Gauntlet Tutorial
This is for kitsunesqueak, but since it also contains my progress pics... ya know.
Click on the images to enlarge them, and this is like... my first time explaining things so I'm not too good at it. This pair of gauntlet is one I'm making for Momohime, still unfinished.
First of all, pattern the pieces, that part varies on what yours look like. Anyway, once you have the pattern, cut them out. I use craft foam because it bends and curves (for stiff parts I just use thick stabilizers.) Cut one out wice for the base, then the frames and the pieces inside the frames on the arm.
I got about a yard of this very thin vinyl with leather texture. Because you will be wraping each pice with the vinyl, it's best to get it as thin as possible. The ones I got is about 1mm ~ 0.5mm. You can see the progressive wrapping from the long pieces, first glue it on the right side, put something heavy on top of it while it dries, then wrap the piece while you snip off anything extra. You don't need to care about how the back looks since you won't be seeing the back of the pice. As for the case, it's the opposite. Glue the piece facing down and wrap up. Again, no worry about the top as it will be covered. The frame would be wrapped but I haven't finished it when I was taking the picture.
When you have wrapped the pieces, test them out. Don't glue it down yet. Make sure everything fits before you glue down anything. Don't forget to add the silver nails on top of the piece before you glue it down.
The bottome pice. As you can see, I wrapped it the same way. Although you only need to cover the side that shows. I suggest you cover the back too. As you know... it's against your skin, have it nice ans smooth might feel better when you are wearing it. I will be glueing one of the sides together, that's why snaps are only on one side. And there are suppose to be four snaps on one side to better help it hold the pieces together.
This is the left gauntlet which is slightly farther in progress than the right. It's not ready to be assembled yet as I still need to get the purple vinyl, but you can see how it'll look like when nearly done.
... And I think that's it XDDD
Click on the images to enlarge them, and this is like... my first time explaining things so I'm not too good at it. This pair of gauntlet is one I'm making for Momohime, still unfinished.
First of all, pattern the pieces, that part varies on what yours look like. Anyway, once you have the pattern, cut them out. I use craft foam because it bends and curves (for stiff parts I just use thick stabilizers.) Cut one out wice for the base, then the frames and the pieces inside the frames on the arm.
I got about a yard of this very thin vinyl with leather texture. Because you will be wraping each pice with the vinyl, it's best to get it as thin as possible. The ones I got is about 1mm ~ 0.5mm. You can see the progressive wrapping from the long pieces, first glue it on the right side, put something heavy on top of it while it dries, then wrap the piece while you snip off anything extra. You don't need to care about how the back looks since you won't be seeing the back of the pice. As for the case, it's the opposite. Glue the piece facing down and wrap up. Again, no worry about the top as it will be covered. The frame would be wrapped but I haven't finished it when I was taking the picture.
When you have wrapped the pieces, test them out. Don't glue it down yet. Make sure everything fits before you glue down anything. Don't forget to add the silver nails on top of the piece before you glue it down.
The bottome pice. As you can see, I wrapped it the same way. Although you only need to cover the side that shows. I suggest you cover the back too. As you know... it's against your skin, have it nice ans smooth might feel better when you are wearing it. I will be glueing one of the sides together, that's why snaps are only on one side. And there are suppose to be four snaps on one side to better help it hold the pieces together.
This is the left gauntlet which is slightly farther in progress than the right. It's not ready to be assembled yet as I still need to get the purple vinyl, but you can see how it'll look like when nearly done.
... And I think that's it XDDD