Help with measuring for Yukinoshita do

[satoshi]

Please Help me. I dont get it what effingham means with the measurement or hwo to do it for a yukinoshita do .

As example i copied the section on measurement and the yukinoshita.

The patterns I’ve provided are taken from actual dô, and will fit a person from 5' 6" – 6' tall, with a waist of 32" – 38". If you need a wider dô, you must increase the measurement preferably by adding an even amount at the center-front, center-rear, and at either side.



To make the dô fit someone taller, increase the width of the lames evenly. Remember that there should be a 1/2" overlap in the lames. If the dô is not lamellar in construction, merely lengthen the patterns to suit your size needs.



Do not forget that 1/2" overlap in all the plates in the lamellar dô patterns — this is to allow grounding for lacing or rivets.



Measurements you will need are: A. Chest circumference; B. waist circumference (waist being “the level of your navel”); C. top-of-hip circumference; D. buttock circumference (the widest point); E. nipple-to-nipple measurement; F. across your shoulder blades to the end of your torso; G. armpit to waist; H. navel to base of your throat. These correspond to the measurements marked on some patterns.



The pattern provided is for our proverbial “typical Japanese fellow.” To modify the patterns provided to fit your personalized measurements, take your chest measurement (add 2"), your hip measurement (add 1"), and your armpit-to-hip measurement (subtract 5"). Divide these measurements proportionally according to the pattern (i.e., the bottom widths of the side plates and front plate are about the same, the back plate is about 20 percent wider; and the measurements at the chest level are different). The illustration at left shows the layout of the plates in the pattern.

[Kurodachi no Mykaru]

You've taken information about to different styles and mixed them.

"Measurements you will need are: A. Chest circumference; B. waist circumference (waist being “the level of your navel”); C. top-of-hip circumference; D. buttock circumference (the widest point); E. nipple-to-nipple measurement; F. across your shoulder blades to the end of your torso; G. armpit to waist; H. navel to base of your throat. These correspond to the measurements marked on some patterns.



The pattern provided is for our proverbial “typical Japanese fellow.” To modify the patterns provided to fit your personalized measurements, take your chest measurement (add 2"), your hip measurement (add 1"), and your armpit-to-hip measurement (subtract 5"). Divide these measurements proportionally according to the pattern (i.e., the bottom widths of the side plates and front plate are about the same, the back plate is about 20 percent wider; and the measurements at the chest level are different). The illustration at left shows the layout of the plates in the pattern."

is what you need and even then some of the measurements are unneeded (D).

[satoshi]

The first part i copied was the general measurement part,
I Thought i somehow had teh combine the general measurement with the part on measuring with a yukinoshita do.

One thing id like to know with adding 2 and 1 you mean inch ?

I am asking because i am a german and dont know anything about inch.

Thanks

[thomas]

Nov 20, 2016 16:51:39 GMT -5 satoshi said:

The first part i copied was the general measurement part,
I Thought i somehow had teh combine the general measurement with the part on measuring with a yukinoshita do.

One thing id like to know with adding 2 and 1 you mean inch ?

I am asking because i am a german and dont know anything about inch.

Thanks

1 inch is 2,54 cm.

[satoshi]

Thanks Thomas

[nismos14270r]

I agree with what Kurodachi no Mykaru said, that section he quote has all of the measurements you'll need, however, I did mine a bit differently.

First, take a look at the individual plates in the PDF pattern. The front for example is a trapezoid as the top and bottom are parallel and the sides are converging. The top of the plate is roughly your nipple to nipple measurement, and the bottom was found through measuring the distance between the top front of my hips (armor sits much higher than you would expect). I am quite a skinny fellow, so my top length was 10" and my bottom was 9". Once you have drafted the basic shape and size you can fancy it up a bit. I'd make the back plate next. If the front was 9", then 20% bigger would be close enough to 11". I measured the distance between my shoulder blades to find the top length, came out to be 13" (in hindsight I would of made it 12"). Draw out that trapezoid next, it'll help you find the side plate measurements.

The left side should be made next. I did it in a rather complicated manner that I'll try my best to communicate... Do the hip to armpit measurement, and subtract 5" (We'll call it L). Since the bottom of your other plates sit on top of your hips, measure from the bottom of those plates by distance L. Measure the length across your front and back plates at distance L. Measure your body circumference at distance L as well. Now, add together the front and back plate lengths, and subtract that from your circumference. That should give you the combined lengths of the top of the side plates, so just divide by 2 for the individual ones. Mine came out to be about 9" at the bottom at 9.25" at the top.

Once you have all of the basic ships and sizes drawn up, you can derive the other pieces from them. For example, the munaita top and bottom is the same as the front plate top. So really you just extend the top of the front plate by a few inches and put your artistic skills to use. The same goes for the wakiita and the bottom touches for all of the plates.

I know those aren't the easiest instructions to follow, maybe one day I'll make a picture by picture guide. But, if anyone has any questions, let me know!