Re: Age of Ultron Captain America Build (first cap attempt at cap build)
The gauntlets look SO great!
The gauntlets look SO great!
Age of Ultron Captain America Build (Build complete! pics on page 5)
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brutuswayne
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Thanks man! Oddly enough ended up being the toughest thing to pattern (went through about 5 drafts before I settled on one that I liked)! Guess that's what happens when you're not used to making gloves and whatnot haha
Thanks man! Oddly enough ended up being the toughest thing to pattern (went through about 5 drafts before I settled on one that I liked)! Guess that's what happens when you're not used to making gloves and whatnot haha
brutuswayne
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Got to work on making the pattern for the bootcovers! I realized that the bootcovers go about 3-4 inches higher than the actual Magnum boots, so I needed something to stand in for my leg as I pinned the muslin for the mockup. Ended grabbing an old shin guard and shoving thick gloves and spare sections of PVC until the whole thing had a 16" circumference, and just stuck it into the boot as a false leg! It worked pretty well though cause when I finished the first draft of the pattern, the muslin wrapped around my leg perfectly without being too tight or too loose.
The first draft was very messy as it was mostly for me to define the general shape of the bootcover and practice drawing the details. After unpinning it, I used that to draw two new blank halves of a bootcover on muslin, stitched those together at the front and pinned the back around the boot. This one was drawn more carefully to get the placement of designs as accurate as I could. I also measured how long the strip of the red section that runs under the boot had to be from one side to the other.
Then I just removed that mockup, split the seam apart and transferred it all the paper, cleaning up the designs one last time as I drew. The extension at the top of the bootcover halves are going to be pieces that fold inside the boot and are stitched down to create the 'belt loops' that the red webbing runs through.
Got to work on making the pattern for the bootcovers! I realized that the bootcovers go about 3-4 inches higher than the actual Magnum boots, so I needed something to stand in for my leg as I pinned the muslin for the mockup. Ended grabbing an old shin guard and shoving thick gloves and spare sections of PVC until the whole thing had a 16" circumference, and just stuck it into the boot as a false leg! It worked pretty well though cause when I finished the first draft of the pattern, the muslin wrapped around my leg perfectly without being too tight or too loose.
The first draft was very messy as it was mostly for me to define the general shape of the bootcover and practice drawing the details. After unpinning it, I used that to draw two new blank halves of a bootcover on muslin, stitched those together at the front and pinned the back around the boot. This one was drawn more carefully to get the placement of designs as accurate as I could. I also measured how long the strip of the red section that runs under the boot had to be from one side to the other.
Then I just removed that mockup, split the seam apart and transferred it all the paper, cleaning up the designs one last time as I drew. The extension at the top of the bootcover halves are going to be pieces that fold inside the boot and are stitched down to create the 'belt loops' that the red webbing runs through.
brutuswayne
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Update on the gaiters since I've got the main bodies more or less done. I did the liners first before breaking down the pattern into the individual sections. The open cavities are to mimic the look of the red webbing strap that threads through the top of the gaiter. Basically just going to attaching the liner and shells, fold the top section down and sandwich the webbing between the folded section and the open cavities. I split the gaiters down the diagonal line as opposed to the middle since it looks like in pictures of the suit on display that the seam allowances of the diagonal stitch are folded under the upper half topstitched down. Last picture is really just to show off how well I aligned the halves and let me tell you, that thin 1/4" middle piece was NOT fun to sew haha
Update on the gaiters since I've got the main bodies more or less done. I did the liners first before breaking down the pattern into the individual sections. The open cavities are to mimic the look of the red webbing strap that threads through the top of the gaiter. Basically just going to attaching the liner and shells, fold the top section down and sandwich the webbing between the folded section and the open cavities. I split the gaiters down the diagonal line as opposed to the middle since it looks like in pictures of the suit on display that the seam allowances of the diagonal stitch are folded under the upper half topstitched down. Last picture is really just to show off how well I aligned the halves and let me tell you, that thin 1/4" middle piece was NOT fun to sew haha
TheRealSpider
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I just began keeping up with your thread, and I can easily say one of the most accurate cap builds I've seen! Definitely keeping up with the rest of this thread!
I just began keeping up with your thread, and I can easily say one of the most accurate cap builds I've seen! Definitely keeping up with the rest of this thread!
brutuswayne
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Thanks man! That means a lot!
Thanks man! That means a lot!
Re: Age of Ultron Captain America Build (first cap attempt at cap build)
Your gauntlets and gaiters are really spot on. I definitely have to upgrade my patterns for the next project. It really is looking amazing. Cheers!
