08-10-2004, 05:23 PM
Here ya go! REAL easy.
It is fairly simple to do weathering, all you need is shoe polish a rag, and a pair of fairly sharp scissors. Here\'s how I did mine;
first, Make varying cuts at the collar, cuffs and bottom of the sweater, (I\'m assuming it\'s wool, if it\'s not this won\'t work) then just pull the cuts apart with your fingers, they will fray nicely. Then lay the sweater out flat on a table with some news paper under it to prevent a mess (trust me, you will make a mess!) Get the shoe polish ready and wrap the rag around your fingers, take a healthy dip of the polish (you\'ll quickly figure out how much you need) and starting at the top bar work it in up and down, side to side, and in a circle. You really want it to be applied as hap hazard as possible, to avoid looking like it was put on. Make a few really dirty spots and some cleaner, to break up any possible pattern, which is NOT what you want. I also took a nail and made a few small holes and tears, by sticking the nail in and pulling out at an angle, I also made those spots dirtier then the rest. Just work your way down bar by bar until you get to the bottom, I found it easiest to do the front of the sleeves next since you\'re already there. Same thing as the front, but I made the cuffs a bit dirtier near the bottom. Then flip it over and do the back the same way you did the front. Pay careful attention to the seems on the sides of the sweater and sleeves, make sure you get them good or you will have two clean spots running up both arms and sides. Once you are happy with how it is bunch it together and rub it together a ton. Then put the sweater outside to dry for a couple hours, and it will be perfect, no smell or anything!
For the hat, it’s pretty much the same method only on a smaller level. Use your rag with one or two fingers to cover the smaller area. The first thing you want to dirty is where the head band sits, since I’d imagine Freddy would sweat a fair bit you want to accentuate that. Take a smallish dip of the polish with two fingers and really rub it into the area, again in a few different directions to prevent any pattern from forming. Go all the way around the hat making some spots a little grimier. Once you have a ring around the hat, use the same two fingers and a little less polish and feather the edges, bringing them up to the crown, and down to the brim. Do that all the way around until you’re happy with it. Next, you want to add dirt to the rest of the hat, again use your own judgment since it’s your hat, but try to add dirt first in areas that would get dirty in real life, i.e. the top of the crown from sitting on the ground, the tip of the hat, where you grab it to put it on, around the dimples in the front where dirt would collect etc. Then take a very small amount of polish on your rag and rub it all over, giving it a somewhat patchy coating. Once that’s done, don’t forget to flip it over and do the underside of the brim, and the edges.
It is fairly simple to do weathering, all you need is shoe polish a rag, and a pair of fairly sharp scissors. Here\'s how I did mine;
first, Make varying cuts at the collar, cuffs and bottom of the sweater, (I\'m assuming it\'s wool, if it\'s not this won\'t work) then just pull the cuts apart with your fingers, they will fray nicely. Then lay the sweater out flat on a table with some news paper under it to prevent a mess (trust me, you will make a mess!) Get the shoe polish ready and wrap the rag around your fingers, take a healthy dip of the polish (you\'ll quickly figure out how much you need) and starting at the top bar work it in up and down, side to side, and in a circle. You really want it to be applied as hap hazard as possible, to avoid looking like it was put on. Make a few really dirty spots and some cleaner, to break up any possible pattern, which is NOT what you want. I also took a nail and made a few small holes and tears, by sticking the nail in and pulling out at an angle, I also made those spots dirtier then the rest. Just work your way down bar by bar until you get to the bottom, I found it easiest to do the front of the sleeves next since you\'re already there. Same thing as the front, but I made the cuffs a bit dirtier near the bottom. Then flip it over and do the back the same way you did the front. Pay careful attention to the seems on the sides of the sweater and sleeves, make sure you get them good or you will have two clean spots running up both arms and sides. Once you are happy with how it is bunch it together and rub it together a ton. Then put the sweater outside to dry for a couple hours, and it will be perfect, no smell or anything!
For the hat, it’s pretty much the same method only on a smaller level. Use your rag with one or two fingers to cover the smaller area. The first thing you want to dirty is where the head band sits, since I’d imagine Freddy would sweat a fair bit you want to accentuate that. Take a smallish dip of the polish with two fingers and really rub it into the area, again in a few different directions to prevent any pattern from forming. Go all the way around the hat making some spots a little grimier. Once you have a ring around the hat, use the same two fingers and a little less polish and feather the edges, bringing them up to the crown, and down to the brim. Do that all the way around until you’re happy with it. Next, you want to add dirt to the rest of the hat, again use your own judgment since it’s your hat, but try to add dirt first in areas that would get dirty in real life, i.e. the top of the crown from sitting on the ground, the tip of the hat, where you grab it to put it on, around the dimples in the front where dirt would collect etc. Then take a very small amount of polish on your rag and rub it all over, giving it a somewhat patchy coating. Once that’s done, don’t forget to flip it over and do the underside of the brim, and the edges.