jay851
Active Member
hi all
after seeing some great results from people on here replicating dredd's vest, i have decided to have a crack at one myself. i mainly work with metal so this is something conpletely new to me, so it will be far from perfect, but hopefully fun and good learning along the way. i have been gathering plenty of reference pics and materials including mesh fabric, webbing straps, foam etc and have finally made a start. i have also got some armour plates, front and back, off usurper including badge which is all fantastic gear (cheers lee). i've started with the collar which is made from a perforated leather steering wheel cover, some hard foam and some plastic cover from a length of armoured cable that i found at work. have also used a length of 4mm brass bar to create the rib around the top and hold the shape. it is far from perfect as the leather is quite gathered rather than smooth, and have had to snip it to aid it to curve round but think it does not look too bad.
plenty more to come.
atb
jay
after seeing some great results from people on here replicating dredd's vest, i have decided to have a crack at one myself. i mainly work with metal so this is something conpletely new to me, so it will be far from perfect, but hopefully fun and good learning along the way. i have been gathering plenty of reference pics and materials including mesh fabric, webbing straps, foam etc and have finally made a start. i have also got some armour plates, front and back, off usurper including badge which is all fantastic gear (cheers lee). i've started with the collar which is made from a perforated leather steering wheel cover, some hard foam and some plastic cover from a length of armoured cable that i found at work. have also used a length of 4mm brass bar to create the rib around the top and hold the shape. it is far from perfect as the leather is quite gathered rather than smooth, and have had to snip it to aid it to curve round but think it does not look too bad.
plenty more to come.
atb
jay
