😉

[@ChBrahm]

Some rogue witcher tried to igni him from the back

[@jeffreyfitchett3197]

The costume looks great and I want to say that the writing for this episode was absolutely perfect! A really good mimicry of Geralt's mannerisms.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thank you, very much

[@markfergerson2145]

"My gambeson... it's thin, but so am I" Literal LOL on that one! The overall effect is quite convincing to my 21st century eye and is about as period-accurate as any fantasy-based leather armor can be. One question- you went with cord strap retainers instead of loops of leather as on a modern belt. Simpler and easier to make and likely entirely adequate for the purpose. Is that a historical detail I'm just ignorant of?

[@LivingAnachronism]

The strap retainers are leather strips, and it might very well be historical, but in this case it was simply because I didn't have the room or the right length rivets to add a leather strap retainer. I thought it might work, and it did :)

[@roffels11-gamingandhistory69]

Historical sources (paintings in manuscripts and effegies in churches) show few leather strips and more cords ("Nesteln" or "Nestelbänder") used to hold armor pieces in place. So in theory both methods are correct, but using cords was the common way. 🤗

[@medievaltexan]

The armor came out really well, it looks great with the rest of the outfit! 😯

[@anska7475]

Pouches, you can‘t have too many. So true. The whole outfit looks amazing, but I especially like the gambeson. Very dashing. Thank you for sharing.

[@Bb24138]

Kramer I wanted to let you know that I tried baking leather I had great results at 200° F for about forty minutes and I used a aluminum sheet below the leather to make sure no grill marks appeared and of course I checked on it every five or ten minutes. I'll also take this moment to say your armor looks great, good job man!!

[@Blondie42]

That burn mark looks like battle damage. Technically not so good for brand new armor, but in the long run, it looks like you either survived an attack or killed a baddie to claim it. 💪🗡

[@LivingAnachronism]

Psychologically it;s good for me, because if it was pristine, I'd never want to use it for fear of ruining it. Now that it already looks like it's had a life, I don't mind using it as it is supposed to be used. As armor, not art, haha!

[@Leubast]

People have been trying to burn him, be he knows his fans will protect him.

[@Centaur255]

I was a bit surprised that you put the satchel on before putting on the armor, belt, etc., but once you explained it everything made so much sense! Love this idea, will imitate it. Great work!

[@tishie42]

"it's thin, but so am I" The internet has been won for me! I'm still peeved that the algorithm brought me here late in the game but oh so happy it finally did! You're legit bro, thank you for being you! ✨

[@roffels11-gamingandhistory69]

Despite me not being a fan of the witcher in general, I have to say: good work! This is a cosplay I like: leather and steel instead of plastic. I don't want to depreciate "standard" cosplay here, because molding and painting plastic takes lots of work, but leather and steel looks just like... well leather and steel, which are materials I like better than plastic. ;D

[@bigbadwolfstudios1]

Man, that armor and costume setup looks amazing...now all you need is a Shabbard!

[@darthnihilusthebestsith]

I think we all spent the last minute thinking about how a shabbard would fit perfectly

[@workingmothercatlover6699]

I went to my first Renaissance Faire a couple of weeks ago. I wore men's joggers in a natural color, a shirt close to the same color, black boots, my best sword (out of 2 swords) and a Jedi cloak I bought at Disneyland. I added a fancy hook closure to it. I added a belt pouch I bought there. A very simple costume and I got so many compliments on it. Mostly the cloak. My look is still a work in progress.

[@juniormushu]

You recovered the leather nicely. It looks good man

[@4dragons632]

Utterly fantastic work on the armour, and the video was delivered with even more rugged charm than expected.

[@patrickgagnon1019]

I wish fabric wasn't so expensive, I'd make myself so many gambesons of different styles and colors, gambesons are my favorite armors and they can work with so many characters, from a rogue to a knight. Also, I like the idea of the buttons of the sleeve to attach armor, I might do that in the futur.

[@LivingAnachronism]

I suppose in this regard we are similar to the soldiers of old then. We can afford one gambeson for now, and we cherish it and use it till we are forced to buy another.

