Finalizing and practicing Jessie’s features and colors. She is a fawn that combines features of deer, rabbit, goat, and horse…..a race adapted for rough topography and dense woods. Jessie’s species are also golum or ent like in that they can mimic elements in nature like trees, flowers, and rocks for protective camouflage. Jessie mimics stone and her entire body can harden into one big statue-esque rock. She makes up for her lack of agility, speed, strength, with her supportive and defensive capabilities.
Very very early concepts for Eldoron’s parents. Had an idea and motivation to quickly get these sketches down. Eldoron, his home, and backstory are all going to be major focuses in Book 2. And yes that is a baby freshly hatched Eldoron whom similar to birds of prey is born with fluff and open eyes. Though Vimerians are also born with the yolk sacs still intact and connected to their bellies. They slowly shrink and drop off over the early years leading up to adolescence/fledging.
Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye.
I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.”
Nope.
It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that.
That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol.
So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.
WELL THEN!
this may be important to some of my followers *and certainly not just getting reblogged because of my costuming and my boyfriends desire for leather armor*
When I was in middle school we used to use it to dye our hair. Potent stuff.
If you’re dying anything with kool-aid it’s best to use SUGAR-FREE ones otherwise the thing you’re dying might get all sticky
the flavor only packets where you are supposed add sugar are the best. they will dye any natural fiber: leather, wool, cotton, hair, flax, jute, silk and so forth. heat the dye water so it is more potent. let dry then rinse excess out in cold water. there’s a whole system to this.
Oh my god
This will prove very useful for any future cosplays I wanna do.
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