
A goth-punk set of spiked collar and armbands I made for a themed party/LARP. They’re made of 1 inch wide leather bands, stained black, with mirror-finish nickel-plated spikes, buckles and rivets. The cone spikes are sized at 1 inch, 1/2 inch, and short.
I think they look cool, but I don’t really know if I’ll have much chance to wear them. I should maybe convince some friends to all mob to a goth club or something.
I enjoyed making them, but I think I likely won’t work very hard to sell them or similar pieces. They aren’t very much in genre with most of my other stuff, and they’re not super original or anything. I feel like there isn’t much reason for someone to go to me to make these rather than just going to Hot Topic or wherever. Of course, I could be convinced otherwise. And I might play around with more inventive designs in this sort of vein.
[edit:] Since I had a couple people express interest, here's a price breakdown:
A single collar like this is $40.
A single armband like this is $30.
A pair of armbands like this is $50.
The whole set together is $75.
But if more than one person want a set, the second person will have to wait, because I'm almost out of the 1/2" spikes, and it'll take a few days for more to arrive.
Oh right, and as usual there are some more photos over on my Tumblr page: http://armoreddragon.tumblr.com/post/80016068356
I think they look cool, but I don’t really know if I’ll have much chance to wear them. I should maybe convince some friends to all mob to a goth club or something.
I enjoyed making them, but I think I likely won’t work very hard to sell them or similar pieces. They aren’t very much in genre with most of my other stuff, and they’re not super original or anything. I feel like there isn’t much reason for someone to go to me to make these rather than just going to Hot Topic or wherever. Of course, I could be convinced otherwise. And I might play around with more inventive designs in this sort of vein.
[edit:] Since I had a couple people express interest, here's a price breakdown:
A single collar like this is $40.
A single armband like this is $30.
A pair of armbands like this is $50.
The whole set together is $75.
But if more than one person want a set, the second person will have to wait, because I'm almost out of the 1/2" spikes, and it'll take a few days for more to arrive.
Oh right, and as usual there are some more photos over on my Tumblr page: http://armoreddragon.tumblr.com/post/80016068356
Category Photography / Still Life
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I know they're well-made, that's not really what's at stake. It's more that there are a good number of people already making similar products to these, and if I made lots of them then I'd just be another one of those people who makes these things. My goal with the things I design is to instead make things that other people aren't making, things that are unique and new. If I've got things that you can't get anywhere else, there's a clear reason to shop with me. If I'm making things that are pretty similar to products that are available in a number of other places, then I have to provide some other reason to buy my stuff rather than all those other people's stuff.
Or did you mean my prices were lower than you'd expect?
Or did you mean my prices were lower than you'd expect?
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