Daryl Dixon Vest

[BenPerry]

My first prop / costume I'm making. Love the look of this jacket, think it looks really cool so having a go at making it. The vest is unbranded but identical to the one he wears. I drew the wings free hand and stained the white cloth in tea to give it that aged look. I would of used denim but couldn't get hold of any. Not got them attached though as I wasn't sure how best to do it? Any ideas from people who've made these before?
Thanks,
Ben

 

[joshspiderman23]

I used leather adhesive on mine and it seems to be holding up. you could try fabric/liquid stitch and set it with indirect heat from a iron using a towel to protect the decal and leather.

 

[BenPerry]

Thanks Ill give that a try!

 

[BenPerry]

Used some spray glue my dad found me and it seems to of worked well! I'll post the results soon

 

[BenPerry]

Here's the finished vest:

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[BenPerry]

Had another go at it and i'm much happier with the results. I did the wings on bleached white denim like they should be and made the wing shape and feathers look better. Not sure whether to weather them or not though?

 

[BenPerry]

Made his arrow holder thing the other day

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Working on building the crossbow

 

[BenPerry]

Still working on the crossbow. I like the colour of the grey but not the black since it's too flat of a colour so tomorrows job is to go back and repaint that as well as make the arrow holder and foot thing.

 

[Feezle-Nuts]

Kudos for the badass Stryker replica!

 

[BenPerry]

Thanks, Worked on it a little more today. Ended up painting it a few times because I wasn't happy with the colour. Still need to add the logos, foot thing and the arrow holder. It all pulls back properly and if I'd made a trigger system for it I expect it would fire!

 

[Feezle-Nuts]

Are you going to try to mimic the optifade finish?

 

[sparton110]

cool crossbow idea.

 

[BenPerry]

I might give it a go, although I need to think of a way to do it first.

 

[aetherdeus]

Woah, impressive bow! And I was thinking of just repainting a Nerf Crossfire - inspiring work! Are you planning on making the knife, too?

 

[BenPerry]

Thanks, Yes the knife was next on the list to make. Should be much easier (I hope!)

 

[BenPerry]

Made the knife today. It's not 100% accurate but the best I could so with what I had. Blade is metal and a little sharp and the handle is made of wood. His knife handle is different to this but I couldn't replicate the pattern on it so I just made it black like some of the ones I've seen him use while filming. The scabbard is just something I threw togeather out of some fake leather seat and staples but it does the job I guess!


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Made the knife today. It's not 100% accurate but the best I could so with what I had. Blade is metal and a little sharp and the handle is made of wood. His knife handle is different to this but I couldn't replicate the pattern on it so I just made it black like some of the ones I've seen him use while filming. I think it's also probably a little thick the handle but I can grip it well so I guess it's ok. The scabbard is just something I threw togeather out of some fake leather seat and staples but it does the job I guess!


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Made the knife today. It's not 100% accurate but the best I could so with what I had. Blade is metal and a little sharp and the handle is made of wood. His knife handle is different to this but I couldn't replicate the pattern on it so I just made it black like some of the ones I've seen him use while filming. I think it's also probably a little thick the handle but I can grip it well so I guess it's ok. The scabbard is just something I threw togeather out of some fake leather seat and staples but it does the job I guess!

 

[BenPerry]

Next job is a poncho! Any ideas as to how to make one? Or what it's made of? I was thinking something along the lines of a thick(ish) burlap material and then paint on the pattern using stencils

 

[BenPerry]

Just made a bolt for the crossbow so decided to get everything together

 

[sp1derman]

Fancy giving a breakdown of the crossbow I need to remake mine great work

 

[BenPerry]

There's not much to show really :/ All I did was cut the shape out of 3X 1/2 inch sheets of plywood, stick them together and then shape them with a sanding machine. That will give you the basic shape then for the bow part it's just some metal strips screwed on with a loop made at the ends for a bolt and some large washers to go through to make the bearing part. Paint it, put some string on and that's pretty much it!