What Fabric Is This?

[Anonymous No.8432197]

I don't think there is a thread on this already and thought it would be helpful

[Anonymous No.8432367]

Making this Link.
Used linen for the scarf, the patten is embroidery and I dip dyed it for accurate colour.

Considering sanded cotton for the shirt and pants.

Not sure what to make the tunic from. Was considering Chenille because I want it really textured. If the colour is flat I'll dye it to make it look more worn. But it needs to be a thick fabric so it doesn't show the lumps and bumps of the chainmail underneath.
Any suggestions? Upholstery weaves maybe?

Also no budget on this costume.

[Anonymous No.8432368]

>>8432367
Sorry for low quality. Posting from mobile.

[Anonymous No.8432764]

>>8432367
Line the chenille with linen for weight

[Anonymous No.8432792]

>>8432368

Chenille is kind of a bizarre choice IMO, I associate it with sofas and towels, maybe small rugs. I'd stick with linen or twill. If you really want the subtle color variation, green denim might even be good. Might be too heavy though.

[Anonymous No.8432890]

>>8432792
But surely that doesn't look soft enough unless it's sand washed?
I want it warm and soft looking. I was looking at designers guild fabric but none of the greens were bright enough.

[Anonymous No.8432900]

>>8432890

Oh, you want soft? I went for sturdy fabrics since he's wearing armor.

Chenille would still be pretty strange I think. I don't see the texture of it at all in the picture. You could look into wool fabrics, many of them would have the plush look you seem to be going for while being an "authentic" fiber?

[Anonymous No.8432994]

>>8432900
Maybe. I'm going shopping tomorrow, I'll show pics if I find anything.

[Anonymous No.8433268]

>>8427675
Is me. I'm not good with the names of fabrics and have been googling my ass off to find different textures of different materials. Someone would be my hero if they could help me. I'm just short of tacking together old washcloths :/

[Anonymous No.8433328]

>>8433268
Heavy canvas, denim or twill. Something like that would be hard to make well, especially since you said you're inexperienced. I would find a pair of coveralls or pants (probably men's so they're big and baggy, check the thrift store) and weather/modify them.

[Anonymous No.8433355]

>>8433328
Thanks. I will trust in this canvas suggestion though I personally don't see it. I think my efforts may be misplaced because the 'model' wearing it is actually an action figure so perhaps the texture is just amplified due to relative size?

[Anonymous No.8433373]

I want something that's easy to move in and still able to flow well. Should I make the head veil out of the same fabric or something lighter? For the flowers, would fabric with the gold parts being made out of worbla rather than a gold trim made out of bias tape be okay?

[Anonymous No.8433388]

>>8433373

Why...would you make an applique out of worbla? There are other gold trims out there besides bias tape.

Gabardine may have the properties of soft drape and opacity that you need for the purple.

[Anonymous No.8433483]

>>8433388
Sorry I'm dumb af. It doesn't really strike me as appliqué, more like itty bits of armor of some sort, or at least for the one on her chest (like a pin that keeps the purple ribbons together) In the cutscenes it seems to not be sewn in like an appliqué.

[Anonymous No.8433562]

This is going to be my first cosplay. I asked for advice on the design in another thread a while ago, but not on the fabric. Any suggestions?

Comfort is probably more important to me than appearance, and it's going to be hot at my next con.

[Anonymous No.8433971]

>>8433562
Bottomweight twill, poplin, gabardine, bengaline, or suiting. If you can, pick one that has a polyester-cotton blend mix so that it won't wrinkle as badly as 100% cotton fabrics. Also, line the top but just wear a cooling sleeveless athletic tops (wifebeater) to wick sweat. You don't need to line the pants.

[Anonymous No.8434244]

Looking for advice on this. Thinking a cotton or linen for the white shirt and pants but not too sure for anything else. The jacket looks like it could be nubuck or suede.

[Anonymous No.8434293]

I have no idea... how would I get the collar to not stick to my body like the rest of the costume? What the hell should I use?

[Anonymous No.8434317]

>>8433373
Crepe could work.
>>8433562
Polyester suiting
>>8434244
I think suede would work for the jacket, linen for the shirt and maybe a thicker linen for the trousers. I don't think they should have the exact same texture.
>>8434293
For starters make the pattern wide so it doesn't sit near your neck. Use interfacing and stiffening materials to make the collar stand up.

