Lividya

I'm trying to make this armor. I can see that all cuts are inlaid in gray. I tried, with a piece of scrap leather to dye it gray first, then used block out on the cuts, then I died it black. but all the cuts ended up black in the end... I then tried to fill all the cuts with cova color instead...but my lines are sooo reggedy, it really doesn't come off the way I want Any ideas on how I can acieve this? maybe i'm doing the right thing but i'm forgetting something along the way Thanks

I have been making leather armor for some time now. To answer one of you first questions, Yes, it is possible to rivet you pieces and wetform the leather after. That is how I've been doing it for years. For the form, you could either buy a plastic manaquin (they come very cheap if you buy it used) but be carful to pick one that correspond to you bodyshape. Or you could try to make one out of plaster using your own body. When trying to make a pattern for armor, I personnaly don't use cardboard, because of all the curves, paper and cardbords are too rigid to give you an exact idea of the shape you will need. I prefer to use thick fabric, I place it on me and draw the design right on me. That way I loose less leather. Hope this was usefull for you, and Have fun!

Thank you sooo much for all these tips. I never thought of using my son's marbles to strech my leather. I'll try this at once and will post the result, once I have achived my piece!

thanks, I'LL go see this right away

I saw this on the facebook page. Amazing work from Badlands Leather Art. The piece stikcs out 1 inch out of the rest. I is it done? I have a project i've been wanting to finishe for over a year now, wich has the same principal, but so far I have never been able to figure out how it was done. Help! https://www.facebook.com/leatherworker.net#!/photo.php?fbid=477792885600540&set=a.432856920094137.94079.160758700637295&type=1&theater I tried soaking my piece until the leather became really soft to strech it, but the result was awful

Thank you soooooooo much for this. I've been trying to figure out on my own how to do these for a while now!