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Hey y'all
glad you dug the El capitan story.
well im no Capn_Jack_Savvy when it comes to giving
you the play by play on a project.
but heres a quick overview on my latest crowning achievement( pun intended)
first off i took about 14 hrs to do all the paisley design in AI
from there the design was laser cut on 2-3 oz leather.
next i made my own top hat block form out of soft foam and made
a mold of that in a more rigid dense foam.
from there i dyed the leather a camo type green with about 4
layers of different shades to give it some depth.
shaped the leather over my block which was abit out of my comfort
zone but pulled it off nicely.
then practiced some darning methods and went for it.
i had roughly the same dimensions as Capn_Jack_Savvy came up with
but went with 10"tall after looking i originally made it 11".
overall im REALLY HAPPY WITH IT.
it took about 3 weeks to finish a looong 3 weeks.
so without further ado
heres some pix in basic order.
i'll really concentrate on the hat pins once i see them in
person and take HI REZ pix.
Hope you enjoy
glad you dug the El capitan story.
well im no Capn_Jack_Savvy when it comes to giving
you the play by play on a project.
but heres a quick overview on my latest crowning achievement( pun intended)
first off i took about 14 hrs to do all the paisley design in AI
from there the design was laser cut on 2-3 oz leather.
next i made my own top hat block form out of soft foam and made
a mold of that in a more rigid dense foam.
from there i dyed the leather a camo type green with about 4
layers of different shades to give it some depth.
shaped the leather over my block which was abit out of my comfort
zone but pulled it off nicely.
then practiced some darning methods and went for it.
i had roughly the same dimensions as Capn_Jack_Savvy came up with
but went with 10"tall after looking i originally made it 11".
overall im REALLY HAPPY WITH IT.
it took about 3 weeks to finish a looong 3 weeks.
so without further ado
heres some pix in basic order.













i'll really concentrate on the hat pins once i see them in
person and take HI REZ pix.
Hope you enjoy