[Anonymous No.8434326]

>>8434293
Hmm, maybe use a zentai suit and make the collar piece apart?

[Anonymous No.8434473]

>>8432367
You could probably use linen for the whole outfit. I think the thickness and large weave will give it a nice texture, plus its thick weight will hide the maille. It also won't overheat you. Wash it a bunch of times in the machine and linen gets nice and fluffy.

>>8433373
Hmm, try a knit of some kind. An interlock maybe. It'll be a bit heavy but flow well. Or cut it on the bias of cotton. Reinforce the arms, collar, and headpiece with elastic. You'll probably have to make a 3/4 hoop skirt to get it to flow out that far.

Either applique it as the other anon said or embroider it, since it looks not that big. You can even use shiny embroidery floss to make it look really cool.

>>8433562
What >>8433971 said. I would suggest linen if you think you can handle it. It would be really cooling to wear and comfy but it wrinkles. If you wash it a bunch it doesn't wrinkle that bad. It also looks cool.

>>8434244
From that render the shirt honestly looks like pig leather. with big stitching holes going down the front. Pants look like burlap, sash is painted red silk, coat is green wool with dark green leather detailing plus tons of textured painting, and finally the vest is more painted silk with a lovely painted placket.


>>8434293
A knit? It doesn't look that tight. Dye it really dark. Applique the red lines with bias tape or silk ribbon. Make the collar's structure out of EVA foam and then sew a box around it. Make the arm guards out of EVA foam and cover in the matching fabric.

[Anonymous No.8434591]

Not really fabric but I can't figure out if her cape is all feathers, fabric made to look like long feathers or a mixture of the two.

[Anonymous No.8434607]

>>8434591
All feathers, but judging by the way it's moving in the wind it's attached to the main jacket via strips of material (in orange) but it shouldn't be visible underneath the feathers, i hope pic related helps

[Anonymous No.8434617]

>>8434473
Oh wow, I didn't even consider that the shirt could be a leather. I think I'll likely stick with lighter fabrics just to keep cooler. Thanks for your advice!

>>8434317
Thanks a lot! I'm definitely going to try to get a heavier weight for the pants (either a mid to heavy linen or burlap like the other anon suggested) although if I see something properly striped I might just go for it.

Further to that, anyone know if I would be able to get a striped linen/burlap like fabric for the pants in >>8434244 ?? Otherwise, how would it be best to make the stripes? My instinct would be fabric paint but I'm worried it would look shoddy.

[Anonymous No.8434622]

>>8434591
>>8434607
I think this isn't supposed to be actual feathers. It's not like they could make it look like feathers if they wanted. Compare the look to Ornifex for example. And if you look at the fabric flipping up that anon pointed out you can see how that flap of fabric is torn into the feather shape at the end.

[Anonymous No.8434630]

>>8434591
Looks like it's all tattered strips of fabric to me.

[Anonymous No.8434700]

What would be a good material to use for these new vault suits?
These look a lot tighter than the old ones.

[Anonymous No.8434705]

>>8434700

[Anonymous No.8434755]

I'm a little torn. I don't know whether to make the pants/shirt out of something different/more flowy than the capelet or whether I should just interface the fabric for the capelet and not for the pants/shirt. I'd ideally like to make the shirt and pants out of a midweight knit and maybe the capelet, butt-skirt, and tabard out of twill? Does that sound reasonable or would it look too weird?

I have a light grey poly/cotton poplin blend for the trim on the capelet/butt-skirt/tabard and a slightly darker/warmer grey cotton sateen for the stripe on the pants -- they look like different greys in this ref but in the in-game model they're more similar, so I dunno. I kind of like the idea of doing a different grey for the pants stripe, but I'm not sure if that would look too disjointed.

[Anonymous No.8434799]

>>8434700
>>8434705
Something pleathery. Does stretchy/flexible leather even exist? Thanks designers for making life hard for cosplayers.
Good fucking luck with that. I refuse to tackle all those textures. Especially when we haven't even seen the female vault suit (god knows there will be a million seams and a half)

[Anonymous No.8434822]

>>8434700
>>8434705
By no means a materials expert, but it looks a hell of a lot like the sort of rubberised industrial protective/rain gear I've used when cleaning buildings, especially all dusty and weathered like that.
Something sort of like pic related, but form fitting and thicker in places

[Anonymous No.8434833]

>>8434700
So, while aging New Vegas the owner of the Vault 21 hotel mentions (I think) that the vault suits are actually made of some kind of leather? When she's talking about how much people love the suits anyway. And I always thought that made more sense for survival that just cloth. So I would go with some kind of faux leather-esque material

[Anonymous No.8434834]

>>8434700
reminds me of a thicker spandex that isn't shiny.

