treybecca Report post Posted February 1, 2014 Here is my replica of the shoulder armor worn by the character Lugo in Spartacus: War of the Damned. This was my first time doing everything in my power to destroy leather while not actually destroying it. No worries, no actual fingers were harmed in the making of the necklace lol. Now on to the left shoulder piece. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OdinUK Report post Posted February 1, 2014 Very nice work! How do you go about 'aging' the leather like that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treybecca Report post Posted February 1, 2014 It was a multi step process. I started by breaking down the leather by hand to creat the wrinkles. Then I wetted the leather and beat it against some rocks in my yard (which is great exercise btw). Then I used a variety if rocks and placed marks where I wanted them, including along any cuts I made along the edges of the leather. The cuts are more like swivel knife cuts and don't go all the way through except at the end. For the dying process I used a blend of bick 4 conditioner and dye in various dilutions, antiqued with a blend of Fiebings antique paste and pecards, and then went back over spots I wanted darker with pure dye. The whole thing was then conditioned with Aussie wax to bring out the depth of colors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sleez Report post Posted February 3, 2014 beautiful work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackRivet Report post Posted February 5, 2014 That's really cool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
