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Post by tahltaab on May 3, 2009 9:52:54 GMT -5
I found some material I want to use for my suit so I'm off to find it now.
I took a small piece from a pair of "Adirondack trading company" pants I have, they're 100% cotton and look like a tight woven thick duck cloth looking kinda thing. The back side resemble sports mesh clothing, and the top kinda resembles corduroy, but with a duck cloth twist if that makes any sense.
I'm going hunting for the cloth at Joanne fabrics so if I find what I want I'll post up what I found so others if they want can get similar stuff.
I'm also making my own pattern since I don't want the dreaded droopy crotch syndrome that is very common in flight suits or coveralls. So I'll also post that up for others to judge and or use as well. ;D
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Post by RamZnation on May 3, 2009 11:53:10 GMT -5
Cool. Thanks for the heads up post. Keep us updated on your progress.
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Post by Leo73 on May 3, 2009 12:48:40 GMT -5
Very Cool. I for one would be interested if you find what your looking for. I am in the process of getting material to start my undersuit as well.
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Post by tahltaab on May 3, 2009 15:23:50 GMT -5
OK, I found the closest thing I could to the cloth sample I had. It was a type of all cotton duck cloth and I found it in the clearance bin so all I can really do is post a picture up and let you see it up close. It's kinda stiff, but I think after I get the whole thing sewn up, it'll go through the wash and soften up a bit.  After this most of my progress pics will be just links so it doesn't take up to much bandwidth and as I get to any apex's in the build process, I'll add the pics to the post.  |
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Post by tahltaab on May 3, 2009 22:56:22 GMT -5
hate to double post but I got some stuff done tonight.  I still have to work on getting the pocket flap on, some sort of waist line, get my zipper on the top and a handfull of other things. I'm thinking I have the pockets a little to far on the inside but that could be just because I don't have the rest stitched together yet? If they are I might just cut the legs off and restitch them on with the pockets centered up on my quads. After wearing this around, I would assume the material to be very rugged and should take some weathering very nicely when the time comes for that. |
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Post by RamZnation on May 4, 2009 0:24:27 GMT -5
I'm really diggin' the texture, and your progress is "most impressive". Your trousers will look very cool once weathered.
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Post by tahltaab on May 4, 2009 9:17:10 GMT -5
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Post by RamZnation on May 4, 2009 19:52:25 GMT -5
almost done, just gotta add the velcro to the pocket tabs and give it a test fit.     As you can see, much like the CGI version, there are very few seams, I can only think of four that will show when the hard goods are worn. I also don't think the waist seams will be seen when the belt and other stuff is on, I could be wrong, and I also had no clue to where the chest plate would end so I kept the zipper up a little. A small side note, I might have to shift a few pounds  Those trousers are looking pretty good. Don't worry about that shifting weight issue, it happens to all of us. |
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