OzytheHaystack
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For those who are curious about the shield build, go here: https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=291865
*cracks knuckles* Alright, here we go! After two failed test runs, I've finally started the journey of making a Captain America: Civil War suit for my husband.
For those of you joining me on this journey, hi! My name is OzytheHaystack (I go by Ozy), and I'm the wife of Clanleader16. Because we are both nerds (and because I love him), I will be making him the Captain's suit. I have 5+ years of sewing experience so I'm no stranger to most of the techniques used, but hoo boy...
I started off initially wrapping up my husband's torso and arm ALA brutuswayne's method and had everything marked out beautifully, only for the tape to unstick from the shirt and stick to itself, wrecking the seam lines with no chance for repair. :cry Then I took a blue collar worksuit from Marks Work Wearhouse, had my husband separate the top and bottom via seam ripper, then sewed up the front and installed a zipper in the back to see how everything would sit. The results were so embarassingly bad that pictures promptly caught fire and turned to ash. Flummoxed, I was still planning out my next attempt when Manfred Kinn entered into our lives.
He likes to go by "Manny".
Can't figure out why this picture won't turn rightside up after multiple save attempts so I give up. Anyways, My husband found this mannequin, along with over a dozen of his brothers and sisters, being given away on Kijiji for free, so I ran to the local megamall (and I mean megamall, it's the WEM for those who know what that is), and promptly dragged this guy with me through the very crowded shopping mall while all the other shoppers cracked up laughing at the sight of a 5" 6' woman carrying a naked 5"8' mannequin out the door. :lol
Anyways, from there I taped up my husband's torso and arm again, cut him out of it, then put the results on Manny.
Nice!
Next up: Re-drawing the seamlines and buying spandex and headliner foam.
Bonus: How I brought Manny home:
*cracks knuckles* Alright, here we go! After two failed test runs, I've finally started the journey of making a Captain America: Civil War suit for my husband.
For those of you joining me on this journey, hi! My name is OzytheHaystack (I go by Ozy), and I'm the wife of Clanleader16. Because we are both nerds (and because I love him), I will be making him the Captain's suit. I have 5+ years of sewing experience so I'm no stranger to most of the techniques used, but hoo boy...
I started off initially wrapping up my husband's torso and arm ALA brutuswayne's method and had everything marked out beautifully, only for the tape to unstick from the shirt and stick to itself, wrecking the seam lines with no chance for repair. :cry Then I took a blue collar worksuit from Marks Work Wearhouse, had my husband separate the top and bottom via seam ripper, then sewed up the front and installed a zipper in the back to see how everything would sit. The results were so embarassingly bad that pictures promptly caught fire and turned to ash. Flummoxed, I was still planning out my next attempt when Manfred Kinn entered into our lives.
He likes to go by "Manny".
Can't figure out why this picture won't turn rightside up after multiple save attempts so I give up. Anyways, My husband found this mannequin, along with over a dozen of his brothers and sisters, being given away on Kijiji for free, so I ran to the local megamall (and I mean megamall, it's the WEM for those who know what that is), and promptly dragged this guy with me through the very crowded shopping mall while all the other shoppers cracked up laughing at the sight of a 5" 6' woman carrying a naked 5"8' mannequin out the door. :lol
Anyways, from there I taped up my husband's torso and arm again, cut him out of it, then put the results on Manny.
Nice!
Next up: Re-drawing the seamlines and buying spandex and headliner foam.
Bonus: How I brought Manny home:
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