elektrowlad
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As of today I will start work on a full size replica dragonbone armour from the videogame Skyrim. Why am I already posting ? Well, they say that if you want to do something challenging, like quitting smoking (no chance of that there) announce it to all your friends. That way you will be more embarrassed if you don't succeed....that's what they say anyway.
Here's a pic of what I want to make:
I'll hold off on the helmet for now, as I've made a dragonborn helmet in the past and you wouldn't wear a helmet on for very long anyway.
So far I have sourced out some materials.
A pair of chocolate brown suede leather gloves, curtoasy of ebay. The postage was more than the gloves themselves and they are a bit too tight for my hands. But hot water + wearing them until they dry off is a good way to stretch them out.
An old leather luggage suitcase, from PDSA charity shops. Animal charities are the only charities I actually support so that store is my favourite place to go for random stuff. Only a fiver in UK sterling (like a gazillion dollars in US:lol)and it has a pretty worn out look, which is great. It also has buckles and stuff, which will be perfect for the middle section of the Armour. Large sides will be good for that skirt thingy on the Armour.
A faux fur gillet, ebay as well. Pretty good quality and a decent off white/brown colour. Perfect for the fur underneath the armour. Not sure if one will be enough and I really don't want to cut it up to be honest, as I've been wearing it shirtless around the house for a Tyler Durden look. now get that mental image out of your head... :facepalm
Large sheets of cardboard, the kind you use for expos and stuff, not the bendy type from boxes. That will be my frame more or less, combined with wooden rods and stuff. plenty of that (my gf is a graphic designer, I can get as much of that as I want)
All of the junk mail I could find. I took down my "no junk mail please" sign on my front door and since then I've been flooded with pizza menus and the words of *****. Took all of that, shredded it, boiled it and now I have a lovely paper pulp mixture, which, once mixed with PVA glue and dried will make the perfect filling material for larger, thicker sections of the armour. It's also very strong in that combination...hehe, i'm going green :lol
Other than that, well, not much else at the moment but I'll probably end up hoarding stuff as I go along.
For those of you familiar with FREECYCLE, well, I've made some request for leather armchairs and stuff that I could strip of the leather and then help people get rid of the frame, but oddly enough, nobody is willing to let me do that :behave
I will try to update this at least every couple of days but the problem is, as this is quite a messy job and my phone camera stopped working a month after buying it brand new, it's hard to take many pictures. MY gf has a DSLR but modelling plaster on my hands always makes her cringe when I ask for it so...yeah...you get the point.
I'll probably take some pics later tonight of the materials I have
Now, I'm off to sketch the shapes and cut them out of cardboard. I hope by tonight to at least have the basic shapes for the gauntlets done.
See ya soon,
Vlad
Here's a pic of what I want to make:
I'll hold off on the helmet for now, as I've made a dragonborn helmet in the past and you wouldn't wear a helmet on for very long anyway.
So far I have sourced out some materials.
A pair of chocolate brown suede leather gloves, curtoasy of ebay. The postage was more than the gloves themselves and they are a bit too tight for my hands. But hot water + wearing them until they dry off is a good way to stretch them out.
An old leather luggage suitcase, from PDSA charity shops. Animal charities are the only charities I actually support so that store is my favourite place to go for random stuff. Only a fiver in UK sterling (like a gazillion dollars in US:lol)and it has a pretty worn out look, which is great. It also has buckles and stuff, which will be perfect for the middle section of the Armour. Large sides will be good for that skirt thingy on the Armour.
A faux fur gillet, ebay as well. Pretty good quality and a decent off white/brown colour. Perfect for the fur underneath the armour. Not sure if one will be enough and I really don't want to cut it up to be honest, as I've been wearing it shirtless around the house for a Tyler Durden look. now get that mental image out of your head... :facepalm
Large sheets of cardboard, the kind you use for expos and stuff, not the bendy type from boxes. That will be my frame more or less, combined with wooden rods and stuff. plenty of that (my gf is a graphic designer, I can get as much of that as I want)
All of the junk mail I could find. I took down my "no junk mail please" sign on my front door and since then I've been flooded with pizza menus and the words of *****. Took all of that, shredded it, boiled it and now I have a lovely paper pulp mixture, which, once mixed with PVA glue and dried will make the perfect filling material for larger, thicker sections of the armour. It's also very strong in that combination...hehe, i'm going green :lol
Other than that, well, not much else at the moment but I'll probably end up hoarding stuff as I go along.
For those of you familiar with FREECYCLE, well, I've made some request for leather armchairs and stuff that I could strip of the leather and then help people get rid of the frame, but oddly enough, nobody is willing to let me do that :behave
I will try to update this at least every couple of days but the problem is, as this is quite a messy job and my phone camera stopped working a month after buying it brand new, it's hard to take many pictures. MY gf has a DSLR but modelling plaster on my hands always makes her cringe when I ask for it so...yeah...you get the point.
I'll probably take some pics later tonight of the materials I have
Now, I'm off to sketch the shapes and cut them out of cardboard. I hope by tonight to at least have the basic shapes for the gauntlets done.
See ya soon,
Vlad