Re: My COTBP Captain Jack Sparrow build

[cluey]

not bad.. there ara few Ikea curtains around get one on these, cos this sash is for pirates 2-3 -4 the pattern is different in 1

Yeah I have looked round for them but not found any yet.

[Cap.cristianSparrow]

ill have a look cos i think i know somebody who have one and is not using it...

[cluey]

You did a good job with your costume!
Where did you find the ends for your kuchi dangle coin?

Thanks.
As for the bits on the end of my kuchi dangle, they are a matter of pure chance.
A friend found them years ago not long after the first movie came out, he was researching the costume and found a few of these on some jewellery and thought they looked just like them. Several years later when I told him what I was doing he dug them out again, but he only had a couple. so I took a mould of one, poured some wax ones, spent some time tidying them up then got another friend to cast them in metal for me. I know they are now very hard to find and I was very lucky he still had them after all that time.

[cluey]

ill have a look cos i think i know somebody who have one and is not using it...

That would be great, thanks.

[FleetStreetNightmare]

You should get your friend to cast some more and sell them to the CJS community lol
I'm sure there are a few Sparrows out there would want to buy them, your friend could make some extra money

[turner91]

looks great so far,keep up the good work

[Banditxx1]

Great and awesome work!

HOW did you weather and dirten the SASH and the SHIRT?

[Cap.cristianSparrow]

hi , good and bad news..
well the bad is my friend didnt want to sell the sash

the good one is i found one :

http://rock-paper-scissors.ecrater.co.uk/p/13117024/ikea-red-white-alvine-smal

[cluey]

hi , good and bad news..
well the bad is my friend didnt want to sell the sash

the good one is i found one :

Thanks for your help and finding that.
The sash would hve been great for £62 but with it being out side the UK shipment would prob be £35+ then I'd get stung for import duties so would prob end up costing me over £100. I will hang on and see if anything else turns up in the UK, I'm in no rush, most of the public won't know the pattern is wrong.

[cluey]

Great and awesome work!

HOW did you weather and dirten the SASH and the SHIRT?

Thanks.
I first soaked them in tea. I tried several tea's on scrap bits of fabric first till I found a brand I liked the look of,as some of the tea's have a redish look to them and I wanted one that looked more of a brown/amber colour. Then for the sash I laid it out in the garden and sprayed a mist of black spray paint over in from a distance. I kept doing it till it looked how I wanted it to. For the shirt I made a watery mix of black and brown acrylic paints in a water sprayer, hung the shirt up out side and sprayed it, again from a distance till it looked about right. And for patches of stains I dabbed the shirt with a wet tea bag round the neck and under the arms.

[cluey]

You should get your friend to cast some more and sell them to the CJS community lol
I'm sure there are a few Sparrows out there would want to buy them, your friend could make some extra money

I have thought about it but its alot of work as we use the wax removal technique, which means the mould gets destroyed after each casting.

[cluey]

Got a baldric sorted. Bought a old one off a friend, he had used the buckle for a new belt so had this spare one.




It was brown but I needed it to be black. So I gave it a few coats of that paint on black boot polish, it had a very shiny finish to it, but I found a coat of normal polish toned it down nicely.




My buckle is not exactly right but ACME were sold out so I found one that looked close, and gave it a quick spray of gold paint.



And my Disney toy sword fits it ok

[Mojo Turbo]

looks great!

[cluey]

Thanks

Saw how someone had got one of the disney tricorns and painted it up to look more like leather so I thought I would give it a go too. First I stretched it over a large bowl so it would go on over my wig. Then I gave it a coating with a brown spray acrylic paint, When dry I gave it about three coats of PVA glue mixed 50/50 with water, allowing it to dry between coats. I next sprayed it with a light coat of black acrylic spray paint, when dry I sanded it all over with a fine sandpapper to give it a more weathered look. This is how it came out.






Should do me till I save up funds to get a real leather one at a later date.

[cluey]

Saw the thread about the frock coat on the jack sparrow costumes site so I decided to get one too.
Wow for the money these are really good.

[cluey]

Bought 48 brass buttons for only £10 and set about tarnishing them.




Then added them to the coat.

[Mojo Turbo]

It be proper to my eye, sir

[Jinkxed Jack]

Pretty amazing for a first run Jack. Props to all the DIY you did. Good job!

[jacksadventures]

Looks good mate !! What are you plans on weathering ?

[cluey]

Thanks guys.
For weathering I plan to dirty the coat lining by spraying it with a watery mix of black and brown acrylic paint as it does look to bright at the moment. I do also plan to try and tailor the arms of the coat to make them a bit tighter too, but not sure how to do that just yet.

[cluey]

Dirtied my coat lining just the other day. Used a watery mix of brown and black acrylic paints. I added more dirt around the cuffs as I felt they would be dirtier.

[Mojo Turbo]

looks great!

[lonewolf]

Nice job matey

[FleetStreetNightmare]

Looks really good
I need to do that to mine

[Mojo Turbo]

actually FSN your new icon looks pretty snazy - when do we get to see a photo shoot from YOU?

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