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So last year my fiance finally wanted me to help him craft a leather armor set for Dagorhir, and by help I mean do most of the work, but that's ok.
Anyways this was my first time really working with leather. It was pretty experimental and I just decided to try things out. I really had no fancy leather working tools so the carving was done by cutting into the leather with an x-acto knife and then pressing the areas down with a screwdriver. This particular piece is painted with acrylic paint and certain areas were coated with colored gold and silver leaf. I had also never worked with that before and quickly learned that it is pretty tough to deal with. I coated it with a glossy enamel. Unfortunately now after some battlefield wear it has a few cracks in the enamel and the leafing is flaking off in a couple areas. It probably would have been better as only a costume piece but overall I still like how it turned out.
Anyways this was my first time really working with leather. It was pretty experimental and I just decided to try things out. I really had no fancy leather working tools so the carving was done by cutting into the leather with an x-acto knife and then pressing the areas down with a screwdriver. This particular piece is painted with acrylic paint and certain areas were coated with colored gold and silver leaf. I had also never worked with that before and quickly learned that it is pretty tough to deal with. I coated it with a glossy enamel. Unfortunately now after some battlefield wear it has a few cracks in the enamel and the leafing is flaking off in a couple areas. It probably would have been better as only a costume piece but overall I still like how it turned out.
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I have to ask, why would paint it with acrylic paint?