My first attempt at making a domed 3D model, this is supposed to be a button. (Without the shank because I'd add it later in the resin stage :P) Inspired by a Phillip V 1723 coin.
Why would I be making a button you ask. Well thank you for asking.😌 Because The Uniforms are bane of my existence of course.
Who gave you the right???
It would probably take at least 50ish buttons for the coat and I don't know about you but I'd rather not spend 100+ € on buttons. Not when I can make them myself. Would they be the same quality? Probably not the same as solid metal buttons but I do think resin can compete with some plastic ones. If only the coat didn't have so many buttons. :/
I now realize I haven't told you what I'm planning. Whoops. Okay, some of you may know I'm going to make a stay, which made me think of making some pirate shirts and pants aaaaannddd then I realized I had a nice thick wool fabric that could make a nice coat and that's how I want to also make a Salazar style coat. :D (Yes I am stealing the most renowned Pirate Hunter's coat for my Pirate Outfit and if that isn't the Ultimate Pirate Move then I don't know what to tell you 😜)
For the white "stripes" I'm most likely going to use a cotton twill tape (thank you @montmartre-parapluie) because I'm a little unsure where I could get my hands on this kind of trim. Never seen a pattern like it before so it might have been made specifically for the film. (Also why do I keep finding all these good photos of the bloody medals NOW and not when I was researching them???? Smh Google is a traitor)
I will not be making the uh shoulder thingys (sorry @acidyellowlava forgot what they were called again) and the medals since I don't want people to stare too much at me, just enough 😌💅✨ kidding kidding
I have ordered the pattern (thank you so much again @montmartre-parapluie I'd be lost without you) but not any cotton tape since I am slightly unsure about the width of them. I'm thinking that the widest is probably 40mm? But I could be wrong so I want to make the coat first and then eyeball the sizes of the different tapes. Same for the buttons. I believe they are 25mm (I doubt they are as large as 30mm but I could be wrong).
I have 3m of the black wool (1.5 m wide), which according to the pattern should be enough. But since I'm not exactly short I'm a little Suspicious 👀 However I could always order more but hopefully it won't come to that!
The first month of 2021 isn't over and I've already planned my whole year full😂 oh well, it's worth it! I'm probably going to make the coat last, hopefully I'll have gotten enough practice from the other stuff by then so that I can do it justice and make Salazar mad.😌
Enough rambling for now, hope you all are staying safe.❤️
*probably Salazar staring in disbelief as @captainsigge goes by in her identical, beautiful coat, stealing his look*
OMG though - THOSE BUTTONS! And putting your amazing resin-casting skills to glorious, nefarious costume use - that is sheer GENIUS, I am in AWE here. Just staring in delight imaging how freaking AWESOME this is going to look.