Scratch Build – In Progress The PantMod

I was feeling especially creative (and bored) today, so I decided to turn my modding attention to my pants. Here are the materials that I used: an old pair of lucky jeans, a handmade flame stencil, some duplicolor vinyl & fabric paint, and a load of pushpins.


Stencil:

I didn't stay too close to the lines, but that's okay. As long as the cut looks good. The softness of paint minimizes any minor hard edges.

Close up of the paint:

It's made for dashboards, seats, and other vinyl/fabric things. I was under the impression when I bought it that it would lay down vinyl like paint, turning whatever I painted into vinyl. Not so much.

Push pins:

You need these.

There's a small stump in my back yard.


Here's what it's for:






I stuffed cardboard in the leg of the jeans, then pinned my stencil and some newspaper to the cardboard. I used a pizza box to protect the rest of the pants from overspray. The 11x17 piece of paper that I used didn't go all the way around the leg of my jeans. I fixed that later.

Painted:



With stencil removed:




That trapezoid is no good. Back out to the yard to fix it. I lined newspaper up with the angles, tacked it down, and sprayed.


I did the triangle after dark without (much) light, and spraying black paint was a little unnerving. If I had been painting anything that wasn't pants, I would have waited till the next day.

The triangle/spike:

The trapezoid still shows through, as I did paint it twice. It looks like it belongs, so I'm not too worried.

And me wearing them:



Victory! I can't wait to wear these tomorrow. Well, I'm wearing them right now, but nobody's here to see. I wish that I had moved the stencil farther up the leg, as the folds of the pants kind of hide the flames . Other than that I'm quite pleased. Let me know what you think!

 

AWESOME, and don't worry were here to see the pant modding

 

you have freakishly large feet.

 

I would have went with flames on the crotch area. If you want to be bold, go all-out!
A good friend had a pair of pants with a 'Fire hose' warning arrow on his zipper cover.

 

That's only because of the freakishly tight pants.