![]() ![]() I also painted the tops and bottoms of the syringes to look like old "harpoon syringes" for the needles themselves I just painted Kabob skewers. To make the needle fingers, I used 4 Pee-dee syringes that I picked up at the pharmacy. Then drill holes and secure in place with the nuts and bolts. place them where you want them to go on the main pipe, and mark off where you will have to drill your holes for the mounting brackets. This is just to give it a more realistic metal feeling and make it not so "shiny and New" looking. I heavily coated the parts that would show the "patina" and the rubbed most of the ink off again. Be careful with this, as it can be messy. Once you have all the pieces ready to assemble, lightly rub the tubes with the black ink. Two of the tubes have one fitting, and the other has 2 (you'll have to measure this out carefully to allow room for both fittings) The cap in the other end of the tube gets a hold drilled in it to fit the pipe fitting. I drilled a hole into one end of the caps and fitted the small flashlight into the hole, and the other end (the light) will fit into the vinyl tube (after filling the tube). ![]() Each of the small tubes gets capped with one of the chair leg ends (also painted silver). I sealed one end of each with a rubber stopper and some contact cement. Once dry, I slid the vinyl tubing into the 1 inch pipe and cut it off to fit. and again, I painted these silver as well. For this I use a cutting blade in my dremmel tool. Next I had to cut the "windows" in each of the three tubes. I cut the 1 inch pipe down to about 6 inches long, and repeated to make three smaller tubes in total. I capped each end of the tube with some plumbing couplers. I cut the 3 inch plumbing tube down to about 7 inches long (this will depend on the lengthof your arm. Okay, this part was actually easier then it looks. The arms were really easy, they were just scrap pieces I measured to my arm, and sewed up like a tube. There's over 400 stiches in total so this process was a nightmare. Because I was using real leather, I had to hand pull each stich through the tough leather with a pair of needle nose pliers. This process was painful and time consuming. Once I got one full leg done, I repeated the same process on the other leg and then stitched them up the center crotch line. Each seam was stitched to the pants, and the piece next to it with a "zig-zag" stich. (this made sure that my edges stayed closely together when I ran them through the sewing machine. ![]() Once I had the pieces all cut out, I taped them to each other with a piece of making tape. I used spray glue to try and hold the leather pieces in place on the pants. I used an exacto knife to carve out pieces, Be careful here as you pretty much have to put them all back together like a big puzzle. I then laid out enough leather to cover the pants. To make the pants, I ripped the stitching from the old jogging pants I had and laid them on the floor in two flat panels. The trick here is to go back over your machine stiches with the twine to hid some of the seams. and stich it all together (for this, I used the sewing machine) for the shoulder pieces, it's basically two triangles with a head hole cut in it. From that I cut the softer leather to match, and stitched it back up the same way. To make the hood, I cut apart an old hoodie that I had and made it into a template. I used the softer seat cushion material for the hood and the sleeves, and the more firm side and back panels for the pants. I started by stripping all the leather from an old couch somebody in my building was getting rid of. Because this is supposed to be a Patchwork costume, there's not much of a pattern a lot of the measurements were just eyeballed. ![]()
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