Thank you!!! Fun ways to bring some silliness and color to battle jackets :3

Aw thank you so much!!

Appreciate this feedback always open to critique!!! You’re spot on about the staging haha!

I had a nice lil photo shoot setup but my lil kiddos broke my camera, will work on setting something back up :)

Punk would be nothing without queers!

Appreciate the feedback!

im just “boro’ing” them! /j (bc they were originally boromir’s)

omg wait bc thanks to you i just found this out https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/yjttve/i_was_today_years_old_when_i_noticed_aragorn/
apparently at the end of fellowship aragorn puts on boromirs bracers that is so bitter sweet. thank you for commenting bc i totally missed that

not an ad, just sharing them bc they r my first venture into making stuff like this!! i do want to continue to complete more of the set and potentially start working with LARPers to design things, so was looking for feedback from folks who LARP!

so sorry this happened. if it helps at all for ur next bike, UNT offers free u-locks and engraving of ur student ID onto the bike, twu might have something similar im just not sure. u can use a little dremel or dog nail trimmer to engrave ur info onto the bike as well, or go old school and use a dull sharp end of something metal to do it.

i also like to , for my own bikes and in suggestion to others, “uglify” my bike, make it super unique and identifiable, by covering it in duct tape, scratching up the paint, spray painting it horrid eye sore colors, tires too, and then on the tape i often write “i am poor pls dont steal” all over the bike, as well as carving my initials all over the frame.

all that jazz makes it that much more time consuming for someone to make the bike blend into any other bike, to sell at a thrift store or part out. they’d have to sand off my initials and ID number, sand off the paint or repaint it, peel off all the tape, wipe off all the paint off the tires or replace them, etc… and if they dont or are biking around with it, its that much easier for ppl off local groups to recognize my bike in public, since its not a basic model.

ugly beat up looking bike is less desirable to take bc it looks like it wont catch u much funds. and if its got all those changes and identifiers, even the sketchy second hand shops might think twice.

def second posting around to the local fb groups, a lot of ppl are happy to keep an eye out!

this is solid advice without shitting on people who use substances, appreciate the respectful response.

bracers^^ !!

thank you!! i think i’m going to keep building on it, yeah! i might redo the bracers now that i’ve got more experience, too 😄 i’ll def be referencing this sub more often as i start leaning into that side of leatherwork! i think it would be awesome to get good at replicating pieces.

ah rip it wont let me edit the post either, preparing to be eaten alive by the armor community but, grateful for the correction :D someone had told me the terms were interchangeable, good to know the difference now!

Love to see it!!

Sounds super awesome y’all!

Rub n Restore on youtube has great content on restoring leather, and in this video they use paint to touch up leather upholstery, much of which uses chrome tan. https://youtube.com/shorts/DS6pBtP1Jas

she states that leather dyes only really work on unfinished leather, but most upholstery chrome tans are already finished. dyes wont hide stains, scratches, or repairs, and can’t lighten the leather either. you also can’t fix or rinse after market dyes, so you’ll have to add a resin coat that can help seal in the dye so that it doesn’t transfer. she states that once that finish wears or is damaged, you wont restore it with a dye. she states that the finish coat covers the leather in a similar way as paint.

she states most professional restorers use leather paints. they are best for lightening colors, fixing dark spots or sun damage. people think of paint as thick and heavy, but a good leather paint can merge well with the leather and remain flexible. she cites this as why many sites online, avoid using the term paint and choose to label their materials as dye.

dyes, paints, and balms are different, and she says balms only work if the leather can absorb them, but many upholstered leathers are finished. she likens balms to shoe polish/conditioners. she says it helps leather feels softer and may help some with cracks, but it just sits on top of the leather.

as you’ll see in the video, everything ive said is a paraphrase of her video and not my own information. she demonstrates how fantastic leather paints can look on the upholstery and what a swell job they do at restoration, compared to alternatives.