Custom Mini-Fig Uniforms

[kurigan]

I'm looking for opinions on which style looks better.

The right hand one is a conventional torso print. The left is made from the same elements but uses a paper jack, pinned in place over the toros print by the arms. I plan to make one or both of these the standard For the officers of my MOC fleet.

All the printing and design was done by me at home on my PC and inkjet printer.

[Capt. Stabbin]

These look nice. Personally I prefer the one on the left. It fits in with the contours of the minifig better.

[Sebeus I]

I like the jacket on the right but the left one might be more practical .

Well, it's your dilemma .

[Robianco]

If you go for the one on the left and want them machine printed there's someone on eBay who does double sided print for $5 per torso. You have to order 5 at a time though.

I actually prefer the shirt and jacket style of the figure on the right for my twopenneth.

[kurigan]

Meet Lieutenant Nicholas “Dashing Nick” Halden, HM Sloop Ramcat, commanding. He’s making an appearance to display the new prototype for my custom uniforms. The print job isn’t great and the color match is terrible. When I print the on a professional grade printer that can match the color codes, the transitions will be seamless.

Though I’ve continued work on more conventional torso prints, and rather like what I have, I find the results I’ve been getting with the paper coats intriguing. With conventional torso prints all the detail occurs on the chest in two dimensions. To me it hinders including subtlety and detail. I just never found torso prints entirely convincing especially for historic clothing. In the 19^th century coats don’t stop at the waist and collars don’t lie on the shoulders. My solution is a longer coat, and yes the mini fig can still sit down in it, and a stand up collar.

What do you all think?

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