Great work done on research so far! I'm Chinese, so I was super thrilled to finally see Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen being a part of the Star Wars universe, and not to mention them being a part of the main cast!
I really want to make Chirrut's costume as well, and this thread just pushed me into...
Re: Captain America Costume Fabric - Stretch 3D Screen Print
Hi!
I have sewn a Cap "Smithsonian" suit before, and I am thinking about making Civil War/AOU as my next project. I have very little experience in sewing stretch fabric, just out of curiousity, how stretchy is the fabric? Is it 2-way...
I think I found some red fabric that might be interesting for you Deadpool-makers out there. I bought this fabric two years ago before I knew about screen-printed stretch fabric. What I have here is actually (thick) red stretch fabric which has a cordura-like weave. I think it's a "close-enough"...
Regarding found fabrics that looks like the screen-printed ones:
I found thick "cordura-like" stretch fabric in Beijing which I used for my Captain America Avengers suit. See close-up pictures of the fabric below (Please note that the ruler shows metric units, .ie mm). A darker, red version of...
Re: Captain American Civil War Build (Undershirt complete! Next: Pants)
Wow, thank you for sharing great pictures from your suit progress! I really like the step-by-step documentation that you show using pictures. I wish I was as good as you taking pictures along the way! The way you try to...
Thank you for sharing some info on the screen-printed stretch fabrics! For Captain America (The First Avenger), I am pretty sure they actually used normal ballistic Nylon, with screen-printed "fish bone" pattern on top. I got to look at the fabric up close, touch and feel the suit they have at...
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to show-off my latest Captain America Suit progress. This is a costume replica of the Cap suit seen in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". The pattern and design is all based on the movie suit. The fabric is ballstic nylon with rubber backing with a custom silk...
Any acrylic-based matte clear spray paint will do!
The shine of the shield is not reduced much after spray coat, in fact..its shine matches close ups in the film pretty well IMO after clear coating it!