WOW...can't believe this build is two years old now. Time flew by...hope all is well. I'm still alive and hope everyone is fairing well during these weird times with covid19.
Some small updates to follow up on from the previous post...
Belt Bag end results
Dying fabric has been such a valuable learning experience. I finished this sometime end of last year, just now getting around to post them here.
I'm happy how they turned out...the ref photos for the right hip bag, as you can see, appear in two different colors. After discussing it with
jbdubz , it seemed the best course would be to land somewhere in the middle in terms of hue.
Flight suit follow-up
Last post mentioned dropping the flight suit off at a tailor for some work. The correction I wanted done was to move the thigh pockets up, which is one of the most notable features of the PrePro2 flight suit.
Long story short and $160 dollars later, the pockets were where I wanted them. The only catch was there was lines from where the dye hadn't settled in at the seams of the thigh bags.
As a result, I had to re-dye the flight suit to mask the lines. While this fixed the lines issue, another predicted issue came forward with the hue of the flight suit as a whole. I had to cut back the blue, and I did this by simply putting it in the washing machine with two white bath towel so I could see how much dye was released. Thankfully, I hadn't added the RIT color fixer.
Before hue correction w/ corrected thigh pocket alignment |
After machine wash/correction
Next issue at hand with the suit, is that the white stitching is to noticeable. It was recommended that I dye it in synthetic dye but after consulting a member base of two Facebook groups who focus on fabric dying, that I not do that. So I'm figuring out how I can mask it.
Other misc. updates:
- The armor has started to get paint applied by Jb Dubz. Will post photos when I can
- Jetpack and sling gun are still with Fett 4 Real.
- Trying to find cape material that has correct green hue.
To be continued...