Phong’s Chainmaille Tutorials

Welcome to CGMaille.com, the home of Phong’s Chainmaille Tutorials, precision computer generated, free tutorials for chainmaille weaves and techniques. CGMaille is also the premiere site for customized chainmaille graphics, patterns and tutorials for maillers. This is a graphics-intensive site; please …

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Full Persian Chain Maille Tutorial

WEAVE BACKGROUND Full Persian is a weave that imitates the look and feel of rope. This tutorial is for Full Persian 6-1; Full Persian 8-1 is possible with larger AR’s. AR & RING SIZES Full Persian takes an AR of …

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Rondo Chainmaille Tutorial

WEAVE BACKGROUND Rondo is a weave by PrairieGal of Beaded-Baubles that combines elements of Helm Chain and Byzantine. AR & RING SIZES Rondo takes 3 different ring sizes. For this tutorial, they are: 20awg 3/16″ (large), 20awg 1/8″ (medium) and 20awg 3/32″ (small). You don’t have …

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Joining Jens Pind Linkage Chainmaille Tutorial

WEAVE BACKGROUND Jens Pind Linkage (JPL) is a tight spiral weave that does not unwind. Its construction is just like that for a normal spiral weave; the small aspect ratio is what gives it its unique properties. AR & RING SIZES …

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Jens Pind Linkage Chainmaille Tutorial

WEAVE BACKGROUND Jens Pind Linkage (JPL) is a tight spiral weave that does not unwind. Its construction is just like that for a normal spiral weave; the small aspect ratio is what gives it its unique properties. Jens Pind can …

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European 4 In 1 Chainmaille Tutorial

WEAVE BACKGROUND European 4-1 is probably the most common weave used in maille-dom, due to its simplicity and ease of construction. It’s most famous for being the weave used in European knights’ armor. European 4-1 can be made using several …

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Tutorial Dragon Scale Of Chain Mail

WEAVE BACKGROUND Dragonscale is one of the coolest-looking weaves out there. It takes two sheets of Snakeskin (E4-1 with 2 ring sizes), and with some ingenious use of orbital rings, forms a single sheet with the large rings looking like …

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35 Epic Types Of Chainmaille Designs

NECKLACE TORSOS WRISTS HANDS FEET CHAINS MISC 1. Chainmaille Designs – Necklace Interwoven 4-1 collar: Made from 20awg 1/8″ titanium.   Dragonscale posture collar: Made from 16swg 5/16″ stainless and 18swg 3/16″ titanium.   Helm Chain necklace: Made from 24awg 5/64″ …

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Helm Chain Tutorial

WEAVE BACKGROUND Helm Chain (also known as Parallel Chain) is a very straightforward weave that’s quite attractive for its simplicity. It’s basic construction is the same as the first steps of Dragonscale, but the properties of Helm Chain are such that …

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Captive Inverted Round

WEAVE BACKGROUND Captive Inverted Round is a nice weave for chunky necklaces for guys. In the right AR, it can be a rigid weave for sculptural use. This tutorial assumes you already know how to weave basic Inverted Roundmaille. AR & …

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