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One more to add to the mix. The one at the top is a new addition. The bottom fabric was the best of the three options from a couple of posts ago. What I like about the new fabric is that it's a natural fiber and a lot less stiff, so it will sew and drape MUCH better than the bottom fabric...

I have to make a side comment about shopping for fabric online and how Not Fun it is. Especially color. I thought I had found a good color for the tunic online (not great on the twill weave but still not bad). I ordered a swatch and it's definitely darker than I expected. I had expected the...

So, this means we're back to fabric choice for the cloak. I know we talked about it upstream but I've made some choices and have to land on others since I'm now patterning. Main Cloak Fabric The chest closeup probably gives the best look at the fun. The main part of the cloak is a smooth woven...

Yay. We'll see you there.

I love hats. Can't wait to see how this turns out. I haven't done paper mache in decades now (ouch "decades" is a bad word), but it really is so useful.

I thought I'd start creating a pattern for the cloak and get that dialed in sooner rather than later, because it will be the most complicated. I'll go back and forth between a pattern and doing mockups. I started with a pattern for a Duster jacket that had an option for wide sleeves. Picked...

Amazing how time flies before you realize you haven't worked on a thing for while. Some very small updates here. I did get the collar insignia and the buckle printed, painted, weathered and attached to the belt. Painted with Hammered-effect Pewter, and then weathered with a bit of sanding and...

I agree that it’s likely elastic. I’ve been wandering the elastic aisles looking for something closest to it. The biggest thing making me think that is that it doesn’t lay flat anywhere at the corners. It has a rolled effect that looks like elastic. I will say this is the only part of the...

Got the 3D model done on the Belt Buckle. Now to do some test prints and figure out what needs tweaking, plus I'll need to add a mechanism for attachment. But, one step at a time.

In addition to the fabric, I've started work on 3D modeling the collar insignia and belt. The nice part here is that there are clean, face-on shots and they are pretty flat shapes to sketch and extrude in Fusion. The collar you can see in the previous post and the belt is below. It's easy...

I'm still collecting screen captures, but there were a couple of good promotional shots that let us see parts of the costume. Lighting is always an issue to figure out the true color. The tunic is clearly a twill - either blue grey or slate grey depending on lighting. I'll probably go more...

So here is my latest build. Posted here so I feel the (good) pressure to move forward a bit at a time. A listing of the components, activities and current status: White Undershirt/Collar - Not Started Fabric: Unknown Pattern: TBD Grey Tunic - Not Started Fabric: Slate or Blue Grey...

So, my first tip is to design with your printer and print settings in mind. This is for people designing for themselves and those around them. If you're going down the path of offering your designs to others this won't necessarily be useful, but if it's just for you, this is the most useful...

I'll keep this post as the summary of stuff that gets posted in this topic as a bit of a table of contents. Design with your printer and print settings in mind.

I'm not an expert but I am getting better at 3d modeling. It has been a massive help to projects. I will say that I have little skills so far on "sculpting" in 3d for things that are more organic in nature. But, I can share a bunch of information that I've learned - some from others that I'll...

Hey, all. I'm Damon. Angela convinced me to sign up when we were talking at Edmonton Expo, so here goes. What brings you here? To learn more skills and to get more projects done What do you hope to learn? I need more of almost everything. I have a little bit of skill in a lot of things...