I am a huge star wars fan and have many star wars props from blasters to helmets to the full Stormtrooper armour.
so to compliment my trooper armour i decided to build a pair of trooper binders.
these are the imperial equivalent of handcuffs.
i started by drawing some plans in illustrator to look like the images i have seen.
i came up with a design where there were four layers of plastic with two extending on the outer two and two extending on the inner two layers to make the hinge.
i glued all the layers together to make the cuffs.
the hinge was created by drilling a hole through all the hinge sections and a wire peg being inserted, there was no glue used as it was a tolerance fit so there was some resistance.
once all were glued together and dry you get a good idea of what they will look like.
i then sprayed them with a very light grey paint.
once all the paint had dried i glued some window insulation foam around the inside of the cuffs.
i stuck two lines of foam side by side to fill the space inside the cuffs.
once i had my cuffs i decided to create a holster to hold them and hang them from the stormtrooper belt.
I stuck 3 A4 sheets together in e T shape as i didn't have any larger paper.
I drew out a net that would fold up and hold the cuffs.
once i had the net correct taped it down onto some leather effect vinyl.
Then i cut out the shape from the vinyl.
I marked out the fold lines and the stitching points.
i punched a small hole through the stitching points to make it easier when i came to sew it.
i cut Three strips, two long 11 inch ones and one 4.5 inches long and punched the holes needed to attach them all together.
After all the holes were punched i dyed the rear of all the parts to make them black as they were a light colour to start with.
using press studs and rivets i fixed all the parts together.
then i stitched the parts that fold round and hold the the cuffs in.
All finished.
I drew out a net that would fold up and hold the cuffs.
once i had the net correct taped it down onto some leather effect vinyl.
Then i cut out the shape from the vinyl.
I marked out the fold lines and the stitching points.
i cut Three strips, two long 11 inch ones and one 4.5 inches long and punched the holes needed to attach them all together.
After all the holes were punched i dyed the rear of all the parts to make them black as they were a light colour to start with.
using press studs and rivets i fixed all the parts together.
then i stitched the parts that fold round and hold the the cuffs in.
All finished.
hi would you be willing to make 2 of these cuffs?
ReplyDeletepls email me back at ouderkirk442@gmail.com
thank you
matt
Hi, i don't take commissions for props at the moment but you can buy the plans to make this prop from here : https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/backwardslamb?section_id=13855135
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