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Female Armor / Re: Taryn Aisha's WIP thread
« Last post by J'Khara Vontess on Apr 19, 2019, 10:30 AM »Sorry to hear about the situation with your plates. Making them is not too bad. The there are two tricks with making plates to fit your chest:
1. Template! I can't stress this enough. Use cardstock, draw plate design on it (I used printable boba plates to start and changed the design from there). Then work with a friend to try on the plates to determine where to cut darts in the design just like in sewing so that they bend around your curves in a way that fits you. Now this may take a few tries. I made 3 before I was happy with the curve and the proportions. I'm 34B so I only needed 1 dart for each plates, larger cup sizes usually need a few more darts.
2. Get a comfy bra that you plan to wear under your finished costume and wear while templating. You want to make sure you fit your plates to the right curves because each bra is different.
Here is where you can find printable templates http://mandalorianmercs.org/get-involved/costume-templates/
Here is a picture of my cardstock templates for reference for darting. When i fold the template over my curves the edges line up perfectly, then I just filled in the slight gap with epoxy putty.
1. Template! I can't stress this enough. Use cardstock, draw plate design on it (I used printable boba plates to start and changed the design from there). Then work with a friend to try on the plates to determine where to cut darts in the design just like in sewing so that they bend around your curves in a way that fits you. Now this may take a few tries. I made 3 before I was happy with the curve and the proportions. I'm 34B so I only needed 1 dart for each plates, larger cup sizes usually need a few more darts.
2. Get a comfy bra that you plan to wear under your finished costume and wear while templating. You want to make sure you fit your plates to the right curves because each bra is different.
Here is where you can find printable templates http://mandalorianmercs.org/get-involved/costume-templates/
Here is a picture of my cardstock templates for reference for darting. When i fold the template over my curves the edges line up perfectly, then I just filled in the slight gap with epoxy putty.
