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"This city is afraid of me..." - My Rorschach

Started by Old Trenchy, Nov 04 2009 04:59 PM

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#1 Old Trenchy

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 04:59 PM

Just wanted to post a photo of my latest cossie, Rorschach.



There's still a lot of tweaking to do (for instance another few packs of brown dye for the coat, an actual purple/maroon suit and brown gloves) but I think it's getting there. I wore this to a Halloween-themed birthday and let me just say it's not exactly the most appropriate costume for these warmer days. tongue.gif

For those on Facebook you can see a detailed overview of the project here: My Stupid Projects: -- Rorschach

I'll be wearing this again for another birthday soon so hopefully I can get stuff updated in time!
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 05:08 PM

Wow, man that is sweet! biggrin.gif

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 06:04 PM

Even in the face of Armageddon I shall not compromise in this.

Nice work!
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 08:34 PM

Very cool costume Trenchy....looks most excellent! cool.gif

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Posted 05 November 2009 - 09:15 PM

Thanks guys! biggrin.gif

FYI, I'm wearing a fake nose!
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 12:43 PM

That looks sweet, Trenchy! Very nice work, indeed! laugh.gif
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Posted 09 November 2009 - 12:13 AM

The best Rorschach I've seen so far.
Excellent attention to details, also.
Good job man, and good luck finishing it.
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Posted 13 November 2009 - 09:54 PM

I've just re-dyed the coat and it's a lot darker now thanks to a ployester dye I finally found (at the city Spotlight. I was going to the one on South Road).

I've also water-proofed it with wax dressing, the same type used on those Driza-Bone coats. Unfortunately, it's turned out WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY darker than I wanted (almost black in some light) but it does look a lot more weathered and ragged than before.

Edited by Old Trenchy, 13 November 2009 - 11:23 PM.

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Posted 15 November 2009 - 03:45 AM

Argh crap! I really stuffed up the coat now. Because of the wax it's made it really dark. SO much so it almost looks like black in some lights. I'm thinking of washing ans scrubbing it in hot water to remove the wax and then if it's light enough re-dying it again! mad.gif
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 10:01 PM



Here's my updated coat for Rorschach thanks to a polyester dye I found (didn't even know that existed!).

Still a few things to update but I'm going to take my time now with it.
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Posted 11 December 2009 - 08:41 AM

Fantastic work smile.gif
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Posted 16 December 2009 - 02:04 AM

^^^ Hehee... thanks! biggrin.gif
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Posted 16 December 2009 - 01:32 PM

You know what... you should do an article for the newsletter!

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 11:46 PM

^^^ I've heard that a lot recently. tongue.gif


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