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Netherlands6142 Posts
After my Zerg Logo Chainmail Inlay Shenanigans, my (and your!) Australian Liquipediac buddy Zodasoda took an interest to this of most manly of hobbies. I'm still trying to get him to go try some stuff out himself (maybe he could use some encouragement guys!) but in the meantime he helped me out a bunch by coming up with a design for the project presented here: the Day[9] logo in chainmail!
Without further a due, let's jump into some pictures first 
A quick run-down of the attributes:
- All rings made of 1mm galvy and brass wire (silver and yellow colours respectively)
- All rings a 3.5mm diameter
- Woven in a European 4-in-1 pattern
- Total of 2006 rings
It's actually the smallest rings I've ever made an inlay with (3.5mm is pretty small lol) but it enbabled me to use a smaller aspect ratio than for the 6mm-ring inlays I usually do which makes the whole thing look really nice. Couldn't get a better overview picture I'm afraid, so you'll have to take my word for it ^^;
Now we get to the whole point of the blog... Sean, if you read this: I'd love to send this over to the Day9 Headquarters. You've contributed a shitton to the community and we don't get to say thank you nearly enough. If you'd like to, we (Zoda and me both) would be happy to add this little something to your already magnificently adorned wall. Thing is, we don't have your address. I've looked and asked around, but to no avail. If you read this blog and would accept this, feel free to drop me a PM! (alternatively, if you think it looks butt-ugly feel free to completely ignore this lol)
To everyone else, enjoy the pics I guess and don't forget to share the link
 
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3175 South Hoover Street, #109
Los Angeles, CA 90007
source: day9.tv/contact/
edit: 5/5 because fuck yeah chainmail
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AMAZING! What a fantastic creation, and such an awesome gift. Hopefully this finds its way to him :D
10/10/10/10/10
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Wow, that looks really great!
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Wow, this looks incredible!!! Simply amazing.
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I want to see this on a daily.
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Wow. How long did this take to make? I can imagine I'd be struggling for a long time and there would be no BW for quite a while because of the damaged palms, but you've got some practice already. Any idea how many hours it took? Amazing job!
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I remember seeing when you did the TL logo in one of these. Pretty cool!
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fuckin' a, chainmail, that is some manly ass shit
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what if he doesnt read this post and you think he's ignoring you?
- looks great , good job!
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Wow, great piece!
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nice job :D
Im sure Day[9] would love to get such an awesome gift
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Pholon you have a LOT of time on your hands :D:D:D Awesome never-the-less! <3
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Holy.
Shit.
That is so awesome. I'm seriously want to armor my bunnies with it, but I will acquiesce to your request and put it on mah wall :D. I hope my landlord doesn't mind heavy duty nails sticking out of the clean white drywall :D.
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Australia1191 Posts
On February 27 2012 06:58 Day[9] wrote:
Holy.
Shit.
That is so awesome. I'm seriously want to armor my bunnies with it, but I will acquiesce to your request and put it on mah wall :D. I hope my landlord doesn't mind heavy duty nails sticking out of the clean white drywall :D.
LOL don't worry there's easier ways to hang it. ^_^
So glad you replied. :D
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The silver and gold looks so fucking good =O
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This thing is EPICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCc
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Wow, really lovely! I bet Day9 will really appreciate your gift.
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Switzerland2892 Posts
Wow you are really talented
Did you make it with all the coins you got from liquipedia?
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How expensive are these to make?
5/5, awesome as always
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Holy crap this is so awesome I can't put it to words :O
*keeps throwing money at the screen* I would like one too ;_____;
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Netherlands6142 Posts
On February 27 2012 06:58 Day[9] wrote:
Holy.
Shit.
That is so awesome. I'm seriously want to armor my bunnies with it, but I will acquiesce to your request and put it on mah wall :D. I hope my landlord doesn't mind heavy duty nails sticking out of the clean white drywall :D.
Yaaaaay :D I'll send it to the address on the site then? And don't worry, I'll make sure you can hang it without having to seriously damage your walls.
