Classic Lego Space Flight Jacket

Learn to paint on leather with this design for veterans of the Lego Space Corps.

Written by Windell Oskay

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Space image — iStock.com/Juliann Brown; Lego jacket — Lenore M. Edman/Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

HERE’S A LITTLE PROJECT THAT WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME: a custom-painted leather flight jacket featuring the “Classic Lego Space” logo. (Yes, I totally spent years serving in the Lego Space Corps!) If you’ve ever wanted to make your own painted leather jacket—whatever the theme—here’s how to do it.

For this project we used Angelus leather paints, which are highly flexible acrylic paints from the ...

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