tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79676763357822887582024-03-16T03:11:35.535+02:00A Merry All-nighterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-63845889184230433272023-07-19T11:23:00.006+03:002023-07-19T11:36:31.184+03:00Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?<p> Been a while since I posted about working on Alice Misstitched version, so here's the rest of the WIP's since the costume's finally finished.</p><p>In the end what I though would be a fairly "fast and simple" costume to make, it was possible to put a lot of hand stitching and other fiddling in it, which made it a lot longer project than I originally anticipated. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmcqIlQc09AIOsLhgvfda6aq67xB0cYrDv369QMTAJbuX0tJf3lXqlpbvSOKqODh9nZUMmWUjWNopBFE6LNu4xyP_Wb62BMTzqYqvzOl6NzTL6tqc7XleneeJUv1ZnVu_8JXu2DtRVriniNtX2zEu8LBcC7k7qnINkkz8DcE9yuR6j-0zO04sGXbaDsk/s3000/DSC02342.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmcqIlQc09AIOsLhgvfda6aq67xB0cYrDv369QMTAJbuX0tJf3lXqlpbvSOKqODh9nZUMmWUjWNopBFE6LNu4xyP_Wb62BMTzqYqvzOl6NzTL6tqc7XleneeJUv1ZnVu_8JXu2DtRVriniNtX2zEu8LBcC7k7qnINkkz8DcE9yuR6j-0zO04sGXbaDsk/s320/DSC02342.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by rricodere(IG), edit me</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><br /><p><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vXP1uQUFxaHQh_jC4vJUYRXLu4qUQQV1waMOxROj2uDh4YAN2WjhQrVlI9qNac5kp3QxCChGpUvwQSnrtxNdfTs4LEiwaVdkK-GLWLokSuYdPyMI_4kjy3lbfAKEMgP5xHAbCBZp4bEOiykY6TacA_GFo0m8tAepsKIRnwc02SiSVSoS0RBC-3jxzRU/s4096/GridArt_20230224_170033071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="4096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vXP1uQUFxaHQh_jC4vJUYRXLu4qUQQV1waMOxROj2uDh4YAN2WjhQrVlI9qNac5kp3QxCChGpUvwQSnrtxNdfTs4LEiwaVdkK-GLWLokSuYdPyMI_4kjy3lbfAKEMgP5xHAbCBZp4bEOiykY6TacA_GFo0m8tAepsKIRnwc02SiSVSoS0RBC-3jxzRU/s320/GridArt_20230224_170033071.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Since I sewed the stripes on by hand, it took a long time to finish the top skirt. The shape is still the hardest part for me, and I keep pulling myself back from wanting to make it wider. Alice's skirts are not actually very puffy or wide, they are quit narrow and long. The mostly vary in length, Misstitched being one of the longest with Steamdress and Silk Maiden being shorter. But I think I've been accustomed to people making them rather wider than narrower, so my brain is constantly making me feel like it should be..more.</p><p>The edge of the petticoat is sewn on a fold, and the top part is shallowly scallop shaped. It makes the edge puff softly, rather than fold. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-7ztS64vXGVuJFtzjjOUt4DmnA8iEzmWBG2QqtT82qjqZBJSPFZEafghWz_42dE5E_0LSV-If5wkOuOJYBqkdM39E7xSXgRwC-hOfqxNofnqdHSzBz6wMkHPNTxV9nq0MBguf0WYxqXHR5eFSRG3_rygBZ3jwwqWoo_Fvxhe2x_I19faTxv0L1hVl5M/s3852/20230226_105342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2686" data-original-width="3852" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-7ztS64vXGVuJFtzjjOUt4DmnA8iEzmWBG2QqtT82qjqZBJSPFZEafghWz_42dE5E_0LSV-If5wkOuOJYBqkdM39E7xSXgRwC-hOfqxNofnqdHSzBz6wMkHPNTxV9nq0MBguf0WYxqXHR5eFSRG3_rygBZ3jwwqWoo_Fvxhe2x_I19faTxv0L1hVl5M/s320/20230226_105342.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>If you look at the stripes in the game art, they are fuzzy, rather than clearly defined, so I went through the edges with some black color to soften them. The difference is kind of small but also very noticeable at the same time. Obviously I made a pocket but instead of the side seam it's hidden under the apron.<br />after putting it together I stressed the edge of the hem with a Dremel sanding bit.<br />The yarn was simply pulled through holes and sewed in place.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tXHqwvn_e7YZBxmaDJDbsaQXQbrfrfBC_wVim8JBCOYJYaBzgooQ8SLtNvtpmGmUqcgxPoFDcwIHLydAMN4_4cvr9V-8T3KZfmKV_jse22Ft6T5bFSZ81wSnluUqxEJp7BCOMRgvF4cnObTOxI9rEj-YZAkTsqhZLfCEnjrThg8y16ErUJtxY5RJ2-U/s4032/20230529_160731%20(1)dnd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tXHqwvn_e7YZBxmaDJDbsaQXQbrfrfBC_wVim8JBCOYJYaBzgooQ8SLtNvtpmGmUqcgxPoFDcwIHLydAMN4_4cvr9V-8T3KZfmKV_jse22Ft6T5bFSZ81wSnluUqxEJp7BCOMRgvF4cnObTOxI9rEj-YZAkTsqhZLfCEnjrThg8y16ErUJtxY5RJ2-U/s320/20230529_160731%20(1)dnd.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The apron needed to be weathered before attaching the pockets on it and it to the skirt. I simply used diluted liquid acrylics and eye shadows for the work, and I think it'll still need another layer of grime later. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made the bias tape from satin and stitched on by hand, I just didn't feel like having top stitching visible. They were a convenient way to cover all the seams and darts in the bodice and sleeves. Under the placket is a zipper. Looking at the reference you can see a darker orange around the stripes again, so I used an eye shadow to bring them out more.<br />The pattern on the collar I cut with a soldering iron and hand stitched on, then also weathered a bit along the edges. You can see a small difference between the treated and untreated sides in the last photo. <br />The pink cord was white cotton that I simply dyed pink, the same one is in the Omega necklace. The necklace is btw not really a necklace, it's attached with snaps on the shoulder seams under the collar so it stays in place somewhat.<br /><br />The dots on the glove and sleeve ruffs are not too clear, so I wanted something that wasn't too opaque and I'm quite happy with how the milky sequins worked.<br /><br />I didn't really photograph making the boots, the straps are faux leather and the buckles from a PVC foam sheet. The boots however are just a loan from another costume since I didn't realize that May-June is not really the season for black leather boots so I'll simply need to swap them to better boots once I find a good pair.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOJYs2_Cl8580a1L6cnyeiPUq5a956Yv4HmkYUAsCiS5-d8v6o4o5SGy8XHQMtYzQshQMPJZLZG4jFFzWZa6hEhCHNLXAMmE7nqK2CxeBMxe0v3SDK2XFgTAa7Ci7t-C6lLyUpns5ye5m4dirbemQ2uVFXAHRR7RVMmmIrLBTldFO6B0auzIIHsZ_4WM/s4032/20230617_172258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlbwoFH-OjRITdm8HYxLHSM4k2xx56KrrdpAoRNl2hvXjhEvnzXES7lITEX8cNnaaR6l7f-2pPqh1MxL0oKk1HskPbMJ2NLL6PaaZlQtAfZ1WfMYotAytuigS5_tCGcJDJShqQZC6dfaTPrvuiV7g2Lb9BBRrm_-BXCemCBUJmHLPWzyd9sWSq7kUBBY/s3000/DSC02351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The bow is fabric covered felt, and I 3D modeled & printed the head. The bow attaches to the waistband with two big snaps.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Alice is still missing a prop or two though! I'm obviously wanting to make the Vorpal Blade but honestly I think the Vorpal Cleaver will come first. Just personally I feel like it matches the Misstitched somehow better. </div></div></div><p></p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-53325883192687204292022-11-18T20:33:00.010+02:002022-11-21T13:00:58.266+02:00I'm THE Cleric?!<p> I can't believe I haven't updated anything here about making Jester. She was a project I started before Covid and very slowly (Covid pretty much coincided with my chronic fatigue period) continued during it. I mostly finished earlier but then did a couple of small touch ups for the Desucon craftmanship competition this year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmITHHpUt3pourb-QF5xa6LHCh2zZiXHkHUG6Ubn5060N1F_pSBy0ynnH3_r5cXcFcF3X_kXp27W7oGtXeeFHHwf2yg71kLLN3pLmgNvVnuEppvdGb2WLz9MctDoVPZzVRpTv72pGulcYJtBKzp6AsFiX80fIhkjCZBf2DTF5ks5StNgQPdEc_A_YE/s1600/1581266713142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmITHHpUt3pourb-QF5xa6LHCh2zZiXHkHUG6Ubn5060N1F_pSBy0ynnH3_r5cXcFcF3X_kXp27W7oGtXeeFHHwf2yg71kLLN3pLmgNvVnuEppvdGb2WLz9MctDoVPZzVRpTv72pGulcYJtBKzp6AsFiX80fIhkjCZBf2DTF5ks5StNgQPdEc_A_YE/s320/1581266713142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p> <a name='more'></a>She was a lovely materials and techniques costume. The underskirt and shirt are loosely woven off white cotton that I embroidered with pearl cotton thread. The sleeve embroidery is double sided since I didn't want to line them to make them any heavier than necessary. I made a stamp and used a pink pastel to press on the pattern to see where to embroider.<br />I decided to go with a separate shirt and skirt because I wanted to be able to make sure the hem stays on place in relation to the blue top skirt, so the skirt layers are a single piece. </p><p>The blue top layer is linen, and the waistband is actually a pretty interesting, I didn't want the opening on the underskirt to be visible from between the blue flaps, which is a logical place for them to attach, so half of one of them is more of a wrap piece that attaches over the opening all the way to the side.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjho6PVM9ArGbojXyjaSlAROACeMNu0p31PtNOI0nUcusjbmZ4IX5ETvMlShhWolK4LeBBNQzNUqpFIPhdZ1G9YkoysW7AzsgBEkrA6ZfVtoe4NUqD1ouKx_Zy3wgEBnpk8n8wq8qy7ifSTEl2ADLcW-sb04y2KBpYHNtR34gDFRIb2cNP5izBV6KWU/s5616/IMG_8596.CR2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3744" data-original-width="5616" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjho6PVM9ArGbojXyjaSlAROACeMNu0p31PtNOI0nUcusjbmZ4IX5ETvMlShhWolK4LeBBNQzNUqpFIPhdZ1G9YkoysW7AzsgBEkrA6ZfVtoe4NUqD1ouKx_Zy3wgEBnpk8n8wq8qy7ifSTEl2ADLcW-sb04y2KBpYHNtR34gDFRIb2cNP5izBV6KWU/s320/IMG_8596.CR2" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRzJXyv1B6-EXGChdF4hEgQghojpYP2pF5PPGyjngjkV7LT5Y24wD0xUXXZyKFlJp-J-e8PMD8JRCteeBTckcXmegoMJvgbhfKz5HVhwHxoT95cprAx9sDR6Mn_n4PtgXyJnzkBkZd15wkdVKUsXZNLdPiyue-R5mp2752dsMSmBX3S924-dS03sL/s5152/IMG_20200405_154924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRzJXyv1B6-EXGChdF4hEgQghojpYP2pF5PPGyjngjkV7LT5Y24wD0xUXXZyKFlJp-J-e8PMD8JRCteeBTckcXmegoMJvgbhfKz5HVhwHxoT95cprAx9sDR6Mn_n4PtgXyJnzkBkZd15wkdVKUsXZNLdPiyue-R5mp2752dsMSmBX3S924-dS03sL/s320/IMG_20200405_154924.jpg" width="241" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVa4ze0XXJO7g1bn9ZNatxMk6cW4uXw_rcZAjvaKwCQZ2ntV5WSFmWny7MRWQFIxBZXjlx0PGIaW2kTQNhKzJ4xIQvHkS2twOdXUTNVKuRYqJOJs3lCf7Lc1V7IXmexstvXMf3-ivCvzSHae1ZNmIqF3YbFznuKzLtBRtSOYcrv-gccd82qf7Zq4BC/s5152/IMG_20200415_232813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVa4ze0XXJO7g1bn9ZNatxMk6cW4uXw_rcZAjvaKwCQZ2ntV5WSFmWny7MRWQFIxBZXjlx0PGIaW2kTQNhKzJ4xIQvHkS2twOdXUTNVKuRYqJOJs3lCf7Lc1V7IXmexstvXMf3-ivCvzSHae1ZNmIqF3YbFznuKzLtBRtSOYcrv-gccd82qf7Zq4BC/s320/IMG_20200415_232813.jpg" width="241" /></a></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguff_WMauyHZ9Afbd0FgQjiQxuxKuTJ2p8bhaxxhC138PPZTQ_W43iUSiwc0811DHVxyRunUXigAuaOlNNv7udht3aIX_x7FXPrL2Lrlv7XSUgLBVK5xIwQIzZGtgIiwLpVobglaeNJTxIGwoNufTcjmu4vAhxXEfq4W1ptFZJ5-0LnIZpcpNi--BT/s5152/IMG_20200505_075117.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguff_WMauyHZ9Afbd0FgQjiQxuxKuTJ2p8bhaxxhC138PPZTQ_W43iUSiwc0811DHVxyRunUXigAuaOlNNv7udht3aIX_x7FXPrL2Lrlv7XSUgLBVK5xIwQIzZGtgIiwLpVobglaeNJTxIGwoNufTcjmu4vAhxXEfq4W1ptFZJ5-0LnIZpcpNi--BT/s320/IMG_20200505_075117.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the embroidery showing through on the sleeves indicating where to stitch</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The underskirt is made from old cotton fabric from recycling, and I've always waited for an opportunity to make my own bobbin lace for a costume. The trouble is it has a very specific look and I honestly have yet to find a design that would clearly have bobbin lace in it.. So I though hey, I'll just make some and slap it on the underskirt. The petticoat isn't visible on the reference, so it doesn't really change the design in any way, and having a handmade lace petticoat fits Jester's character perfectly in my mind. Since it wasn't anything "accurate" I also didn't want use too much time on it so I opted for a narrow simple but pretty lace edging. <div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdRwYOfVl28rph-xiRO4bXJA6wpx6E2OiGSBTclDbDbCVMDavGv7FTX3JPRgKw-wck8QimYa3KlGycdtH9EfNXPgtFBE_na9mfXT4QD7TpJYj3TDxL5fZlKoGQAxPjRt44IjxbYYcWh-6FFsmWtTWSADXS067DGhv0FGzF-LzwDMmuZBGXYp9W2aD/s5616/IMG_0222.CR2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5616" data-original-width="3744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdRwYOfVl28rph-xiRO4bXJA6wpx6E2OiGSBTclDbDbCVMDavGv7FTX3JPRgKw-wck8QimYa3KlGycdtH9EfNXPgtFBE_na9mfXT4QD7TpJYj3TDxL5fZlKoGQAxPjRt44IjxbYYcWh-6FFsmWtTWSADXS067DGhv0FGzF-LzwDMmuZBGXYp9W2aD/s320/IMG_0222.CR2" width="213" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82r1O2HjoCiFi7DOsmZkW_xnLmr8JR-IEw9xDg3V5qKjDX67rceKGy9M7-AopPtBIAMuIknl2NMMv3ACWEFqfmSz5SIB7OvTiDG20S2Vlc9WB8St9gGOMaNSC2Barc6anunyvJMohJg9BJxB_MgR_Cm5_2eDP7FeE-Uwbi4KUFuN8GDH1V7iXIdUA/s5152/IMG_20200402_193353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82r1O2HjoCiFi7DOsmZkW_xnLmr8JR-IEw9xDg3V5qKjDX67rceKGy9M7-AopPtBIAMuIknl2NMMv3ACWEFqfmSz5SIB7OvTiDG20S2Vlc9WB8St9gGOMaNSC2Barc6anunyvJMohJg9BJxB_MgR_Cm5_2eDP7FeE-Uwbi4KUFuN8GDH1V7iXIdUA/s320/IMG_20200402_193353.jpg" width="241" /></a></div></div><br /><div><br /><div>The corset is made with an 1800th century pattern and covered with leather from an old leather jacket. I didn't want any top stitching on the little strips on the front, so I wet formed them over plastic shapers, inserted a felt support and stitched them on.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxSYAl-iyWStM1WqsOWfKw2kjjCUXdPeEniy_g-AoHFLG0XFLg9VefUFNSpBBbfeb1SBbq-mWCL-vzZFlFO-QjyzR6lUOW8-eoqrfaqHFXhGr-iM3OP8VufF84x5WfA1lUMJr_wACMeREKJvBmfTIhyYhBjIsM0WFA0bzz3BH-e6p_6yN9tLEEXIb/s5152/IMG_20200711_192729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxSYAl-iyWStM1WqsOWfKw2kjjCUXdPeEniy_g-AoHFLG0XFLg9VefUFNSpBBbfeb1SBbq-mWCL-vzZFlFO-QjyzR6lUOW8-eoqrfaqHFXhGr-iM3OP8VufF84x5WfA1lUMJr_wACMeREKJvBmfTIhyYhBjIsM0WFA0bzz3BH-e6p_6yN9tLEEXIb/s320/IMG_20200711_192729.jpg" width="241" /></a> <img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaLWwj_VH_Uht0H1CZBvY_nTmYr2_NI3NiqYYR2ag49F5xaIYo4dJPjhOy38OHIArVqzNC_CRuNZq494mUWDDdbdQL9Fb8xuFXeUok6TTKT2iP3jesIKTtXbumWHASohu82R5q6uhTngf_wE1aHQmgbyNRXHV56ImwCgNe5Aevju9eLByWC9u8Quc/s320/IMG_20200712_091732.jpg" width="241" /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>The little cape is probably one of my favorite parts just because it's so soft and the velvet is so nice and drapey. It was super difficult to try and find any green fabrics that would be more on the blue side that just dark forest green here, in the end I bought all three from my trip to Japan, the velvet, the lining and the pants fabric. I'm extremely happy with all of them because they were a perfect match for the reference. </div><div>And yes the velvet was a pain to sew but dam it's pretty.</div><div><br /></div><div>She has a wide belt going over her shoulder, but in the official mini that I used as a ref for the backside, it just kind of disappears under the hood, so I made a snug opening on the shoulder seam so I can slip the belt through the cape. 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The pouches and belts are supported with felt lining, and the pouch flaps are wet formed since again I didn't want any visible top stitching on them. All of them are functional.</div><div>The "braided" belt is made by bending individual strips over each other to get the right look. For the red and purple I used what I happened to have in storage. The little bits and pieces were all mostly 3D printed.