How to draw armors

Breastplate drawing tutorial

Step by step drawing tips on how to draw a breastplate armor
Step 1:
First draw your caractere. There is many pages on this site where you can learn how to draw it.
Note: Draw your caractere only in pencils, you will ink it at step 5 with the rest of your armor drawing. The warrior in the tutorial image exemples is inked at step one only for a better visibility purpose.
Step 2:
Draw lines around the neck, the shoulders, the arms, thoses of the gloves, a line for the belt, and the base of the chainmail armor under the breastplate.
Step 3:
Now draw the base of the brestplate in the middle of the body. Finish the sides of the gloves and belt.
Step 4:
Add runes on the breastplate and mails on the chainmail.
Step 5:
Last step of your drawing, Keep the right lines, make the corrections. Ink the caractere and armor. Then erase the guidelines and other undesired pencils traces.

HOW TO DRAW A BREASTPLATE

Breastplate

Close up on the steps of the breastplate armor drawing tutorial

Breastplate Step 1

Breastplate Step 2

Breastplate Step 3

Breastplate Step 4

Breastplate final drawing

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