Cool DIY Acomplishments. - Page 21

Raptor · 01-02-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Malice In Wonderland

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Sorry I didn't answer dude, was away from the computer when you linked me before. But it looks great, good use of the skull

PortraitOfSanity · 01-02-2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

Fixed up a vest:
Front
Back

(Skull beads by Necromance, bones by small cat-like creatures, feathers by small bird-like creatures, patch and pins by Batcave Benders / me)

And made progress on a jacket.

What kind of paint did you use on that jacket?

Looking to do something similar, but can't find a decent paint for leather.

Malice In Wonderland · 01-02-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor

Sorry I didn't answer dude, was away from the computer when you linked me before. But it looks great, good use of the skull

Haha.
Thanks man.

Puke - Yeah ordinary household bleach diluted with water.

I am finally off to bed.
Haha.

Cicero · 01-03-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Malice In Wonderland

Girlfriend's birthday on Sunday and I'm seeing her tomorrow.
So I quickly knocked up this out of that skull I mentioned earlier in the thread.
I've bleached/varnished the skull so it's fairly white/shiny.

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Ignore the hilarious mannequin?

I need to get a gift bag and some nice tissue paper type stuff to wrap it in tomorrow before I meet up with her.
Thoughts on it?

Bone adornments should never fail to please a significant other, especially one that looks like that. Awesome work, I'd wear it.

I threw together a feathered hairpiece for new years eve, lamely posed with here. I wanted to add bones to it but indecisiveness and lack of glue with the necessary holding power got the better of me.

Cicero · 01-03-2009, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity

What kind of paint did you use on that jacket?

Looking to do something similar, but can't find a decent paint for leather.

Quality acrylics applied in thin layers. If nothing seems to stick on the leather though it might have been finished with something that resists the paint (weatherproofing, I'd imagine), in which case I've heard light abrasion with sandpaper can help.

Malice In Wonderland · 01-03-2009, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

Bone adornments should never fail to please a significant other, especially one that looks like that. Awesome work, I'd wear it.

I threw together a feathered hairpiece for new years eve, lamely posed with here. I wanted to add bones to it but indecisiveness and lack of glue with the necessary holding power got the better of me.

Hehe.
Thanks.
I ended up using Araldite to stick it all together.
It's hard trying to sew feathers onto felt...

And those feathers look pretty cool with the same colours as the hair and such.

Geoluhread · 01-03-2009, 06:06 AM

This is something i made when i was in ukraine, my aunt has a furnace for those things, and she designs different pieces.

Not exactly clothes, but eh.. It's something i've done by myself

Maxim_Macabre · 01-03-2009, 06:32 AM

It has ears!

honeythorn · 01-03-2009, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Malice In Wonderland

Girlfriend's birthday on Sunday and I'm seeing her tomorrow.
So I quickly knocked up this out of that skull I mentioned earlier in the thread.
I've bleached/varnished the skull so it's fairly white/shiny.

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Ignore the hilarious mannequin?

I need to get a gift bag and some nice tissue paper type stuff to wrap it in tomorrow before I meet up with her.
Thoughts on it?

That's fantastic work, although not something I would wear as headbands do not suit me.

I really want to make some hairclips/slides involving the skulls of small birds or mice though. Trouble is getting such skulls. I haven't come across anything dead on my walks and Ebay is proving to be rather empty thus far. Grr.

korinna5555 · 01-03-2009, 07:28 AM

I get my bird skulls from having bluebird boxes. Over here, house sparrows are invasive and pests who compete with our native bluebirds and tree swallows for nest boxes. I trap them in the boxes, [insert euphemism for "kill them" here], and use their bones.
You live in the UK though, and house sparrows are native and protected.

Geoluhread · 01-03-2009, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxim_Macabre

It has ears!

That's the idea.

Malice In Wonderland · 01-03-2009, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by korinna5555

I get my bird skulls from having bluebird boxes. Over here, house sparrows are invasive and pests who compete with our native bluebirds and tree swallows for nest boxes. I trap them in the boxes, [insert euphemism for "kill them" here], and use their bones.
You live in the UK though, and house sparrows are native and protected.

