Saturday 9 February 2019

Enfys Nest gloves

I finally have a finished piece for the costume and it's the gloves.

The base for the gloves is a pair of 5:11 TAC A2 gloves, as used for the film costume.

For the modifications I used this as a reference.

It shows a round black solid circle on the left hand and a black circle, with a cut-out middle, edged in brown. Some people in the Enfy Nest group claim that strap with the 5.11 text is covered in leather and that the grips on the inside are ripped off, but I've kept them. I haven't seen evidence of that myself yet.

This close up from the Enfys Nest standee clearly shows the circle edged in brown.
My circles are made with faux suede that I've painted with acrylic paint, black for the main parts and brown for the edging. It's still soft and it really gives it a leatherlike apperance. I'm really happy with that. The white paint on the fingers is also acrylic paint.

I've handsewn the patches onto the gloves, so I wouldn't have to rip them up.

I will probably try and weather the patches a bit, they look a bit too fresh at the moment, but that will have to wait until I weather the whole costume.




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