Your gauntlets and gaiters are really spot on. I definitely have to upgrade my patterns for the next project. It really is looking amazing. Cheers!
brutuswayne
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Thanks dude! Check out the Hollywood Arclight display of Cap's AoU suit when you re-pattern if you haven't already. Those pics were a massive help to me getting all the details in!
Thanks dude! Check out the Hollywood Arclight display of Cap's AoU suit when you re-pattern if you haven't already. Those pics were a massive help to me getting all the details in!
brutuswayne
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Image dump incoming! I am very close to having these finished, just have to secure the stirrups to the body of the gaiters a bit more, add the brown pleather strip in the front and secure the flap of extra fabric down in place! After finished all the main body halves, I attached them together to make the shells and added piping to the bottom. Then I added the zippers, and attached the shells to the lining.
I did run into a bit of an issue with the zipper; as you can see in the second picture, because of the way I structured the cavities for the webbing to slip through, there's no fabric to sandwich the top of the zipper between! I do have a solution in that im going to make two small bars of fabric to topstitch on top of the zipper with the folded down flap behind it, sealing the zipper in all the way to the top.
Next was adding the extra pieces. First I made the webbing strap that wraps around the top of the boot, trying to mirror the look of the original as much as I could. Unfortunately, because of the thickness of the webbing and color of the thread, it's hard t really see the different stitching lines securing the two lengths of webbing to eachother. But, it still has the right general look and I'm happy with the look it when it's actually threaded through. I made a tab cover for one side by just making a cap out of leftover red pleather, and attached the other side to the bootcover by sandwiching it between the shell and liner at that one section between the cavities. This allows me to tuck the rest of the belt behind the starting point when it wraps around.
I also made the red stirrups and attached it to the gaiters by sewing it down at the front where the curve of the instep begins, and at the back by the zipper. I may also stitch it down across the top lines connecting those two points, but I want to leave it floating for the most part so that it doesn't wrinkle/buckle with the gaiters and because once on the boot it holds in place pretty well.
Mini-update: Did my quick-fix for the exposed part of the zipper. Used the strips of fabric to bridge the blank space between the exterior of the bootcover and the flap that folds down. Once I finish up the rest of it and sew it all in place it'll look nice and clean!
Image dump incoming! I am very close to having these finished, just have to secure the stirrups to the body of the gaiters a bit more, add the brown pleather strip in the front and secure the flap of extra fabric down in place! After finished all the main body halves, I attached them together to make the shells and added piping to the bottom. Then I added the zippers, and attached the shells to the lining.
I did run into a bit of an issue with the zipper; as you can see in the second picture, because of the way I structured the cavities for the webbing to slip through, there's no fabric to sandwich the top of the zipper between! I do have a solution in that im going to make two small bars of fabric to topstitch on top of the zipper with the folded down flap behind it, sealing the zipper in all the way to the top.
Next was adding the extra pieces. First I made the webbing strap that wraps around the top of the boot, trying to mirror the look of the original as much as I could. Unfortunately, because of the thickness of the webbing and color of the thread, it's hard t really see the different stitching lines securing the two lengths of webbing to eachother. But, it still has the right general look and I'm happy with the look it when it's actually threaded through. I made a tab cover for one side by just making a cap out of leftover red pleather, and attached the other side to the bootcover by sandwiching it between the shell and liner at that one section between the cavities. This allows me to tuck the rest of the belt behind the starting point when it wraps around.
I also made the red stirrups and attached it to the gaiters by sewing it down at the front where the curve of the instep begins, and at the back by the zipper. I may also stitch it down across the top lines connecting those two points, but I want to leave it floating for the most part so that it doesn't wrinkle/buckle with the gaiters and because once on the boot it holds in place pretty well.
Mini-update: Did my quick-fix for the exposed part of the zipper. Used the strips of fabric to bridge the blank space between the exterior of the bootcover and the flap that folds down. Once I finish up the rest of it and sew it all in place it'll look nice and clean!
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brutuswayne
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Aaand boots are done! Well, aside from the greeblies. But I'll be doing all those pieces last as I need to paint all the casted pieces I've recieved, and do some small casting myself (flat, basic shapes are my speed so that should be fine haha). I ended up stitching down the top of the stirrups to the gaiter after all and I think it gives it just a bit more of a solid look while still having some float space at the bottom for getting it on and off the boot. I also got some weird alignment issues at the back of the right bootcover, tried seam ripping it open and adjusting the zipper to correct that which made it better than it was, but still a little off. Gonna choose not to drive myself crazy about it though since I don't imagine the back of the boots will be the most observed part of the suit haha. Now I just gotta clean off those chalk marks from placing the pleather piece down the front!
