Has anyone every attempted to make the "battle damaged" indy shirt seen at the end of TOD? By cutting the sleeve off and the cutting the whip marks into the back?
I just bought a Todd's raiders shirt and it has a really nice TOD look. I ordered a NH raiders shirt so I figure i can distress and cut up the tods.
Any suggestions as to cutting the sleeve and whip lashing marks? Thanks!
there seems to be something approaching a consensus around here that the Todd's shirt, excepting some minor sizing issues, is pretty much awesome. and i think it's true.
in terms of battle damaging a shirt... while it *would* be neat to have one that matched the ToD look, can you really afford to spend 50-100 bucks on a hard-to-find shirt just to rough it up and chop a sleeve off?
distressing a jacket is one thing, but amputating an entire sleeve... it would take a more hardcore SA champion than i, afraid to say.
I have seen a couple of posts where someone did make a ToD shirt. One person made his as SA as possible, looking at exactly where the rips where, and where the stains where, etc...
Hint: use red wine in a spray bottle for the washed-out blood on the back. Also, apply vegetable oil with a pastry brush to get water and sweat stains that will stay put.
Lastly, NEVER wash the shirt! Air it out if needs be but never wash it!
This particular shirt was modified to include the epualette and the action pleats. I also darkened the buttons with enamel. This photo was taken after winning the cosplay comp at Supanova '08 (Melbourne).
Hint: use red wine in a spray bottle for the washed-out blood on the back. Also, apply vegetable oil with a pastry brush to get water and sweat stains that will stay put.
Lastly, NEVER wash the shirt! Air it out if needs be but never wash it!
This particular shirt was modified to include the epualette and the action pleats. I also darkened the buttons with enamel. This photo was taken after winning the cosplay comp at Supanova '08 (Melbourne).
Wow....I...I guess I might go ahead with this...Will let everybody know how it turns out!
I have a different kind of shirt that resembles the ToD shirt, but that was just due to normal wear and tear instead of trying to make it look that.
If I were to try to get the ToD look, I would go with a Cabelas shirt. I think I would keep the Todds the way it is. I just say this because I have several Cabelas' surrounding me...
About a year or so ago I took one of my "close-enough" Indy shirt and turned it into a TOD shirt. The only thing I didn't do was put whip marks in the back of it.
I basically just added fake blood to it and got it extremely dirty and then ripped it to shreds.
I know of at least one other member who did it, but I believe the shirt was already "experiencing technical difficulties." I've been toying with the idea of doing it to my WPG, but I still haven't worked up the nerve. I'm also contemplating turning it into a short sleeve shirt that looks like it rolled up.
Theoretically speaking, couldn't you just take the material from the torn sleeve and make pleats and/or epuletts from it?
I, too, have been toying with the idea of turning my Todd's sjort into a ToD, simply because a.) Magnoli's has the best Raiders color (IMO) and b.) Todd's is a tad too small for me - as I barely have enough slack to button the cuffs, not to mention that I can not even get close to buttoning the top button. On the other hand, I did pay $60 to a member here at COW for the shirt and I kinda feel bad tearing it to a ToD shirt.
PS: conceited_ape, I knew from the moment I saw this thread that you would chime in. In fact, I was even gonna say "where's conceited_ape when you need him?" hadn't you already posted Same goes for you, too, Harry
I'm also contemplating turning it into a short sleeve shirt that looks like it rolled up.
.
