I'm about to commence the silk screening process. Mind if I ask what type of clear paint did you use? And the type of glitter powder? Thanks.
I used locally (in Sweden) produced fabric paint. No idea what make the powder is as I was given a couple ounces in a small jar since I didn't need that much.
I'm not sure how accurate or close I am, any thoughts? A few types of lighting and a screen shot from the movie.. The more I look at it the more it plays tricks with me =/
The shape of the pattern isn't too far off, perhaps just a
tad large but it's hard to tell. However, just in case you missed it, the screen used wasn't sub-dye printed but in fact
screen-printed. There is no color/pigment in the pattern, aside from a very subtle pearlescent glitter medium. The difference in tone is caused by the "wet look" of transparent ink. (The Disney jacket seems to have gotten that wrong.) In regards to color- unless you've seen the jacket in person (or have access to one of the fabric swatches that were sold) you'll just have to gauge it. There's no way* anyone can say if you're close or not by looking at photos on a monitor (*unless said monitors are perfectly calibrated with a photographic white balance card) since every monitor will show colors and contrast slightly differently. Keep in mind as well that the jacket changes color from scene to scene in the film due to the color grading.
I finished up my scratch-made jacket a while back (using my own fabric shown earlier in this thread) and I'll be posting photos when I get around to putting it on a mannequin or something.
In the meantime, here's a sneak peek at the pants I just finished. (They're not
perfect and and the snaps are wrong, but I think they'll do. My sewing skills seem to be more or less intact after a long hiatus.)
They contain three types of fabric (corduroy, canvas and denim) that were all dyed and bleached separately before the assembled pants were given a final dye to make them more "cohesive". Real leather was used for the holster pads and different tones of thread to emulate the on-screen weathering and overall look of the panels. Next up I need to pattern the trench and gloves as well as screen print and assemble the bag...
