Soulinertia's screen accurate Star Lord Jacket build - Guardians of the Galaxy

[dstengler]

http://www.waldes.co.jp/classic2.html

Funny you should post that! I have been in contact with the Waldes Zipper company sales rep, to see if I can get a bunch ordered at a reasonable price. I have seen a lot of people asking, and it's a bit expensive (in my opinion anyway) from the other RPF member ($50 per zipper plus shipping). I'll let you know what I find out.

 

[Jack of All Trades]

I've been in contact with them too. Still trying to get pricing and an ORDER. they're very slow to respond. It's been taking me multiple emails just to get them to respond.

 

[Kevin Gossett]

They're probably trying to figure out why so many people suddenly have an interest in that zipper.

I had everything lined up with them, then everything halted (assuming because they suddenly got bombarded with inquiries)

 

[Soulinertia]

I was able to achieve a little more definition with the help of my trusty E-6000!

I'm really starting to like how this is turning out!

 

[Kevin Gossett]

Looking good! How's the flexibility on it? Any problems contouring it to your arm?

 

[Soulinertia]

It's quite flexible actually. For the rigid leather piece I went with the grain so it already has a natural tendency to curl a bit.

 

[katmurz]

Subscribing to this build! Looks awesome and is very helpful to those of us also working on this, thanks so much for sharing your progress/process :3!

 

[DTLSchiller]

Looks great want to see how it turns out!

 

[Soulinertia]

So I got samples of the lightest and darkest shades of the jacket. I think I found a very close match to the fabric. I also picked up a rusty denim. The weave is a little thicker, but it's a heavier weight fabric and pretty close to the lighter color. I'm going to experiment with some bleach and dye to see what kind of ombre I can come up with.

 

[Soulinertia]

Thanks to Staar Lord Maan I was able to successfully switch out the 1.25" grommets with the correct 1". I also found some gray elastic I think is a pretty close match!

w/flash

Just a small update for today, but I'll have more progress soon.

 

[80sKIDAutoman]

The jacket looks really good. Subscribed and cannot wait to see the final results.

 

[Capn_Jack_Savvy]

Soul! Are you going to stitch the edges of your flaps? Also have you heard of any material / paste that can be used to fill needle holes in leather to restore the smooth finish?

How about some material that can be used to blend two pieces of overlapping leather together making it seem like a seamless connection? I've been hunting all over and striking out!! I know leather repair shops have stuff like this but it is hard to find!

 

[Soulinertia]

I don't know any product that can match/fill leather like that. I'll keep an eye out though.

 

[Capn_Jack_Savvy]

Just wanted to blend in these two pieces and fill in the needle holes as shown:

 

[Soulinertia]

There was a "as-seen-on-TV" product for leather repair I recall. Doubt it worked very well though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U0xR0UGu_c

 

[JOATRASH FX]

Also have you heard of any material / paste that can be used to fill needle holes in leather to restore the smooth finish?

Wet the leather, massage and press the area with the holes with your fingers to even out the indents caused, then use an iron on the LOWEST setting to carefully dry it out and make the holes shrink together. This will not eliminate them completely- they are holes after all, but they will be much less visible. Keep in mind that all the leather that you warm will shrink, which is why you need to be very careful.

 

[Staar Lord Maan]

Nice to see those grommets in action! Great work, and good luck with #demholes

 

[kirkmona]

I ended up finding some non-elastic webbing at the local thrift shop that looks like a good color. I got over a yard for about 50 cents. Here it is with the 1 inch grommets.

 

[Saber Concepts]

Awesome work on the jacket so far. I can't wait to see it complete.

 

[Soulinertia]

I finally have what I need to finish this jacket!