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINHELxbzF0dfvTeqHrJdlXTe3or7gVuvZT9HuwDCcX_h7mOnDjIsMLmjBfdHQejQUVWk7O2gqgOYk-V2UBNjLvylsT9HmvzvLnK-J1zna0a74IF0ni7aZv_90Pn_ux4Ypa1Rnj_gf9BoNdfb-5HgdfSn5UIY4X1MMBqX9zvAdyD8inMIJMAdLtgx1/s5152/IMG_20200826_192446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINHELxbzF0dfvTeqHrJdlXTe3or7gVuvZT9HuwDCcX_h7mOnDjIsMLmjBfdHQejQUVWk7O2gqgOYk-V2UBNjLvylsT9HmvzvLnK-J1zna0a74IF0ni7aZv_90Pn_ux4Ypa1Rnj_gf9BoNdfb-5HgdfSn5UIY4X1MMBqX9zvAdyD8inMIJMAdLtgx1/s320/IMG_20200826_192446.jpg" width="241" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzlzLaATwpSWp0zlT5uLcWmcvmoGDUeBgyAy1bKwf_JIjmsAvPeTECTVKYXgdV_-ZvdbrIY6m4KKBmMiwFIT9ZjY8RbZfliJ_O4HvHQQlks12xAJSdzEwNKtdeODNPBhNuF2GA8hYiYLy2kmgRE36Dnzjyg2A8U2I6_yxDTyFbkvwGr0rgYP6AK2A/s5152/IMG_20200808_184239.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzlzLaATwpSWp0zlT5uLcWmcvmoGDUeBgyAy1bKwf_JIjmsAvPeTECTVKYXgdV_-ZvdbrIY6m4KKBmMiwFIT9ZjY8RbZfliJ_O4HvHQQlks12xAJSdzEwNKtdeODNPBhNuF2GA8hYiYLy2kmgRE36Dnzjyg2A8U2I6_yxDTyFbkvwGr0rgYP6AK2A/s320/IMG_20200808_184239.jpg" width="241" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsV3FmiY33r1bj5Z0XwJWmws15PyCR_Y3zRccY5ZiCYF0TW15NT0lx3ywMtOBJ0w__mJjVywz9O-O28aweXvDirOFoZQvGhWQ2KROR7-BjWBwmVsW89K9d1lobd3koxNchlXjv2eBK0yyuv2IwigqN4TAUZo0YAdcGdt0-z8lcxGb6oKVvTvdqCes/s5152/IMG_20200816_000815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsV3FmiY33r1bj5Z0XwJWmws15PyCR_Y3zRccY5ZiCYF0TW15NT0lx3ywMtOBJ0w__mJjVywz9O-O28aweXvDirOFoZQvGhWQ2KROR7-BjWBwmVsW89K9d1lobd3koxNchlXjv2eBK0yyuv2IwigqN4TAUZo0YAdcGdt0-z8lcxGb6oKVvTvdqCes/s320/IMG_20200816_000815.jpg" width="241" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJi2Cq-96KmhA1Vt6CIAB-81SGZTAjfWWgcqw4eUB_dyCO4L7j6AUYFtqWoHSAlVLf_9Bjr7kiv8MBoy1-fGT1SAKdDFbz8OwYJTRb852l2wHJAu_j6kx7mQzlIhtCOELMLXnRQ5eWPpHi6OioO-5Yc3-pLEp8yaNiqDTMLh5PAMoSy_FC7Pkl4wut/s5152/IMG_20200816_095201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJi2Cq-96KmhA1Vt6CIAB-81SGZTAjfWWgcqw4eUB_dyCO4L7j6AUYFtqWoHSAlVLf_9Bjr7kiv8MBoy1-fGT1SAKdDFbz8OwYJTRb852l2wHJAu_j6kx7mQzlIhtCOELMLXnRQ5eWPpHi6OioO-5Yc3-pLEp8yaNiqDTMLh5PAMoSy_FC7Pkl4wut/s320/IMG_20200816_095201.jpg" width="241" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div>The wig was a medium length straight wig that I trimmed and steam shaped with a foam sausage to get her mushroom bob shape. I'm not 100% happy with the color, since I feel like it should be just slightly more teal, but it was impossible to find one that was exactly like I wanted. So I added some green fiber in hopes to affect the color but I don't know if it made much difference in the end.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQv6jOWy80pjMzNv5ZVYb0DX65PxDYwKAHqIXwxdU3ikakBS0bo__gS2K1nDffXoOsrRB2sXABUI8_soVHq5btBi68krAHjEUJum7BU9vj3q9v7J_PN3vL9cuMZnv_0qL8zGn4fsK-PHMp7SZIbdtrozpzAs_aw_FVbD-n795SjW8rPwFH9ESUYlu9/s5152/IMG_20190504_145237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQv6jOWy80pjMzNv5ZVYb0DX65PxDYwKAHqIXwxdU3ikakBS0bo__gS2K1nDffXoOsrRB2sXABUI8_soVHq5btBi68krAHjEUJum7BU9vj3q9v7J_PN3vL9cuMZnv_0qL8zGn4fsK-PHMp7SZIbdtrozpzAs_aw_FVbD-n795SjW8rPwFH9ESUYlu9/s320/IMG_20190504_145237.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYI3fhyyags6PQHoWPgIlLk8eVjjasUE4CI_W7uEEUHUUDcvJ-jQOT15XGZEXlnmqENTpbtb1tWq_VXQmPkeAD_tfAapL6Cr43OfgtQgVZhcfYeVrGBBkwRbWZXNTXW91REW0gWqD313mmrBOdKD-mMswT-I5J65R1ZaVQh69hCqkYM1wXBCGyUxV/s5152/IMG_20190625_230557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYI3fhyyags6PQHoWPgIlLk8eVjjasUE4CI_W7uEEUHUUDcvJ-jQOT15XGZEXlnmqENTpbtb1tWq_VXQmPkeAD_tfAapL6Cr43OfgtQgVZhcfYeVrGBBkwRbWZXNTXW91REW0gWqD313mmrBOdKD-mMswT-I5J65R1ZaVQh69hCqkYM1wXBCGyUxV/s320/IMG_20190625_230557.jpg" width="241" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTn_n5kPXHppbSV7DD9MTYApC6RnwZINUaCsv3D3trTTyKhC-XW6EcFGby2IFOPFe4wtsbpq4x62QjQWEcu8kvo6Szvgof1v6Bl-KNopf2shU2eK4cZhkpKDvd1nccZwbHHqsFvxsHiPZLXUzsUand-ESLhPwRNzZ2FnkbLB189pXrrz38uNdAH-n/s5152/IMG_20190626_103852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTn_n5kPXHppbSV7DD9MTYApC6RnwZINUaCsv3D3trTTyKhC-XW6EcFGby2IFOPFe4wtsbpq4x62QjQWEcu8kvo6Szvgof1v6Bl-KNopf2shU2eK4cZhkpKDvd1nccZwbHHqsFvxsHiPZLXUzsUand-ESLhPwRNzZ2FnkbLB189pXrrz38uNdAH-n/s320/IMG_20190626_103852.jpg" width="241" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The horns I patterned and made from EVA foam and the "metal" parts were molded on top with apoxie. They attach on to the wig with magnets. The horns are also not actually painted, just sprayed over with black rubber spray. I first used blue (bought with a discount) to smooth them out and finished with the black layers.</div><div>Seems that I didn't take any photos of making the ears, but they are shaped with dremel from EVA foam, covered with the blue rubber spray and airbrushed lighter to better match the gloves and tail fabrics. They too attach with magnets on to the wig behind the ears. One of the chains that seem to dangle from the horn and attach to an earlobe, just simple attaches to the magnet on the ear so there's no need to worry if it snags somewhere, it'll just come off the magnet neatly.</div><div>The long earring pieces I cut from aluminium. </div><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMniObO7iPA0gAAVDG8qaMQEYFAeGHd89sBKWsKbniFkTeawr-bQRnXwNm6qOSo3E6kXJcjrfhDFhAsfppwxtYH4sQ4qjcEFJlN0QVjM_1INQAD3Jyjh5FxWuXpSSF813nRHHLfT5RStj6ZreE8fnNPz7poLcOyZhfVi1OIPSoVV873w1F2BeH9ljO/s5152/IMG_20181218_025913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5152" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMniObO7iPA0gAAVDG8qaMQEYFAeGHd89sBKWsKbniFkTeawr-bQRnXwNm6qOSo3E6kXJcjrfhDFhAsfppwxtYH4sQ4qjcEFJlN0QVjM_1INQAD3Jyjh5FxWuXpSSF813nRHHLfT5RStj6ZreE8fnNPz7poLcOyZhfVi1OIPSoVV873w1F2BeH9ljO/s320/IMG_20181218_025913.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>For the rest of the bits and pieces I don't have lots of pics for, but the tail was just a padded plastic tube with a wire and an EVA foam head that I airbrushed a bit, her sickle is EVA foam, with a 3D printed handle, and since I absolutely didn't want to use any more paint anywhere than I really had to I used gloves with nails that I painted with resin to get a nice translucent look. I think the nails are also one of my favorite things about this costume, I wanted to do a french manicure look that would hopefully make them also look more natural with the unnatural skin color and bring a small extra detail to make it more believable.<div><br /></div><div>The boots I also have no photo of, but they were pretty simple, from a velveteen type of fabric that was the perfect color and some leather straps sewn in place to hold the shapes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcINxX3s3vXkWLJMSktYf4X_XUbI3_VwbOj-h_BouXKmy7kArl-OFFQuV8fn4pcMCDssk9DFpk5ZQTwdqyxZ8tVTTFMoWtOjgio7O2AfzV3XgTui7VhxfZoZ4z3MqkFBrsFTc5HrC4Qa9C_Ult7CedBdQ3VTMXxAoG17fBPseRRSNxToaUgIvNFoa/s5152/IMG_20200517_222320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcINxX3s3vXkWLJMSktYf4X_XUbI3_VwbOj-h_BouXKmy7kArl-OFFQuV8fn4pcMCDssk9DFpk5ZQTwdqyxZ8tVTTFMoWtOjgio7O2AfzV3XgTui7VhxfZoZ4z3MqkFBrsFTc5HrC4Qa9C_Ult7CedBdQ3VTMXxAoG17fBPseRRSNxToaUgIvNFoa/s320/IMG_20200517_222320.jpg" width="241" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoP1EreYCuun0qWimfQXw40KzuNXz4xf_toHL1k76u-8vf-CK1-iyRznWjEbFt0TLEjdQdJtzO4wtL1gIiH_3LeFt4gN02j9QvsN68J9xxiMKEh2q8nriP0L1lhHuskeNU9mAz1exPM2xFPQ11CLlgtXdGuTGX3ZMBItZS9iklx034U2GUGto-Ct-R/s5616/IMG_4737.CR2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3744" data-original-width="5616" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoP1EreYCuun0qWimfQXw40KzuNXz4xf_toHL1k76u-8vf-CK1-iyRznWjEbFt0TLEjdQdJtzO4wtL1gIiH_3LeFt4gN02j9QvsN68J9xxiMKEh2q8nriP0L1lhHuskeNU9mAz1exPM2xFPQ11CLlgtXdGuTGX3ZMBItZS9iklx034U2GUGto-Ct-R/s320/IMG_4737.CR2" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9k_1qtNj97I-_Mu77XPJ5cmBCKTzuwtSalyYfUddeNyHTYjvgWLwVpaBjUqrs8ol8V9SGT75uf5jstK6oBZOwg8CKf2g-ychIWT_eT_4m7KWxE0pX4t2lEjzvQg0M0j5bn7DLrhsojlxCou_LykyQOSkW7JXLFPUo9wru7dpKMJ4htwHYJ-F0Nj1/s5152/IMG_20200712_084118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9k_1qtNj97I-_Mu77XPJ5cmBCKTzuwtSalyYfUddeNyHTYjvgWLwVpaBjUqrs8ol8V9SGT75uf5jstK6oBZOwg8CKf2g-ychIWT_eT_4m7KWxE0pX4t2lEjzvQg0M0j5bn7DLrhsojlxCou_LykyQOSkW7JXLFPUo9wru7dpKMJ4htwHYJ-F0Nj1/s320/IMG_20200712_084118.jpg" width="241" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PfN1QxAGIzFS1CY4-jK35L_1bkLwzaEZEFRM_cqB8-S0X-umR3lukcQdA8tntCQLgOKPU6C-N7keRPkojJbuurVwGIAAgSUNr5YKOF0KATyxQm4WdKWceQtLrqm8w5v-h_8X3JQmRN_EvB_WYg8D7MQkxhzwXHeD3gGhdI2sV0eT7Q8mDxABlYjZ/s5152/IMG_20200710_133709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PfN1QxAGIzFS1CY4-jK35L_1bkLwzaEZEFRM_cqB8-S0X-umR3lukcQdA8tntCQLgOKPU6C-N7keRPkojJbuurVwGIAAgSUNr5YKOF0KATyxQm4WdKWceQtLrqm8w5v-h_8X3JQmRN_EvB_WYg8D7MQkxhzwXHeD3gGhdI2sV0eT7Q8mDxABlYjZ/s320/IMG_20200710_133709.jpg" width="241" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div>Lastly I want to say a couple of words about the face paint because uh boi. This was my first proper colored make up (I've sort of done one before that gave me some confidence about using paints) and after some research I opted for cream oil based paint. I make a white base and then use a light blue on top to get even lighter blue to match the fabrics. Most of the actual contouring and make up is done with blue eyeshadows and red blushes. I didn't want a flat color where it looks like I've just painted my face blue, and I'm actually fairly happy with the result. I never made a proper test before the con and the competition, and on a Friday while talking with a friend they kind of looked at me suspiciously and asked "...but you do have a plan, right"? </div><div>Yeah I sort of did and I'm pretty stoked it worked as well as it did for a first try.</div><div><br /></div><div>I still have a huge problem with any paint and the skin on my neck, basically, it seems almost impossible to make the paint stick and get an even coverage. This is something I've actually wanted to make a post or a video about the longest time, and I might if I stop feeling silly about the idea, but basically my skin is non-make up friendly and it's taken a lot of learning and material research to figure out what actually works, and I feel like this is just an extension of that whole issue. </div><div><br /></div><div>I still don't have proper shoot photos of her but here are some of the official Desucon competition photos:</div><div><br /></div><div><u><i>studiophotos in this post</i></u></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">Photographer</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">Mira Ojamo</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">Director</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">Kiipy</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioroXfEM66cHQCKDR4wqGxVlo0JKLEVzkjk0lmSqZxmOaWBh84Ph9mGtk1ZP5muPdSd_goSW3QDjSBeCucByfVr1rbV8J0Xg7dv58RQyYjw71G8Rrv8UtxfW6ATC32AGdf5s9da6woScJ_go0m-QKOhvQyNlQxLDBpeDgjrZvunVLrT0qnnSm4Kc9w/s6219/07-8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6219" data-original-width="4975" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioroXfEM66cHQCKDR4wqGxVlo0JKLEVzkjk0lmSqZxmOaWBh84Ph9mGtk1ZP5muPdSd_goSW3QDjSBeCucByfVr1rbV8J0Xg7dv58RQyYjw71G8Rrv8UtxfW6ATC32AGdf5s9da6woScJ_go0m-QKOhvQyNlQxLDBpeDgjrZvunVLrT0qnnSm4Kc9w/s320/07-8.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After so long I honestly had very little memory of how to be on stage and based on the photos was apparently a nightmare for the photographers (and I should know lol). </div>Here are couple of stage photos none the less:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEPh09RcqJtDvAg8RLQ2vUfXPXfKyh8W8hgjAgFF_vhcX0Ov3FSdkTPYrLbHxaMXBttIHjRs_MS2p3sFlp0iDGx2Kk0pmsjtSXhzzmZ6yGjg60MBjyKh9ghiIGHh1qUSatnabKiugbGT-fSbW1t8NSjWrG6S0yrj_NwI8xCTQ7-intrvDzmDAkv7f/s3000/dsc-5261.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2003" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEPh09RcqJtDvAg8RLQ2vUfXPXfKyh8W8hgjAgFF_vhcX0Ov3FSdkTPYrLbHxaMXBttIHjRs_MS2p3sFlp0iDGx2Kk0pmsjtSXhzzmZ6yGjg60MBjyKh9ghiIGHh1qUSatnabKiugbGT-fSbW1t8NSjWrG6S0yrj_NwI8xCTQ7-intrvDzmDAkv7f/s320/dsc-5261.jpeg" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographer: Santtu Pajukanta</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGsvNMVRI0XNshiSy-dJRRUbjRaZTUp09_Cz3FBHF28yGau9O1fsILfzSSvm8AlYwajhvEqv1tCCcXrrfPW7DuWIyJvMf9Gy5j8ZbH0Hs5y47cHqaq4Cx03LHz8Z6UFyA5sepqjVXf9U6NuxynbfCrdzsl-30KVSKEQgsrT0js6W7t-KklUSwBG3N/s2048/nyymix.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGsvNMVRI0XNshiSy-dJRRUbjRaZTUp09_Cz3FBHF28yGau9O1fsILfzSSvm8AlYwajhvEqv1tCCcXrrfPW7DuWIyJvMf9Gy5j8ZbH0Hs5y47cHqaq4Cx03LHz8Z6UFyA5sepqjVXf9U6NuxynbfCrdzsl-30KVSKEQgsrT0js6W7t-KklUSwBG3N/s320/nyymix.jpeg" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographer: Nyymix</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_G3tNb8kihfXDttcrFbhM1kit7tPF9sKmUXPjFrf1yKGThy_VR9ayXnSb2YDJY3guQKGwFWQIz7KCEciza82nw8s5XijWQz7nGYxgqZMlWajvmOyyA7sgyfX7mh1qFMgkLVaN_jJZA9Pkxtpez8Fe7YGETJy-iauR6oFyPJqsdyBxQi8_fmywMoKq/s5760/e1a3758.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="5760" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_G3tNb8kihfXDttcrFbhM1kit7tPF9sKmUXPjFrf1yKGThy_VR9ayXnSb2YDJY3guQKGwFWQIz7KCEciza82nw8s5XijWQz7nGYxgqZMlWajvmOyyA7sgyfX7mh1qFMgkLVaN_jJZA9Pkxtpez8Fe7YGETJy-iauR6oFyPJqsdyBxQi8_fmywMoKq/s320/e1a3758.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographer: Tytti Levänen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-9585943841724034792022-11-09T12:31:00.003+02:002022-11-09T12:31:51.466+02:00Another day, a different dream perhapsI don't quite have photos of Tink yet, just a selfie to share, but hopefully I'll have some to show later.<div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWs3LYi7o_62ccCHFJIKOlX5PE74LOqZL8CdILqyHAakpsVryq_zVndyX3bBCfNBy-2nyNGd52VQOm_NNptGw6oxqZnHwdJ2qJBXUnn4BIBHb1VD73ZghgpLcFOKWOhWPCNxN4WQFEG1sfzxRncH9hx2_Eo_v-_vFF5xYagRQlwDpFNHykuRNJ_sIF/s2944/20220903_185158-01.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Close up selfie of a Tinkerbell cosplay" border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="2944" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWs3LYi7o_62ccCHFJIKOlX5PE74LOqZL8CdILqyHAakpsVryq_zVndyX3bBCfNBy-2nyNGd52VQOm_NNptGw6oxqZnHwdJ2qJBXUnn4BIBHb1VD73ZghgpLcFOKWOhWPCNxN4WQFEG1sfzxRncH9hx2_Eo_v-_vFF5xYagRQlwDpFNHykuRNJ_sIF/w320-h240/20220903_185158-01.jpeg" width="320" /><br /></a><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After Tracon I started on a smaller costume. During my 2-3 years of chronic fatigue I was still pretty good at gathering materials and fabrics, so my current aim is to reduce the stash I've managed to stock.. I figured the fastest way right now is to get some simpler smaller costumes out of the way. </div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The first one is Alice's Misstitched dress from Alice Maddness returns. I was originally (years ago) planning to make another one of her costumes but at some point just realized that I actually kinda really like this one. I also happened to find most of the skirt fabrics from a recycling center on one go so I figured it might be the universe's way of steering me towards it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've made fairly good progress, but there's been some parts that have slowed me down and taken a little more time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I started with the gloves. Pretty straight forward, but it took surprisingly long and lots of work to fiddle with the patterns and sew the stripes. I found a white scrap of lycra to use from my boxes for these. The ruffle is still missing the sequins, but I'll add them all at the same time later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35mAs8laXcHQLe5qJw5pdonYJBywns9_bavk4jsjIeq2BC9lWVPAwlj4g-RURAebmZpmaJhYMbe60kTTNmrj4peLdGEDTtBcflIlBcdVZQQg0Nfk8IJaliRkCz-5_nKIr5LONexWYG-VPgvR8EI9b76UJcSMNmOzaV7Ti6RFaX9dssvNP_LIH-MnP/s4032/20220910_200605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35mAs8laXcHQLe5qJw5pdonYJBywns9_bavk4jsjIeq2BC9lWVPAwlj4g-RURAebmZpmaJhYMbe60kTTNmrj4peLdGEDTtBcflIlBcdVZQQg0Nfk8IJaliRkCz-5_nKIr5LONexWYG-VPgvR8EI9b76UJcSMNmOzaV7Ti6RFaX9dssvNP_LIH-MnP/s320/20220910_200605.