Craftiness
Dec. 17th, 2006 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fangrrl_squeesDrat.
I'm 90% done with the replica of Jack's wrist computer thing and a) the buckle I picked up for closure is too frackin' big and b) the whole item is quite significant. Even with the thin hide I'm using and having scaled down the design all 'round, I think it's going to look way misproportioned on my wrist.
Fortunately, I have a pal who's keen on possibly cosplaying Capt. Harkness and I think this thing would suit her perfectly, so - once I find a better buckle - I'll still finish it, even if I just end up loaning it to out her, instead.
As usual, making the thing has been a highly educational series of mistakes.
It's not really ready to show off yet, but I took some pix, anyway. Of course.
Closed
Open - you can see where I've placed the magnets that I'm using for a closure.
The underside which isn't nearly as pretty as the top, of course.
I need to find a better buckle, and add a placket to the underside of the cuff, and then it'll be done. If unwearable by me. *mutter*
The "computer" - which I'm not terribly happy with but it's the best I could do because I'm not a model-maker - is super sculpey rolled about 5mm thick and then baked on an empty soda can in order to give it this curve so it would lie flat against my scrawny wrist. My wrists about the only part of me left that are scrawny...
If by any chance, you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Oh yeah, I should mention that despite appearances otherwise, there was very little sewing done on this thing. I laid down lines of stitching and then turned edges and cemented them down (yay for spring clamps) all throughout to make it appear as if it had been stitched. I didn't want to try running multiple thicknesses of leather through my sewing machine, you see. Even Gertie (my gear-driven 1940s Singer) can only take so much. Said glueing and clamping is how I got those nice crisp corners and, imho, it was worth the time and braincells killed by adhesive fumes...
I'm 90% done with the replica of Jack's wrist computer thing and a) the buckle I picked up for closure is too frackin' big and b) the whole item is quite significant. Even with the thin hide I'm using and having scaled down the design all 'round, I think it's going to look way misproportioned on my wrist.
Fortunately, I have a pal who's keen on possibly cosplaying Capt. Harkness and I think this thing would suit her perfectly, so - once I find a better buckle - I'll still finish it, even if I just end up loaning it to out her, instead.
As usual, making the thing has been a highly educational series of mistakes.
It's not really ready to show off yet, but I took some pix, anyway. Of course.
Closed
Open - you can see where I've placed the magnets that I'm using for a closure.
The underside which isn't nearly as pretty as the top, of course.
I need to find a better buckle, and add a placket to the underside of the cuff, and then it'll be done. If unwearable by me. *mutter*
The "computer" - which I'm not terribly happy with but it's the best I could do because I'm not a model-maker - is super sculpey rolled about 5mm thick and then baked on an empty soda can in order to give it this curve so it would lie flat against my scrawny wrist. My wrists about the only part of me left that are scrawny...
If by any chance, you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Oh yeah, I should mention that despite appearances otherwise, there was very little sewing done on this thing. I laid down lines of stitching and then turned edges and cemented them down (yay for spring clamps) all throughout to make it appear as if it had been stitched. I didn't want to try running multiple thicknesses of leather through my sewing machine, you see. Even Gertie (my gear-driven 1940s Singer) can only take so much. Said glueing and clamping is how I got those nice crisp corners and, imho, it was worth the time and braincells killed by adhesive fumes...
