-In Progress- The Prop

Prop

Creating the prop was the easiest task out of the three as i could base it off of both the environment, character and backstory to ensure that something relatively simple but fitting could be created. As my character is rather creative and was adopted by a leather worker, i thought that it would only be fair if the prop was created out of the material using his own skills, learnt within the trade. Due to this hand made nature, it would be extremely scruffy but successful enough at its job that my character would be proud to use it.

My character is very thorny/ scaly, making any item of clothing practically useless so i decided on a bag. This could very easily be created and used by my character each time he ventured out in to the swampy woodlands and the material used to make it could be easily justified in his backstory due to the hatred he had towards a leather coat he was forced to wear in public.

As the information alongside it is fairly difficult to read within the image, i will re-write it below;

1). An extremely simple bag, made from old tattered leather. Through extensive use and a rough lifestyle, it has become torn and generally damaged almost beyond anything but basic use. It is used by my character to carry materials such as rope, dried meat and salvaged materials found along his travels. The bag was created by my character out of an old overcoat he wore whilst in th human society/ town to make him look less intimidating and less of a threat to the people around him. It was generally Uncomfortable to wear due to the spikes and scales across his body. As he was brought up by a leather worker, it turned in to a personal goal to turn the coat in to something far more useful.

2). Each side is made of a simple rectangular peice of leather, from the torn back of his overcoat. Wear and tear has almost completely torn it apart.

3). The side halves are held to the main leather face with simple rope tires. My character tore these small peices of rope and created binding holes for them using his sharp claws.

4). The closing mechanic uses two leather straps, each bound/ tied in to a loop. The lower binding fixes t othe pocket and has a curved chunk of wood tied to one end. The top leather loop simply catches under this, pulling the top of the bag towards the pocket, closing it.

5). The top strap is made of a long strip of roughly torn leather, threaded through the holes in the bag, looped round on itself and then bound at either end/ tied in a knot.

6). This is a simple square piece of leather, bound on all sides except the top, to make a feasible pocket. The top has a slit to allow for the closing mechanics.

7). These are extremely simple bindings, consisting of multiple rope loops for added strength and to hold the pocket in place.

8). The main, outer bag is made out of a single, long strip of leather which is held in shape by the side halves and rope bindings. Each binding hole is once again made using my character's claws, making it rather rough.