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfUFAJpXK_BurHVLq_2YHMSZ2T5dDWMOPy_n5kU8akvpWYbRv2cWKrm5sdD8f9eDjSvukji2HPsTB7lKRMFAHLYzplEXnHS4nAYHMoqTDeqaIB89Ww-0IT8l--Ub30xjiWIprwbkcJSmGV4gAlFc0A1MzETYFy9VatCk-66aHGQdkgnD5lPQCcp1h/s4032/PSX_20220910_212708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfUFAJpXK_BurHVLq_2YHMSZ2T5dDWMOPy_n5kU8akvpWYbRv2cWKrm5sdD8f9eDjSvukji2HPsTB7lKRMFAHLYzplEXnHS4nAYHMoqTDeqaIB89Ww-0IT8l--Ub30xjiWIprwbkcJSmGV4gAlFc0A1MzETYFy9VatCk-66aHGQdkgnD5lPQCcp1h/s320/PSX_20220910_212708.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBDJLTuYY9vGuK1M5QGi1S-C4bPMygol6RF5CWn52bbFHZ7HLjy7MqqBVxm1dCbJptOvifl0TZibVgCFC49wlxVGHSK1CSiRmnnvq4GZcrHLrCnzZD5uek8tyNWYuBbW7upG9IhGL7WMD2nltLhD_DaJ8FKS7rOE70tVPSzasQx4_mXg7X0SFDGfd/s2307/PSX_20220910_212501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2307" data-original-width="2277" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBDJLTuYY9vGuK1M5QGi1S-C4bPMygol6RF5CWn52bbFHZ7HLjy7MqqBVxm1dCbJptOvifl0TZibVgCFC49wlxVGHSK1CSiRmnnvq4GZcrHLrCnzZD5uek8tyNWYuBbW7upG9IhGL7WMD2nltLhD_DaJ8FKS7rOE70tVPSzasQx4_mXg7X0SFDGfd/s320/PSX_20220910_212501.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The underskirt was simple, I added couple of layers of organza, and will still need to check the lift before calling it done. The stripes on the top layer were stitched on by hand. I tried to make it look like they've been hand stitched on, I felt it fit the theme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I still need to stress the hem edge once everything's put together and I can check the length as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiCzxvmwndwQRqQ6aJraNN0k-IPpynDowGfgHbFJZX-ynYhBSsC-DMMQANzjAMUVpK-hH3UAWzwtH02WYPaAPWT8xjqOkNFJyGWwBxrzK4nVrryaJWW9Vu-DL2FE-MII5CDxpPsdHIPfZqrmiqsXWD28iHKw9BfncHEbfTCWj1f6eSFs2oW15Hlvt/s4032/20220809_090345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiCzxvmwndwQRqQ6aJraNN0k-IPpynDowGfgHbFJZX-ynYhBSsC-DMMQANzjAMUVpK-hH3UAWzwtH02WYPaAPWT8xjqOkNFJyGWwBxrzK4nVrryaJWW9Vu-DL2FE-MII5CDxpPsdHIPfZqrmiqsXWD28iHKw9BfncHEbfTCWj1f6eSFs2oW15Hlvt/s320/20220809_090345.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPVFuuWpBsMuR5lR-Qt8dRhhdupZxgKf4PcDKKTGueKn_qp8t7xHYPH-M2rCZUDQQEtmo1DjItmN_WaSllpDv3RVHQmsqvtrDpcCmJnVtWeNR8q5pVwJI7aIAEunLcDPaFzQuo6ZAwGsflmImCBZC1OFfKHkiTdjGQdZJdwnGqwR5np65agq_ZBM1/s4032/20220820_111718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPVFuuWpBsMuR5lR-Qt8dRhhdupZxgKf4PcDKKTGueKn_qp8t7xHYPH-M2rCZUDQQEtmo1DjItmN_WaSllpDv3RVHQmsqvtrDpcCmJnVtWeNR8q5pVwJI7aIAEunLcDPaFzQuo6ZAwGsflmImCBZC1OFfKHkiTdjGQdZJdwnGqwR5np65agq_ZBM1/s320/20220820_111718.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next I started on the apron. The top layer is loosely woven linen, and the lining is basic cotton. These are also from recycling/leftovers from my storage.The lace pieces were embroidered on a stiff organza. I made couple of different tests before settling on a style I liked the most. Because each of the lace pieces was different, I made a print to figure out the layout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The raised edges are felt strips covered with the linen fabric. It still needs to be properly weathered which I'm already dreading because it looks so nice and white as it is.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mwRvmR8W3zze1gSpo8jvMhD_LBeUhAAmC3kMULHeOweyYTHBclTIC9hsTJyIzd3opxDYZwcDlF0JCIFIXSwbcPuXxiR4YmdJ0L2Wq5K9bxHTC4ua2N6sfZ0LtrqDv-2Q46U0brM7TXcoLvKR3VNBDA25V_i10wBLBjwfvr2k1OfRHNUGC-6OW6EX/s3170/20220926_163739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3170" data-original-width="2848" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mwRvmR8W3zze1gSpo8jvMhD_LBeUhAAmC3kMULHeOweyYTHBclTIC9hsTJyIzd3opxDYZwcDlF0JCIFIXSwbcPuXxiR4YmdJ0L2Wq5K9bxHTC4ua2N6sfZ0LtrqDv-2Q46U0brM7TXcoLvKR3VNBDA25V_i10wBLBjwfvr2k1OfRHNUGC-6OW6EX/s320/20220926_163739.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I've also started on the shirt, which is currently partly put together, and I've made the Omega pendant and buttons(3D printed) that still need to be painted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvSnIHK1tZUPA1Y4Iev2pYzSNwXNQEaFBPaBLCdinl3EhzAaJyweh4C7w1U_k_7XSbH-x8swA13o2cSpFU_28o8VS-6CUtYtZf89qTqJAvcd0Nc9C29WUEZgZy4BfPE8DblQPwHAPoTsgs_s_oUd6J63uV3Og_zxHcs1KVkqfITuC4wMX7O9uCaAc/s4032/20221008_135629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvSnIHK1tZUPA1Y4Iev2pYzSNwXNQEaFBPaBLCdinl3EhzAaJyweh4C7w1U_k_7XSbH-x8swA13o2cSpFU_28o8VS-6CUtYtZf89qTqJAvcd0Nc9C29WUEZgZy4BfPE8DblQPwHAPoTsgs_s_oUd6J63uV3Og_zxHcs1KVkqfITuC4wMX7O9uCaAc/s4032/20221008_135629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvSnIHK1tZUPA1Y4Iev2pYzSNwXNQEaFBPaBLCdinl3EhzAaJyweh4C7w1U_k_7XSbH-x8swA13o2cSpFU_28o8VS-6CUtYtZf89qTqJAvcd0Nc9C29WUEZgZy4BfPE8DblQPwHAPoTsgs_s_oUd6J63uV3Og_zxHcs1KVkqfITuC4wMX7O9uCaAc/s4032/20221008_135629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEg0hDbqmpQS--1okzA1b0f_UPe4mQZdboW23kwnQ518QuhbVgFmv5G7p0WaHSPRa1lU-micMVvyQX0lT_8bGNan1cvy3HMvjVUC9LfE0vh1MUax4Oyv4FNSk917uQs47KCeOcIt43RcEb-0gT5SoseiAxalOFjSX5UfW61okIk7TKYTpvRqv09cXU/s4032/20221108_202643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEg0hDbqmpQS--1okzA1b0f_UPe4mQZdboW23kwnQ518QuhbVgFmv5G7p0WaHSPRa1lU-micMVvyQX0lT_8bGNan1cvy3HMvjVUC9LfE0vh1MUax4Oyv4FNSk917uQs47KCeOcIt43RcEb-0gT5SoseiAxalOFjSX5UfW61okIk7TKYTpvRqv09cXU/s320/20221108_202643.jpg" width="240" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6-a22armS005qj2VQ5ZZgmxddWA4QQluhDp_IFPE_99GbVItCfPfYxhehb1klixozR7MGCfgUDq7eP8xRDGEenQuKNLKlx8-VRDPvj1LXC7axUpfShhfszPZac8I_gQFFEf-5UA9gOK1fmKTVXSJISepyoEQidygpof6mTvy2vhBJtBBDr0ODkUw/s320/20221108_204725.jpg" width="240" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvSnIHK1tZUPA1Y4Iev2pYzSNwXNQEaFBPaBLCdinl3EhzAaJyweh4C7w1U_k_7XSbH-x8swA13o2cSpFU_28o8VS-6CUtYtZf89qTqJAvcd0Nc9C29WUEZgZy4BfPE8DblQPwHAPoTsgs_s_oUd6J63uV3Og_zxHcs1KVkqfITuC4wMX7O9uCaAc/s320/20221008_135629.jpg" width="240" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-85215391753509094132021-08-23T10:41:00.003+03:002022-11-10T11:47:41.737+02:00Faith, trust and a little bit of pixie dust<p> With such a seemingly simple costume it's amazing how long it took for me to complete. The last 1,5 years I've barely managed to work on cosplays at all so I'm both incredibly happy and also trying to wrap my head around the fact that I actually finished a costume. It's done? What?</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpUnrU8q7RRiFMBvGj4ZmpJrIPd_ED1jttNwZex1O1BxQCg4CTm1Gs-dqK_6dT57CmU3Lb7zxqhRJ6bbxwVCcxBzvy0dKKtYcdZ8VY4RUI8yLit7qeWRWWxi8WgCMCzFEymWGMBsjEPY/s1500/DSC00180p.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpUnrU8q7RRiFMBvGj4ZmpJrIPd_ED1jttNwZex1O1BxQCg4CTm1Gs-dqK_6dT57CmU3Lb7zxqhRJ6bbxwVCcxBzvy0dKKtYcdZ8VY4RUI8yLit7qeWRWWxi8WgCMCzFEymWGMBsjEPY/s320/DSC00180p.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>I wanted to cosplay Tink for sooo long. At some point a few years ago I watched the Disney Fairies movies which seem to be really underrated and realized that yup I actually really just want to make a Tink cos. <br />One of the main challenges that interested me were the fairy wings. I've followed some international wingmakers for years and years, admiring how beautiful the wings they make were... I knew that I really wanted to make Tink's wings well or there would be no point in making the rest of the costume.</p><p>None of the makers actually very openly share their techniques, so it took a lot of detective work to try and come up with what materials and how they make them.. I had a friend in Canada who did some large wings for a costume to give me some tips too. Then I got lucky and FancyFairy published <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4wJ42akriA&ab_channel=FancyFairyWings%26Things" target="_blank">a tutorial</a> on how she laminates her wings! I found a shop that sold big enough aluminum sheets for a fair prize and also shipped to Finland, and I got lucky again with timing so a friend was able to bring over the fantasyfilm from the US which saved me some real money on shipping.<br /></p><p>Btw I made a small video of how to use FancyFairy's method if you don't have and Easypress and only a normal steaming iron:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AKdktg0yliY" width="320" youtube-src-id="AKdktg0yliY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>What I couldn't find was a place that would laser cut your sheet for a reasonable price though. So I had to settle on sawing the frames by hand. And that... took a looong time. (I also had a long break in between). I had a technique which made it doable but it was still slow and a lot of hard work for your hands. I would prefer not doing it again if possible, and I've since actually found a plastic that is a lot easier and faster to work with for wingframes (yay!).</p><p>Number one thing with the wings for me was the size. Fairies are tiny and Tink's wings are really tall compared to her height, so too small wings would not help with the illusion. The larger top pair is 1m in length. In hindsight I might've loved a few cm's more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnKacD_MC4Drrv_GjkTVxuBPp09LUcpYmsPw_hNL9-oBX0IpvJt5WZ85VVwuVxsFMmA2j-fizn6LZKUVEbKVu9jpNoyCZbBys_mtPWpT6ksBiQ_o3OY8Px5y0yE26V8IPK6w76SZKsOQ/s2048/IMG_20180915_170916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1546" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnKacD_MC4Drrv_GjkTVxuBPp09LUcpYmsPw_hNL9-oBX0IpvJt5WZ85VVwuVxsFMmA2j-fizn6LZKUVEbKVu9jpNoyCZbBys_mtPWpT6ksBiQ_o3OY8Px5y0yE26V8IPK6w76SZKsOQ/s320/IMG_20180915_170916.jpg" width="242" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8IqAeKLKlVWS3AUsWwH2PLEeVM85knKW6I3NYuEwEl1CEgHKBUOu7EFUITGNWRqEn3b7dL90K_jK5hkYsyEE9kjGDfvEzQSY381uIwujJICWYK_IOOldXIlyTTaiM_HrHaR8t1UpFV8/s2048/IMG_20180915_202609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1546" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8IqAeKLKlVWS3AUsWwH2PLEeVM85knKW6I3NYuEwEl1CEgHKBUOu7EFUITGNWRqEn3b7dL90K_jK5hkYsyEE9kjGDfvEzQSY381uIwujJICWYK_IOOldXIlyTTaiM_HrHaR8t1UpFV8/s320/IMG_20180915_202609.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4vnSxChEwyGWBqBzXPgUMBPkP06NbYfA35avZfFlPvZ6wE465j_b-Dwh0VLmel828yFz6dsODWqXTsmv3BzQXxMDf-1j9tqf8ycG7vAOK4zAQgsmiB0w4aqrDe3sa5yPd0rjHiklleA/s2048/IMG_20190716_015109-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1623" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4vnSxChEwyGWBqBzXPgUMBPkP06NbYfA35avZfFlPvZ6wE465j_b-Dwh0VLmel828yFz6dsODWqXTsmv3BzQXxMDf-1j9tqf8ycG7vAOK4zAQgsmiB0w4aqrDe3sa5yPd0rjHiklleA/s320/IMG_20190716_015109-01.jpeg" width="254" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CbfoQnUV74UWZLV6SlD19AFMM7j-q5qT6Y2d8GpYPDILLDMf9nvkt-CS27QRr6_5rLSMaunHW9ufyo00LbDbbRYxZHkrT0_ggfRu_3-5nEHSooMVxXLEpWUxzPBnRkYCnsz-QvTN2BI/s2048/IMG_20190706_201627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1546" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CbfoQnUV74UWZLV6SlD19AFMM7j-q5qT6Y2d8GpYPDILLDMf9nvkt-CS27QRr6_5rLSMaunHW9ufyo00LbDbbRYxZHkrT0_ggfRu_3-5nEHSooMVxXLEpWUxzPBnRkYCnsz-QvTN2BI/s320/IMG_20190706_201627.jpg" width="242" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4BGjaReniv44WuCzS473FHmDTghOzXAY-WhoHFwCsnqqSmG3bKPeFtJKzADnGs74jmMpC2hyphenhyphen4pB4binUz-OrrVjhhTrMpwsoDazUdLFXE7gLAIuD6yaRRTCfuCB1SRlKAxYjM33fvQk/s2048/IMG_20200105_112909-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1479" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4BGjaReniv44WuCzS473FHmDTghOzXAY-WhoHFwCsnqqSmG3bKPeFtJKzADnGs74jmMpC2hyphenhyphen4pB4binUz-OrrVjhhTrMpwsoDazUdLFXE7gLAIuD6yaRRTCfuCB1SRlKAxYjM33fvQk/s320/IMG_20200105_112909-01.jpeg" width="231" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>After the wings were done the rest of the costume was actually super simple and fairly easy to do. Only the painting of the dress took a bit more time, since I had to go over it several times with the color layers. I'm still not quite sure if I should add more to it but it's wearable as it is and adding more color is easy enough to do later if I feel it's needed. Shoes were some old ballerinas I had so I covered them and used a short fur fabric for the pom poms.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR03t8uq3gAYk8sQGSi4fck0WSvxWtGVmjWOeGadysXc_scPR9iLOH3apZBGLfL_WF6pD_ryIi5EA5VDfY-85YeExAhJSxFWiOvA-bnIiFsveB-iXwvhSBRIAFuQLBqlzElslp86D0rEc/s2048/DSC00081.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR03t8uq3gAYk8sQGSi4fck0WSvxWtGVmjWOeGadysXc_scPR9iLOH3apZBGLfL_WF6pD_ryIi5EA5VDfY-85YeExAhJSxFWiOvA-bnIiFsveB-iXwvhSBRIAFuQLBqlzElslp86D0rEc/s320/DSC00081.jpg" width="213" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFwxUax3iXib8J63MWtWnX7dVysN8pmKs8F_Bgn7jhUrAbVrVUMQQG6-Sl1yRnibkuTcluMQTPnHBKRLGuXcs0pLpD8_CBDL4tG1Kc6evQ-77mRKhQh2Vg0Gps85zDHkckhb_vegHw7I/s2048/E5c42GzXIAUise9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1043" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFwxUax3iXib8J63MWtWnX7dVysN8pmKs8F_Bgn7jhUrAbVrVUMQQG6-Sl1yRnibkuTcluMQTPnHBKRLGuXcs0pLpD8_CBDL4tG1Kc6evQ-77mRKhQh2Vg0Gps85zDHkckhb_vegHw7I/s320/E5c42GzXIAUise9.jpg" width="163" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3qylxR_0NUiHwz80ZI0q7f8XM1ODjC8L1cDsaIl20ZtHPwbDOmnYt_geX12F1l0fI-tPUSb_EGMz9jMWGgxinYYhClq8zjuqcYsXN5xQBbFUrcfiS8JmXFlAQDXUnvtgdpiDGiEeOW4/s1500/DSC00163p.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3qylxR_0NUiHwz80ZI0q7f8XM1ODjC8L1cDsaIl20ZtHPwbDOmnYt_geX12F1l0fI-tPUSb_EGMz9jMWGgxinYYhClq8zjuqcYsXN5xQBbFUrcfiS8JmXFlAQDXUnvtgdpiDGiEeOW4/s320/DSC00163p.jpg" width="213" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaCedSOAUDlfAHdHQ64ClstKCn0EkXTDUtMcKwzYqL9D9N0TIPk9k85qrKdNHPPAqvHr_9HCrZZlnW6IPHoJ_6jRFYpCM2ocHwk6Jo2cBqZxHG0bK5gb-S3CfnPC1UEmV4NCkJS4f8fs/s1500/DSC00180p.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaCedSOAUDlfAHdHQ64ClstKCn0EkXTDUtMcKwzYqL9D9N0TIPk9k85qrKdNHPPAqvHr_9HCrZZlnW6IPHoJ_6jRFYpCM2ocHwk6Jo2cBqZxHG0bK5gb-S3CfnPC1UEmV4NCkJS4f8fs/s320/DSC00180p.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggu543uwwMY4sSNf15kRlwasBaVCPyMZhUZKGI3mvlZ7RXOoLWy5dfEJmuAZ5YqG3p6Z-_JgEHDc41cZfGF5FHcUCZajsZcPymggSGEqZ2bLYSSqKnnLs4NLuRqRMe5oyLPCqtnMeoXqE/s1500/DSC00171p.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggu543uwwMY4sSNf15kRlwasBaVCPyMZhUZKGI3mvlZ7RXOoLWy5dfEJmuAZ5YqG3p6Z-_JgEHDc41cZfGF5FHcUCZajsZcPymggSGEqZ2bLYSSqKnnLs4NLuRqRMe5oyLPCqtnMeoXqE/s320/DSC00171p.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The wig was pretty fun to make, I'm super happy with the color and I made the bun detachable. I used a pretty standard wrapping method and then made a separate 'skin cap' piece to make the fiber direction look a bit more natural.<div>Now all that's left is hopefully getting a couple of photos before the weather gets too cold. I mean it's still August, we can have a little more summer as a treat right? 