Some of you may remember my attempts at inlaying video game figures into chainmail squares (http://www.geek-online.com/2007/10/16/chainmaile-video-games/). I am just that kind of a geek. I asked myself, “Self, how can I one up this? How can I improve upon the square?”. Well the answer was simple go cubic. What better match for my foray into 3D chainmail sculptures then everyones favorite pefect solid the Weight Companion Cube. So with no more adue and gilding the lily I present the Weighted Companion Cube… err Chain. It took countless hours (I watched 5 seasons of X-Files whilest working on it) and approx 3400 3/16 inner diameter bright alumiinum rings. It is approximately 3 1/2 cubed and weighs 387 grams. So it isn’t much of a weighted companion cube.
Here is a closer look at the actual weave used. It is pretty simple actually. Each set of two rings have eights rings attached to it, two going every 90 degrees.
I am working of a weighted companion cube from Portal. If you don’t know what Portal is I feel sorry for you. Well here is a snap shot of the work so far. Please excuse the poor quality it was taken with a camera phone. So far the ring count is just over 4000 rings.
My current project is a chainmail vest. It started from a triforce square I did several months ago. I have since expanded the pattern out to include the Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess eagle. I think the eagle turned out pretty good. Now I just need to fill in the rest of the vest. I will post more as it progresses.
Well this is my first attempt at a chainmail cube. I think it turned out ok. It is a little bit loose but it does resemble a cube under its own weight. All in all I am happy with my first attempt. I think I will get a bit smaller of rings and try again using the same pattern.
So I haven’t done much with the site after I posted my chainmaile squares but it looks like someone liked them and submitted the page to StumbleUpon.com and a couple days latter it as submitted to Digg.com. My site hits went from 10-20 hits a day to 5-6 thousand hits a day. 
The feedback has encouraged me to break out the pliers and rings and do some more maile work. Maybe I will do something a bit larger.
