I Love This Goddamn Style Oh My God

I love this goddamn style oh my god

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About Sniper’s Vest

Sooo, I noticed everybody and their mom seem to have fallen in love with my cosplay vest for Sniper (and I don’t blame you, it’s the best one I’ve ever seen as well). Anyway, I decided to share a little something about it. Here goes!

First of all - yes, it’s made by myself (and my mom) entirely from scratch.

Materials used:

- fake leather (basic brown & very dark brown)

- second-hand, jeans-textured, a bit stretchy pants I cut in stripes for the trimming

- cheapest shiny red lining

- the buttons I had made by a leather workshop dude. It’s cheap.

Almost every Sniper’s vest I’ve seen so far was made out of linen… and didn’t look too well, because this material is too thin and cheap, and come on, Sniper may have like one set of clothes, but at least this one is sturdy and well-made enough to last him for years. Besides, I bet that 75% of all his posessions are made out of leather.

Anyway - faux leather looks nice, is thick enough to fold just right but also not too much, being relatively light and making sewing easy.

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The pattern I made using my dad’s old vest as a template, only slimming it down at the sides. Keep in mind that I’m rather on the tall & thin side, so the measurements here are suited for this body type.

All the pieces cut and in the process of being sewn together. I modified the back a bit, sewing it from two pieces because it gave me this nice vertical line along the spine which made the vest slimmer, more dynamic and more realistic.

This isn’t a tutorial or step-by-step, just some useful info I decided was worth sharing. So I won’t be getting to much into detail, sorry. 

For the trim choose something rather thick and stretchy, otherwise it will all wrinkle and look awful. I used old jeans-textured grayish pants which worked perfectly (it still was a bitch to sew, seriously, trimming is the WORST).

On the side note - yes, the bullets are made out of marker cases, chopsticks and little pieces of pvc, hot glued together and smoothed with sculpting mass.

The collar is NOT a rectangle! Look up a tutorial on how to make a stand-up collar and make your pattern according to it. A rectangle will look bad and just flop down.

The pockets are of course functional (after all these years of female pants I can’t look at false pockets) and here’s how the rough pattern looked like. Be smarter than me and make the sides bigger. 

Ammo pouch is basically two rectangles sewn together in a weird way.

The whole vest is also lined, because lining makes everything 100% more expensive, comfortable and pretty. 

And the last thing - always weather your stuff even if it’s not a prop. Here’s a little close-up - you can see I painted the corners dark, to make the vest look more 3D, used up and authentic (plus a bonus side view).

And that would be all I guess. If you have any further questions about the vest or any other piece of this cosplay (clothes, props whatevs) just message me and I will answer… eventually. May take some time.

This idea deserves to be spread

Ehhhhh don't really know how I came up with this but yea

Version with my notes with bad handwriting:

HE'S IN FUCKING SHORTS I'M SICK ABOUT SNIPER IN SHORTS BARK BARK BARK GRRR BARK BARK

мяу

I was so sick about my baby boy Samuel Wright i love HIM SO MUCHHHH

Image context if you're interested in my characters (lol) under the cut

#1 Sam's mother and older brother are red-haired. I love redheads so I decided to try dyeing Sam's hair red. I died. He looks like the sun.

#2 He stole glasses and a hat from Sniper (he loves him very much, I would say that Mick is an idol and mentor for him)

#3 Sam plays cello and violin. His cannonical voice (and also my favorite band, inspiration, and just a great band) - Fish in a Birdcage

A lot of their songs suit Sam so much that I kick and scream like a fucking possum every time I listen to them. I advise you to take a look, great group.

Returning to the drawing. These are the times when Sam and Sniper will more or less become friends and become buddies. The Sniper teaches Sam many things, such as shooting, sniper tips, and bush survival. Sam, in turn, plays his instruments for Mick, and is just a good listener and conversationalist.

Sam is gay, and I think the closer they are to their friendship, he will realize that he not only admires the Sniper, but also feels love for him. But the answer will never come, because I consider the Sniper to be straight. But Sam doesn't give up. Being close to a person all his life is already enough to make him happy.

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