[@WMfin]

Looks good! Saw first episode of season 2 yesterday and they were traveling during winter in SHIRTS! I wish hollywood people would try and spend one night around small fire in t-shirts for them to stop such madness

[@LivingAnachronism]

That was odd. Geralt seemed to have nothing but the clothes on his back after he escaped prison in Cintra, so that might be why he wasn't wearing anything else until after he gets to Kaer Morhen, but I agree, it struck me as odd

[@AndreasSweden]

The Geralt voice you did was spot on. And the chest plate looks awesome. Great work.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thank you

[@IodoDwarvenRanger]

Total AWESOMENESS!!! Love it :) and that thing you did with the sword at 0:19 was EPIC!

[@DornXeon]

You are the reason I even know how to properly build my medieval kit.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Awesome to hear!

[@ryuus2]

Ya know, the burn mark makes it look like you survived a fireball to the back. Guess that makes it a happy accident?

[@douglascolquhoun8502]

Good job all around. You saved the baked leather excellently. On a personal note I loved the "...but so am I" and "...pouches. I have too few" lines. Well played, Sir, well played indeed.

[@zentierra7803]

LOVED this! The narration..all of it. Got some "Aiden" vibes there with the coloring scheme sort of matching the School of the Cat 'feline' armor from Witcher 3. Likewise, got some very cool Eskel sword-holding vibes at 3:10 (a la "Eskel vs Caranthir" fight scene from the game). Great video! And love how the chest plate turned out too. ♥

[@stupidYoutube]

Wow, great work! I completely forgot you scotched your armor until I saw someone mention it in the comments. It came together beautifully!

[@qg786]

Nice. I'm glad Shad recommended your channel been subscribed since the shout out, every video is interesting and informative to watch. 👍

[@c03evans]

Sweet armor! Nice swordsmanship too.

[@chasechaney3055]

Dang boy! Love the gambeson! The leather armor turned out great!

[@LivingAnachronism]

thank you

[@andyknightwarden9746]

Ah yes, a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Master Witcher Kraemer of Rivia.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

The leather turned out well.

[@nanettesage1112]

When does the “Blooper” reel come out? Gotta love those moments where things go wrong but you can’t help but laugh (and share with us so we can laugh with you).

[@LivingAnachronism]

I'll see what I can do. Many are not so entertaining haha

[@joshbingham212]

Such a cool video! The cinematography and voice over were top notch!

[@haruhideki]

This style with the layering, but still looks practical to wear, is the kind of way I would like to dress up for normal everyday stuff. The little details also help like the brooch, key chain rope thing from the pants. Maybe you just got some items through time, but it would be cool to know where to get items like this like the pants, shirt, or shift. The gambeson looks so much more fun to wear then a more modern jacket with how it has the detachable parts to it.

[@haruhideki]

I had seen the end recommended video with DIY and starting out. It has good and simple advice.

[@Stefannice]

Very good introduction to your gear! I like it very much, also the summer/winter details. :)

[@julianperfetti3464]

Excellent work Cramer! The armor looks great!, the burn is hardly noticeable, and it all looks practical and realistic! That twirl outro at 0:18 was pretty sick. Your witcher voice was pretty good!

[@tamaiofthesea]

Love the look!

[@obliviousthunder]

cool presentation! for a costume it seems very comfortable. your convincing me to start working on a kit. keep up the good work!

[@LivingAnachronism]

Awesome! Hope you do start your own kit!

[@arianhaber5525]

didnt expect this to be fully voiced by geralt.. a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@christopherfisher128]

That is really well thought out and put together. Good job. Looks excellent & I like that you kept truly functional in mind even though the chances of running into drowners these days is slim.

[@grantw8526]

Keep up the good work the outfit looks amazing!

[@thenerdfaraway]

Love the funny quippy things all said in character. Nicely done!

[@jeydex5348]

That's a really nice costume design, I really like it, great job mate)

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thank you!

[@arx3516]

It looks much more believable than the costume used for Geralt in the Netflix show.

[@The-Enthusiast47]

Definitely gonna use this for inspiration for my larp look

[@dreadsleeper]

Outfit looks great! I love the Witcher games and you did a great job keeping within the spirit and esthetic while making a relatively simple kit.

[@anonymous_hulk]

That's actually very close to the armor from the school of the bear!

[@hasumeokaasan6533]

One small error: the shift is the layer of kit that goes against your skin and sometimes also functions as sleepwear and is basically your underwear. What you (in the video) called a shift would likely be called a tunic or surcoat/surcote. I would love to see you upgrade your kit with a brigandine!

[@devinmeacham8747]

Looks great man!!! Well worth the wait.

