lost boys MARKO jacket replica!

[Tiggersmom]

Excellent! Definitely worthy of the Wall of Fame. When you're completely finished post some good pictures and I'll put your jacket up on the wall.

Oh wow! Thank you!! I would be totally honored to be on your wall!!

 

[Tiggersmom]

Nice work, it's a beauty!

Thank you! Your jacket looks amazing!!

 

[Tiggersmom]

Looks awesome!

Thank you!

 

[Tiggersmom]

Yeah this started out a couple years ago which is why I had most of the tapestries already. I didn't realize I was making the "Stunt" jacket. It was a rush job and it didn't come out the way I wanted it to. Had the 2 ladies painted on thick canvas by my brother. Just didn't look right. Wish I had pics.
Then I got on here and started to realize there are two different jackets and that I wanted to make the hero one. Wanted to make it correct too with a Levi jacket. Here is the aftermath of all the hacking into the tapestries. If I could get my hands on another Leopard rug I could probably make another whole jacket! ( my photo bombing cat). The second pic shows where I tried to color the clouds using a permanent marker.

 

[Tiggersmom]

Not mine

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Hey that's the peacock I bought!

 

[Tiggersmom]

I finally got my jacket signed recently at Creep I.E. con in LA. I couldn't go but my sister brought it for me and snapped a pic with Alex too.

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Oh you lucky duck!!

 

[Tiggersmom]

So broxigar259 made the recent discovery that Paul's jacket doesn't use a wallet chain, but actually a chin chain(chin scales) from a vintage British pith helmet. They are hard to come by and rather expensive as well. The chin chains use leather or fabric on the back side for comfort against the wearers skin. Paul's utilized a white canvas fabric, but I found one that had leather instead and updated my jacket. It's missing a few rings from the bottom but I think it's close enough. View attachment 1877777

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That looks amazing! I bought some stuff to do a Paul jacket too but I need to finish the Marko first.

 

[Tiggersmom]

Hi! I have never used this website before but I’ve been researching Markos jacket so I can start trying to make a (at least mostly) accurate version, and this forum has been very helpful. I was wondering if anyone has clear photos of the patches and tapestries so I know what to look for a little better. I’ve found good ones of the ladies, but not the others. I think I saw a few links for the smaller patches as well.
Thanks so much!

Go to page 41. It shows the tapestries plus where to cut.....very helpful, a!ong with the patches.

 

[pennywise]

Some rare Paul jacket pulls if anyone is interested. Not mine.

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[Tiggersmom]

I did finish my bottle finally!

 

[Rusty85]

I did finish my bottle finally!

Holy smokes that’s impressive! You’re talented!

 

[Tiggersmom]

Here's us at SDCC 2013 as the whole Lost Boys crew.
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Oh wow I love it! You guys look awesome!!!

 

[Tiggersmom]

Haha yeah...not exact but I'm happy enough with the dagger, might replace the wire with a kidney ear wire though.

I can't find anything that closely resembles the spike bracelets he's wearing either, surprisingly.

They are gummy bracelets from the 80's. I just spray painted them black.

 

[Tiggersmom]

Is anyone or has anyone made the Marko jacket with the A patch on the the right side of the collar?

 

[Tiggersmom]

For those in search of the Cleo, the Tiger Black Boarder, and the Collar print, this may work for you.

I had one printed up from Contrado. I printed it at 20" wide and it fits a Medium Jacket well. You can scale it up if you're making a bigger Jacket. I'm not entirely sure the Collar print will work however, as the first Print I did the Collar pattern was too small, but I've scaled this one up and it looks like it would work. (but haven't tested it yet)

The Warbird goes on the left side of this, and you should be able to see a little of the background between the wings. I had it printed on a light weight / thin fabric only because I didn't know what fabric would be best. I also had a strip of White Ribbon / Boarder Trim sewed across the White strips (to give them texture I guess) and I had the whole thing sewed onto a lightweight Canvas type Cheescloth, which I am fraying on the right edge. I'll Post pics of that from my phone, posting this from my Computer.