[Anonymous No.8435244]

>>8434591
It's a fabric cape cut into strips and frayed to hell and back to look more feathery. Personally I would use dupioni silk (silkbaron has it cheap) to give it a nice texture, color, flow, and good fraying qualities.

>>8434617
Yeah, pig leather would be a pain to wear like that. Natural cotton muslin would probably look fine.

>>8434700
I'm going to agree with >>8434799 and say it's a leather or faux leather.

>>8434755
Using the same knit, interfacing it, and using a double layer would look fine for the capelet and skirt. The pants stripe being a different color looks fine to me. It better matches his boots and belt browns as it is on your pic.

[Anonymous No.8435261]

>>8434700

Looks like stretch twill or otherwise stretch cotton to me.

[Anonymous No.8435269]

>>8434833
>>8435244
I haven't made any kind of body suit yet. Would moleskin possibly be a good in between of leather and spandex? How the heck would you get the texture effect of the part on the sleeves and the front near the zipper?
Correct me if I have no idea what I'm talking about. I always fuck up choosing my materials so I guess it's best to ask my dumb questions now. I would really like to have something to wear when I get this the new pipboy.
>>8434799
Yeah right? I would try my best to adapt it from male to female. The seams have always been so complicated on the vault suits.

[Anonymous No.8435337]

>>8434700
In the concept art book for 3 it says denim. Which makes sense for American Workwear at the time frame apparently.

It's so bloody hard to tell in the screenshots for 4 though. Graphics have taken a back seat to make way for settlements and crafting and now it looks like a gross painted on catsuit again.

I'd say it's just down to personal interpretation. I'm think I'm gonna go with denim or twill. Will be easier to give a real leather, worn look. Might put the yellow parts on with a kind of pleather.

The real question is when can I mod in a Tunnel Snakes jacket.

[Anonymous No.8435353]

>>8435337
Literally right after posting this I find this screenshot which shows more textures.

So yes maybe pleather or even some kind of textured wetsuit fabric?

[Anonymous No.8435446]

What should I use for the gold trim pieces? I was thinking gold vinyl, but I'm worried about shaping it on the pockets.

[Anonymous No.8435496]

>>8435353

This looks even less like pleather to me. The blue texture looks woven, not pebbling on leather. The brown, sure, that can be leather, but I just don't see it on the blue.

[Anonymous No.8435514]

>>8435353
>>8434700
>>8434705
Bethesda should have someone make real versions of their designs just so they can make them realistic/ a bit easier for cosplayers (with knowing what the costumer did)
I mean they'd never do it but it would be cool

[Anonymous No.8435807]

>>8435446
Gold vinyl I think would work, just heat n bond cutouts to the pocket flaps. You can also use crepe back satin or something similar, but for the pockets you'd need to satin stitch the edges so they don't fray.

[Anonymous No.8436478]

Bunny Suits. Would a heavy satin work well for the 'outside' layer

[Anonymous No.8436498]

>>8436478

yes if tailored well

[Anonymous No.8436502]

>>8436498
What would be the best fabric then?

[Anonymous No.8438069]

>>8434591
It's supposed to be feathers but the style of the in game animation means you'd bee better off using strips of fabric to get it to sit and move properly.

[Anonymous No.8438096]

>>8435337
>>8435353
>>8434705
>>8434700

Fallout 1 and 2 said the suits were leather but they looked more like rubbery spandex due to the graphical limitations

Fallout 3 described the suits as being made of denim and made them look like denim in game.

Fallout NV described them as being leather but kept the denim models from Fallout 3

Fallout 4 looks like leather once again.

From what has been posted it looks like an old school leather racing suit.

[Anonymous No.8438117]

>>8434607
>>8434630
>>8434622
>>8435244
Thanks for the replies! I think I'm gonna go with tattered fabric but maybe add in a couple of feathers if I feel it adds to the overall look and character.