[@samuelleask1132]

Dude this is insanely cool

[@SeleneSalvatore]

Amazing job. Simple, practical, easy to repair on road. Witchers live like vagabonds on roads, have dangerous work in constantly changing weather conditions. Your attention to details that work for this type character are on point. That's why also love Aragon clothes in LOTR the same principle was in costume designer mind and actor mind for this character as a Ranger.

[@shadowofhawk55]

You look like how a medieval character should look. Not the stuff we've been getting from Hollywood.

[@LivingAnachronism]

The gatekeeping days of Hollywood are dying, and they are clinging to the time when only they could make movies rather desperately. With the right funding and collaboration, we fans are fully capable of making our own medieval/fantasy movies. I think we should. If we got together, we could compete with the money Hollywood has, certainly content wise.

[@shadowofhawk55]

@@LivingAnachronism Absolutely. Sure, it'd probably take a bit longer to make but fans would cross all the right ts and dot all the right is cause at the end of the day its something they love, not a frellin paycheck.

[@LuisRodriguez-71]

Love it. Adventure on.

[@robertmiller6817]

This is awesome man, thanks for making this video. Great to see the pieces you used

[@galengraziano7127]

Great video! Looking forward to watching more!

[@mansfieldtime]

This was both funny and cool. Love how you did the whole thing.

[@mansfieldtime]

And the pouch, belt thing, never would have thought of that. NICE.

[@mandragoradravgis]

Very nice, I particularly like how your armor was customized to take advantage of a (presumably?) completely ordinary shirt. also, shout-out to your cameraman. Just a little appreciation for the volunteers who help make videos a bit better :)

[@beowulfshaeffer8444]

This is an awesome way to frame such advise :)

[@Killerkorn666]

Dude love your videos, binged after shad recommended your channel.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thank you

[@manahtar]

Awesome job, worth the wait to see the final result of all the videos combined ;)

[@marcokik677]

This was very enjoyable. didnt know i would like this so much 👍

[@saturnscore3059]

Goo video. I love the monologue while getting dress 😂

[@VelaiciaCreator]

I'm loving every moment since I subbed. Here's a toast to the future!

[@FarronOfHouseFarron]

Love the whole look! Would love to find a gambeson like yours as well.

[@LivingAnachronism]

I'm on the look out for something I can test and then share with the community. The one I have is one of a kind

[@wyldetimesreviews]

That chest piece is *chef kiss* so nice 👌

[@rlh766]

Going to have to try putting my sword belt over my satchel.

[@fishmonger5026]

ahh so immersive! very nice my friend

[@MarieCrossbow]

Very cool, looks great

[@jerrywalton8140]

Suggested add on would be a sash under the belt for additional abdominal protection and putties as lower leg guards. Just a thought

[@jonahsimmons3645]

damn that was good. love this format

[@OlcayEskici]

Congrats man, this is so cool! I hope when we find the schematics for this armor, there will be an addition of gauntlets, boots, potion pouches and pauldrons! Might be a great upgrade. Ahhh annnd you need a medallion too. :)

[@justwritenaomi4792]

Would love to see Shadiversity do a review on this!! Yes, a bit on historical relevance, would these items of clothing be paired together or were they used at different times in history? What other historical clothing choices would he suggest? But mostly (since Witcher is fantasy) how effective would this get up be? From my woefully uneducated opinion, protection is lacking around the leg and pelvis area, it just looks really open to atttack. 100% for style and an engaging video with interesting topic - i watched it 3 times

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thank you! I'm glad it was entertaining. I may add lower armor as time goes on. If one day Shad wants to do a review or something on practical fantasy leather armor, it would be awesome to be part of. My breast plate is based off of designs I've seen for steel breastplates from around the 15th century.

[@journeyman7189]

Excellent video. Really like how your clothes have detachable sleeves for versatility and breathability. How did you make the pattern for them? Nate

[@LivingAnachronism]

Hi Nate, a family member is a seamstress, so for the gambeson, she took all of my measurements and I just said how I wanted it to look. I'd like to do a tutorial one day, for now, I have no better answer. Sorry

[@1HankDaTank1]

looking good man

[@user-yo1fb1kg4omykehiggs]

Love it, love it, LOVE IT! Only the tiniest criticism, your leather armour (though brilliant) looks rather short, mine comes down to my waist, with faulds to my upper thighs, but, mine is based on English 14th/15th century armour, plus I don't know anything about "The Witcher" ! Anyway bloody good job!!

