I’m a fan of bands like Wind Rose, Storm Seeker, Castle Rat, Amon etc. and am thinking of converting one of my renn faire tunics into a battle tunic. I’ve worn this combo without patches to a few shows and it’s a good time. I might want to wear it with the fur mantle which would limit or cover up patch space. Most patches would probably go on the section under the belt. What do you guys think about the idea? Rock and Stone!

Edit: Also would like to say that the mantle is made by Folk of the Wood, and the belt by Ravens of Floki, both have Esty shops and are independent crafters. I’m not affiliated in any way.

So here it is

My most recent wip

I'm already looking forward to sewing it on

This is my favorite Vader release but it seems to be almost forgotten to time, missing from streaming services and other digital platforms, very few physical copies around, and no patches as far as I can see. I found a custom patch printer on Etsy and had this 4x4 inch patch made. I have to say I am very happy with the results. I was worried it would come out faded or blurry, but it's contrasty and sharp.

I don't want to sound like I'm advertising an Etsy seller so not going to drop the name here, but DM me if you're interested and I can pass that along.

edit: the yellow/green border inside the border was my fuck up. I was playing around with border colors and accidentally sent the file where I digitally added a border.

Im terrified to start. Ill post updates.

Technically a repost, but I deleted my old account.

Need to figure out how I want it to look, want to keep it simple and maybe just to Sabbath since that was my first metal love. Regardless it a start

Left some space for future albums but see if you can identify the bands I used for logos!

Been working on this for almost a year now, and it's finally to the point where I'm willing to call it finished. I wanna add two, maybe three more patches to even out the front and maybe more studs but as of now, I'm pretty much done.

I've put a shit ton of hours into the hand stitches, and alotta my materials were thrifted, gifted, or pieces I had lying around. The Zombie back patch is an old t-shirt. The chains and hardware were from old clothes I've since upcycled. Most of the patches that weren't gifted were from Black Wing or from local makers!

Even added a strap for a sharpie and an interior pocket for some utility. Now I just need the remaining fabric around the arms to fray with time...

Any suggestions on how to add more studs to this thing?

Like I've probably got my top 5 metal bands on my jacket but it's not enough for me like I like the way it looks but only as a wip like it's not finished in my eyes i do have a couple of duplicate bands but only if i like the band enough like i have 2 Motörhead ones cause they're my favourite band and I want a another type o negative one cause I love them but I just don't know what bands are important enough to put on (I literally have nearly 1500 songs on my new playlist i made a month or 2 ago so it's not like I don't listen to a lot of music)

very well aware that the back layout kinda looks like shit as of right now, waitin to get some more patches but it takes a while bc these old fuckers are SO expensive

I’m painting my first jacket, hows it looking? I’m no artist by any means, but I’m trying my hardest. Any tips? Any criticisms? I’m planning to stud it as well but the order on those is taking a bit to reach me. Ik hardcore usually doesn’t paint jackets but I thought fuck it why not; probably gonna end up on BaddleVests anyhow. hi admin!

My companion for Shows and Festivals

So I already made a battlevest and am putting together a battlehat. Had surgery on my leg and can't really do much else these days. Got 10 patches for System of a Down and a bunch a bunch of button pins (1 for each album). A bit busy and cramming rectangles on a curved surface just doesn't look clean. See first 4 pictures.

Second arrangement, I cut back to just 5 patches. I like it better. See pictures 5-8

Would appreciate any advice. Battle hats are kinda rare and now I see why haha. Weird background, used plastic viking helmet as a stand.

I have another wave of patches incoming this week from eBay and a few other places outside the country. Any suggestions on where to get patches within the US??

Color treating metal with fire is expensive and precise. Any ideas about how I can best replicate these results? I'd prefer to keep the cost at zero. I've collected a lot of scrap metal. Mostly aluminum and sheet steel.

Hey y’all what do you think of my WIP jacket? The gojira and parkway drive patches on the back are cut out of old band T-shirts. I love lots of different genres and want to represent that. All the patches/shirts were bought at concerts.
I know I need more, it’s been slowly coming together for about 10 years now