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Todds costumes shirt and tutorial

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:32 am
by Indiana Wayne
Todd's costumes is now selling the WPG Indy shirts.

Indiana Jones Shirts

I just thought I would post it.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:36 am
by Indiana Wayne
They also have a new tutorial on How to "distress" an Army Bag!

http://toddscostumes.com/indy/how_to_di ... my_bag.htm

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:38 am
by J_Weaver
Todd is selling the same shirt as WPG. :)

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:08 pm
by Nicht Storen
He's really working over that bag on the tutorial. Good to see his bag can take the punishment since I have one.

Really good to see the shirt as well. Thanks for the links.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:18 pm
by Feraud
That's a good tutorial. My bag is taking forever to distress naturally!
I would add to use caution when adding bleach to distress products. Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the bleach will compromise the strength of the material.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:42 pm
by eaglecrow
I was wondering if somebody know how this kind of shirts are called? I think there was a thread quit a while ago about this. I guess the name was something like "cuba shirt" or "panama shirt" :roll:

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:44 pm
by Zach R.
I'd call them a safari shirt.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:49 pm
by Feraud
I am not sure if they have a specific name. They seem to be a type of military shirt with the epaulettes on the shoulder.

If you are referring to the Panama or Cuba shirt you might be thinking of the Guayabera shirt. I have a few vintage ones given to me by my dad. I love the styling, colors, and embroidery of the fancier ones!

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:06 pm
by Bufflehead Jones
Indiana Wayne wrote:They also have a new tutorial on How to "distress" an Army Bag!

http://toddscostumes.com/indy/how_to_di ... my_bag.htm
Yes, this is the tutorial that I posted about that Todd was working on. I won his distressed bag at the Canada summit. It looks very good in person.

viewtopic.php?p=160922#160922

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:07 pm
by eaglecrow
I think MK posted a picture of a Cuban, wearing a shirt like Indys, it may burned into my brain as Cuban shirt :roll:

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:16 pm
by rick5150
I love the part where you bury the bag. Just do not forget where you buried it.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:28 pm
by Feraud
rick5150 wrote:I love the part where you bury the bag. Just do not forget where you buried it.
hahaha, that is totally something I would do! :lol:

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:40 am
by Nicht Storen
I gave Todd's distressing tutorial a shot yesterday for my bag. I wish I had pics to post but I am not done with it yet. I only used a capfull of bleach because I just really can't stand the smell of it. It did lighten the color a bit but I am going to go back and give it a second shot today and see if I can get it lighter in color. Has anyone else tried it??

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:08 pm
by Indiana Wayne
Feraud wrote:
rick5150 wrote:I love the part where you bury the bag. Just do not forget where you buried it.
hahaha, that is totally something I would do! :lol:
Draw a treasure map! :wink:

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:13 pm
by Zach R.
We do not follow maps to buried treasure.:P

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:14 pm
by Indiana Wayne
:lol: And X never ever marks the spot.

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:41 pm
by Zach R.
BTW, I just put my bag in the ground. :D

I don't think it'll dirty it up much though, since I live where there is no dirt, only sand.:P

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:22 pm
by Zach R.
Nicht Storen wrote:I gave Todd's distressing tutorial a shot yesterday for my bag. I wish I had pics to post but I am not done with it yet. I only used a capfull of bleach because I just really can't stand the smell of it. It did lighten the color a bit but I am going to go back and give it a second shot today and see if I can get it lighter in color. Has anyone else tried it??
I've tried it, and it looks like it is exactly the color of the one on his website after it has dried.

Did you use Ajax as well?

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:00 pm
by rick5150
Indiana Wayne wrote:Draw a treasure map! :wink:
"Where's the treasure map?"

"I left it in the MK VII. D'oh!"

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:05 pm
by Nicht Storen
Zach R. wrote:
Nicht Storen wrote:I gave Todd's distressing tutorial a shot yesterday for my bag. I wish I had pics to post but I am not done with it yet. I only used a capfull of bleach because I just really can't stand the smell of it. It did lighten the color a bit but I am going to go back and give it a second shot today and see if I can get it lighter in color. Has anyone else tried it??
I've tried it, and it looks like it is exactly the color of the one on his website after it has dried.

Did you use Ajax as well?
No. I did not use Ajax. I used Comet with bleach. Did you substitute Ajax for Comet or something similar?
Its a very good tutorial for getting the aged look on your bag. I am happy with the results.