[UPDATE May 3rd 2016: Mk. V] Front has been widely agremented with new patches and badges, black braids (upper right), and blue jean patches on the pockets.
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[UPDATE Nov. 15 2014: Mk. IV] Brand new Blue Öyster Cult logo (after the one of "On Your Feet On Your Knees", 1975) painted on the shoulders, above the backpatch, by one of my best friends as a birthday present. My opinion? It kicks some serious arse. She added yellow touches for it to get harmonised with the backpatch colours. The front is being rearranged a bit - pictures of the final thing coming soon.
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Here's an upload of my battle-jacket at last... It's actually the Mk. III of it. Here we go:
*BASE*
It's an ASOS long-sleeve jean jacket (2012 I think), in a chemically-faded black. The sleeves have been removed as well as the collar, which has been cut to +/- 2/3 of its original size, and reset above a riveted mail collar base (I'll come back to that). The jacket has been shortened in length: I've removed the bottom band, sewn a custom one and added the strap for the bottom button. The jacket has been adjusted a bit to my build on the side seams too.
*PATCHES*
The BP is custom-made from a contemporary bootleg shirt which has been stiffened with a hot-melt base. The GYJ Army patch is for Graveyard Johnnys, a British punkabilly band. Batmobile is a legendary Dutch neo-rockabilly / psychobilly band. Chimay is the mythical Belgian beer, my absolute fav'. I'm still looking for a few patches/badges, so I might add / rearrange patches a bit, but not too much - it'll pretty much stay this airy [Update May 2016: well it got a bit more dense than expected in the end!].
*RIVETED MAIL*
It's a replica of XVth century mail / maille, in soft steel. It's been made by a gifted craftsmen from the USA years ago, who's not active anymore, and partly reassembled by me. It's a wink to my Medievalist background / former career, and former Living History activities. The collar piece is a direct reference to the "hausse-col" which was frequent in XVth century armour, and I thought that the front mail patch looked good - it also symbolically protects the heart. Plus mail is steel, and steel is metal, right? ;)
Demolition_hell... on
Looks amazing!
Knightwhosayni on
Cheers!
whiteravenmetal on
Love the back!
Knightwhosayni on
Cheers, probably my favourite side too! ;)
whiteravenmetal on
The front is awesome too but I'm not a fan of some bands, the metal work with the rings is simply amazing
Knightwhosayni on
Gotcha. Thanks again!
METALBAKA on
Amazing!!!
Knightwhosayni on
Thanks!
invisible-horizons on
Amazing jacket! It definitely has a unique touch to it. I'm diggin the UFO patch! Rock On!
Knightwhosayni on
Thanks! A much appreciated comment coming from a respected collector like you! Rock On! ;)
invisible-horizons on
\m/
Nater90 on
Some wicked bands.
Your friend did amazing work on the BOC! Looks gorgeous.
Knightwhosayni on
She did indeed! Thank you.
Chainbreaker on
I love your jacket so much! I love how you made this your own. The paintjob is beautiful, I wish I had a friend like that.;-) And the chainmail is awesome, wanted to add some to my vest also, but it's hard to come by even a small piece and it's to time-consuming to make it myself. The Chimay-patch is the cherry on the cake!;-)
Knightwhosayni on
Many thanks for your kind words! Tried to make it my own indeed, I'm glad that it transpires!
lole66 on
Superbe !
Knightwhosayni on
Merci Laurent ! ;)
antena on
Le boulot de peinture sur le Blue öyster cult est dingue ! L'effet métallisé est génial.
Knightwhosayni on
Merci pour l'amie qui l'a réalisée ! ;) J'en suis archi-content en effet...
minejumper on
Looks amazing, the maille adds a nice touch.
Knightwhosayni on
Thanks! I like my bit of armour indeed. :)
Imaginos on
Super nice.
Knightwhosayni on
Thank you!
MetalBrewer on
One of my favourites on here!
Great bands - Bronz, Triumph and that UFO strip patch is beautiful!
Is it woven?
Knightwhosayni on
Many thanks! The UFO strip is woven indeed.
I've made some changes / upgrades to the jacket lately - I'll post pictures of the Mk. VI some time soon hopefully.
Arkturean on
True craftsmanship!
Knightwhosayni on
Thanks a lot! It's been through more additions and slight changes lately - I hope to post pictures of its final state some time soon.