The fantasy builds keep coming! After my recent Rogue and Mage projects, I decided to add a third character to the party.

For this project, I’m modifying a lot of the patterns I made for the recent Witcher project. I started with the tunic/jerkin. The Witcher pattern was very close, but to get closer to the character art, I decided to modify it to remove the waist seam and chest dart on the front and instead have laces down the side fronts.

I revised the pattern and, for ease of initial construction, I just used one wide strip in the middle of the front that would eventually serve as the two edges that would hold all the grommets for the laces.

For this jerkin, I decided to use a wide-wale corduroy and brown faux leather. It will also be trimmed in black with copper finishings.

Once the front pieces were assembled, the brown leather strip was split down the center to create the pieces that would lace together. The seams were trimmed with black soutache cord, and the edges were bound in thin black faux leather.

Next, I added the yoke over the shoulders and the grommets for the front laces. I also decorated the edges with copper-colored studs. I used leather cord and small copper tips for the lacing detail on the front.

The corduroy collar was added next, and the center front bands and bands at the bottom were made of black faux leather.

The back of the vest was next. I attached it to the yoke and then reinforced the sides with Cordura for the grommets and lacing.

At the same time, all of the edges of the vest were bound with thin faux leather, and soutache trim was added to the rest of the seams between the black and brown pieces.

I wanted to create a small pauldron to overhang the shirt sleeves. I made a simple paper template and tested the fit. The pauldrons were assembled in brown and black, trimmed, and edged. I used brass snaps to attach the pauldrons to the vest.

The shirt was next. I used a multi colored tan linen for the shirt and added some soutache trim. I wanted the shirt for this costume to look a little more “fancy” than the others - like the thief had stolen an expensive shirt and was wearing it, and now it’s aged and a little dingy.

The cut of the shirt is similar to that of the Rogue and Mage, and I maintained the theme of layered collars to make all three costumes appear as if they belonged to the same story/world.

The next step was to create the buckles and straps that close the vest (also based on the Witcher gambeson). I used the same black faux leather as the edging and backed it with Cordura to reinforce it and give it a bit more weight.

The straps were attached to the front edges of the vest and decorated with brass studs.

No thief would be complete without a hood.

For this character, I didn’t want to cover up the details of the vest, so I pulled some inspiration from Edward Kenway and created a close-fitting hooded cowl that snaps to the vest in the front (similar to the pauldrons).

At this point, I started working on the decorative elements I wanted for the project. I decided to go back to Witcher once again and use the medallions and bracer armor.

I used the molds I had from the Witcher build and cast the pieces in lightweight resin. I then painted the pieces in black with bronze accents.

Base pieces for the bracers were made from black faux leather, backed with headliner foam, and trimmed to match the rest of the costume. The resin pieces attach to the bracers with Chicago screws.