Chairman Kaga
Well-Known Member
I am working on a costume right now wherein I need to make leather (faux leather would also be acceptable) earcups for a pilot's helmet. Think along the lines of a WWII pilot's helmet like this
but the earcups would only need to be in the shape of essentially a pie pan. I have read on the web that one needs to soak leather and then stretch it over a form to shape it. How could I achieve this? I mean I could buy two small pie pans and attempt to stretch the leather over one while pressing it inside the other but I am not sure how well that would work. If I could get the same effect with fake leather or vinyl that would be just as good the material isn't really of any consequence.
but the earcups would only need to be in the shape of essentially a pie pan. I have read on the web that one needs to soak leather and then stretch it over a form to shape it. How could I achieve this? I mean I could buy two small pie pans and attempt to stretch the leather over one while pressing it inside the other but I am not sure how well that would work. If I could get the same effect with fake leather or vinyl that would be just as good the material isn't really of any consequence.