about 2 days later update, still smells not-great but moreso in the "strong vinegar" direction versus "something died" direction. hoping it will continue to offgass bc i would love to use it for more stuff 👍
big downside of vinegaroon/iron gall ink is that it smells BAD due to component parts: iron & vinegar. it smells like rancid blood, to be honest. Did a quick baking soda soak which helped a lil, am now letting it rest overnight sitting next to a dish of baking soda hoping that helps more
img desc bc i forgor
pic #1 strip of leather with labrys and "BUTCH" tooled into leather
pic #2 strip floating in deeply nefarious and murky looking takeout soup container
pic #3 original leather piece, now jet black
Made a little keychain thingy to practice tooling bc my hands were bored during a meeting today :3 still using the screwdriver but hey it works. then i oiled her and gave her a 30 second soak in THE SUBSTANCE. she came out beautiful
the color isnt showing super accurate in photography, but the quick dip is a really beautiful slate grey, and the 30 second dip is this gorgeous deep blue-black. Gonna let it cook more and maybe do a better set of swatches tomorrow
Last thing to make for him is the bone buckets themselves...I got the wire and the fabric, so now just have to whip up the pattern and make a dummy cover for both so it looks like theyre full of bones
Another reason I decided to do stitching vs rivets is just frankly bc again, it wouldn't match the bones.
im tired so am probably forgetting steps BUT it's DONE ‼️ it can hold weight, is comfortable, and most importantly: i have once again created a cosplay item that is very difficult to store.
i never want to stitch anything ever again (<- total lie) bc it looks cool and is strong but the TIME
ended up doing a lockstitch (1 needle, tail end acting as the bobbin) by hand for attaching the chest strap, bc trying to manage the shape of it all w 2 needles made me crazy
Last thing was the chest strap. I didnt want a buckle bc it wouldnt match the rest, AND it wouldn't match my Harrow who will be wearing the ribcage I made. I wanted all the bones to match.
Also I messed up punching the holes on the chest strap, was able to pivot the mistake into stitch details.
never let me stitch three 8oz layers of leather again this made my forearms cramp SO bad even with the use of pliers. BUT on the upside: it fucks
Ok so i realized I didnt get the correct steel wool. Got this "Rodent Barrier Kit" steel wool last night for like $4, and it is immediately working better, you can see the chemical reaction in the bubbles.
also like this is 8oz leather (3 mm ish, 6mm when double layered) so if i was doing anything lighter it would also be faster. tragically thick leather is simply better. to me.
rectangle of stitching on wide leather strap
this took me a bit over 2 hours. pricking irons would probably change the whole game im ngl because im doing all this by hand w an awl. however. i do not want to buy another thing <- guy w a crafting tool problem
img description: pic 1 hand holding fake, painted bones, pic 2, 3 hand painted bones on black table
anyway. bones are painted. only thing left is sewing. sewing the initial X was awful on my fingers, but since then i got a pack of john james 1/0 leather needles & did some sewing on another leather project. it is a NIGHT AND DAY difference from the big eye embroidery needles I was using before
like i dunno if you look close you can still see some variation but im baffled how this just. fixed it. and the only reason i decided to use resolene on the grian side to begin w, is when i redyed it i used SO MUCH dye I was jhst buffing it and buffing it and the dye was still bleeding out
Resolene is an acrylic topcoat sealant, that seals in dye but it's acrylic. it's plastic, and it changes the texture. so I only planned to use it on the flesh (underside) side, i didnt WANT to yse it on the grain (outside) side. Cut to now, am sealing it all up and it fucking. fixed. the dye issue?
anyway. Redyed the ENTURE thing, bc when i asked for advice people said it could be i didnt do enough coats. but everything was same as before: perfect until 1 day after dye dried, and then weird brown splotches throughout the black dye. So I gave up, buffed it, and resolved to apply resolene
Ok didnt update for a bit bc i hit a frustrating road block of my DYE being uneven and splotchy. Did test swatches, no issue. Got new dye, same issue. Pic #1 shows it, but it's worse IRL. I redyed the ENTIRE thing, which sucked bc i had already sewn it into an x shape. My apartment is tiny so like
a cloak believed to belong to the shooter transformed into a dozen beautiful white doves and flew away, Authorities said,
i love photography..... imagine me, on the floor on my back holding a crunch position, completley stradling my friend who is contorting her body so only her arm is raised, and my partner in front of us holding a sustained squat. who needs the gym when u have POV arm pics to take
just took some of the coolest pics of my LIFE <- guy who says this after every photoshoot
🤝 yeah
omg this was me at the beginning, but if u just add only a little bit of the sauce u can work your way up!! first time i tried it I used lile half the packet and thought I was going to explode but I put buldak sauce on everything now
Vampire Harrow bends over Gideon to bite her neck. Gideon lays flat on her back with a hazy look on her face
Can I offer you some vampire AU Griddlehark in these trying times
#TheLockedTomb #art #GideontheNinth
leather is so fun but yhere are 1 million finishing steps. i forgot to mention the oiling step above, and after everything is put together then it's conditioning + waxing (optional but for weatherproofing). hell of my own making i guess (im having fun)
paper pattern of bone holder part of harness
leather cut on cutting mat, leather is undyed
bottle of resolene held in front of now-black leather
back side of diamond, everything stitched down
forgot to update uhH ok
1 - patterned out holdy bits
2 - cut leather to shape
3 - dye leather
3.1 - buff it like hell to get rid of excess dye
3.2 - burnish edges for finishing
3.3 - seal flesh side & edges to double-prevent dye-rub-off
4. remeasured, poked all the holes, stitched etc (5+ hrs 💀)
clipboard with doodle of bone and 2 metal sticks
2 roughly sculpted bones
I cut up some BBQ sticks and then bent the ends, gonna use these for the "hold bucket" portion of the bucket buddy (bone buddy?). Metal BBQ sticks for strength, to reinforce the paperclay. gonna clean up the sculpt after its had the chance to harden up
vi arcane slumped over in her pit fighter days. knuckles bloody and hair greasy
warmup pit vi #arcane