Aaand boots are done! Well, aside from the greeblies. But I'll be doing all those pieces last as I need to paint all the casted pieces I've recieved, and do some small casting myself (flat, basic shapes are my speed so that should be fine haha). I ended up stitching down the top of the stirrups to the gaiter after all and I think it gives it just a bit more of a solid look while still having some float space at the bottom for getting it on and off the boot. I also got some weird alignment issues at the back of the right bootcover, tried seam ripping it open and adjusting the zipper to correct that which made it better than it was, but still a little off. Gonna choose not to drive myself crazy about it though since I don't imagine the back of the boots will be the most observed part of the suit haha. Now I just gotta clean off those chalk marks from placing the pleather piece down the front!
brutuswayne
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Sure man! It's 1000D Cordura in Dark Brown from Rockywoods for the main bodies of both. Although, I would actually recommend using a very textured canvas fabric instead if you can find some you like! The cordura looks great and matches the rest of my suit, but the thickness made it very difficult to do the embossing work on the gloves. It does show up (partly due to good lighting), but I think you'd get more distinct details with a lighter fabric. But, if you decide the detailing is visible enough on mine, than 1000D cordura is the way to go
As for the rest, of the fabrics, I used the same red ponte de roma on the glove inserts as I did for the stomach section of the suit, dark brown piping and webbing for the details, red webbing for the straps on the wrist of the glove and the boots, and the same red pleather used in the torso sections for the stirrups. Good luck!
Sure man! It's 1000D Cordura in Dark Brown from Rockywoods for the main bodies of both. Although, I would actually recommend using a very textured canvas fabric instead if you can find some you like! The cordura looks great and matches the rest of my suit, but the thickness made it very difficult to do the embossing work on the gloves. It does show up (partly due to good lighting), but I think you'd get more distinct details with a lighter fabric. But, if you decide the detailing is visible enough on mine, than 1000D cordura is the way to go
As for the rest, of the fabrics, I used the same red ponte de roma on the glove inserts as I did for the stomach section of the suit, dark brown piping and webbing for the details, red webbing for the straps on the wrist of the glove and the boots, and the same red pleather used in the torso sections for the stirrups. Good luck!
STLAssassin
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The 500D Cordura is also an option as it is a lighter weight fabric than the 1000D. Just ordered some samples of different fabrics from rockywoods myself.
Sure man! It's 1000D Cordura in Dark Brown from Rockywoods for the main bodies of both. Although, I would actually recommend using a very textured canvas fabric instead if you can find some you like! The cordura looks great and matches the rest of my suit, but the thickness made it very difficult to do the embossing work on the gloves. It does show up (partly due to good lighting), but I think you'd get more distinct details with a lighter fabric. But, if you decide the detailing is visible enough on mine, than 1000D cordura is the way to go
The 500D Cordura is also an option as it is a lighter weight fabric than the 1000D. Just ordered some samples of different fabrics from rockywoods myself.
brutuswayne
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500D is what I used to make the actual suit! I would have used it for the gloves and gaiters too but they didn't have 500D in dark brown.
The fingerless gloves? Just a pair of dark brown fingerless gloves I got off amazon And thank you!
500D is what I used to make the actual suit! I would have used it for the gloves and gaiters too but they didn't have 500D in dark brown.
The fingerless gloves? Just a pair of dark brown fingerless gloves I got off amazon
And thank you!
starlordquill
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I want those spats!!!!!
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I want those spats!!!!!
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sithlord23
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Great thread and suit man! Congrats!
Question, did you do and sort of zipper or fastening system to hold the jkt/pants together? So the jkt doesn't come untucked while wearing? Have you found that to be an issue?
thanks!
Great thread and suit man! Congrats!
Question, did you do and sort of zipper or fastening system to hold the jkt/pants together? So the jkt doesn't come untucked while wearing? Have you found that to be an issue?
thanks!
brutuswayne
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Thanks guys! And sithlord, I don't have too much of an untucking issue since I made sure that the jacket has about 2 inches at the hem to be tucked into the pants. But, just for safeties sake I'm gonna put two heavy duty snaps at the back and two at the front to hold it all in place.
