10th March 2011: arm glove tester - take two I re-edited the pattern and eventually got the arm glove to look like it should. This is the second rough I made because the first one had so many alterations it just got messy.
Happy with the shape and fit now. ..Nearly time to break out the cigar. :P
Next to cut the leather..

9th March 2011: Progress Parts are starting to come together now.

Just got my boots, I love these. ^_^
Armgloves with Fingerless gloves
Wig test.

Please excuse: lack of makeup, and my laddered tights (cant bring myself to throw them away, so they are used for quick testing. :P Oh and body suit is a stand in cuz I havent made the corset yet.

So thats how Barb is shaping up so far. :)

9th March 2011: arm glove tester Made up a rough to test the pattern out. ..Close, but no cigar yet! The gap is too wide in places - see comparison pic.
Prob the error occured because I used stretch lycra to get the first measurements off my arm.
Also my triangular tops could do with being a tad shorter and less pointy. Otherwise though..not bad for a starter. :)

8th March 2011: Pattern drawn Pattern drawn out on paper. Eyelet spacings,seam allowances etc have all been planned out. Next to cut a quick practice piece using some spare fabric - I dont want to waste any of the leather..

8th March 2011: Armglove pattern Start of making my armglove pattern - using some old lycra fabric, so I can keep slipping the arm glove off and re-adjust the pins, until eventually I have an exact fit on my arm. Because it is lycra I can slip it off my arm at the final stage with the pins still in.
Next I copied this shape onto paper.

5th March 2011: Long leather armgloves construction Here is the Leather coat I bought off eBy. £6.oo seems criminal for a good coat like this! Seems no one wants to wear leather coats at the mo. Oh well, at least it has supplied me with good quality real leather at a really low price.

Pic shows progress of diss-assembling the coat. Using a seam ripper I just took the sleeves off. Each coat sleeve is made from two long strips sewed together, so I diss-assembled these too. The amount of leather using one sleeve strip is almost exactly the right amount to make my armglove. I think I will make a rough template first though and then trim the piece of leather down so my armglove looks just like the screen grabs.

5th March 2011: fingerless gloves These are the fingerless gloves I found on eBy cost 6.60.
And Below is a screen grab where the gloves are seen pretty clearly.

I checked through various scenes, and the long leather arm gloves appear to be a seperate item, not attached to the fingerless gloves..

14th January 2011: More leather! Ok I decided after all to make the corset and arm gloves using real leather instead of the faux stuff. The plan is: buy another leather coat, cheap 2nd hand one off eBay, and use it to source my leather needs. ie take it apart and use the leather panels to make the corset with and the sleeves to make the arm gloves.

The good news is - I won another leather coat off eBy cheap - like 6 quid - the bad news is when it arrived it looked really nice, and fits my wife beautifully - so shes nabbed it! Darn! Back on the hunt for another cheap leather coat again. :P

Also, ordered some bits and pieces for the leather work - nickel O ring, D ring and cap rivets to make the choker, eyelets/grommets for the corset and arm gloves.

This is my first time working with leather but Im really excited about this costume now.

3rd January 2011: Long leather coat Postman delivered my coat yesterday. Woohoo. Full length leather amazing buy from eBy 6.99 plus postage. I thought I would have to alter it as the ad said size 14, but it fits. Wonderfull! The hem needs sticking back up and I will give the whole coat some tlc with special leather polish stuff I got from a leather worker. I dont know what it is but it really soaks in and brings the shine back to leather.
So, coat sorted! :)

31st December 2010: Wig This is the wig I bought for Barb. Im tempted to muck about with some colour, maybe acrylic ink, see if I can give it a darkened roots look. Patch test on an old cheapo wig first methinks.