Sideshow figure clothing

[mothperson]

Has anyone tried making clothing for their Sideshow figures?

I was just examining my Spike (my first) and thinking Spike would not wear a polyester shirt, unless it was borrowed from Xander maybe. And there's something odd about the coat - should there be side seam splits as well as the back seam one? It certainly needs to look more battered. Painted dirt, etc. It's way too pristine.

So I'm considering doing some work I haven't tried since, well, a very long time ago. If anyone has any tips, I'd appreciate hearing them.

If there were a normal Willow, I'd get out my tiniest knitting needles and try to make sweaters, but somehow I don't think vamp Willow wears them. And I'm not going to get any Willow that doesn't wear eccentric sweaters.

[Dark Stone]

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[willowswarlok]

i make clothes for all my sideshow customs
to make them, i lay the fabric out, inside out and then lay the figure on top. i then draw around the figures body leaving about a centimeter around the edge, this will acount for the sides etc. if you want it baggier, then leave more room etc. it takes a while to get right but bear with it. also, to make jeans, i lay the jeans down inside out and lay the figure down, i then draw around the legs, again leaving about a cm around the top of the legs and from the knee downwards i slope the line outwards, to make a flare look, the flarier you want the jeans, the bigger the slope should be outwards, if that makes any sense. i also extend the waistline upwards, this accounts for any shortness of the legs so they can be pulled down a little and can easily be covered by the shirt. if the shirt is like a bellytop or something, obviously you will have to account for this
wayne

[mothperson]

I can pretty much understand how you make clothes for 12" figures. What I wonder about most is how you get the scale of the fabrics to look realistic - like, say, jeans, or a sweater. You have to have a really tiny weave or knit to manage that.

There *are* people who make perfect clothing at 1" = 12" (so, as if they were making clothes for the 6" figures) for fabulous sums, so I know it can be done. I'm just wondering if any action figure fanatics are as fanatic as "normal" dollhouse miniaturists.

It seems like you could make pretty good clothes for 12" figures, adapting Barbie/Ken patterns, if such things still exist. The sideshow clothes are okay, but I think they could be vastly improved if one wanted to go into custom couturier.