.:MirrorminD:.
Sr Member
Maybe try taking a mallet to one?
The Star-Lord/Peter Quill Sling Bag thread
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Brass plated buckle.
How it was done:
Disclaimer: I take NO responsibility if you try this- do at your own risk. Make sure you follow any safety instructions as to how long you can run your torch. DO wear eye and body protection because HOT brass dust occasionally flies off the dremel. Obviously, keep water nearby and flammable stuff away. A small gas blowtorch (like the kind used to flambe or heavy soldering) was used to heat the buckle (held in a vice) and then a dremel with a brass brush was run over the surface. Took maybe 20 minutes to do the whole thing (My torch can reach up to 1300 degrees Celsius).
How it was done:
Disclaimer: I take NO responsibility if you try this- do at your own risk. Make sure you follow any safety instructions as to how long you can run your torch. DO wear eye and body protection because HOT brass dust occasionally flies off the dremel. Obviously, keep water nearby and flammable stuff away. A small gas blowtorch (like the kind used to flambe or heavy soldering) was used to heat the buckle (held in a vice) and then a dremel with a brass brush was run over the surface. Took maybe 20 minutes to do the whole thing (My torch can reach up to 1300 degrees Celsius).
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Abelugo
Sr Member
joatrash, your attachment doesnt work.
HotMachete
New Member
Found this fabric at JoAnn Fabrics. It's not a straight match, but might be good for someone who wants to capture the feel of the bag and doesn't want to spend the time silk screening or custom printing.
starlordquill
Well-Known Member
So this would be for the little rectangle pieces?
Risu
Master Member
I posted a picture in my build thread of a jig I machined to flatten my regular 5/8" snaps. If my custom made ones don't pan out, that's what I plan to do. You can't really do anything about the rounded sides though, or the smaller under side piece. Unless maybe the edges can be trimmed off and it would still set.
Look again. The RPF has problems with cached images sometimes.
Ok here you go, a way to change the color of the blue insert of the buckle with out having to take it apart and is super easy and cheap to do, just takes some time 
First you need to get Black color dye, "RIT" the key in this product is that IT WILL STAIN PLASTIC.
So part one of my buckles.
get a small pot as shown in photo, a way to prop the buckle so the hole thing is not submerst in water. Fill pot to just a about the blue part maybe an 1/8" over. Bring pot water to a simmer, not to hot as to melt the plastic and to were you can dip your finger in and not burn. 100degF is good. Next add your Black RIT dye, for the this small pot i added about 7 tablespoons. Next place buckle in dye water, i had 4 buckles so i taped them together and used the other end in one as a handle. Now the hard part, have to wait, for me i left it in for 1.5 hours. I would check it every 30min. tell the right color is achieved. The Dye does its best in hot water. After you get the color, wash off the buckle in warm water, you may need to use a small shop towel to wipe off any residue from the metal buckle. Thats it easy and simple. You can see in the photo the buckles next to each other, one with the blue and the one that was dye black.
Step two to follow, which is the process of the black wear look on the buckles.
First you need to get Black color dye, "RIT" the key in this product is that IT WILL STAIN PLASTIC.
So part one of my buckles.
get a small pot as shown in photo, a way to prop the buckle so the hole thing is not submerst in water. Fill pot to just a about the blue part maybe an 1/8" over. Bring pot water to a simmer, not to hot as to melt the plastic and to were you can dip your finger in and not burn. 100degF is good. Next add your Black RIT dye, for the this small pot i added about 7 tablespoons. Next place buckle in dye water, i had 4 buckles so i taped them together and used the other end in one as a handle. Now the hard part, have to wait, for me i left it in for 1.5 hours. I would check it every 30min. tell the right color is achieved. The Dye does its best in hot water. After you get the color, wash off the buckle in warm water, you may need to use a small shop towel to wipe off any residue from the metal buckle. Thats it easy and simple. You can see in the photo the buckles next to each other, one with the blue and the one that was dye black.
Step two to follow, which is the process of the black wear look on the buckles.
Just for clarification, the duck cloth is only the base of the fabric. JoAnn does not sell the circle printed fabric (that was production made, correct?) Just making sure I didn't need to spend an hour sifting through fabrics today. Thanks!
Ok here is my Step 2 of the buckle. I will be doing the same to all 4 of my buckles
^ Nice effect on the buckle StarLordGoG :thumbsup
Over the weekend I found some time to work on my bag some more.
The 2" straps I acquired were in pristine condition and needed some distressing. If you recall, they started off looking like this:
So I spent some time crushing the leather until it looked like this:
I'm going for this look and feel:
I'll be dying the straps to a darker brown, but I wanted to get the fit of everything worked out first.
After running it through the sewing machine:
A few other straps as well:
I used some more jacket remnants to make the straps that attach the D-rings to the bag. I used (qty.3) 2" D-rings and (qty.1) smaller 1.5" D-ring.
Here is a size comparison of the two:
And here is what they look like sewn into the bag. At this point the layers of fabric were way too thick to sew through, so I secured the D-ring that would bear the most weight with a bolt since I knew it would be hidden:
I did the same with the other side, but I used a smaller bolt as it was all I had left in my junk drawer:
1" strap in place:
Here is what the back of the bag looks like:
I installed the 10mm rivets on the lower portion of the strap. (I still haven't distressed or installed the rivets up top though.)
I also still need to cut the notches out of the strap where it meets the buckle.
Almost finished!
Over the weekend I found some time to work on my bag some more.
The 2" straps I acquired were in pristine condition and needed some distressing. If you recall, they started off looking like this:
So I spent some time crushing the leather until it looked like this:
I'm going for this look and feel:
I'll be dying the straps to a darker brown, but I wanted to get the fit of everything worked out first.
After running it through the sewing machine:
A few other straps as well:
I used some more jacket remnants to make the straps that attach the D-rings to the bag. I used (qty.3) 2" D-rings and (qty.1) smaller 1.5" D-ring.
Here is a size comparison of the two:
And here is what they look like sewn into the bag. At this point the layers of fabric were way too thick to sew through, so I secured the D-ring that would bear the most weight with a bolt since I knew it would be hidden:
I did the same with the other side, but I used a smaller bolt as it was all I had left in my junk drawer:
1" strap in place:
Here is what the back of the bag looks like:
I installed the 10mm rivets on the lower portion of the strap. (I still haven't distressed or installed the rivets up top though.)
I also still need to cut the notches out of the strap where it meets the buckle.
Almost finished!
That's absolutely beautiful.
PrimoOptimoso
Sr Member
Soul -
I may have missed it somewhere in the thread (been trying to keep up) - I want to do this bag not just for my Starlord costume, but also to use on day trips and the like, so I wonder if you can post up sort of a pattern/layout for how your bag is assembled? And the overall dimensions if possible? I am usually good about this kind of thing, but every single Starlord piece is juuust complex enough that my brain can't quickly process it - the bag's many layers being the culprit in this case.
Again, sorry if it was here and I didn't see it.
Thanks!
.:MirrorminD:.
Sr Member
Damn, that is one gorgeous bag
If/when I make my second bag I'll work up a pattern. I didn't make one for this bag, just kinda "winged-it". The dimensions are approx 21" x 18" not counting the D-ring straps.
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