I finished the Champron horse armor. It’s the last finished piece of tack of 2014.
I found a pattern for a Champron from the Model Horse Performance magazine in my room, and used it for symmetry.
I redrew the pattern multiple times using the original as a basic outline for symmetry,
until I was happy and it looked like my reference.
Then I put it together.
Pinterest helped me so much. Finding specific references for the ones used in The Lord of The Rings was hard, so I pulled parts from all of the different ones I liked to make this one. It was based heavily on a Champron called a black horse mask.
I didn’t want to make one that was attached to a bridle, like many of the ones in The Lord of The Rings. I cut two slits into it and fed leather lace through it so it buckled. I did a similar process with the part where the jaw is, only with jump rings instead. The piece between the ears connects to the actual bridle.
I wanted the Champron to be able to fit multiple horses without sticky waxing it on. So that worked!
Kristian Beverly 