Traya Report post Posted October 9, 2017 Hello! I recently came across the work of La Geuse on DeviantArt and love her "gradient" esque finishes where the dye is darker on the edges. I used to achieve this affect on cosplay pieces before I started working with leather by applying a dark wash and wiping away, but I want to know how to get this finish using leather dye. I make armored corsets and a lot of heavy armor for SCA and would love to achieve a similar finish on my work. My confusion comes from if her finish is achieved by airbrushing on a darker color of dye on the edges (or thinning angelus paints to do this) OR if this is some form of antiquing. I am coming to leather from the cosplay world, and while my construction is pretty good I am looking to heavily improve my dyeing process. Thanks all! Pictures are not mine, all credit to La Geuse on DeviantArt. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyFirefighter Report post Posted October 9, 2017 I would suspect that the leather is dyed brown and then airbrushed along the edges with black building the black(or darker brown) up on each piece as the reaches the outside. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikesc Report post Posted October 10, 2017 Not airbrush..I already replied about that in another of this poster's thread http://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/77673-how-to-achieve-this-two-tone-finish/?do=getNewComment ( at least two threads with the same post were made )..I know airbrush. Can be done with airbrush, but the effect is not quite the same around the dark edges ( unless the person using the airbrush isn't very good with one ), too "patchy"/ irregular / mottled. Maybe a mod can merge the two threads ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
