Right, pretty much the last of my re-make posts - barring a few tweaks, the Cosplaysky suit do-over is done.
Tests with inks and alcohol on the fabric improved the look of the red fabric, darkening it a touch, but thinning down black ink only gets you purple. I wound up just using a heat-set Pebeo fabric paint mixed a slightly warm dove grey. I also did a paint wash in very-thinned out black paint over the whites and reds a bit more. I also tested a dirt bag - got some thin stretch knit, made a bag and filled it with some fine dirt from the great outdoors. Tapped it over the costume to dirty it. Worked fine, though I won:t be welcoming anyone to hug me lest they get dusty.
Before
After, sorry about the lighting.
Lastly, I treated the fabric on the belt and harness with the same acrylic/water mix, and did some dab-and-blot on the light beige pleather with some darker brown acrylic. Same treatment went for the gloves. Oh, forgot to mention - decided not to worry about getting new gloves at this point. The ones I got were MASSIVE ridiculous baseball mitts on my hands that go way up my forearm instead of fastening at the wrist. I took in the sides of the glove and fingers to fit me better, and am just living with the excessive length for the time being.
Before
After, with painted pleather and dirt etc.
I found that the back flap panel is still doing an annoying rumpled look, because the four velcro fastenings aren't enough to keep it close to my back. So much to my annoyance, I'll be adding more bloody Velcro to pretty much paste that sucker down and smooth. Problem is that I have a rear-end and curvier back than my dress dummy, and hadn't anticipated the problem.
Literally didn't see the problem until I saw the pics.
So irked. Velcro, take my money.
But anyway, that's a minor fix and I don't need to show it to y'all.
That's it, the end of the Cosplaysky re-make for me. I gotta scratch up my shield, style a wig, make a shield carrying bag and work on a ridiculous Chinese slush cast helmet, but that's not something for this thread. So, thanks for reading.