Freya Willia
Well-Known Member
I really want to document this build here, because I'm using a lot of techniques I've never tried before. I was introduced to the Witcher series by my brother and while he mostly played the games, I read the short stories the game series is based off of and really liked it. I liked Ves right away from her design and turns out she's as much a badass as I could have hoped for based off her appearance alone.
The most challenging part of Ves' costume is her jacket. I wanted it to be plated like an armored vest/brigandine coat.
So after I built a jacket pattern using this flex-foam fabric liner
...I put little styrene squares everywhere. Challenging, because the body and cut of the jacket is not one big giant square. They gradually change in size to fit with the shape.
For the front of the vest I used a styrene vac-formed boob cup, hoping that it would give the grid some shape when they were made into little squares
Then I put interfacing on top to keep all the squares firmly in place before I started sewing.
Stitching was done at a low speed and very carefully. I messed up the bobbin case once and had to take my machine in for a repair (it was due anyway, but that put a halt on things for a few weeks). If you try this wear some kind of eye safety gear.
More to come! If I could figure out how to do the updated mobile app for this forum without getting frustrated, my posts here would be more regular. I no longer have a laptop which is what I used to do most of my N7 armor build.
The most challenging part of Ves' costume is her jacket. I wanted it to be plated like an armored vest/brigandine coat.
So after I built a jacket pattern using this flex-foam fabric liner
...I put little styrene squares everywhere. Challenging, because the body and cut of the jacket is not one big giant square. They gradually change in size to fit with the shape.
For the front of the vest I used a styrene vac-formed boob cup, hoping that it would give the grid some shape when they were made into little squares
Then I put interfacing on top to keep all the squares firmly in place before I started sewing.
Stitching was done at a low speed and very carefully. I messed up the bobbin case once and had to take my machine in for a repair (it was due anyway, but that put a halt on things for a few weeks). If you try this wear some kind of eye safety gear.
More to come! If I could figure out how to do the updated mobile app for this forum without getting frustrated, my posts here would be more regular. I no longer have a laptop which is what I used to do most of my N7 armor build.
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