Thanks guys! And sithlord, I don't have too much of an untucking issue since I made sure that the jacket has about 2 inches at the hem to be tucked into the pants. But, just for safeties sake I'm gonna put two heavy duty snaps at the back and two at the front to hold it all in place.
brutuswayne
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Base belt is done! One of these days I really wanna do belt work with real leather, but usually time and money limits me (might finally be able to do it for a WS Cap suit next year though). But, I have a pretty solid no-sew method that I've done multiple times before that using pleather and craft foam that ends up looking pretty good and is surprisingly sturdy. All it is is marking the belt shape on the back of the pleather, cutting it out slightly smaller (maybe 1/8") in craft foam, and gluing the pleather around the foam. In the past I've done this using hot glue, but this time I wanted to go for a more solid/clean method. I used spray adhesive to tack it down to the pleather and then section by section spread barge cement onto the craft foam to fold the edges of the pleather over. Then I just clip on a lot of binder clips to clamp it and let it dry. The impression marks the clips leave fade off on their own by the next day.
I made the cordura panels separately and topstitched the edges with a contrasting thread to mimic the screen belt, and actually glued that down with barge as well. I did the stitching for the little 'x' boxes on the front once it was glued down. I also made the cordura section at the back of the belt by gluing it around a section of craft foam as well to try and get the same seamless look on the screen belt.
Before I glued down all the edges of the pleather though, I cut two holes in the craft foam at one of the ends to insert two 1/4" neodymium magnets. I then lined up the craft foam for the cordura section where I wanted it to connect and placed the other two magnets to mark where they needed to be inserted into the back section. Then I just did the same thing, cut two holes, glue it to the cordura, glue in the magnets, and then I glued the cordura fully around. The strength of the magnets is still pretty strong through the pleather and cordura, but it's still pretty easy to pop off when I take the belt off.
The only part that didn't go so well was stitching the cordura section to one side of the pleather and putting matching stitching on the other side. This pleather turned out to be much more grippy than the other pleathers I'd been working with, and none of my usual methods for dealing with grippy pleather worked. That combined with the soft craft foam made the thread sink into the belt really deep, have really short stitches, and it fell off a straight line several times. I might go back over it with light handstitching just to cover up the sunken thread, but I'll need to figure out a way to work around this issue before I start on the pouches. A friend suggested using a teflon presser foot so I've ordered one of those that's being delivered tomorrow, hopefully that'll do the trick.
Base belt is done! One of these days I really wanna do belt work with real leather, but usually time and money limits me (might finally be able to do it for a WS Cap suit next year though). But, I have a pretty solid no-sew method that I've done multiple times before that using pleather and craft foam that ends up looking pretty good and is surprisingly sturdy. All it is is marking the belt shape on the back of the pleather, cutting it out slightly smaller (maybe 1/8") in craft foam, and gluing the pleather around the foam. In the past I've done this using hot glue, but this time I wanted to go for a more solid/clean method. I used spray adhesive to tack it down to the pleather and then section by section spread barge cement onto the craft foam to fold the edges of the pleather over. Then I just clip on a lot of binder clips to clamp it and let it dry. The impression marks the clips leave fade off on their own by the next day.
I made the cordura panels separately and topstitched the edges with a contrasting thread to mimic the screen belt, and actually glued that down with barge as well. I did the stitching for the little 'x' boxes on the front once it was glued down. I also made the cordura section at the back of the belt by gluing it around a section of craft foam as well to try and get the same seamless look on the screen belt.
Before I glued down all the edges of the pleather though, I cut two holes in the craft foam at one of the ends to insert two 1/4" neodymium magnets. I then lined up the craft foam for the cordura section where I wanted it to connect and placed the other two magnets to mark where they needed to be inserted into the back section. Then I just did the same thing, cut two holes, glue it to the cordura, glue in the magnets, and then I glued the cordura fully around. The strength of the magnets is still pretty strong through the pleather and cordura, but it's still pretty easy to pop off when I take the belt off.
The only part that didn't go so well was stitching the cordura section to one side of the pleather and putting matching stitching on the other side. This pleather turned out to be much more grippy than the other pleathers I'd been working with, and none of my usual methods for dealing with grippy pleather worked. That combined with the soft craft foam made the thread sink into the belt really deep, have really short stitches, and it fell off a straight line several times. I might go back over it with light handstitching just to cover up the sunken thread, but I'll need to figure out a way to work around this issue before I start on the pouches. A friend suggested using a teflon presser foot so I've ordered one of those that's being delivered tomorrow, hopefully that'll do the trick.
CapKaos
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This is looking better and better every time I check in on the thread! Loving all the hard work you're putting into this - it's gonna be amazing when the final product is ready!
On a side note, do you happen to remember the listing for the gloves on amazon? Trying to upgrade my gloves for my own Cap build. haha
Regards,
Aeric
This is looking better and better every time I check in on the thread! Loving all the hard work you're putting into this - it's gonna be amazing when the final product is ready!
On a side note, do you happen to remember the listing for the gloves on amazon? Trying to upgrade my gloves for my own Cap build. haha
Regards,
Aeric
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