Jango Fett Braided Belt source REVEALED!!!

Anyone have the correct color dye mix for dying a mohair girth in white to the proper color for the under ammo belt?

Hmm, well the thing is, it is not made from mohair, it is actually leather.

Yes but I am trying to get this ready for halloween and no one has one in leather. Maybe I can get a better one by C III but for now I will try this if anyone has a dye mixture that they tried.

Jango has an under Belt...??
Maybe if I saw some pics I could help ya.

Maybe...Vinyl. At the fabric store I bought mine from they had I think about 50 colors to choose from.

Dont look like leather to me.

Mirax is right. It was leather but I have not seen anyone have anything close to it.

lol braided leather, I had no idea, not really a jango fan.

I bet that if you supplied the leather to some kind of a rope company, and gave them a pic of what you want, they could do that for you.

although, braiding is easy.

What most of us have done is buy leather through Tandy or the Leather factory, and then you have to cut it into strips and then braid it yourself. As for using mohair, I would guess a combo of a dark brown, maybe a hint of red and black too.

I got a bottle of Dark brown and will try it this weekend after soaking in the acetate.

I also just found a site to buy braided leather 42" long strips and I am on the phone ordering 20 of them right now.
I will posta photo once they arrive.

Well just remeber you need 4 strips per braid and you need around 20 braids.

seems like a cool roject, and one more thing, although this is off topic, Mirax, your banner is down.

I got the materials on Saturday and boy I love it! Now just need to figure out how to make the belt.

Where did you order the braids from? They look very good.

The picture isn't showing up for me. I'd like to see and get info as well.

Wes

I let my domain expire and just paid it back up last night so the photo should be back soon.

Looks great. So where did you get those braids?

They are on back order right now.

How much were they?

Are there any updates? Did you get the rest of your order? I'd like to know so I could possibly order some braids from them as well. They look pretty nice.

I am working on a prototype and will have photos soon. I will be offering them for sale once I get the first one done.

Okay but what about the source for braids themselves? I don't need a whole belt made, I can do that myself.

Nice, but I think the spool of it that Foxbat found is more economical. Foxbat and I did some googeling last night to find leather brade, because you seemed reluctant to tell where you got yours from. A blessing in desguise, perhaps.

6-ply? You need 4-ply for Jango. Also, there should be 19 (at most 20) braids in the belt.

If you do 20 4 ply briads it will not be big enough. I originally orderd 20 and it was to thin even with the 6 ply. You will need at minimum 20 but 25 is better.

Yeah but it's inaccurate then. It should be 19 or 20 1/4" (or 6mm) 4-ply braids.

Last year when a friend of mine and I built a Jango costume for a friend's kid, I bought a bunch of nice braided leather strands off e-bay. It was a dutch auction, so I got to choose how many strands I wanted and bought just the right amount. It turned out beautifully and was actually pretty cheap to make.

judz dwedd wrote:
Nice, but I think the spool of it that Foxbat found is more economical. Foxbat and I did some googeling last night to find leather brade, because you seemed reluctant to tell where you got yours from. A blessing in desguise, perhaps.

Mind sharing the source you found? I'd like to get around
to making one for myself.

No, we don't mind. In fact there's a thread about it:

http://tdh.prop-planet.com/viewtopic...=11679&forum=9