BenjaminForever
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I am diving head deep into making some leather gauntlets from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and I need some help here. This is one of the first replica items I have ever made, and it is in fact my first post here on this site, and I need your help. Anyone who can help me out with making first the initial glove out of leather, and then the extra stichings on the back plate armor portion, it would be greatly appreciated. I have all of the tools needed to make said gloves, and most of the different leathers and thread.
Here are a few pictures I have looked through for sourcing of materials, pattern making, etc.:
Here is the first sketch that was drawn for the back plate:
Here are the types of leather I own currently, the darker leather (left) being thicker, and the lighter one (right) being thinner:
Here I will list all of the initial questions I have:
- How do you cut, construct, and sew gloves long and thin enough to match the gloves seen in the sample photos?
- Are there templates out there already for this type of glove that is then sewn to the straps? I unfortunately could not find any.
- Should there be a metal plate sewn inside of the backplate?
- Where should I sew the glove to the other parts of the guantlet?
- Is there anywhere to source nice buckles for this?
What I do know: Feel free to correct me where you think I'm wrong
- Every part seen above in the gauntlet is leather, excluding the metal in the outer plate and the buckles on the outside.
- The metal plate is composed of four individual leathers,
1. The first initial thin layer of leather that would be applied directly to the plate
2. The lighter outer most section which would be possibly a band that is folded and rolled over the edge
3. the thin dark strip that would be the final layer before the straps
4. The straps that would go over top of all of the other leathers and possibly go through a slotted section in the lightest leather to wrap worund.
- The leather straps are one continuous part that goes through the plate and wraps around the glove.
- The glove reaches up to the forearm and I assume up to the last buckle on the gauntlet.
Any help would be appreciated, I am open to any advice, and I will keep track and update my work here in the future.
Sincerely,
Ben
Here are a few pictures I have looked through for sourcing of materials, pattern making, etc.:
Here is the first sketch that was drawn for the back plate:
Here are the types of leather I own currently, the darker leather (left) being thicker, and the lighter one (right) being thinner:
Here I will list all of the initial questions I have:
- How do you cut, construct, and sew gloves long and thin enough to match the gloves seen in the sample photos?
- Are there templates out there already for this type of glove that is then sewn to the straps? I unfortunately could not find any.
- Should there be a metal plate sewn inside of the backplate?
- Where should I sew the glove to the other parts of the guantlet?
- Is there anywhere to source nice buckles for this?
What I do know: Feel free to correct me where you think I'm wrong
- Every part seen above in the gauntlet is leather, excluding the metal in the outer plate and the buckles on the outside.
- The metal plate is composed of four individual leathers,
1. The first initial thin layer of leather that would be applied directly to the plate
2. The lighter outer most section which would be possibly a band that is folded and rolled over the edge
3. the thin dark strip that would be the final layer before the straps
4. The straps that would go over top of all of the other leathers and possibly go through a slotted section in the lightest leather to wrap worund.
- The leather straps are one continuous part that goes through the plate and wraps around the glove.
- The glove reaches up to the forearm and I assume up to the last buckle on the gauntlet.
Any help would be appreciated, I am open to any advice, and I will keep track and update my work here in the future.
Sincerely,
Ben
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