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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #25 on: Nov 24, 2012, 08:31 PM »
It looks ok-I would advise making it roughly knee length though  :-\    it kinda retains the skirt look a bit much at that length...

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #26 on: Nov 24, 2012, 08:38 PM »
It's acceptable, though I'd say yeah, either shorten it a little or put some kind of heavier-looking material over it though the belts and stuff may take care of bulking it up.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #27 on: Nov 24, 2012, 09:18 PM »
Normally I don't like loincloths, but that long one looks ok ;) Just to avoid the skirtiness though I'd reccomend cutting it shorter aswell. I don't think up to the knees though, maybe just halfway up the shins. Also if you put a slit up the back (not as far as the front) too I think that would help.

(man that was bad grammer ??? :P )

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #28 on: Nov 24, 2012, 09:28 PM »
I cuncur about the slit as well: perhaps halfway up the thighs, well-at least that's how mine is.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #29 on: Nov 24, 2012, 09:33 PM »
Normally I don't like loincloths, but that long one looks ok ;) Just to avoid the skirtiness though I'd reccomend cutting it shorter aswell. I don't think up to the knees though, maybe just halfway up the shins. Also if you put a slit up the back (not as far as the front) too I think that would help.

(man that was bad grammer ??? :P )

yeah, normally I don't care for the loincloths either, but due to some religious preferences, I need to keep it as much like a 'skirt' as possible.

Here's my concept art:



I may slit it up the back, though.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #30 on: Nov 24, 2012, 09:42 PM »
Hmm...maybe half-way down the calfs and but a little bit more distance between the loin cloth and kama like in the pic?

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #31 on: Nov 25, 2012, 06:05 AM »
Half way up the shins to just below the knees, that will put it in the sweet spot I think. Also I agree with Dresdon needs some more distance between the Kama and loin cloth, try taking some of the Kama away on each side, still connected at the top as one big piece. Great idea though.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #32 on: Dec 05, 2012, 09:47 PM »
Can you take some away from the sides, maybe?  The length may not actually be a problem if you can take away some of the fabric on the sides.  That would definitely take away some of the skirt feel.  Someone else (I don't remember who) actually made their kama that long, and then buckled it to her ankles.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #33 on: Dec 05, 2012, 09:51 PM »
Right Corey.

I was planning on trimming it down on the sides to make it the loincloth and kama look like separate pieces

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #34 on: Dec 06, 2012, 04:42 PM »
Can you take some away from the sides, maybe?  The length may not actually be a problem if you can take away some of the fabric on the sides.  That would definitely take away some of the skirt feel.  Someone else (I don't remember who) actually made their kama that long, and then buckled it to her ankles.

This the one you're thinking of? :
   
(If so, it's actually taken from the kama style that clone trooper Alpha wears.)

I did a skirt cut up as a temp kama at Celebration 6 with my purple kit; I'll admit the one I used was a bit shorter and had less of the broom skirt look, but once belts and everything are on it becomes less noticeable as a skirt. All of my kamas and loin cloths, even the constructed ones that I didn't make from skirts, are actually one piece, you just can't tell unless it slips below my belt since I make the connecting parts narrow enough they'll be hidden.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #35 on: Dec 06, 2012, 08:38 PM »
Kora, I honestly think your work just sticks in my brain.  lol  I think I've recommended your ab wrap before, too.  At least then I remembered which thread I read it in.  :)

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #36 on: Feb 16, 2013, 06:03 PM »


 :laugh:

Ok, I have more progress!

My wonderful buir (mother) bought me a black shirt, and I promptly ripped it up and re-purposed it.

I pinned the sleeves into the scrub shirt's arm holes like so:



Then I sewed the sleeves together like this: (it's blurry. sorry)



And I got this:



Tada!



Then I had to put on my gloves and gauntlets (excuse the face and hair, please):




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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #37 on: Feb 17, 2013, 08:53 AM »
Don't worry about the face and hair: you're pretty!
You have no idea what I look like after a day wearing my helmet... I have curls in the morning...

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #38 on: Feb 17, 2013, 09:16 AM »
Looks like it's starting to come together pretty well: one thing  noticed with the laether pouches is that replacing the bottom spike thingy with just a snap on the front outer face is easier to do while wearing gloves-at least for me anyways....its going to be a cuss-fest if you try and put them on a nylon duty belt though, I nearly destroyed the pouches by the time I got the huge pasltic buckle through  :laugh:

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #39 on: Feb 17, 2013, 09:37 AM »
Don't worry about the face and hair: you're pretty!
You have no idea what I look like after a day wearing my helmet... I have curls in the morning...

