I used 6 sets across the bottom, 4 across the top, each equidistant from the other. This gave me a 38" circumference (including 2" in lacing on the side). My belly is 34", so I made the lames 18". Too much though and it'll shift around a lot while wearing it. The belly portion of the armor should be slightly wider than your girth to account for clothes and comfort. You equations for number of lames is Lames = (measurement - 1)/2, therefore 8 lames = 17". Be sure to include the curvature of your girth in your calculations. For your measurements, you want the top to go up to the bottom of your collarbone, and the bottom to sit right about where your belt usually is. With a 1 inch overlap for lacing on each side, it was 17" tall total. You can take your sizings from mine if you're similar. Measure twice (or thrice, or more.) The main measurements you need to take is your chest, stomach, side length, and chest length. It was the most difficult because of sizing, and screwing up all the time. This is the main piece that really makes the costume. It turned out sturdier, better looking, and funner than I expected! Many people couldn't believe it was actually made of cardboard. This suit of armor got me many compliments, and I think it was totally worth the time and effort to make everything look good. I don't know how, or why, but oh well, they are no more. I apologize for the lack of pictures for the Do and Sode, but I accidentally deleted them off my camera. The first is that I really wanted this to have an authentic look, and decided to go with a layered scaled Do instead of a stacked flat version. With that note, I did diverged from Atrophius' armor in many ways. Next year though, I'm going all out, and hope to post an even more awesome instructable with a top notch suit. So this current piece will only include the body armor (do), and includes the shoulders (sode) and dangly crotch/ butt covers (kusazuri). Also, I didn't have enough time to make many ancillary pieces such as the leg and arm armor, and helmet. I actually wanted to create a whole set out of sintra like he did, but because I'm out of work at the moment, I decided that cardboard was a more economical decision. I have to give credit to a lot of people for this instructable, particularly Atrophius for his award winning instructable, which was my inspiration.
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