Some more replies:
+ Show Spoiler +On February 27 2012 06:21 mbr2321 wrote:
3175 South Hoover Street, #109
Los Angeles, CA 90007
source: day9.tv/contact/
edit: 5/5 because fuck yeah chainmail I found that earlier but not sure if it was his homeaddress or the companyaddress. They're prooobably the same but wasn't sure since I doubted he'd actually publish his home address like that On February 27 2012 06:28 Stratos wrote:
Wow. How long did this take to make? I can imagine I'd be struggling for a long time and there would be no BW for quite a while because of the damaged palms, but you've got some practice already. Any idea how many hours it took? Amazing job! I'm not sure. When I'm working with a ringsize I'm used to I can do something like 300 rings per hour. These were a good bit on the small side though, plus I couldn't blindly weave cause of having to put the pattern in so it took me a bit longer I guess. All in all maybe 10-12 hours? On February 27 2012 07:44 Erzz wrote:
How expensive are these to make?
5/5, awesome as always Not at all. Getting started requires some investments like buying a mandrel, wire cutters and some pliers but materials after that can be pretty cheap (the total "cost" for this project has been under 10$, the real investment is the time you put into it)
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Estonia4644 Posts
omagawd Pholon (and Zoda)
you guys rock :D <3
MOAR MANLY MAIL!
5/5 as deserved tbh
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This is amazing! Props to you on creating this and wow, it is amazing. I would truly enjoy seeing something similar on anyone's wall.
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this is fucking amazing.
great job
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awesome, hope Day9 puts it up
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That is so awesome. 5/5 SO GOOD.
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More excellent work from Pholon as expected 
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I bet this is just a plot to get his home address, then sell it on the black market to fangirls (and boys) for ludicrous amounts of money .
In all seriousness, it looks amazing!
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5/5 FUCK YEAH when I have the money I'll buy your chainmails
I have a question: who bought the Zerg logo chainmail and for how much?
Is it possible that you make another one in a way it can be worn like a necklace?
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Day9 is so lucky. that is sick.
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damn pholon, sick as usual! 5/5
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5/5 These chainmail creations of yours always look so cool :O. It seems like a really cool hobby.
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Very cool sir! I still have dreams of wearing chainmail.
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On February 27 2012 08:33 Pholon wrote:
I found that earlier but not sure if it was his homeaddress or the companyaddress. They're prooobably the same but wasn't sure since I doubted he'd actually publish his home address like that
It's a PO Box Day[9] wouldn't have his own address has his all-mail address! ;P
5/5 : it's totally awesome! You did a wonderful job!!! :D Totally wow! :D
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Holy shit that is awesome and to see Day9 even replied made it more awesomeness Nice one
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Looks amazing, love the chainmail stuff you've been doing. How did you get started on it? Would've love to see Day9 do his Skyrim play-though in chainmail!
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Great work and a awesome gift. How long did it take to make(approx)?
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That's totally badass. 11/10, would view again. :D!
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Netherlands6142 Posts
Some replies!
+ Show Spoiler +On February 27 2012 11:19 beetlelisk wrote:
5/5 FUCK YEAH when I have the money I'll buy your chainmails
I have a question: who bought the Zerg logo chainmail and for how much?
Is it possible that you make another one in a way it can be worn like a necklace?
I sent it to Mango who went crazymode and threw a thousand bucks at it lol. All for a good cause :D Necklaces with inlays are tricky. It can be done I guess but not in the way that they incorporate a full-blown logo. I reckon I could make a necktie out of this though :D On February 27 2012 21:00 UltimateHurl wrote:Looks amazing, love the chainmail stuff you've been doing. How did you get started on it? Would've love to see Day9 do his Skyrim play-through in chainmail! I saw a chainmail vest once from up close and told myself "heck, I can do that". And so I looked up some stuff, got started and never stopped. On February 29 2012 14:21 Dracolich70 wrote:
Great work and a awesome gift. How long did it take to make(approx)? About 10-15 hours maybe? I don't really keep track of time since I usually do this while watching SC or a movie!
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Holy crap this is epic! :O
I hope Day9 gets it soon, so we can see it on a daily! :D
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I can be Day if you want me to be
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Netherlands6142 Posts
It's underway, but might take a wek or two to get there
On March 02 2012 05:01 DanielHetberg wrote:
Very cool!
Sup yo! We should do a joint project sometime, maybe make a sculpture that can wear a miniature hauberk? ^^
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