[lancesmith]

Does anyone here sew fabric clothes for their figures? I find that adding fabric clothes and pieces to my existing figures provides an improved sense of realism and detail to each figure I customize. If I'm unable to build an outfit with my sewing machine, then I will try my best to locate an alternative. Due to the popularity of Mego-style figures, I've noticed it's much easier to find fabric clothes for that scale than any other. For that reason, I mostly prefer to collect figures around the 6 inch, 7 inch and 8 inch scale.

[Dr Kain]

I don't because I hate fabric on my figures, especially 6 inch ones. I prefer rubber capes because they don't tear, shred, wear out, get stained, etc, and they look like they do in whatever medium they are from.

[jedirulz123]

I'll always give a cloth cape to my 3.75" figures that need one. Thor, Odin, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Punisher, & Loki all have a cloth cape or coat

[Dreadnox]

I like the third party robes for Black Series, have a few more on order now.

[Il Cattivo]

don't know about sewing my own but I recently bought a prequel obi-wan for his robes and gave it to my potj obi-wan.

[lancesmith]

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Originally Posted by Il Cattivo

don't know about sewing my own but I recently bought a prequel obi-wan for his robes and gave it to my potj obi-wan.

That's a great modification for the Obi-Wan figure! Simple, but practical. My biggest personal pet peeve with action figures is limited articulation, because it's like owning a statue. Companies such as Hasbro and now NECA are doing a great job adding to the realism by having excellent articulation. Sometimes, rubber or plastic capes aren't bad, but it really depends on the particular character.

If there's something I can't get right or sew myself, I try to locate a functional piece from another figure. Most of the clothing available on classictvtoys.com is made for the 8 inch scale figures, although they do have options for the female figures. Ultimately, I've found it can be easier to make a piece yourself instead of trying to modify an existing one from a larger figure.