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The biggest reason is honestly that it was so much simper than the other two in my most current plans. More specifically, I chose this sketch version A, there's just some sort of lightness I prefer in it compared to the finished version she went with. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEbgIN1aqmIKWbdnttGuTL3Nces8MGL1C2T6Lf8yYkYkA5TLasKZ6dVsgmzXD62Nhitgsv2MVnzTOVMuvmLI5kocthUy9onzOMhakSqtnr_wYQ_GjbL6gcXommrymZunP2B0IVpIvZr4/s1200/hannahzelda.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEbgIN1aqmIKWbdnttGuTL3Nces8MGL1C2T6Lf8yYkYkA5TLasKZ6dVsgmzXD62Nhitgsv2MVnzTOVMuvmLI5kocthUy9onzOMhakSqtnr_wYQ_GjbL6gcXommrymZunP2B0IVpIvZr4/s320/hannahzelda.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art by Hannah Alexander</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span><a name='more'></a></span>I started with a pink to light blue gradient chiffon, and used iPoly dye to get in the dark purple/pink shade in the middle.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbkpM86r9kCYW1KS_pgRzi6p7jQQXy6jVoB_Y8Cx2fqxl3B-INVxFxfglqVUoaTmCLiDassfI0Tu2b2PRRrgRYvx5cBH6xcTgKQtjN8LDBVR9e9tOmpomIN5BrZWOeu1V9JwnnoujlNY/s563/zelda1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbkpM86r9kCYW1KS_pgRzi6p7jQQXy6jVoB_Y8Cx2fqxl3B-INVxFxfglqVUoaTmCLiDassfI0Tu2b2PRRrgRYvx5cBH6xcTgKQtjN8LDBVR9e9tOmpomIN5BrZWOeu1V9JwnnoujlNY/s320/zelda1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div>The gold patterns are made from a shiny iron-on vinyl, which tends to get creases when bent and I wouldn't really recommend it because of that.. from the seller I got the impression the vinyl is soft so it's not what I would've preferred but I do still like the shiny look.</div><div>I added small champagne color rhinestones in two sized on the chiffon.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_rvIXj1G3YWyDIBKjVNvwgI9MWDSxcP3n36eymaxZv_ONHas6PlP22D9g_VbeSEVbu5DtV5VkDbBv2ylDzg1h6Q1ZllT6JRnHa06fjv08kKvoOERD5khlxvSsmh-tI1txGJfjVp4SrM/s747/zelda2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_rvIXj1G3YWyDIBKjVNvwgI9MWDSxcP3n36eymaxZv_ONHas6PlP22D9g_VbeSEVbu5DtV5VkDbBv2ylDzg1h6Q1ZllT6JRnHa06fjv08kKvoOERD5khlxvSsmh-tI1txGJfjVp4SrM/s320/zelda2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87br-pNOhicF3oIfzo4tSD8Crebw6nOi_fOFOmnNOk0E_qheAAbkfZmjD2-ewMq4-lA9S2ZmJqPMmGpn-I7XQ95x7qAL76Q__uGL1xt1u1PtmyxeDI3BgpsGF1hTn-plvqO3gOEBscrs/s747/zelda3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87br-pNOhicF3oIfzo4tSD8Crebw6nOi_fOFOmnNOk0E_qheAAbkfZmjD2-ewMq4-lA9S2ZmJqPMmGpn-I7XQ95x7qAL76Q__uGL1xt1u1PtmyxeDI3BgpsGF1hTn-plvqO3gOEBscrs/s320/zelda3.jpg" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWm6d8-ZpZWjaow0-SjE_re8ZaDVD6Ea-iqXY4zuvJaZ2XmPHiKd71Mkbv1B-hAjyeRUxukeFAE1Q-QzTrxMqSlhyT30y3uDWhmZT4A1WQtL2Lmo6BHt3vIs7L0FaoNS4y0KnQhQHJx_Q/s747/zelda4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWm6d8-ZpZWjaow0-SjE_re8ZaDVD6Ea-iqXY4zuvJaZ2XmPHiKd71Mkbv1B-hAjyeRUxukeFAE1Q-QzTrxMqSlhyT30y3uDWhmZT4A1WQtL2Lmo6BHt3vIs7L0FaoNS4y0KnQhQHJx_Q/s320/zelda4.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div><br /></div><div>For the tabard I used a strip from the chiffon, layered it on a felt base and ironed on the gold vinyl. Then enclosed the edges with a gold faux leather.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFM_z4DMGxEl2J8Lv7FgXc_LIXDZTFuDFPPeXpspKKT4MVkwW5BJwOPrYdFvJERn3PkYWsNy8YM3Oq3YD573zKrfwyGXud6XVn-IIPEVCpQV0JplT4ItxJuB7cXZSYK9EYu3Uwo7-H-6I/s747/zelda5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFM_z4DMGxEl2J8Lv7FgXc_LIXDZTFuDFPPeXpspKKT4MVkwW5BJwOPrYdFvJERn3PkYWsNy8YM3Oq3YD573zKrfwyGXud6XVn-IIPEVCpQV0JplT4ItxJuB7cXZSYK9EYu3Uwo7-H-6I/s320/zelda5.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPThT1da_D_09t1t_P9flmqqzR0p4voq91EXBYVDIB4rGqDu_zG_eHNSZ3Hfipc5LPaXGoYkQIgcOJuxdAPuD_1Zw2DqJtI8WpsHNd4ZYbMbbCucwm_8auT1imlStinYiYnYPtpMcOJP4/s712/zelda6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPThT1da_D_09t1t_P9flmqqzR0p4voq91EXBYVDIB4rGqDu_zG_eHNSZ3Hfipc5LPaXGoYkQIgcOJuxdAPuD_1Zw2DqJtI8WpsHNd4ZYbMbbCucwm_8auT1imlStinYiYnYPtpMcOJP4/s320/zelda6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then for the shoulder straps, I used a leftover strip from the bottom of the chiffon, and dyed the top of it with purple.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPG77U6fCls9aEkdu0qfEwQ55OHecFaNGVesHXAFZM110PUQpuFQ4ex2d1yDB8Q1cLcc8ko84L3irIEpS63ouAgWq28EcZLhnEDeVbEQSBH4_cDAauSgjUzTsIhpsUDAEkmtke1k4FS4/s747/zelda8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPG77U6fCls9aEkdu0qfEwQ55OHecFaNGVesHXAFZM110PUQpuFQ4ex2d1yDB8Q1cLcc8ko84L3irIEpS63ouAgWq28EcZLhnEDeVbEQSBH4_cDAauSgjUzTsIhpsUDAEkmtke1k4FS4/s320/zelda8.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCe90fDWAbN_pJ3VmpGo_G2MDzCFdRsN1Q9Lrk7iLbQ2GU3uMPEzqw0YVb8JB9IdYYucynMthcPgX_KC4mC__ecZ9AEnnVuzhO5oVbQudjO54gckByn0tI-V2H0GzWhfITeEIz20kKrc/s820/zelda7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="563" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCe90fDWAbN_pJ3VmpGo_G2MDzCFdRsN1Q9Lrk7iLbQ2GU3uMPEzqw0YVb8JB9IdYYucynMthcPgX_KC4mC__ecZ9AEnnVuzhO5oVbQudjO54gckByn0tI-V2H0GzWhfITeEIz20kKrc/s320/zelda7.jpg" /></a></div> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So the bottom part is pretty much done, I've done the lower shoulder armor and 3D printed some of the pieces that attach to the corset.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eYy337C5K-TL_ufRbhR2imupSDlH94Cr_uiboZF_bXZ2woguEpJfPIdkEDgMdEZ1zEWA8hDh-ZhSelXYPNjl9Y9RlQ27JXAFu1V88zR2HmXiBffXmNiB4DPcoJ8QzmoeDIbuQHKHdCI/s747/zelda9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eYy337C5K-TL_ufRbhR2imupSDlH94Cr_uiboZF_bXZ2woguEpJfPIdkEDgMdEZ1zEWA8hDh-ZhSelXYPNjl9Y9RlQ27JXAFu1V88zR2HmXiBffXmNiB4DPcoJ8QzmoeDIbuQHKHdCI/s320/zelda9.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the corset I modified an existing pattern. The lining layer has the boning channels in a pretty conventional shape, and the fashion layer is separate with specially placed seams and the gold fake leather sewn on. Next up I should start figuring out the placements of the laces and adding attachments for the jewelry bits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoBS9Th2hwi_PUMysVUdPNWsG2_XjZJk8TsFx94yO65HlzxH1sYwrbeZmjJ8TeV_2A0Uad8yxJx8tvpaFQgXgngLonsdi8j_NywZVvacE_9BCBBKgtz98yiYndlK9SFYaxexawxgjtS8/s747/zelda10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoBS9Th2hwi_PUMysVUdPNWsG2_XjZJk8TsFx94yO65HlzxH1sYwrbeZmjJ8TeV_2A0Uad8yxJx8tvpaFQgXgngLonsdi8j_NywZVvacE_9BCBBKgtz98yiYndlK9SFYaxexawxgjtS8/s320/zelda10.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnAUa5X8u09nRlKTN8ij8_lj-HTGGFhdCN0Veh9NWvEPy7mTx9CezLfA-kkdchZZXq1n88HTTX2B5X7z51wsTTbDsMpHx9uE2U5MpeEfPP4B5SKFh0ljas7QqlL443_4VVEryctQg3uM/s747/zelda11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnAUa5X8u09nRlKTN8ij8_lj-HTGGFhdCN0Veh9NWvEPy7mTx9CezLfA-kkdchZZXq1n88HTTX2B5X7z51wsTTbDsMpHx9uE2U5MpeEfPP4B5SKFh0ljas7QqlL443_4VVEryctQg3uM/s320/zelda11.jpg" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFLEG4QIl1zYcwsFS_84V0gxqIVH3K071MMicBU9Qn3oDduMBIWUBtrqsPKSS0JvgRR3ZE2BVWcdhnh1qLHZ8SnAOaFVfkhIM5DzwtF58xsEn_w9p5aqbcCwf7o5Dyr0YmMowSl2h3as/s747/zelda12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFLEG4QIl1zYcwsFS_84V0gxqIVH3K071MMicBU9Qn3oDduMBIWUBtrqsPKSS0JvgRR3ZE2BVWcdhnh1qLHZ8SnAOaFVfkhIM5DzwtF58xsEn_w9p5aqbcCwf7o5Dyr0YmMowSl2h3as/s320/zelda12.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So this is were I'm currently with this particular costume, I'll have it done for the summer because some photos would be nice so stop by later for part 2! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-13131710422077691612020-04-29T12:07:00.001+03:002020-04-29T12:07:18.886+03:00The North RemembersI have a ton of costumes I want to make so when I go to a fabric store I always keep my eyes open for opportunities like discounts and just simply perfect fabrics. Earlier this year I visited Turku for work and found this great Sansa fabric for a really good price, and that's how I ended up doing it at this point. There are at least three costumes from Sansa I really want to make, and this was in all honesty at the bottom of that list but I'm still happy to have it made.<br />
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The dress is very simple, long sleeved top, standing collar and the hem part was cut in triangles and put together. The hem has a cotton lining to give it some structure, the fashion fabric it self is quite soft. I left the hem to hang to prevent it from stretching later.<br />
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The spike and the chain I made quickly in Tinkercad and printed on my Anet A8, and the ring is made from pvc foam board. It was easiest to print the rings separate and then weld together after sanding (though also the most annoying and time consuming part).<br />
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So the rest is done but I'm missing the leather vest now, and the little inner collar but that's easy enough once I get back to this costume. The next challenge is finding and buying the leather for the military spirited vest. I did make the pattern ready, to make it easier to count the amount I need.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-19021546592167414872020-04-29T10:59:00.003+03:002023-03-27T14:02:07.660+03:00Everyone loves IvyA year ago I started feeling like really wanting to make an Ivy costume, so I started googling different versions for one I could use as a starting point. That's when I found the covers for the Everyone loves Ivy story. I really liked the contrast with the black & green and decided to use this one. I also really liked the design of the body and the fact that it has a structured part.<br />
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This was going to be a small light costume so I started looking for a suitable fabric, and didn't even consider ordering an exact copy. I ordered a beautiful green floral satin for this.<br />
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I hadn't done a non-strechy bodysuit or a bunnysuit type body before so I had to start with making the pattern. I have to admit it was a real hassle though, because I thought I'm going to do it "properly", taking measurements and making the calculations for the pattern.. This did not work AT ALL for me. So I ended up draping the pattern and making adjustment on couple of mock ups. I seem to work far better this way in general.<br />
Since I have a high hip and a rather short waist, the garments shape is quite interesting.<br />
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After I was happy with the mock up I felt confident enough to cut into the satin. I'm fairly happy that I managed to sew the whole thing pretty neatly. It is made of two layers, a heavier sturdy lining and the satin on top. I was planning to include an extra strength layer in the middle, but it was making the body too thick and affecting the shape. In the end it really didn't even need the extra layer, the two main ones hold up well on their own.<br />
The pattern doesn't sit perfectly over the behind, but hopefully I can work on it the next time I use it. Fitting and fixing pattern issues right behind your lower back is pretty difficult on your own, so I was satisfied enough after spending and entire afternoon on it already.<br />
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Next up I made the ivy leaves. I ordered a bunch of plastic garland, cut the leaves in to a bit smaller different sizes and sewed them into small clusters with fasteners at the base. So I can snap them on and off the costume, if I need to iron or clean either of them.</div>
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Next was the breastplate or decoration. I made the base from EVA-foam, with a bit of foamclay in some parts, and covered it with Thibra. Then it was sanded and primed, painted and attached to the bodice with magnets.</div>
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The shoes were painted using Mod Podge, and I made a simple turtleneck shirt and gloves from black lycra. I also made wines for around the wrists but didn't wear them at Frostbite because I was working and they would've made using the camera a lot less convenient. This was a nice little project and I was happy to get to work on a bunnysuit type of pattern!</div>
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First thing I did after finishing the hem embroidery was line the top skirt. I didn't want the underside of the embroidery to be seen and since it also has holes it would be easier to keep them from fraying too much when I could use fabric glue to attach the layers. Next up I also made the skirt. I simple half circle skirt, left it to hang for a day or two and then hand stitched the hem with an invisible stitch.<br />
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The patches were made from two fabrics I picked up for free from the recycling center. I treated the edges with fabric glue after fraying so they wouldn't fray more on they're own since the weave was pretty loose.<br />
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I marked where I wanted the holes before cutting in to the fabric. Do you know the feeling when you've toiled on something tedious for a very long time and then you sort of need to destroy it? Yeah that feeling. Why's it got to have holes??<br />
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The apron was made from some sort of tablecloth or decorative towel, picked up from the recycling center. It would've been impossible to find an exact match for a Barbie scale patterned weave, so I felt it was a surprisingly good match. I think I've picked it up for our Otoyo props back in the day, and it didn't get used back then. The shape on the doll is an A shape, but in such a tiny scale fabric stays up more easily so it's a plausible shape. I figured pleating would help to have the volume hopefully flare a bit at the bottom but avoid the awkward drooping of the bottom edges when it doesn't have enough stiffness to support the wider bottom.<br />
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For the bottom of the apron I found the prettiest, softest lace... and only used the very bottom of it oTL. But I'm still happy how well it works.<br />
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I made the bow at this point too. Very simple, over a plastic headband. The bow has crinoline inside and I managed to break one of my good needles while sewing through too..<br />
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This is when I realized I only had the blouse and corselet left and could easily get this done for Tracon. I was leaving for Japan and the embroideries were an excellent time killer to bring to the plane and train rides. I started by mapping out the patterns. For the collar I made stencils to copy the patterns, and for the armbands I sketched them out with a disappearing fabric marker. Then I went over everything with a sewing thread. It's the most convenient way to copy the patterns when I work slow and carry the pieces with me, pens and other tracing methods tend to fade away. I think I actually enjoyed making the blouse embroideries the most.<br />
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The patterns on the corselet pieces I traced the same way I did the hem. Tracing on a pattern paper and using the prick & dust method, then using the sewing thread.<br />
