Hey hello! I have officially returned from the dead 😂
So here's my ultimate labor of love that I first started designing way back in 2017/2018 when I bought the backpatch, and finally considered it 100% finished earlier this year. I was originally torn between making a Maiden tribute vest or a vest built around 80s bands (which later evolved into a general 80s theme with TV shows, video games, movies and wrestling being included), but once I found that deadstock Turbo backpatch I knew an 80s vest was in my future! I decided to have a theme this time around; because I was going off the colors on the backpatch, that gave me quite a bit of freedom concerning patches. Finding patches without any green/as little green as possible was a little challenging for a few bands, but it all worked out in the end! I'm also glad I decided to add studs, I think the contrast of silver against black denim is really neat.
This is easily the coolest vest I've ever made, I'm 100% satisfied with it (though I may replace the Helloween patch at some point, it's a lousy printed patch and looks terrible irl with all the pinholes in it) and I think I really outdid myself this time around!