[@LivingAnachronism]

As I also based my breast plate on 14th and 15th century breastplate designs, I believe at least some breastplates only covered the ribcage. As I understand it, there is a separate piece called the plackart which covers the stomach and goes up over the chest plate. I'll be discussing my design process soon, curious to know your thoughts are!

[@SeleneSalvatore]

And also leather will not protect your abdomen if some monster badly wants gutt you up. Chainmail could help with that but also is costly add weight and need conservation.

[@Taylor1989s]

10/10 well done.

[@Sawtooth44]

you could use the mistake from heat treating it to say an enemy snuck up on you and hit you with a firebolt or something

[@Danatrid]

Finally had a chance to catch up and watch the last few videos. amazing work as always! I cant wait to see what you do next, honestly, I'm inspired enough to think about filming my own videos, or get back into voice-over work.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Awesome to hear man, can't wait to see what you do!

[@Seiaeka]

It's too bad the armour got a little over-baked but it still turned out well. I'm glad you were able to save it. :3

[@TheSaxon1]

Your gear turned out great brother. I look forward to your next video. Merry Christmas

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thanks, Blade! Merry Christmas

[@whankinswh]

Dope

[@theMindwalker]

Nice man. Real nice.

[@samwise5486]

Love these videos man

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thank you

[@notppl-z7v]

damn this looks so dope so much better that this junk they used for netflix series

[@quickplaya]

Seriously WTF man.. you are amazing! You should be more popular.

[@barbaragordon7381]

Can you please tell us how your sword spins are so cool

[@LivingAnachronism]

Practice, spatial awareness and good wrist mobility

[@brandonfigueroa7399]

very cool.

[@LWolf12]

Welp, I watched everything, I think. And I have to say, your stuff is pretty good.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thanks, I try

[@aaroncooper4237]

I would pay you to make me armor like that holy shit it looks so good

[@LivingAnachronism]

It's something I've considered, actually. At the moment I don't feel my skills are quite good enough, but the channel is still very young. This might literally be a possibility one day.

[@aaroncooper4237]

@@LivingAnachronism I just hope when you do you also ship to Canada 😂

[@diamondslashranch]

You look amazing!

[@Timbyte]

not every man is brave enough to play dress up and look silly. i like what you do and i want more.

[@thomredlich4257]

Man.. Your voice.. It's amazing, your voice sounded like a lighter, soft and higher voice from Geralt... and you can do an ASMR with that voice, it's a pleasure to listen. And much better told, you can better doing a whole ASMR storytel. Also I believed your story and it was like Geralt told the story, you did the lines and scriptions well. Keep up the good work dude.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Thank you very much, what a compliment!

[@thomredlich4257]

You're welcome 😁

[@bullzebub]

thats a awesome kit! although i would have made the chest piece longer since the belly is really important to protect... :-)

[@MacAttack001]

Looks great! I am curious as to where you got the suede pants?

[@LivingAnachronism]

These are the Wanderer Pants sold on Medieval Collectibles. I'll put a link in the description. I'm doing a review on them as well

[@MacAttack001]

@@LivingAnachronism Much thanks! Keep up the great work!

[@neoaliphant]

Awesome!!!

[@jr-f2354]

Very cool. But where is your medallion??

[@franklynotyourbussiness9401]

Quite Clever using shirt buttons as attachment points. I have similar ones on my shirts. I wonder if... Hang on a sec

[@griffin.greene]

Where is your linen shirt from? May have missed a video or comment where you answered this.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Got it from amazon years ago. I've put a link in the description.

[@griffin.greene]

@@LivingAnachronism thanks so much man. We all appreciate the fact that you respond so informitavely to almost every comment. Keep up the sick content.

[@martinmoser4473]

Amazing 👌🔥

[@kevincronmiller2643]

Where did you get the linen shirt from if you don't mind me asking? I have trouble finding linen shirts in america that aren't either expensive men's dress wear or dead accurate reenactment garb with boxy sleeves and very long shirt tails. Love the outfit by the way, very cool!

[@codyhinkle7622]

I'm not sure if the witcher gear or the narration was better your like a fantasy Morgan Freeman

[@LivingAnachronism]

Haha thanks so much!

[@johnrohrkaste2073]

I wish the Witcher show had a similar approach to armor design as yours, or at least cared to make it good. Instead we have Henry wrapped in black leather like the gimp from Pulp Fiction

[@LivingAnachronism]

I also wish that. I'm just basing my armor off the Witcher 3 game, and also looked at 15th century harness reference.