lost boys MARKO jacket replica!
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evil mechanic
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awesome build!
did you find your octopus fishing lures yet?
did you find your octopus fishing lures yet?
i've found the yellow/green one. i order a 9" one, but it's not long enough so i'm getting a 12" one. the orange/blue is an IMPOSSIBLE color combination to find believe it or not! who would've thought that fishing lures would be the most difficult part of this jacket, lol. i've gotten to the point of asking a movie FX artist friend of mine if he could mold me some custom ones in the correct colors and lengths. if that proves to be a dead end, i'll probably have to just suck it up and go with an all orange one. i've thought about getting a orange AND a blue, cutting them in half and silicone gluing them together, but i don't know if it'd look too good. there's an area where the colors kinda cross over each other...:facepalm
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and another problem with the lures is... for the most part, most places that have a wider variety in colors are wholesale only... GRRR!!!!!!!
robinhood jw
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Awesome work, man!
My younger self is officially jealous. I wanted a jacket like that sooooo bad when I was in high school and saw that movie!
My younger self is officially jealous. I wanted a jacket like that sooooo bad when I was in high school and saw that movie!
i want to. i'd really like to put together a whole group together! just don't know if i'd do it normal or vamped out. i have an "eye" thing and i don't know if i can put the vamped out contacts in, lol. that really the only thing holding me back from going vamped. markos gloves seem like they might be a bit tricky. they have that weird cuff part around the wrist. but count on seeing a group at some point. glad you dig the jacket
agirlcalledbob
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So very rad! (the jacket and meeting Alex Winter with it) I'm sure meeting Alex made it all worth it 
Jordy
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Love this thread, your jacket turned out amazing. Started working on the jacket myself. I've only managed to get the Matador tapestry (Which apparently my grandparents had alot of and used to throw out!) and the 13 skull, eagle, and winged wheel patches. Still waiting for the other tapestries to pop up somewhere, I've seen a few old etsy ads with these, mainly the peacock. The women both look like towels rather than tapestries, could be wrong, either way I've been unable to find anything on them.
Every time I see this one it reminds me of slave leia haha.
The blonde girl with the red background on the front, anyone know what shes holding? Snake? Eel? Can't tell.
Every time I see this one it reminds me of slave leia haha.
The blonde girl with the red background on the front, anyone know what shes holding? Snake? Eel? Can't tell.
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it's a snake. i believe the lady on the back is cut from a canvas painting, from the fraying on the edges. the front doesn't LOOK to be canvas. but i just had mine painted on canvas. if you'd like, i could put you in touch with my friend who painted mine to see if she'd be willing to paint another for your jacket. let me know. ALSO i just scored a correct colored cheetah tapestry from leopardladylounge.com as stated earlier in the thread, at the time all i could find with the cat facing the right direction has a slight variance in color. the spots on the grass were more orange than green. so i now have the pieces from the first tapestry i'd be willing to part with if you need for your jacket, if you can't find any. PM me if interested and i can send you pics of the pieces. will update this thread with the new correct tapestry soon. basically had to take HALF the jacket apart and haven't finished putting all the patches back on. let me know!
see the color difference on the new CORRECT tapestry?
this shows how i made the collar portion. simple strip cut from a black bandana. templates for the repeating pattern cut out of painters tape and painted on with fabric paint. these pics are older and before i revised it. i painted the white stripes (hahaha, lol see what i did there) too thick and had to make them smaller with black paint. but you get the idea...
Jordy
Member
Could be a print, it just looks very matte/flat and has been used for the other jackets aswell. I was thinking about getting the back piece printed onto fabric such as canvas or hemp, I 'repaired' the hole in the back using GIMP and tried fixed the slight perspective distortion since it isn't completely flat to the camera. It's okay but I wish I had photoshop on this PC, much easier to use. Only thing is they require a minimum DPI of 150. Whatever that means.
Nice find on the leopard!! Did you hand sew the tapestries on? I'm going to keep searching hoping that the right one comes up, I have no deadline for this, YET. But if I can't find it I'll take you up on that offer, thanks!
Thanks for the info on the collar btw, was wondering about that haha.
Heres the 'repaired' image.
Almost Alive Lures Squid Skirts Yellow Green 11" 5 Pack | eBay
Almost Alive Lures Squid Skirts Orange 11" 5 Pack | eBay
here are links to the squid lures i used, for anyone doing their own jacket. the orange and blue combination DOES NOT exist, so i took a light blue sharpie and colored half of the lure on my jacket. if you choose to do this, just make sure it dries fully before handling, or it will rub off.
Almost Alive Lures Squid Skirts Orange 11" 5 Pack | eBay
here are links to the squid lures i used, for anyone doing their own jacket. the orange and blue combination DOES NOT exist, so i took a light blue sharpie and colored half of the lure on my jacket. if you choose to do this, just make sure it dries fully before handling, or it will rub off.
Jordy
Member
Damn, the lures ship to U.S. only. I found one on a NZ website, but they were sold out.
Received the Matador tapestry from the U.S. today.
MOD EDIT: Please do not post ebay links, thanks.
Edit: Also, these gloves are pretty close to the ones he wears.
http://www.bikersden.com/p-7425-men...traps-first-mfg-co.aspx?source=pjn&subid=8832
It's difficult to get a good look at them from the film.
Received the Matador tapestry from the U.S. today.
MOD EDIT: Please do not post ebay links, thanks.
Edit: Also, these gloves are pretty close to the ones he wears.
http://www.bikersden.com/p-7425-men...traps-first-mfg-co.aspx?source=pjn&subid=8832
It's difficult to get a good look at them from the film.
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