/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Working on my visby gauntlets. Cut out/filed edges of some plates with my dad before realising I should dye the leather gloves, suede I think, that I'm riveting onto. How would I go about dying them a pale green to contrast with the dark red of my surgeon's apron.

Speaking of which, novice me tried red food dye for creating the splatter, but it turned out pink on my calico apron, I've washed it, what's a better way of getting a darker, gore splattered look? I've heard of using chocolate with red and a hint of blue food dye, surely there's a better way than that?

Another thing, what color should I make my robes/trousers out of? Should I keep up the pale green, or go for a brown/grey mid tone? Would it help to mention my nearly finished gambeson's slightly bluish black?

Lastly, regarding my gambeson, it just needs some method of fastening. What would be acceptable, using lacing like pic related, 'shoelace' lacing at each pair like I think I saw some pictures, or using hooks and eyes?

I'll post pics when done. I've been kinda wondering if I should trip or not due to straya's lack of representation in the threads, but I've kinda been really indecisive about what I want, I've been that guy mulling over english to irish to german to polish to russian kit over periods from classical to renaissance, and whether I should bother due to being an orc. Currently thinking Irish, due to heritage.