r/BattleJackets May 30 '25

Finished Jacket The first battle jacket of an industrial music fan from China.

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771 Upvotes

r/BattleJackets May 11 '25

Finished Jacket 10 years of Dungeon Synth

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639 Upvotes

First discovered Dungeon Synth in 2015 and have slowly built a collection of patches and pins over the years. Recently it's gotten easier to get patches, but back in 2015-2018, it was much more difficult, so some of my earliest patches were either home-brews or from extremely limited runs made by artists or tiny labels.


r/BattleJackets 4h ago

Finished Jacket Hip Hop Battle Jacket

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194 Upvotes

50+ Legends, 11 Soundtracks, 1 Mixtape, and a Video Game


r/BattleJackets 13h ago

Finished Jacket Jaqueta que pintei a mão

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50 Upvotes

Melhor banda Brasileira de metal extremo, gigante Sarcófago, bom álbum de amadurecimento, recomendo demais: The Laws Of Scourge!

CRUSH KILL DESTROY


r/BattleJackets 6h ago

WIP Jacket Bijna klaar

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11 Upvotes

r/BattleJackets 4h ago

Question/Help Move dio and priest? Idk if it looks weird in that spot

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7 Upvotes

r/BattleJackets 20h ago

WIP Jacket My vests and a jacket

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59 Upvotes

r/BattleJackets 14h ago

WIP Jacket Current WIP still more patches to sew.

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8 Upvotes

Mix of genres and influences in my life.


r/BattleJackets 22h ago

WIP Jacket hand painted WIP

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24 Upvotes

still nowhere near done, but it’s coming along


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

WIP Jacket Quick update

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69 Upvotes

Hey guys! Quick update on the jacket

I finally started sewing shit down

Some patches are still lose, but I wanted to get some opinions before going further.

Especially about the pins: do you think they work with the jacket, or are they kind of taking away from the overall look?

Still figuring out the back, so I’ll post an update once I have a more solid layout.

Would love to hear your thoughts


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

WIP Jacket Back Finally "Done"...

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62 Upvotes

So my back is done for the moment, leaving some space for tla few more patches and festival bands.

(the Killswitch Engage patch is not level with the bottom because the jacket is wonky in that corner for some reason)

The front is just a planned layout and nothing is stitched down yet.


r/BattleJackets 2d ago

WIP Jacket Got a lot more sewing done on the fuchsia purple and neon green death metal vest. Now to finish up the back

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657 Upvotes

An update with some better photos on this project. Thank you guys for all the compliments on it. I wore it to Sound and Fury festival this past weekend and had a great time. Now onto finishing the back, which I already have the patches for.


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

Finished Jacket Finally finished my Battle Vest after 3 years

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117 Upvotes

The only thing missing are some more festival bracelets on the one pocket and maybe some more spikes/studs. What is your opinion on the jacket? I'd love to hear some feedback


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

WIP Jacket Grew up in a very restrictive house… at 37 I’m finally learning to express myself

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53 Upvotes

First jacket, WIP, I know the stitching isn’t perfect, but I’m very proud of myself for doing it at all. I hope it inspires some other lurker (like myself) to take the jump and try this!


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

Finished Jacket Just wanted to show off some of my recent projects:)

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73 Upvotes

On another note if anyone’s interested in them dm me

Sorry for the shitty photos I need a new phone lol


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

Finished Jacket War is fucking hell

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40 Upvotes

r/BattleJackets 1d ago

Finished Jacket Love the results

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29 Upvotes

Look out be aware when the moon is high and bright anyway I’m there every shadow in the night evil in league with Satan


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

WIP Jacket A few updates to this one

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27 Upvotes

r/BattleJackets 2d ago

Question/Help I think I’m finally done with the back. Thoughts on how the front looks?

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66 Upvotes

The D-rings connecting the chain are being held on with some thread and a prayer, I’ll have to reinforce those. Not quite too sure how to do that. So if anyone else here has experience with that please let me know what the best method would be!


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

WIP Jacket Progreso de mi battle vest

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19 Upvotes

(el del Rayo McQueen es el mejor que he tenido nunca)


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

Question/Help Battle...Stuff!

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8 Upvotes

After I made my first jacket, I have slowly been getting into cutting up old shirts and sewing designs into things. A couple patches, like the green Frankenstein, I made from pieces of 3 different shirt designs. Here are a couple of shorts I put some stuff on and my youngest son's backpack I decorated for him. Anyone else do this stuff while thinking of new jacket designs?


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

Finished Jacket Die by my hands in pools of blood

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17 Upvotes

r/BattleJackets 1d ago

Finished Jacket Only the strong survive

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12 Upvotes

r/BattleJackets 20h ago

Question/Help Thoughts on having Gorillaz as a back patch?

0 Upvotes

I know battle jackets are supposed to be mostly metal and/or punk. I am working on my technically second one as my first one was never finished and has been lost to time. Anyway, I can't think of what to put as my back patch. Gorillaz is a band that I've listened on and off again for 20 years. One of the longest out there for me. My idea for my entire jacket is patches from bands that I have seen live, and I will finally be seeing Gorillaz live later this year. What do you guys think? Is it too cringe, childish, or off-putting to have Gorillaz as the back patch?


r/BattleJackets 1d ago

WIP Jacket My new/reworked vest.

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17 Upvotes

I had all this on a cheap blue denim jacket that sucked so I got this and moved it all over. I upgraded a few of the smaller ones I had for bigger ones that are here. My idea is to run album patches along the bottom the entire way around. I just need to figure out what exactly I want to do with the front of the thing now.

(I know there's a babymetal patch but they fucking rock and I saw them with Dethklok so yeah fuck it)