Fake Chain Mail

This is my fake chain mail for a costume I'm working on (Sabriel from the book by Garth Nix). The design is not really original, it was modified from a pattern but the modifications were quite small. I posted this here because I wanted to share the technique I used for making fake chain mail. I used waffle muslin which I dyed dark grey, and then I brushed it with silver fabric paint, which makes the top layer silver but leaves the indentations dark.

Knitting has been a fairly common way of making fake chain mail before, but, although I can knit, I am better at sewing, and can certainly sew a garment like this much faster than I can knit it. I wanted to see if there was a good way to make a purchased fabric look like the texture of chain mail, and I'm fairly satisfied with this.