Why Thank you! ;D

Looks like it's starting to come together pretty well: one thing  noticed with the laether pouches is that replacing the bottom spike thingy with just a snap on the front outer face is easier to do while wearing gloves-at least for me anyways....its going to be a cuss-fest if you try and put them on a nylon duty belt though, I nearly destroyed the pouches by the time I got the huge pasltic buckle through  :laugh:

 :laugh: :laugh: I'll keep that in mind, Dresdon. Thanks.  :laugh:

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #40 on: Feb 17, 2013, 02:24 PM »
Looking cool  8)

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #41 on: Jul 14, 2014, 11:11 AM »
I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if you ever finished your kit? I LOVE the idea of using an old circle skirt for kama/loin cloth!! That is genius..I'm gonna have to go rummage through my belly dance stuff and see what I can repurpose.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #42 on: Jul 16, 2014, 10:18 AM »
I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if you ever finished your kit? I LOVE the idea of using an old circle skirt for kama/loin cloth!! That is genius..I'm gonna have to go rummage through my belly dance stuff and see what I can repurpose.

I haven't finished it, but I haven't given up either! Life has just sort of gotten in the way recently.  :rolleyes: I'm glad you like the skirt idea. ;D

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #43 on: Jul 16, 2014, 10:43 AM »
I haven't finished it, but I haven't given up either! Life has just sort of gotten in the way recently.  :rolleyes: I'm glad you like the skirt idea. ;D

Good to hear your still going.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #44 on: Jan 31, 2015, 12:04 AM »


I finally DID something!  :laugh: :laugh:

After much procrastination, I took an objective look at what I have to do to finish my kit, and I realized it's not very much. So, with that in mind, I drafted my mom into my service (mwhaha) and made a body form.

Long (and possibly needless) tutorial/walkthrough below:

Bought duct tape: (I ended up with almost half the jumbo roll left, but I'm a pretty small person  :rolleyes:)



Then, after making mom sit through several video tutorials, I said goodbye to a t-shirt, and started the process:







(In case you hadn't noticed, my kid brother had too much fun with the camera  :P)



(ugly face  :-\)





I marked the belly button with a sharpie so I can have some reference when I work with it.

Then we cut it off (a harrowing process, to be sure), and I started stuffing it. We stuffed it with the wrapping paper left over from a rather generous Christmas, and I taped the back little by little as we put stuff in it. Then, at the bottom, we put a piece of cardboard, and a matching piece of Styrofoam board and now it stands up on its own:





And now I can use to very all sorts of things. ;D

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #45 on: Jan 31, 2015, 12:12 AM »
(ugly face  :-\)

Don't say that! :(

Happy to see this is picking back up! But now I've gotta get in gear myself :rolleyes:

Again, well done! It's a much better form than mine was! :P

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #46 on: Jan 31, 2015, 01:54 AM »
"ugly face"  ok now lets not make this a contest xD

but hot'damn progress!    aaand I still owe you armour for the drawing  :-\

so whatre you using to make the flakvest from?

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #47 on: Jan 31, 2015, 01:11 PM »
Nice to see this picking back up.

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #48 on: Jan 31, 2015, 02:51 PM »
Good to see you back Jesse! Tape form is something I keep finding I need to make my life easier. Looking solid, keep the momentum going ;)

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Re: Jesse's Soft Parts
« Reply #49 on: Jan 31, 2015, 11:14 PM »
It's been a trying day....



But I've made progress. ;D (I Think)

As rather clumsy pattern altering goes, I think it came out ok. It's not as wonky as it looks in the pictures (I just didn't pin it to the mannequin very well), and the only thing that really bugs me is the collar, but that will be over a dark flightsuit and neck seal, and under a collar plate, so I think it will wind up being ok.

It's going to lace down the sides (impractical, I know, but I think it'll look cool  :P). I've got the eyelets and the laces, and I'll hopefully be putting those in tomorrow after watching a lot more video tutorials.  :-X

I'll also be hemming the bottom so it'll look more finished and it won't be quite so long. I just figured I'd better take a break before I came out with a monstrosity instead of something that resembles flak vest.   :laugh: :laugh:

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