Weapons & Armour Assignment

In January we visited the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds in order to help us with our next assignment, to design a set of weapons and then a set of armour to go with them.

During the trip i took over a hundred pictures for reference which i can use over and over again for different pieces and projects i may work on in the future. Although the armouries has a large collection of weapons and armour from the past and present, i really wanted to go with a more futuristic theme for my piece so i started to sketch initial designs of how i wanted the weapons to look. Once i was happy with the weapons i then started to add detail and name the weapons including a little indication of how the more complex of the weapons works. Below is the before and after of the final weapon designs i came up with; 

BEFORE 

AFTER

Once i was completely satisfied with how the weapons looked and functioned, i then started to work out how i wanted the armour too look. As reference i looked at a number of different futuristic armour sets which inspired me to create the final piece below. Overall i enjoyed this assignment and think that both pieces turned out quite well.