My first hat !

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:57 am

Hello !

This is my first post on this forum !

All apologies if it's not the right place .

I am planning to do an Indiana Jones group for French comics conventions. (see pics in my signature)

Well, normally, in those conventions the big thing is to dress as a manga/anime character, but I find it boring.

Since I began, I've only been as an US comic/films characters such as the Punisher, the Joker (Batman), Marv' (Sin City) and Christian (Moulin Rouge).

Now I am planning an Indy costume, more "Temple of Doom" like.
My Batman mate is planning to dress as Henry Jones (he is even making the diary because he's been inspired by this topic), our Nightwing is going to be Short Round and we might get a Marion RavenWood and other characters (my 11 year old niece wants to be a mini-Marion

)

Well, I nearly got everything for the first show (Feb 4) but I got a little problem.

Here's my hat.

As you can see, it's got a thin leather ribbon with a buckle. YUCK !

I'd like to know how to sew a ribbon to make it more accurate, because I can't find any pic where Indy wears a hat like this one !

Thanks for the help !

VP · Post by VP » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:40 am

http://dalexs.whitvani.net/hat/hatpage.html

doc riviere · Post by **doc riviere** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:31 am

Tient !! un compatriote !! bienvenue à toi....

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:36 am

Brilliant ! Thanx a lot !!!!!

Just one question : the sign " stands for inches, I suppose ?

VP · Post by VP » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:50 am

Probably yeah. Dalexs knows for sure.

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:53 am

doc riviere wrote:Tient !! un compatriote !! bienvenue à toi....

Thanx for the welcome and the link ! ! I got the ribbon( twice the length, just in case), it got the right color to match the hat, and I am going to sew it this week end with my "dad" Henry Jones- struggling to find his suit- because he has the perfect copy of Henry's hat !!!!

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:45 am

Let's go ! It's a work in progress , the ribbon isn't sewn yet...

that's the best color I could find...

Post by **Ken** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:36 pm

Bonjour! Ca va?

You have some good advice and a good tutorial there to help you with your endeavour.

However if the desire ever takes you, it may interest you to know it is possible to purchase pretty accurate good quality fedoras for not that much money - and there is a lot of choice.

Hope you enjoy Club Obi Wan. Have fun!

Ken

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:30 pm

Thanks a lot but the main goal in this kind of event is to wear as much self made things as possible, and according to the prices I saw (even the official Indiana Jones ones) I prefer to sew them myself

Maybe next time ?

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:58 pm

Ta-daaaam !

It's not picture-perfect but I am happy with it !

Thanks for the tutorial, it was really helpful !

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:38 pm

Nice! I like what you've done with it. Looks like a Dorfman Pacific Indy now, which is in no way an insult.

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:40 pm

great job on that ribbon!

GCR · Post by **GCR** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:39 pm

Indiana G wrote:great job on that ribbon!

Yeah, I'll second that! I've been wearin' hats for a long time, and I've tried to change a ribbon more than once, always with disasterous results. I just can't seem to get it right, no matter what I do! What you've done on your first try is simply AMAZING to a guy like me...you didn't just manage to change the ribbon, you made it look GREAT! Nice work!

-GCR

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:28 am

aw now I am blushing

!

Extra pictures in my signature, click on "Making Of Indiana Jones" !!!!

I am a little bit stagefrightened now !

K on the run · Post by **K on the run** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:45 am

Nice ribbon job indeed, if you used a real hat band you can crimp it with steam to get a tight fit on the crown. Be careful the hat will respond to steam as well.

You have a great pic of indy on the rope-bridge on your site, do you have it in a better resolution?

Great job,
K

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:03 pm

Last pic of my hat. Next pics will be the ones of the show, in full gear.

Is it Father's hat behind me ? Yup.

And on the left ? Yes, it is.

(we are working on Batman vs. Two-Face with Sugar & Spice)

IndyParise · Post by **IndyParise** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:57 pm

Do I spy a model of The Nautilus in one of your pics?

That is a great job on the ribbon though, I wouldn't even dare to try and change one myself.

Indiana Max · Post by **Indiana Max** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:42 pm

"Do I spy a model of The Nautilus in one of your pics?"
I thought to ask the same, but than I was sure. Nice Nautilus prop and beautiful what you´ve done out of your hat :!:

Is it possible for you to post a pic of the whole Nautilus model

:

Dream · Post by **Dream** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:51 pm

Two things :

- For the Nautilus models, I am not the one who makes these : here's the man. He is going to be Henry Jones in the group next month an he helped me with the hat and the whip holster.