Ahoy! Noob from the Philippines

[Omel]

Hello everyone! i'm Rommel from the Philippines, ( hope this is where introduction posts are supposed to be) i have been referencing jacksparrowcostuming last December because the office held a Pirate themed Christmas party. made a fairly decent Cap'n Sparrow on relatively zero expense ( oh.. i purchased cheap pleather for the tricorn and boots) since most items i have around the house/storage.

Do i need to create a separate build thread for pics and stuff?

Had fun building it, had a blast at the office ( won first prize for best male costume, harhar), and will most probably have more fun improving on it in time for POTC 2017.

cheers

[Mojo Turbo]

Welcome Aboard! Drink up me harties yo ho!

[ocsparrow]

Welcome mate!

Get ready to dive down the deep black hole..'tis an adventure!

Cheers!

[Omel]

Thanks for the welcome!

Just saw the new trailer for DMTNT and am quite stoked to improve on the ragtag costume i made,

Here is what i did, apologies since this was a near Zero Budget and a speed build:













raising my hand in victory....harharhar...won best costume...

[Blade Savvy]

Impressive start matey - especially at zero cost! Keep to the code and enjoy!

[Omel]

Impressive start matey - especially at zero cost!  Keep to the code and enjoy!

Thanks!! technically the expense shelled out for this build was for the pleather and superglue i bought to make the boot covers, Tricorn and belt edge.

all other items were scrounged around the house ( of course they had their individual values as well, either as excess material/parts from previous builds or just old stuff lying around the storeroom.. )

[Omel]

Ahoy everyone, here is my take on Jack's snakeskin belt, again this is a budget speed build.


printed out a nice snakeskin pattern and glue to appropriate length ( width is a bit under 4 inches)


covered in PVA glue and allowed to dry, then dotted each scale ( wellll... maybe not exactly each scale, but you get the idea, haha) with more PVA glue to create texture....its then glued to 2 mm. craft foam then sprayed with gloss acrylic paint (clear)..



printed out the buckle, attached to hard board ( three layers)  and applied epoxy clay for the details... was spayed with gold/bronze paint and weathered with black shoe polish...



here's the finished belt alongside the two initial belts to check for size/scale

thanks for looking mates!

[Mojo Turbo]

Great job !!!!

[ocsparrow]

Dang, great job!

Thats really cool how you did the budget way of making a snakeskin belt!

Where did you get the printout of the belt? Any chance of sharing it?

[Omel]

Dang,  great job!

Thats really cool how you did the budget way of making a snakeskin belt!

Where did you get the printout of the belt?  Any chance of sharing it?

Thanks Mate!

I just Googled images for "Snakeskin pattern", and chose one that looks nice, printed 4 images per sheet ( i think i printed 3 sheets total), cut the images and glued together ( making each image fit according to pattern) till appropriate length was achieved. the PVA texture really made the whole thing nice, even running your fingers across the belt feels real enough, ( cover/spread the entire belt with thin layer of PVA/Elmer's glue, allow to dry...criss cross with pva glue following scale pattern, allow to dry then finally dot scales (each one if you can) with more pva) hahaha, plus ..photos will give off a nice reflection of the texture instead of just a flat printed look.

here are some image links you might like:

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/background-snake-skin-pattern-brown-12134065.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7d/3b/aa/7d3baa43ad0ba4e8dcf0a82b054f09a8.jpg

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/snake-skin-pattern-background-27770024.jpg

-Cheers

[ocsparrow]

Dang,  great job!

Thats really cool how you did the budget way of making a snakeskin belt!

Where did you get the printout of the belt?  Any chance of sharing it?

Thanks Mate!

I just Googled images for "Snakeskin pattern", and chose one that looks nice, printed 4 images per sheet ( i think i printed 3 sheets total), cut the images and glued together ( making each image fit according to pattern) till appropriate length was achieved. the PVA texture really made the whole thing nice, even running your fingers across the belt feels real enough, ( cover/spread the entire belt with thin layer of PVA/Elmer's glue, allow to dry...criss cross with pva glue following scale pattern, allow to dry then finally dot scales (each one if you can) with more pva)  hahaha, plus ..photos will give off a nice reflection of the texture instead of just a flat printed look.

here are some image links you might like:

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/background-snake-skin-pattern-brown-12134065.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7d/3b/aa/7d3baa43ad0ba4e8dcf0a82b054f09a8.jpg

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/snake-skin-pattern-background-27770024.jpg

-Cheers

Great idea mate!

I was actually talking about the picture of the belt buckle itself though!

[Omel]

ohh, apologies , my bad, haha.

the image i printed out for the buckle was from Bilge Rat's thread (DMNT Jack) ( sorry bro failed to credit you on my build thread), but there are also nice image photos of the buckle over at the RPF and on google.

cheers

-Rommel

[Blade Savvy]

Awesome result, and must have taken some loooooooong time with the ova Looks great!

[Omel]

Awesome result, and must have taken some loooooooong time with the ova   Looks great!

Thanks! dotting the scales with PVA did take some patience nyahaha, but gave the budget belt a nice look and feel. am going to attempt a budget DIY for the new skull ring next.

[Blade Savvy]

Look forward to seeing that one!

[Omel]

Ahoy Mateys!

here is my DIY skull ring, not SA but i think will do nicely;



made out of epoxy clay attached to a piece of plastic from a toy crown, heated to fit my finger..


here it is painted..

also updated the old pepakura compass;



this time made it out of illustration board..

thanks for looking...ahhrrr!

[Mojo Turbo]

perfect !

[Blade Savvy]

Excellent as ever my friend!

[Omel]

Thanks Mateys!

I know the ring should be on the right hand, but being right handed, i can work on the ring details while being worn on the left hand, hehe.

Am now scratch building the ..hold on..what do you call it?.....lemme get back.... haha


ok got it...the new piece of eight ( replacing the original and the zombie finger)

i'm also considering to make the Black Pearl in a Bottle prop...any ref photo of your props here?

[Omel]

Hi All,

Did this last night for about an hour or two, couldnt find better materials so made do with what was available:



as usual...will improve on this when better materials become available....arhhhh!

Thanks for looking!

[Blade Savvy]

You are clearly in the wrong day job!! A great talent mate!

[Omel]

 Here's how it looks attached ...

[Omel]

Growing a dirty beard for trimming / shaping in time for Salazar's Revenge ( May 24)...ahrrr

[Omel]

some additional upgrades..hehe


added gold accents/patterns to the waistcoat... spraypaint gold into the cap and drew on the cloth using a piece of wire ( couldnt find small brushes)...hahaha


did some adjustments to the wig, added some dreads and trinkets...


my version of the right hand details...sans the "JACK" tattoo...wrap will be hopefully replaced with lace

thanks for looking mates!

[White Ocean]

A very belated welcome from me! I stop by here every now and then but it was a while ago since the last one, oops...

And I must say that you Jack costume looks really really good, especially considering that you made it budget-friendly, haha! You've got some real skills dude, harhar! Keep it up!

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