Cardboard Samurai Armor That Looks Authentic

Step 4: Kusazuri (Dangling covers)

These were pretty easy, and I actually have pictures of them being cut and so forth. You can use these methods most of the other pieces as well, especially the Sode. When making multiples of the exact same lame or scale, just mark one, and then stack and drill. Warning though, if you get it right, it's awesome. If you screw up during the process, you'll have to re-cut a whole bunch more.

Traditionally, the front has 3 covers, and the back has 4 not so wide covers. They're all 5 lames that are 2" tall. For the front I used 7" wide lames, and for the back 5" lames.

I did 4 columns of lacing for the front ones, and 3 for the back.