Staar Lord Maan
Well-Known Member
Re: Star Lord vest
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I've been following your thread on your vest, keep up the good work, man! Did you manage to source the gray elastic banding for all the detail yet? I did find a military supplier of 'forest green' which looks gray so I ordered five yards of that just to see how it looks in natural light. I'll let you know how that turns out...
Something to consider, here... if you are, indeed, working with genuine leather, if you boil it, you'll find it to become more sturdy. In that high resolution image, you'll notice the military collar standing up like that? I suspect it's because they used pre-boiled leather and then the dyed it after. I don't honestly know if the dye will fade or age-out if you did boil your pieces, but I'd suggest testing this procedure with one of your scraps and see how it holds up. (a little research wouldn't hurt either, LOL)
Staar lord man, I hadn't seen those videos, thanks for the tip!...
You're welcome
I've been following your thread on your vest, keep up the good work, man! Did you manage to source the gray elastic banding for all the detail yet? I did find a military supplier of 'forest green' which looks gray so I ordered five yards of that just to see how it looks in natural light. I'll let you know how that turns out...
The edges of the vest are not folded over and sewn, as I assumed they would be, but simply have cut edges....But I guess since this is leather, it's already pretty sturdy, and there's no risk in the edges fraying like with fabric. It makes things easier for me, since, for the most part, I won't have to sew through two layers of leather, and all the curved edges will be simple cuts.
Something to consider, here... if you are, indeed, working with genuine leather, if you boil it, you'll find it to become more sturdy. In that high resolution image, you'll notice the military collar standing up like that? I suspect it's because they used pre-boiled leather and then the dyed it after. I don't honestly know if the dye will fade or age-out if you did boil your pieces, but I'd suggest testing this procedure with one of your scraps and see how it holds up. (a little research wouldn't hurt either, LOL)