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I made the panels separately and was really nervous about the matching, but it actually turned out super good! Only needed a few stitches to correct some places, but all in all very good. It came out a tab big, saying it could be a little tighter when laced, but at least it won't be too uncomfortable. It's also not made to be a corset so it obviously doesn't have the same sturdiness so maybe it's a good thing it doesn't get the same strain. </div>
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I used the same pattern I made for Elsa, and it turned out ok. Obviously I'm not wearing all the skirt layers here so the bottom fit isn't quite right but I'm pretty happy with the shape still.</div>
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And that's that! I'm super happy about this cosplay, it was somehow so easy and light to do, I had no stress and no deadlines and I found all the fabrics really conveniently with out having to spend a lot of time and effort hunting things and I'm always happy when I can use recycle stuff in this fairly wasteful hobby. I never decided that 'I'm going to make this costume now!' and didn't have to work hard towards it, it somehow just came together and suddenly was done. So yay for sidecostumes! Also I think I did all right with transferring the tiny 30cm design to a full costume. Or what do you think? Should I have more petticoat?<br />
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In 2017 I made Cassandra to accompany Elinacosplay 's Sophitia for fun and so we could bring them WCS for the alumni trip. But I didn't have the time to make her weapons. So when she and Maija asked if I'd like to wear it again for Desucon I thought it was time to make them finally.<br />
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I used your basic floormatfoam for the base, denser cosplayfoam for the pattern, craftfoam for the edges and then tested foam clay for the little decoration scribbles. I really liked foam clay as a material, I'm definitely looking forward to using it in other projects. It very convenient but also a bit tricky to work with, when it gets to that stage where it will simply stick to itself from the lightest touch. But being able to smooth it and later sand it is a really good feature. Because the shield is dome shaped and I like to think conveniently, I made the underside like a lid. Made from PVC board, it attaches with velcro and I can use the shield as a handbag when wearing the costume. When I pack I can fit half of the costume inside the shield : D</div>
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I decided to 3D sculpt and print the sword, because I was too lazy to sculpt the form from other materials. I knew it would need surface treatment in any case, so I printed it in low resolution to save time and just to have the basic shape.</div>
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I printed it in 7 pieces (to fit the parts on the printer) and welded them together. I was planning on filling it to make it more sturdy, since the prints are hollow, but it's actually quite sturdy as it is. Covered it in filler, sanded, filled some more, sanded again, and then used a few layers of spray filler to finish it.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-90386440714422791392019-06-28T10:45:00.000+03:002019-06-28T10:51:19.064+03:00Kokemäen kansallispuku - national costume of Kokemäki This entry is a little different and not about cosplay. Instead like the title says, I'll talk a little about my national costume. Mine is from my home area, Kokemäki. A lot of people choose their costume based on where they are from, but you can also pick any costume you like, so it's not limited in any way. The costumes are generally on the expensive side if you want to make it your self or buy new, but you can get some good deals on second hand national costumes. I was given mine as a gift from a relative who'd grown out of it.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>The costume was missing a couple of pieces however, and though the skirt is a bit tight on me, the vest for some reason was too large and baggy. It was also missing the headpiece and apron. Finnish national costumes are quite simple and modest, even if they have lovely handmade materials and interesting details, so the most exotic part at least for me is the headpiece, silk cap or <i>tykkimyssy.</i><br />
Maidens (before the age of confirmation) wear ribbons and adults wear a silk cap, tanu(a linen cap), veil or säppäli(ribbon decorated with spiky metal plates). My costume has a silk cap, and since it's made in a special way I signed up for a community college course to make it.<br />
The hat blocks that are used for the caps are hard to come by so a lot of them are loaned or rented around. If I understood right, there are currently no block makers who'd produce new blocks because the forms are copyrighted. (That didn't stop me from making a plaster cast of it in hopes of maybe making my own block one day...)<br />
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The cap bases are made with lining fabric, news paper, strong paper and rye porridge, sewn together, hammered to shape, then ironed and dried. Then a padding is added, and lastly the silk covering is sewn on. The caps are covered with silk that is usually embroidered with silk threads. Some caps use silk jacquards or wide patterned silk ribbons as covering. At the back is a detachable bow made with silk ribbons. If it's not specifically mentioned, you can choose the color for the bow, but similar color to the silk covering is popular. I've seen a photo of this costumes cap with a brick red bow(like the silk) but I chose a dark blue, because I thought it gives a nice contrast and it matches the little pouch.<br />
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Often the caps don't have too many colors, but mine is an uninspected costume, so the embroidery is very colorful. Trying to find the right or close to correct colors was a bit of a challenge, but I'm quite happy with the result.<br />
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There are three different shapes for the caps simply labeled 1, 2 and 3. Mine's a type one, a smaller but more domed shape with small tight folds on the sides. Type 1 can also be done with three wider folds, but of course, mine's the more difficult kind. The folds work as ease for different head sizes, meaning there's a ribbon that's tied and can be used to tighten the fit.<br />
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The caps sit at the back of the head, the smaller & higher type 1 a bit more at the back, a flat type 3 on top of the head. But there's more parts to the cap, it also includes a lace edging called <i>tykki. </i>There are specific laces used for this. If your instructions don't pinpoint a certain lace, there are two or three universal ones that you can choose from. I chose one that isn't maybe considered a universal lace per se, but I didn't like the other options and preferred this one so that's what I made. You can buy machine made lace, or REAL handmade bobbing lace that can be super expensive... I don't have a lot of extra cash so I decided to make the lace my self and just picked up the pattern from the course : P<br />
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I still need to starch the lace, it should sit smoothly around ones head. All of this should be attached with pins to a knitted headband called<i> timppi</i>, but I'm not planning to make one because anything like it won't stay on my head without an excessive amount of pinning ^^; So I'm gonna cheat there as well, pin the lace to the cap and then find a way to attach it to a small bun instead, and hopefully it'll stay on.<br />
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The vest needed to be taken in to fit me, but I would have needed to take in the seams so much it would've changed the proportions of the pattern drastically. So instead I decided to be radical and add two seams on the front sides. I folded the fabric inwards and stitched it carefully down, then basted the fold down on the inside.It means the stripes on the pattern have been altered a bit, but it can still be let back out and I rather have a costume I'm comfortable wearing than one that's 100% accurate but ill-fitting.<br />
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I was most nervous about the apron, because the fabrics are almost always only made on demand, and my costume isn't really one of the most popular ones so I thought finding the correct fabric somewhere might be challenging. But I got really lucky! My mom visited a local weaving mill, that had made the apron fabric just a year before to celebrate the 100 years of Finnish independence and they still had some left~ Making it was really quite straight forward and simple, only requiring some pattern matching and hand stitching.<br />
No photos of the whole thing yet, I still need to get socks and starch the lace, and then it should be wearable! An interesting little tidbit to finish here, the costumes are mainly based of a real life examples found on a certain area. This costume is based of a dress that was stored in someone's attic, and it was a second day wedding dress of a bride.<br />
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Since I have some good time to chit chat (for once) I though I'd do something I don't usually do and share some of my plans here in the blog! I've been in a bit of a runt ever since the Eurocosplay finals because real life has been so pressing, and with a new job I finally find my self with a bit more time and energy for costumes again <3<br />
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I talked about this in my IG(stories) already, but during that couple of years I've had a lot of costumes on my list to make. But since I haven't been able to make them my tastes might have changed and doing just costumes that I've added to my 'list' is not the best way to go forwards. I realized this when I finally finished Rapunzel's dress from the series, and trying it on I didn't feel happy or excited about wearing it. In stead I thought I'm going to take a few photos and the let it go. That's when I decided I'm ready to let go of old plans, old costumes I'm not going to wear anymore, and work on costumes and projects that actually spark joy in me (yes that is a kondoism).<br />
I've realized that the costumes that really speak to me right now are ones with more challenge, and more details. So I'm gonna share a few that I'm actually planning, have gathered materials for or am really planning!<br />
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Basically the first thing I've been trying to concentrate on are Cassandra's sword and shield I never made back in 2017. The costume hasn't felt complete so it's super nice to have them almost done at this point. Currently I'm at the painting, and I'll make a post of building them once that's done!<br />
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Next up I need to finish Sally Whitemane that I started around New Years, she has a deadline in July for a shoot. I've started on the the armorparts, built the bases for the shoulders and the hat, it shouldn't take too long to finish once Cassandra's props are painted. I've got most of the fabrics and started on some of those parts as well.<br />
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Then there are two costumes with no deadlines, one is a Sakizo's Alice world bunny girl. Another costume that's been on my 'list', and one of the reasons I started working on it is that I found the perfect fabric for it. Whenever I've made a girly puffy dress I haven't felt very comfortable in it, so we'll see if it's another 'shoot & boot' costume. I like working on it though, but I feel like right now I just want to 'get it out of the way' more than finish it for wearing or being happy about it.<br />
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Uploading it here feels like I need to update and make it a bit more visually pleasing, since this version relies on me doing the talking. ^^; Maybe I can upload a better version later!<br />
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In the meanwhile, I've been working on Cassandra's shield and sword to get them ready for Desucon~<br />
I made the costume in 2017 and took it to the WCS alumni trip, but it's never felt really finished with the missing props. I'll do another post about them once they are finished!<br />
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Hopefully I can turn that around a bit now and start updating more since I'm gonna have more free time to craft this year! I have plenty of plans and a bunch of small costumes to get out of the way so I can start on the ones I'm really excited for~ Some Sakizo and a couple of competition costumes are definitely in my future ^- ^<br />
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We went to have a long, long looooong over due horsie photoshoot with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mialiinaphoto/" target="_blank">Mialiina</a>, and I recently got a new Canon Gx7 for vlogging and travel purposes so I wanted to start and try to test that out. I'm patiently and eagerly waiting to see the actual results of the shoot, but here's a silly little vid of the day ^^</div>
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(I just felt like doing the make up part in the beginning, it's not the complete routine with all the products shown here. Just trying to learn how to film different things. Also I'm still trying to learn the settings so sorry about that too.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-9947913107444604172017-08-16T22:21:00.000+03:002017-08-16T22:22:28.432+03:00Roxie rocks ChicagoSome costume notes! Like I said previously Chicago is something I've always wanted to make a costume from, but it took a while before I had the epiphany of what it should be. Afterwards it just seemed so clear I felt kinda doofus for not thinking about it earlier.<br />
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My initial thought was to start building the leotard with a proper inner structure, so I looked into corsetry especially from around 1930-1950 showgirl/burlesque costumes because that seems to be the closest match to Roxie's little number style wise. Watching the movie though, you can see from how it moves and wrinkles it's more of a glorified swimsuit rather than and actual structured piece. A friend helped me to find the original auction description which reads it's a 'skin colored leotard' suggesting that there really is nothing more to it. (Also Zellweger is in such a shape in the movie she wouldn't need any support from any direction anyway!)<br />
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I found a delightful soft skin colored jersey from Tallinn that I used on the outer layer, and the lining is a bit darker sturdier skin colored fabric. The top layer is so stretchy and soft I actually had to make the pattern smaller than the lining pattern. Because I'm a lot bustier than the actress I figured I need a bit more support so I integrated a sports bra inside the top of the leotard. All of the leotard is sewn with the lining(mesh and zipper are both between the layers) except for the sportsbra, so it's the first thing next to my skin and I can gently wash it if necessary and the straps, because they might stretch with the weight and I might have to adjust them at some point. All fairly simple.<br />
