Mentioned in another post that I was making a leather mask based on the facehuggers from the Alien movie franchise. I wasn’t sure how long it would take, so I am getting an early start so that it will be ready for Halloween.
Purchased the pattern from
Then digitized it so I could cut it on my Glowforge.
So far, I have have cut, formed, and dyed the body and legs. Tail is next. No forming required but a lot of pieces that have to be dyed and hand sewn.
That does look awesome and +1 for the link to LeatherHub which I didn’t know was a thing.
Also, I believe this is the first time I’ve ever seen a project where one can yell “why don’t you just dye!” during the build phase and “why don’t you just die!” during the execution phase, and both utterances are context-correct. I’ll make do with being amused by that until you post the completion pix.
After many distractions, I finally got around to (mostly) finishing the facehugger.
I just need to figure out how I want to attach the pieces that make it wearable as I want the pieces to be removable.
Running a ring through the stitching on inside of the ends of the legs would allow you to use lobster clasps which can come in some pretty hearty weights
You could put small rare earth magnets on the legs and then have surgical screws implanted for them to connect to. No unsightly straps or clasps. just kidding
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just kidding