Br00talz.

Honeythorn - I get a lot of my bones and such of a friend of my mum's who does animal stuff (technical term that).
In all honesty I'm not entirely sure what she does but I get dead things so I'm happy.
My friend lives in a small village just out of the city.
We're planning a trip with a wheelbarrow picking up roadkill.
Lots of deers round there=]

In conclusion I gave her the present today and she's opening it tomorrow.
=]

honeythorn · 01-03-2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by korinna5555

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You live in the UK though, and house sparrows are native and protected.

Indeed. They're in Decline actually. I don't want to kill anything deliberately either. There just seems to be no roadkill anywhere , and I no longer have a cat ( she was too lazy to birdhunt anyway ) .

Bete Noire · 01-03-2009, 10:09 AM

No roadkill?!?!?! That's crazy.

You've not lived til you've sat on the edge of the road and cut out the nicer bones of a squashed fox with a penknife.

The looks you get from passers by are unique.

PortraitOfSanity · 01-03-2009, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

Quality acrylics applied in thin layers. If nothing seems to stick on the leather though it might have been finished with something that resists the paint (weatherproofing, I'd imagine), in which case I've heard light abrasion with sandpaper can help.

Thanks a bunch.

chelseagirl · 01-03-2009, 10:39 AM

Well, it's not fashion, but I gutted my kitchen and remodeled it. My husband and I did all the work except for installing the new ceramic tile and the countertop:

Before:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...chenbefore.jpg

demo started:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...henbefore2.jpg

Demo finished and new floor begun:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...chengutted.jpg

new cabinets started:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...enprogress.jpg

Kitchen finished:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/kitchen2.jpg

Apparently my old stools don't match the kitchen anymore, lol!

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/kitchen1.jpg

KontanKarite · 01-03-2009, 11:12 AM

OMG!!! *covets*

maromi12d3 · 01-03-2009, 05:24 PM

Malice I say you make really wonderful things. You could make a living at of something like that.

Xombie · 01-04-2009, 08:06 PM

I started making hemp shit two days ago. It's addicting. :[
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Spiderneck.jpg

jack_the_knife · 01-05-2009, 03:38 AM

I don't want the inconvenience of yet another thread cluttering up the boards, so I'll just post it here. I'm going to buy a new leather jacket soon and I want to paint the album cover of "Unknown Pleasures" by Joy Division on the back. Now, I realise that this is going to be a rather difficult task, so are there any tips or hints you could give me if you've ever tried anything similar.

Malice In Wonderland · 01-06-2009, 03:03 AM

Well I finally got a picture of the Einsturzende Neubauten patch on my blazer.

And HERE are my cheap canvas trainers.
ALSO HERE
AND HERE

These pictures may be on their side but they should change to be the right way round soon.
Photobucket hasn't updated them yet.

Opteron_Man · 01-06-2009, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Malice In Wonderland

Well I finally got a picture of the Einsturzende Neubauten patch on my blazer.

And HERE are my cheap canvas trainers.
ALSO HERE
AND HERE

These pictures may be on their side but they should change to be the right way round soon.
Photobucket hasn't updated them yet.

Nice job Malice! I like it!

Malice In Wonderland · 01-08-2009, 03:33 PM

New leather jacket I got for Christmas.
This is gonna be a constant work in progress.
I've painted one arm red and the little bits around pockets white.
I'm thinking of painting the little pocket flap with a spider's web, radiating from the popper.
I added the chain out of sheer Judge Dredd fandom.

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I'm thinking of covering the other arm in studs.
Can't be arsed at the moment though.

Thoughts?

Malice In Wonderland · 01-08-2009, 03:37 PM

Thanks man.
I've got a lot of work still to do on it.
I'm thinking of spraying one of my leather gloves red to go with it.
But the right rather than the left.

-spooky-puke- · 01-08-2009, 03:51 PM

I like it Malice! Are you just leaving the red sleeve plain or any future plans?
I also like the AGD logo on your shoes =]