Yesterday, we mangled the cummerbund until it was finally figured out that sewing machines are finicky with leather and you have to remember to use the right foot... or put tape on the foot already on it, which is why the cummerbund is a mangle heap of dead goat. Fighting a sewing machine isn't a losing battle, by the way, just exhausting to my brain. Anyways, we DID get the vest nearly completed. I snapped a few pictures. After I get it done, I'll take more before and after "the dye job". And I'm going to buy machine foot for leather today. Let's Sew carries them.
I also did not like how my shoes turned out, so I bought some bit-o'leather from Joann's that nearly the exact color of my shoes and I'm going to sew the purple leather to the brown and then glue it all on. That will make it on target. Yep, I'll take pictures.
My shin guards needed something to give it substance. From the images I've looked at, what I've done so far is right in shape and size, but the thickness seemed to be off. My last Tandy order I bought a sheet of thermoplastic. I'm going to cut it out and see if it'll layer down on everything (for a smooth curve on the ridge and the ankle ring shape at the bottom) and give it the appearance of weight. Any thoughts on if this will adhere to polyethylene plastic? My ridge is holding up well, and after I play with the thermoplastic, I'll post about the shin guards again.
And in between it all, my latex molds have finally dried out and are tucked away for safekeeping (and hoping to never have to use them!) and I'm painting the greeblies. I've half of them done, and by my eye they're darn close to the real deal. I have 8 pots of rubnbuff and have used every color. I even mixed some of them up and made that brown color that is on the "knife" on her leg strap. The malachite black color is dead on for a greasy dirty look too. When those are all completed, I'll post pictures on the photobucket site.
Dented Helmet has been a great board for discussionsfor us Zammers! What I haven't thought of, someone else has and vice versa. And the BIG news is that it was posted today on the Bounty Hunter's Guild that the CRL is nearly approved for Zam, which means alot to us doing this costume.
. So if you take a midpoint from the bottom of the hood vertically up to the midpoint of the neck, it's 14 inches. The same bottom of hood midpoint, lengthwise, to the end that comes to the front, is 28 inches. Doing the same to the top midpoint to end is 15 3/4 inches. The ends are not pointed, but are flat 1 inch long ends. 
However, I'm going to slice them down, glue them on first, and then see how they'll look with a scrap piece of leather first. I will post pictures so you can see exactly what I'm doing, then you all can tell me if you think it'll work or not. I'll probably post it on Monday or Tuesday. I can't work on it tonight, because....