[Anonymous No.8440248]

>>8432367
Looks like someone called you out >>8439958

[Anonymous No.8441179]

>>8440248
Jealousy

[Anonymous No.8443385]

I've posted this one a few times, but I'm still trying to work it out.

Any suggestions for a pleated skirt that will have embroidery? I'm planning on embroider on the flower details with faux silk (probably) and then pleating it, so it should be able to hold up well with embroider and pleats (I'll be using starch) but nothing too stiff to make the pleats look weird would be ideal.

[Anonymous No.8443393]

>>8443385
Use duchess Satin, silk will move too much and not hold the pleats as well.
Also it'd be really cool if you painted the branches then did the flowers on top so the flowers stand out.

[Anonymous No.8443477]

>>8443393
I've never used duchess satin, so I'm a little apprehensive. Would it be very difficult to make the pleats and make them stay? I've only ever made pleated skirts with cotton and polyester blends.

[Anonymous No.8443490]

What fabric would be best for a school uniform blazer??

[Anonymous No.8443534]

>>8443490
They're usually made of polyester twill. Most bottomweight twill, gabardine, and suitings (like bengaline) will work.

[Anonymous No.8443574]

>>8443477
It's stiffer and moves less than silk. I don't know what to compare it to, but it's easier than silk.

[Anonymous No.8446813]

>>8443574
I'll give it a go then. Should I match the top and use duchess satin as well?

[Anonymous No.8447230]

>>8434822
Love the picture lol

[Anonymous No.8447238]

What materials would be good for the outfit and the cape/lining of the cape near the emblem? Also something that won't break my neck either.

Budget: mid to high depending on the price.

[Anonymous No.8451537]

>>8447238
That depends. This is a very stylized drawing of a simple outfit. Do you want to make a realistic analogue or make your outfit look cartoonish?

[Anonymous No.8451544]

>>8447238
Drill outer, crepe lining.

[Anonymous No.8452357]

>>8451537
I'm trying to make it as close to the actual source material as possible. Here's a better picture of the whole thing.

>>8451544
Thanks a lot.

[Anonymous No.8454095]

>>8434700
if you're not in a hurry, one of the concept artists might post the turnaround with material suggestion for the texture artist after the game comes out.

[Sharmota !NARDSdygmc No.8454112]

Is there a reference chart with pictures which lists fabric types and their texture, thickness, and drape? Having a cheat sheet like that would make being a sewing newfag so much easier.

[Anonymous No.8454867]

Any idea what fabric (if any) this girl used and how she attached it? The yellow pieces

[Anonymous No.8454874]

>>8454867
2/2

[Anonymous No.8454879]

>>8454867
Could be yellow vinyl? I'm guessing it's attached with Heat 'n Bond.

[Anonymous No.8454888]

>>8454879
Thanks. I'll check it out

[Anonymous No.8454926]

>>8454867
I think that's paint. You can tell because the lines are kind of messy. I'd probably use heat transfer vinyl if you want it to look clean. You can get it by the foot on ebay.

[Anonymous No.8457946]

>>8454112
It's called google.

[Sharmota !NARDSdygmc No.8457977]

>>8457946
I wouldn't be asking if I was able to find one on google, dear snippy Anon~

[Anonymous No.8457988]

>>8457977
Everyone else managed by learning. Why not see if you can buy a sample book?

[Anonymous No.8458001]

>>8454112
There's a lot that pictures and words can't convey about textiles. I recommend going into a fabric store and simply get a feel of all the different types they offer. Even a difference in fiber content for two fabrics marked as the same thing (e.g. "twill", "poplin") will show differences in hand and drape. There isn't a good way to generalize them.

[Sharmota !NARDSdygmc No.8458082]

>>8458001
>Even a difference in fiber content for two fabrics marked as the same thing (e.g. "twill", "poplin") will show differences in hand and drape. There isn't a good way to generalize them.
Ah, that makes sense.

My issue is that its not easy for me to get to the fabric store so I was hoping there might be some sort of chart that would help me choose the right type of fabric so I could order it online without worrying about it being too thick/thin for a project.

It's a shame there's variation, but I guess next time I go to the fabric store I'll just have to spend some time exploring.

[Anonymous No.8458245]

>>8458082

Go to fabric store, study fabrics, especially how they look when piled on a flat surface, since this is how many online stock photos are taken & gives you a lot of visual info about the properties of a fabric. Go online with the names of fabrics that you learned, order swatches in the colors that you think may be accurate.