arborealkey
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Re: Skyrim-Deathbrand (Stalhrim) armor
I finished the arm plates.
The part of this build that scared the the most was the cloth pieces. I'm afraid of anything involving sewing because it's not forgiving (you cannot clean a seam or correct your mistakes easily). Worse, I do not know how to draft patterns.
So I thought "let just follow a tutorial". I found great tutorials, but as always, I was unable to follow instructions...I just like to do things my way. So I made a tape pattern, like one would do for a form fitting armor piece. I started with the pants and taped one of my leg and half of my butt (clothes are supposed to be symmetric...). I did the same thing for my upper body (half of my chest and an arm). I got help from a friend, I couldn't do this alone. I wore jeans and a sweater underneath to simulate the thickness of the fabric I was going to use.
That brings us to my second problem. While the heavy version of this set makes your character bulky, the Deathbrand and light version are...well, lighter. My character looks like she's wearing skin tight clothes and I didn't feel like it was compatible with the idea of arming pants and vest. I went to my local fabric store, looking for fake fur (I still haven't found any white one and might end up ordering from the Internet or sacrificing my poor IKEA rug). Still, I found slightly elastic quilted fabric. Too bad it's wasn't available in brown. I ended up getting some light blue one, thinking "I've dyed synthetic fabric before, I can do it again". My first test wasn't too bad, in fact (good thing I have access to an airbrush, so far I've only used it on fabric by the way...).
I sewed a shirt and pants with my tape patterns. It fits perfectly and I managed to not screw the sleeves up...I'll try to take a picture later today.
Dam n, what's your username ? I can't find you.I've been seeing your updates on Instagram, keep looking better and better
I still have a long way to go, I started in 2016.Wow. Foam Goals :eek
I finished the arm plates.
The part of this build that scared the the most was the cloth pieces. I'm afraid of anything involving sewing because it's not forgiving (you cannot clean a seam or correct your mistakes easily). Worse, I do not know how to draft patterns.
So I thought "let just follow a tutorial". I found great tutorials, but as always, I was unable to follow instructions...I just like to do things my way. So I made a tape pattern, like one would do for a form fitting armor piece. I started with the pants and taped one of my leg and half of my butt (clothes are supposed to be symmetric...). I did the same thing for my upper body (half of my chest and an arm). I got help from a friend, I couldn't do this alone. I wore jeans and a sweater underneath to simulate the thickness of the fabric I was going to use.
That brings us to my second problem. While the heavy version of this set makes your character bulky, the Deathbrand and light version are...well, lighter. My character looks like she's wearing skin tight clothes and I didn't feel like it was compatible with the idea of arming pants and vest. I went to my local fabric store, looking for fake fur (I still haven't found any white one and might end up ordering from the Internet or sacrificing my poor IKEA rug). Still, I found slightly elastic quilted fabric. Too bad it's wasn't available in brown. I ended up getting some light blue one, thinking "I've dyed synthetic fabric before, I can do it again". My first test wasn't too bad, in fact (good thing I have access to an airbrush, so far I've only used it on fabric by the way...).
I sewed a shirt and pants with my tape patterns. It fits perfectly and I managed to not screw the sleeves up...I'll try to take a picture later today.