My Custom 13 Dwarves & Bilbo From 'The Hobbit' Movie WIP. Bombur Weapons & Accessories.

Rogerbee wrote:Coming along nicely! You seem to be on a roll.

CHEERS!

More like a progressive wobble!

Wobble away, at least you're doing something.

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Done a lot of his outer robe, glued all the patterns in place and I'm now stitching them so they won't peel off down the road. Also narrowed the robe for a better fit, got the fur for the hem and shoulders; the belt materials are shown there too.

The amount of patience and skill involved in these builds is just mind boggling, more great work.


Cheers,



Peter.

Another meaningful step towards the finished line, well done!

Nicely done!

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peter the painter wrote:The amount of patience and skill involved in these builds is just mind boggling, more great work.


Cheers,



Peter.

GubernatorFan wrote:Another meaningful step towards the finished line, well done!

Rogerbee wrote:Nicely done!

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Thanks guys!
A lot of sewing later... sewed on the fur but needs to be trimmed back a lot, looks like a convincing hippy coat right now!

















Also makes me think of Rygel from Farscape as I just watched it all again recently!

Looks amazing, great detail already.


Cheers,

Peter.

That looks great, real skills shining through.

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Beautiful work, man.

I'm pretty convinced you can replicate most any type of clothing.

peter the painter wrote:Looks amazing, great detail already.


Cheers,

Peter.

Thanks Peter!

Rogerbee wrote:That looks great, real skills shining through.

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Thank you Roger!

dadrab wrote:Beautiful work, man.

I'm pretty convinced you can replicate most any type of clothing.

Cheers dadrab! Ironically struggling a bit with the shoulder 'armour', trying something new by using 1/1 bootlace strands with a wide eyed needle since using pleather seemed like more work and studs also seemed like a messy jigsaw puzzle to try and pull off the look of the weaved armour...we'll see if it works or not.





Just started with the brown, there will be a lot more black to do...

Even more outstanding detail work.


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Peter.

Very ingenious!

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peter the painter wrote:Even more outstanding detail work.


Cheers,

Peter.

Rogerbee wrote:Very ingenious!

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Thanks guys! Not happy with the results though so going back to weaving real leather and pleather, just trying to get the strips cut to the correct width, thought I had but they're too wide so got to cut them all again patiently with a scalpel as they seem to be too narrow to use the roller cutter. I'll also undo all the stitching bootlace work to replace it.

Man, that looks good.

I am just loving these updates !!
Give us more !! Give us more !!

I'm sure it'll all come good in the end.

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dadrab wrote:Man, that looks good.

Allotropos wrote:I am just loving these updates !!
Give us more !! Give us more !!

Rogerbee wrote:I'm sure it'll all come good in the end.

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Cheers guys! It's all trial and error with something unfamiliar but that's what makes it interesting to me. Got more done, might narrow the darker brown pleather strips, then I have horizontal lines to weave as well.

Alex, your determination to get things right is certainly paying off.


Cheers,

Peter.

More than I could manage.

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Looks cool so far.

Man, that's a lot of work.

peter the painter wrote:Alex, your determination to get things right is certainly paying off.


Cheers,

Peter.

Rogerbee wrote:More than I could manage.

CHEERS!

Stryker2011 wrote:Looks cool so far.

Man, that's a lot of work.

A bit tedious but getting there! Narrowed the darker pleather strips carefully with scissors and replaced them.

Coming together well now.

CHEERS!

Cheers! I feel like I'm making a cross between a raffia mat and a complex Roman mosaic! I have to cut a slit in the fabric every I 'weave' a piece of leather through it, hard not to end up with just a load of leather and burlap confetti! I need to be quite strategic about each cut which is what takes time.



Underneath:

Time well-spent. That's looking damn good.

Shovelchop, working intensely:


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dadrab wrote:Time well-spent. That's looking damn good.

Cheers dadrab! Got the hand guards to do next...

Ovy wrote:Shovelchop, working intensely:


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LOL! Brilliant finds there OVY!!

That shoulder cape is looking really good, he definitely seems like he has one of the most complicated outfits.

Cheers,

Peter.