Saturday, 7 August 2021

Distressed Baseball Cap

 This is basic blue baseball cap purchased for £3 pounds 

I then distressed to make it look well used for a post-apocalypse environment



Now there are lots of online videos teaching you how to distress items, from dragging behind cars to burying in the mud for 6 months.




But the easiest and quickest way is a mixture of spray paint and coarse sandpaper.


and then just rub in the dirt, possible while the paint is still wet.



Saturday, 31 July 2021

Dancing Pallbearers Hat

 This hat or rather the dancing pallbearers that wear it gained fame after BBC news feature 

According to Wikipedia the pallbearers who are from Ghana are locally referred to as the 'Nana Otafrija Pallbearing and Waiting Service.


The black hat is a typical foldable military field cap in its shape


I have no idea if this hat has an origin outside its fame as a hat worn by the dancing pallbearers, but I can only find it against cosplay adverts



This hat came to me via a friend who knows I collect hats and was enjoying the pallbearer memes on youtube.





Saturday, 24 July 2021

Yellow Snood

This is about a basic snood as you can make. 

Used for a group post-apocalypse extremist lrp characters

The snood in this case is a rectangle of fabric joint at the short edge, raw edges have been left.


Snoods are often forgotten useful article of clothing you can wear as scarf, hood, they can tidy up the edge of many costumes





Saturday, 17 July 2021

Orange Turban

This is a basic rectangle of lightweight orange fabric tied around the head to create a turban.


Used for a group of bad guys in our LRP club as image below, combined with black trousers and tabard they created a great look


Grrr


I usually start with a knot in the end of the fabric, put this at the back of the end and stretch the fabric full width to front, where I twist the fabric to tighten to skull before wrapping the remaining fabric around the head to form a headband which I then tuck in creating a secure head covering


As the image below the end of the fabric can be tucked in around the head or left loose. When left loose this can also be partially tucked in providing a face covering (see top image)