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Hardest part was figuring out the beading pattern ugh. It's so nice that from any movie or series that comes out now you get an exhibition and people taking detail photos and you get high quality pics in general, but Chicago is so old already, there are no proper pictures readily available on the internet. So I spent a long time squinting and screenshots, auction pics and movieclips to try and chart the pattern to my best ability. I still feel like it's not exactly like it should be... But I did the best I could and I hope it's close enough. All the beading is on the top layer, and the only thing going through the lining is the fringe and that has a reason too.<br />
This costume is definitely a maintenance costume because of the bugle beads. I asked around for tips how bellydancers make their fringes, since bugle beads are cut pieces of a glass rod they have a sharp edge and a tendency to cut through the threads with time. A bear thread was recommended so I used that for making the fringepart. For the beading I used nylonthread, but that doesn't really hold knots well so I had to treat all the beginnings and endings with superglue. Anyway, the fringe goes through the lining so that I can easily pull the threads out and replace them when/if they fall off at some point.<br />
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The other parts were the gloves, shoes and the wig. The shoes are black dance shoes, the closest I could find to the right shape, and I wet formed the new surface from a silver leather. I bought the leather a year or two ago already, not knowing what to use it for but it felt like such a rare find I snatched in from the fabric store right away. Well it was the perfect match for Roxie's danceshoes!<br />
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The gloves were quite simple wristlets from skin colored mesh I also found from Tallinn, with a silicone band and hot fix rhinestones. I sewed the edges down, ironed, took of the stitches and trimmed them down to make them lay neater than just a raw cut.<br />
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The wig is a random lace front from ebay. It took about three tries to get it to look right, because there was soooo much to cut off omg. I had to curl it twice to because the first try was just a mess. But at least I got the technique down in the end. Note to self: invest in some hairclips and curlers. (already bought some clips from Japan heha) </div>
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I don't really have photos of my stage rip-off jail dress but I found the fabric from UFF for 1€ and used the movie reference to pattern it. Of course it doesn't sit the correct way since the back is open up until the neck but it did it's job.<br />
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And for fun, have some more stage photos! The following are taken by Nyymix.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>All started last fall when I was judging at Firstlook with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cosplex/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Lex</a> and she was wearing her gorgeous Satine from ECG 2014, and while I was watching her swaying trims it hit me. I had already considered the thought of the ECC preliminaries this year. I've always, always wanted to make something from my favorite musical, but I've been a little on the edge between the outfits 'cause none of them is actually that specific. Except for Roxie's silver burlesque namepiece. I've always loved Chicago and the obnoxiousness of the characters and All that jazz if you know what I mean. When the idea hit home it felt like I just needed to make it for the qualifiers!<div>
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By now I think I've made it pretty clear that skits are my weaker aspect, so with Roxie's silver piece the skit kinda presented it self with the costume. Don't get me wrong because I love love love well made skits and excellent acting and would love to deliver polished and believable acts myself (JPopcon & Animecon, I will get to you later), I'm just a bit inexperienced plus I'm not a very bodily person in general. One of the main reasons why I signed up for the contest was to get more stage experience.</div>
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I still haven't seen any videos so I have no idea how my little number actually looked like, but I'm grateful for the positive feedback I've gotten so far. Obviously I got critique from the judges and tips for improvement but the main thing is I don't feel like I failed horribly. After having had my three minutes on stage I felt content and that was the best feeling in the world at that moment. I took a risk with a skit that was basically a simple lipcync, needed a lot of presence and character that I wasn't completely sure I could deliver. Before it was my turn I was rather nervous but not a nerve wreck which was a very welcome feeling. (I remember feeling the same with our WCS skit both in prelims and in finals) Considering my meager skit history, this is pretty much a complete U-turn from what I'm used to. (Hey, maybe that's why I've been kinda scared of skits before huh?)</div>
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Even if I was personally really exited about Roxie, the costume itself felt a little risky for the competition as well. Now I do know perfectly well that small simple costumes can shine, if you make them neatly enough. But the mindset always depends on which side of table you are too, because when you are the one with something to lose or gain you start nitpicking and second guessing your work. Is this good enough or maybe it should be bigger or have more parts... Because when it comes down to it Roxie's costume <u>is</u> a leotard, simple pumps and a pair of finger-less gloves. Even the wig doesn't require a vast skill set even if the curling took two tries to get right. With this in mind I did my best to make all the pieces as well as I could. I was hoping all the sparkle could be seen in the audience. (The photo above makes me so happy with all the glittering!)</div>
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One of the qualities of the silver piece is that it should reflect the color of the lights and help in creating the mood for a certain moment, so I took that in to account when sending in my light requests. The idea was to get a cold blue-ish light for the parts where Roxie's either in jail (beginning&end) or having her indulgence moment, and warm tones for the dream sequence. Since I haven't seen the skit myself I don't know how it worked, but I'm at least hoping it translated on some level.</div>
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Now the contest it self was a great experience! My turn was pretty late, which is kind of a pity since it meant I could only see couple of the last skits after my own, but it also meant that my judging & rehearsals were fairly late. Since we didn't have a separate check in -time I didn't have to wake up too early and could get ready in peace. We were allowed backstage at 1 o'clock so I assembled my prop right away, like most of the other contestants. That was also the 'oh you're in the competition too?' moment because I think most of the people, likewise, hadn't really made it known they'd be participating. After the make up Roxie is fairly easy and fast to put on so I then had a little time to go say hi to couple of friends before strolling back to wait for my turn in judging. The judging it self went by pretty fast and I didn't actually get to tell everything I wanted but hey that's how it usually goes anyway doesn't it. It made me personally happy that we had a lot of entries and hanging back stage with everyone else the level of the competition seemed really high! I honestly couldn't have guessed the result to any direction at that point so A+ for this year! A huuuge congrats for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/megurinemagnet/" target="_blank">Megurinemagnet</a> for taking the third and Siiri Tikkanen the second place ^ ^ And an extra shout out for the girl who's costume got destroyed right before the event but still pulled through with out cancelling, you are my personal hero of this contest.</div>
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The winner announcement was actually exciting 'cause it was so hard to try and guess who would place! When they were listing the criteria for the first place I was sure it was definitely not me because of the 'taking the stage' comment but after hearing my name... I have to say it is one of the lines that I will cherish because well, it was a positive comment on something I've been most insecure about in this hobby. I'll take this cell block tango to London and promise to represent Finland to my best ability!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-63618937991583151362017-02-14T11:58:00.000+02:002017-02-14T11:58:47.368+02:00Wintercostume at a wintercon, say what!Start of the year and so on. Desucon was the first convention of the year and so on. And so enjoyable again, I never get to do all the things I'd want and hung out with all the people I'd want because time just flies away. But hey, I made a new costume!<br />
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After WCS I've had like three(well I always have more but they way I count this is kind of fluid) costumes I've been working on, and around the Christmas I made a decision of a fourth one I'm aiming to finish for Desucon this year. But since none of these was ready, or would be ready before Frostbite I decided I'd finally make Kahvi from Elfquest. I planned this costume for a year ago already, but you know how hard it is to try and find a winter fabric in yellow? Took me a whole year and I went abroad a few times in between as well. But yeah, so finally I found the fabrics and got two very busy weeks to try and squeeze in a bit of cosworking time.<br />
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This particular design is seen in her own sidestory where she's goes on a trip to discover her own past and heritage.<br />
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I didn't have time to make the hiparmor, and the spear could use some finishing touches but the funny thing is it actually doesn't even matter because the artist drew a whole page where (I think) they forgot she was supposed to have the armor and the glove details. Going to add those now, since it's just a small task and then the costume is 100% done in my opinion.<div>
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At the convention I was really happy to do some working again, judging the costume contest and also cohosting the Worbla workshop this time.</div>
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<br />Last but not least after the workshop I had a small photoshoot outside with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElderxPhotography/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Elderx Photography</a> on Sunday! Thank you so much for these pics <3<br /><br />
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We ended up choosing to bring five costumes for the events. WCS only requires minimum of 3 costumes (finals + 2), but we felt more comfortable with several costumes in case one gets ruined or simply too gross&sweaty to wear. We chose one more intricate costume pair for the red carpet, and the rest based on what would be easy and comfortable to wear in the heat of Nagoya. One criteria was also that <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Yumi</a> wasn't in a good position to make lots of new costumes, so we chose something she'd have at hand already. Those ended up being Mia Fey from Ace Attorney and Catherine from Catherine. To pair them I made Maya(Ace Attorney 6) and Trisha.<br />
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Lightning Returns was one of our options for the qualifiers last year, so it ended up being quite an easy thing to choose for the red carpet. Afterwards we also decided on Asuka's and Rei's school uniforms from Evangelion. They ended up being an excellent choice for the courtesy visits day.<br />
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<u>Maya Fey - Ace Attorney 6</u><br />
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When we discussed me making an Ace Attorney costume so Yumi could bring Mia, Maya was probably the first character that caught my eye and fit the description of what to bring to Nagoya. I was planning to make her younger version, _until(!) AA6 was announced during the year with some concept art for an older Maya. That design was much more appealing to me.<br />
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The costume is fairly simple. The dress is a sleeveless kimono flared from the bottom so it opens a bit like in the concept art. Canonically it's probably meant to be a straight kimonodress, but I preferred the look of my reference, I'm pretty happy of the fabric I found for the purple jacket and how I managed to make it without sideseams. Also on the fact that I managed to match the two different whites like in the reference.<br />
The shoes were some old flipflops I trimmed, painted and added the red ribbons. The pearls on the necklace and wig are just treated styrofoam balls, like the other hair trinkets.<br />
Her golden mega-tama was probably my favorite thing to make in this costume. It's carved finnfoam with sanded airdryingclay on top.<br />
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Surprisingly this ended up being my hottest costume, with sweat running down my legs xD From the waist up I was pretty fine though.<br />
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I honestly have a love-hate relationship with Lightning. The game is ridiculous nonsense, and as a character she's just as interesting as a wet brick. But I've kinda liked her ridiculous outfit design (she's basically wearing a bra and a panty to battle hello) so at first I was kinda excited about making the costume. I have to mention right here that I'm not that happy with it though. With it or in it to be precise. One of the reasons might be though that I had to make quite a lot of material compromises for Nagoya. For example her pant-sleeve and arm-sleevet hingies should've actually been leather(or fake leather in this case) but imagine that in the unforgiving temperatures of Japan? Yeah it wasn't going to happen. So a lot of compromises happened instead. </div>
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Here's a rough 'n dirty run of the build for you though; the armor parts are foam so they'd survive in the heat, with fake leather for the texture and foam details. The chestplate bra is a bra with a felt attachment, then covered in a matte scuba fabric and fake leather. The cape and side curtains are from two different curtainfabrics. With working pockets(that solved my pocket problem on this costume lol). The silver emblem and sleeve armor pieces are cast in resin and painted with chrome spraypaint. Boots have bootcovers from fake leather. The sword is made from wood with details in PVC foam board and it's cut from the middle so I could fit it in a suitcase. Painted with acrylics. My reference was the simpler figure sword, not the more intricate game model. Small details were made from Apoxie sculpt. </div>
