For more information, please refer to the original post about this cosplay. This post will updated with progress until finished at which point I’ll put a big ass “FINISHED!” where this text currently is.
The spare sheet mock up used to size the leather pieces for the jacket
Leather for the jacket, my catfish Bill is present for scale
Rings!
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- Belt from Salvation Army and some wing dividers to mark an even line or hole punching.
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- Line from the wing divider.
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- Adding holes! (Manmade leather punches so cleanly!)
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- Belt with two rows of holes.
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- Begin adding the sinew stitches.
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- One side complete.
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- I use a box cutter to slide off the dangly bits on the back.
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- SUPER GLUE!
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- Super Glue: Liquid Thimble
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- One very evenly stitched belt.
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- One very evenly stitched belt.
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- The other belt getting ready to be marked.
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- To parallel wing divider marks.
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- The intersections are where the first holes in each row goes.
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- The tool is modular and can be swapped out for different numbers and configurations.
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- I used just two punches at a time instead of four to work around this curve.
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- Finished second belt.
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- It’s so riveting!
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- RING
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- Some pilot holes for the rivets.
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- Unrivted rivet
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- One finished rivet.
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- The backside of the rivet
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- Two finished rivets
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- Reinforcement via stitching.
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- Reinforced with stitching and two rivets.
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- Completed backside of the belt.
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- Completed backside of the belt.
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