Another thing I did on this version was add extra Black space at the top and bottom, wish I had thought of that when I had mine printed.

Cleo has Silver Sequins sewed over her eyes in the movie, which make them flash when they catch light. She also has Red Sequins over her... nipples.

I determined that his was the correct pattern for the Tiger Boarder from the clip of the Marko Vest in The Great White Hype. Also, I did cut mine a little on the left side, making the Cut Line run up the side, about on her Right knee, thus making the image actually around 19.5" but it seems it'd be easier to just print it at 20" and cut it down than try to scale it. You'll see what I mean when you get to the Design & Scale section if you have one printed.

Since this is the hands down hardest authentic piece to find, I hope this Reproduction helps.

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This was extremely useful! Thank you!

 

[pennywise]

I did finish my bottle finally!

That's a great job, definitely one of the better ones I've seen fan made. The "found" details look good too. I saw someone on YouTube make one with real brass, I'd love to take on this project at someone point in the future. Probably after I finish making Dwayne's jacket to complete the set. I love the Paragon FX bottle but I just can't get myself to drop $450 on it, not when I can make one at a fraction of the cost.
Here's the link:

 

[CharlieTearz]

Hello there! Been working on a jacket now for 6 months off and on between work and stuff. Gone through seven sewing needles, a bottle of aspirin....several copies from Contrado, and somewhere the is a cloud of obscenities in the shape of a unicorn hanging over lake Erie! Lol. Huge shout outs to Pennywise and PatCave for their useful info. This is not finished by the way.....

Fantastic Job! I popped back in on this thread to search for a specific pic and read through to catch up on everyone's work.

 

[pennywise]

Fantastic Job! I popped back in on this thread to search for a specific pic and read through to catch up on everyone's work.

Welcome back, you made it to the Wall of Fame

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[Tiggersmom]

Ok.Since everyone has been super helpfull on the Marko and Paul jackets, I decided to return the favor and let you know how I made my bottle!

As much as I would LOVE to have the bottle from the prop store....I can't shell out $400 and some dollars. So this is my crafty, prices more affordable version.
The base is a bottle I got from DrugMart....for the life of me I don't remember the name of the liquor, but since I don't drink, my brother was more than happy to drain it for me! The "metal" part is actually a sheet of 4mm craft foam that I took my Dremel to and made all the little dents. Very time consuming, but worth it. Then it was painted with acrylic Extreme Sheen Brass paint. The big center pieces are actually 25x18 Victorian pendant settings from Ebay that I snipped the loop off of. The tiny red stone settings are in fact antique style earring settings also from Ebay. Everything gets painted with the extreme sheen paint.
The red stones are 8x10 red foil backed cabochons I got from Etsy, along with the large stones. They are 25x18mm. The red one is actually plastic that I painted with nail polish of all things. To get it super smooth I placed it on a cheap baking rack and poured the polish over it and let it do its thing till it dried. The yellow opal stones are also from Etsy and they are 18x13 mm as are the Settings they are in. The yellow stones around the bottom are 13x13mm glass rhinestones from Etsy. The small gold "rivets" in between they are 5mm flat back round beads that were also painted. Easy way to do them is to buy double sided sticky tape, place them in a row on the tape and then paint them so they don't move around on you. Same thing with the horse eye rhinestones that came in various sizes. They were painted with acrylic paint in a green. The small blue stones came from Etsy. After applying them around the big antique settings they get a dry brush of the Extreme sheen. The settings for the stones at the neck of the bottle are the earring settings plus Victorian art deco earring findings trimmed and glued to the back. Oh yeah everything has been glued down with E6000 glue. The trim at the top of the bottle is a crackle faux leather sheet that I cut into small strips and glued on. The stones in the settings on the neck are also 8x10 mm. The bottom of the bottle is the craft foam just painted with the Extreme Sheen brass. Once everything is assembled I covered the glass parts as best I could with painters tape and gave everything a clear coat of matte sealer. Hope this helps. I snapped some close ups too.

 

[Tiggersmom]

Here are some of the findings too for the bottle.