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This costume really isn't one I'd wear for fun, and I'm definitely not happy with it plus it gives me no feel of a characters so it probably won't see conventions that much... But funny enough, now that I have the wig, I had an idea of maybe making one her other costume designs in the game... xD We'll see.</div>
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<u>Trisha/Midnight Venus/Ishtar - Catherine</u></div>
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This was again chosen based on Yumi already having made the Catherine costume earlier. I definitely would've preferred the afro version of this character, but taking that afro to Japan in the luggage was an obvious no-no so I went with the sleek secret-ending version. This costume is mostly dumpster dived, for those interested x3 The jacket is an old mens jacket I customized to fit me(luckily it's supposed to have wider shoulders and bit of this odd pulling), the skirt needed a little bit sewing on the sides and the shoes were a tad too low and a bit too big for me BUT I threw them away in Japan so they served their purpose perfectly.<br />
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The choker parts and cross are resincast, and the plate is PVC foamboard. I sprayed the texture on it with some tulle and primer. The gold 'lace' is made with iron-on gold vinyl on black satin with a fusible interfacing that gives it structure. I need to get a close up on the button because it's the cutest ramhead design.</div>
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<u>Asuka - Neon Genesis Evangelion</u><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Since she only had two costumes to make Yumi made the patterns for the dress and the shirt, and I used the same ones on mine. Nothing fancy here, just a skirt and a shirt. The shoes I found from the recycling center, socks from ebay and I added the stretchy red bands. The straps on the shoes are just fakeleather bands around my feet. The watch was painted red. I've been meaning to buy a new Asuka wig for ages so I finally got it for this purpose, but I'm so used to my old one I'm not sure if I like this wig on her x3.</span></div>
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Next was Yukicon, also working as a photographer. I didn't have any arranged shoots but I was super delighted when <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Yumi</a> asked if I could take a few extra photos of their small extempore Life is Strange group. I have to mention at this point that I'm very passionate about trying to take good photos, and trying to improve but I'm also super self conscious about my work, and I think at this point I started to feel like there's finally a bit of something I can be happy about in the photos. I have so much work before I can call my self decent, but I hope I manage to improve little by little. Having a lot of practice has clearly been a step to the right direction. Also I really love it that I've befriended some photographers but I'm still super shy to talk about photography with anyone... even though I would really love to... but I'm afraid I'll just reveal how little I actually know...... -///-;;;<br />
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Next was Winter Nekocon where I went for the first time and this time, I was judging their cosplay competition. I did take my camera too though, a quick little shoot with <a href="http://ilonacosplay.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Ilona</a> , and my lovely co-judge <a href="http://yacicosplay.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Yaci</a> was kind enough to take a few pics of Asami. (of which I've still only shared one photo so far I think, I need to share more after the trip!) I also held the Worbla workshop here~<br />
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After that followed Cosvision. Oh Cosvision. I was asked to have the workshop again, I agreed to help out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/studio.zahora.eu/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Studio Zahora</a> with theirs (who was such a lovely person and I'm happy we got to meet), and on top of that did some photography shenanigans and judging. Lot's of running around, but I enjoyed everything. I also loved meeting both Kairi and Erza, so all in all pretty 5/7 convention. From a staff perspective there were some small issues, but I really hope Cosvision can evolve and grow with time. The biggest treat? Photos by Zahora. Here's one so far:<br />
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After Cosvision it was time for Desucon. I was proud to be part of the ECC judges so I didn't apply for photography this time (though I still had a small but lovely shoot in the woods with an awesome LoL group). I also had a workshop here as well though. What else to say, Desucon = good time. I wish they will move the cosplay contests back to Saturday though.<br />
I got Wonder Woman out of the cellar for this, because I really don't have photos showing the costume that well and I managed to book a quick little shoot from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mialiinaphoto/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Mialiina</a>!<br />
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Before Desucon I took part in a small pilot project Cosvision contacted me for: the Worldcraft Movie previewing with Finnkino. I think this was the first time cosplayers were used in promoting anything in Finland so it was quite am interesting experience. I dug my old Alex from it's box, (that I had been contemplating of throwing away because I didn't think I'd ever wear it again), remade most of the armor and took her out for a spin. It was actually fun, we were taken care of by Cosvision and Finnkino staff and I felt the reception at the moviethreater was generally positive and interested.<br />
Now that I somewhat fixed her up a bit I thought I might try to get one more photoshoot at least with her.<br />
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So yeah! I feel like I haven't done much this spring costume wise, but then I try to remind myself that I've actually done four costumes for WCS on top of having done another version of Motoko, renewed Alex's armors, and those one simple and one half-finished ones I was making for Frostbite. I just haven't been able to wear others besides Motoko anywhere yet. But have a couple of wip's:<br />
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Almost forgot I also made a small commission work for a dear friend: a tiara and a clockprop from Idolmaster CG:Starlight stage.<br />
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So there's a small recap, I'll try to post a small pre-WCS post also before leaving! I also promise to take and share more WIP's in the future, when I don't have a big friggin' deadline hanging above my neck stressing me out xDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-76977027930733828072015-12-31T11:49:00.000+02:002015-12-31T11:49:08.910+02:002016 comes rushing in... are you ready?I feel like I just made a year review ...a year ago. How did the time flew by so fast? I'm not going to blabber about what I made and so on because I've made couple of pretty detailed posts about my costumes while posting wip's and telling about the process a bit, and most of them in one single post because I was too busy in the spring to post about them... so yeah! In stead I made a nifty pic showing all of them in one row, except the latest, which is't quite finished and I obviously I don't have any photos to show (but it's almost done, and would be more so if I wasn't still waiting for one of the fabrics I ordered to arrive...) but I count it mostly done this year so in the 2015 row it goes.<br />
(I did the same with Azula, while I still had some details to finish I counted it to 2014).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hellena & Gwendolyn - Niew Photography, Asami - Jussi Sorjonen, Amir - Mikael Peltomaa</td></tr>
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The highlight of course being able to finally make Amir and placing in WCS preliminaries, I have to say I very much enjoyed Gwendolyn and I'm very happy with the over all look of it. Gwen and Amir both have a special place in my heart . I'm also ridiculously excited (ridiculously as in I'm not sure why I'm so excited rather than the vastness of the excitement) for the nearly-done-actually-a-season-fitting-costume.<br />
I was hoping I could've finished more costumes, but I'm happy I was able to not go under five at least. Amir being quite labor intensive I call this year a success all in all. On top of these costumes I've done a couple of small commissions and some pieces for other costumes that I have waiting for their turn to be made(patterns, small props, bought fabrics...) so it's not like I did <i>only</i> what's shown here. On contrast, I didn't get to do photoshoots that I hoped/was planning for because honestly, the whole summer I worked on Amir <i>every day</i>. Way to go Amir, I still love you. A good cosplay year~<br />
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This year I also:<br />
- finally bought actual patternpaper and it was 100% the best decision.<br />
- bought fabric markers for Amir's sake and it was 100% the best decision<br />
- gave in and made an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/merryallnighter/" target="_blank">instagram</a> account for cosplay things<br />
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This beginning year I hope to be more productive. I'm super excited for the WCS adventure and also plan to work on improving my own photography. Have a nice 2016 everyone!<br />
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P.S. I have a small kiriban giveaway planned for my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/merryallnighter/" target="_blank">facebook page</a> that's not very far now, so stay tuned!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-13823504251723325342015-11-19T21:17:00.000+02:002015-11-19T21:17:38.723+02:00The Cosplay SM aka The Finnish Cosplay ChampionshipsJust a quick word because, what the hell, I was there and I guess I need to acknowledge that too.<br />
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And no pictures because. Because.<br />
<a name='more'></a>It was not like your average cosplay/anime/whatever convention at all. I knew it wouldn't be a con, and that it would just be about the competition, but it was quite a culture shock because the whole event was so clearly a TV production, not an event. That's all fine and dandy and the only reason I'm a bit puffed about it is because I didn't know to prepare to be a part of a production because I've never been in one. I actually asked if I could've been a photographer earlier this year and I'm sure I might have different views if I was on the working side of this, but since I ended up getting a ticket, I expected to be a paying customer and not an 'extra'. TV audiences are usually free attendance and that's just my two cents of how it should be. I think the problem might have been that the competition was started as an event, and then the production was included later but the attendance fee stayed the same?<br />
Also in my humble opinion Gloria was quite an anticlimactic venue for the whole thing, considering how hyped the whole contest was in the circles. As an audience member that was sitting a bit further, I didn't really see the skits below the knees. Considering all this, would I pay 15€ again to be an extra with no proper view of the show... maybe not.<br />
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In spite of all this the costumes and skits looked rad and I'm happy that the competitors and hosts pulled everything through beautifully. I'm hoping it looked good on TV and got some positive attention for this awesome hobby. If they arrange this exactly the same way next year... meeeh not sure if I'd go as a viewer. But I might participate u_u<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-38237551015120194102015-10-01T21:58:00.000+03:002015-10-01T22:15:50.296+03:00WIP's, WIP's everwhereOk I have four costumes worth of WIP's to post so here it is. Since it's been a while I'm not sure if I have that much to say of each of them so this shall mostly be a pic heavy run through.<br />
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An avatar group happened last Yukicon and I already wrote a little bit about it <a href="http://merryallnighter.blogspot.fi/2015/01/peasentball-aka-yukicon.html">here</a>.<br />
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Azula's Firenation armor is definitely not the easiest cosplay to make well because shape of the design is not actually very feminine, or girly, but still the air of the character is. She's drawn in a way that despite the armor, she looks like the girls she is underneath. At least for me, it's easy to make it a bit too 'butch' and I wish I'd actually managed to make it a bit more dainty. But eh I didn't do this so seriously anyway I'm not going to dwell on it.</div>
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It's was very difficult to find a proper back reference for Hellena, and I only had one small pretty low resolution one to go by but I think I managed. The picture shows the basicshapes and in the middle of the back there's a grey circlet edged with black lines and with good will you can kinda think there's some sort of texture or lines in the grey area. I took a liberty to use black chiffon on top of the white fabric to create the effect.<br />
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I didn't want to stress the sensitive material and sew the spades on my stockings, so the small heart clips are sewn on the garter belt and they clip on the the top of the spades. The other ends have magnets so they'll stay in place<br />
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I really wanted to have a photoshoot for this costume during the summer but I honestly had just no time :<<br />
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I was supposed to make Asami for Popcult in the spring, but since we had a deadline for the WCS portfolio I didn't have time to finish it on time. The portfolio was obviously more important of the two : D Plus the time between the conventions this spring was nonexistent.<br />
So I finished it and wore in on Ropecon for a day instead. I really wanted to cosplay from Korra since the series started but it took me a really long time to realize I actually wanted to make Asami. I didn't really even consider her because she's feminine and pretty and I'm.... not. But I'm super happy I did because I actually really like this costume and think it might be one of my grab-alongs from now on. Maybe just take the jacket in a little and maybe new boots, the ones I have now are really way too big for me ^^;<br />
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I've been wanting to make Gwendolyn for aaageeesss and I was so happy I was able to crash <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/">yumi</a>'s little group for Desucon. Perfect excuse to finally finish this costume. I didn't stress too much about the quality, and I think because of that I had a lot of fun. I had a generous three weeks to pull this together even.<br />
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The first time I used boning!(just plastic though) Will definitely do again. </div>
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Also the first time I used soft foam for armorparts. I'm definitely a bit iffy about it taking pressure but it worked on the little parts on this costume.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">* Photocredits</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Azula - <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/">YumiKoyuki</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hellena - <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/">YumiKoyuki</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Asami - Jussi Sorjonen</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Gwendolyn - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NiewPhotography?fref=ts">Niew Photography</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-13648245965899783882015-09-21T17:04:00.001+03:002015-10-01T20:18:55.807+03:00Cloth is very importantSo let's start with a bit of how I made Amir. Like I said earlier this has been a dream costume of mine ever since the manga started, but I didn't start working on it right away. Firstly, I knew it would be really labor intensive and there always seemed to be reasons to make other costumes. Secondly I knew I wanted to use good materials and that takes money. So I kept having it on my 'someday' folder until we were discussing our options for the WCS preliminaries and <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/">yumi</a> brought Otoyomegatari up as one of the possibilities. Honestly I felt like this would be the perfect place for this cosplay, what ever happened in the actual competition. I'm really happy I got to bring Amir to a stage.<br />
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Amir's referenses are really, let's say fluid. There are a lot of detailed pictures from almost every angle, but the details keep changing all the time. I wanted to make a general version of the character, not just a certain version from a certain page. I used the cover of the second book as my main- and color reference. Some things though, like the sleeves are different because they are different throughout the manga and in the end I followed the most common design.<br />
All in all Amir is my most expensive cosplay so far, and the weirdest part was that it didn't feel like I was making cosplay per se. It felt like I was making real, usable clothes(which they pretty much are). This even led to a small crisis because I felt like I didn't get to do any cosplaystuff during the summer while I was, in fact working on a very detailed cosplay.<br />
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I started from the underlayers, the pants and the tunic. The fabric is a mix of some sort, it has a bit of stretch, nice thickness and weight and the best part; it's doesn't practically wrinkle at all. We coordinated with <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/">yumi</a> on this, and her dress is the same fabric. We also have the same materials for the bootcovers, and her jacket has the same black wool and the red suedette as mine.<br />
Since the source was a manga, some of the details were a bit vague simply because they hadn't been drawn properly/big/detailed enough, so there was a little bit of room for interpretation. I had to decide the pattern on the pants based on a tiny scribble on one panel of the manga. The same went with the socks (which I just realized I don't have a photo of).<br />
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The skirt fabric was the hardest one to find, it took over two months before I actually bought one. You'd think that a nice off white fabric with a bit of weight and thickness to it was easy to find but nope. It's either paper white, twill, or jersey. It was my first circle skirt, and took about week to embroider with work and stuff going on. If you're ever wondering, stripes are the slowest thing to embroider. Ever. The skirt is hemmed by hand, as are the edges and I even made the buttonhole by hand.<br />
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The tunic is made from a basicpattern I got in the spring for myself, I just had to draft the collar by myself. The pattern on it is also very ambiguous, as it keeps changing from picture to picture. I tried to design it with the feeling you get from the manga, but it's impossible to copy it exactly from it. You almost never see all of the design at once. There were also different ways of how the pattern circled the hem, so I just chose one picture and based the design on that. The manga shows that the pieces are not in fact lined, but I lined some parts for convenience. The tunic is hemmed by hand.<br />
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I thought the belt fabric would be the hardest to find because of the odd, desaturated orange-ish, brownish brickcolor, but I actually just walked in to the store and picked it from the first box of fabrics I tried. I wish it was always that easy! The stripes are painted with fabric paint. I was planning on maybe embroidering them on first, but you can kind of see it from the manga that some of the fabrics are more likely printed or knitted and imported, and not embroidered. This is also why yumi decided to print Pariya's scarf, and it would match if I did the same.<br />
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The jacket was the scariest part of the whole things on mostly just because of the patterning, and because I wanted to get it right. In the end I was being really careful not to make it too small and I'm going to still take it in a notch to have it fit a bit better. I was worried that the tunic might not fit under if I made it too small by accident. I bought the wool for the jacket over a year ago, because I happened to finally find the kind that I could actually afford. I'm glad I did it back then because the quality of the said product varies greatly and I got really lucky. I'm super happy that my batch had this fine almost 'fur like' surface with a tiny sheen almost if you look at it closely. I was only worried if I bought enough but it turned out I had plenty to make the jacket. The red stripes are red suedette. I wanted to use fake suede to have a bit more of the rural feeling plus the only other option was pretty much felt. The only problem was that it was a pain in the butt to embroider and took ages, because the needlework was so slow oh gods. I had to use fusible interfacing on all the pieces to eliminate the stretch of the fabric, and fake suede/suedette is quite dense so it was a fight to get the needle through. I honestly don't want to embroider any suede in a while if I can avoid it :'D<br />
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This time I actually made prototypes for the patterns and I admit it was a good thing. <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/">yumi </a> was a darling and helped me to check the fit and make sure it was good. Only the sleeves caused a bit of a headache, but in the end we got the odd shape to work.</div>
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Bootcovers were pretty straightforward, made the pattern the usual way, used worbla to create the persian tip like I always do (all except one of my costumes this year have had persian tips, whyyyy) and this time also the heel because the original heel was way too narrow and was actually not supposed to be there. And because yumi is actually so much taller than me I'm also wearing extra 4cm hidden heel in the boots. The brown fabric is stretch suedette and the patterns are non-stretch. The nibs were embroidered.<br />
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The hat has a felt structure and the wool is sewn on after it was embroidered. Rather straightforward again. For the white circles I ordered flat opaque white sequins from Etsy, and the ones I found happened to be french pre-WW2 vintage sequins. Not that it matters but I think it's a fun detail.</div>
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The first thing I made for this costume were the earrings. The masters were made with apoxie sculpt on PVC plastic. The earring parts, all the red gems and their settings, all the coins, the beads of the tumarsha, and the little bits in the bells on it were cast in resin. I also cast all the coins and earring parts for yumi's Pariya. The bracelets and the scarf amulet were PVC plastic with some apoxie and the resin gems. Again, the references varied a lot and I simply chose some panels as references for the parts. The tumarsha was made from a cardboard tube with wooden pearls and I used apoxie, worbla and PVC for the details. The diamond shaped beads and the little bells are worbla.</div>
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The quiver is felt with lightblue and beige suede over it, the red patterns are embroidered. Again, the reference caused a bit of trouble. The cover image I used shows a small part of the quiver as very grey-blue, and then one of the backcovers show a very small picture of the quiver with rich patterns and more colors. Then there's one early art(?)/consept(?) picture that shows the quiver quite well, but the design is again a bit different. I ended up using that picture for the color and otherwise took the design from inside the manga.</div>
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I don't have a separate image of the arrows, but I made them the 'traditional' way, splitting feathers and using red and blue silk thread to decorate them. The bow was intimidating to make since I haven't really worked with wood before and I didn't know how difficult it would prove to be. Luckily I was able to access real tools and facilities to make it, and in the end it was so much easier than what I feared. It was a rather nice experience, and I'd be happy to make something from wood again. The bow separates to two parts for easier travel, and the handle is covered with scrap leather from an old jacket. <br />
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And last, since I always need a pocket, I made a small pouch to match the jacket. I embroidered the knots on this too but only after taking the picture it seems. They show little embroidered pouches in the manga, and this is very much the same style as in many Finnish national costumes so it felt fitting. It's hidden under the jacket and the tunic anyway.</div>
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I'm actually pretty happy with everything, and I think I will only do a little tweaking to improve it a bit. Take the jacket in a bit, and repaint the jewelry with a better basecolor for example.</div>
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To end with just a quick word about the props in case anyone is actually interested. For the clayoven we had a wooden frame that we could put together and take apart so it would be possible to transport it in a car, covered with a hood that was stapled on place. The lid is made from EVA foam and painted and took like 15 minutes to make, and the 'breads' are sculpted from finnfoam with a layer of woodglue and painted. We needed two of each, the raw and the baked versions. The carpet was a freebie from the recyclingcenter (student budget here).</div>
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I'm actually superhappy about going to WCS at this point, because I'm (most hopefully) graduating soon and everything after that is a huge question mark. Most of all it means that I'll need a fulltime job somewhere and I have no idea where that will take me. We also discussed a little bit about if we would try again next year if we didn't win now, and we were both a bit unsure if we'd be in a position to do so. Especially since this whole thing was such a big and long project, from the last Tracon all the way to the preliminaries this year. Though I'm pretty sure after the first time the next is always easier. </div>
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I find it really hard to concentrate on just one costume at a time, unless it's the last two weeks before a con, so this summer was super challenging. Now I'm on a 'make everything' -frenzy and starting things I haven't actually planned to do along with things I've really wanted to do for a long time and my brain is just overflowing with inspiration to <i>make everything right now</i>. Let's see what my next fully finished costume will be, I have three or four that my brain want to be completing this fall :D</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7967676335782288758.post-79191812955779398832015-09-13T02:17:00.000+03:002015-09-13T02:29:58.304+03:00Tracon X marks the spot!Oh boy where to start. So much has been going on with me not really having time to update. I'm still lagging behind with posting some making of stuff from.. sheesh ever since Azula. I will get to those after this, things won't be chronological but I want to update while this is still fresh!<br />
And I'm of course talking about the Tracon X's WCS preliminaries for 2016! And we won! What!<br />
We're going on an adventure next year with <a href="http://yumikoyukicosplay.blogspot.fi/">YumiKoyuki</a>! I can't!<br />
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<a name='more'></a> So where do I begin? A year ago we decided that we would compete in the WCS preliminaries as a pair. We had both entertained the idea of competing but neither of us felt like we had a friend who'd be interested. We were pretty much acquaintances back then, not really friends, and the decision formed sort of by a chance. After Tracon 9 we started to gather ideas for the costumes and the skits, and the final decision was pretty much based on what skit idea we felt was the best for us. Of course I was beyond thrilled to finally be able to make Amir. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Otoyomegatari and Kaoru Mori, and that I've wanted to make Amir since the manga started. That's why I was 100% in when yumi suggested the manga as our source.<br />
(Also I love love love yumi's Pariya. Pariya is one of my favourite characters in the manga, and I try not to swoon over her at every turn.)<br />
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While both of us made our own costumes, we co-operated a lot which was a new experience for both and I feel that both of our costumes are a bit better thanks to that. We've actually become friends during this project. We are both very well aware that we are still skit-novices, if you may, yumi having done one and I 1,5 skits before, from which neither of us had very good experiences.<br />
The goal was to make something that would work for us, we'd be comfortable with and we wouldn't be trying something our skills aren't up to yet.<br />
This was the first time I was actually able to be aware that I'm on an actual stage and concentrate a bit on what I'm doing and not just hoping to get out as fast as possible. In other words, I didn't hate it. After watching the video of our skit I can totally tell how unaccustomed I am to the stage and the performing. What felt like large movements on the stage, didn't look like it at the film at all. BUT that's something I can definitely work on now that I've shook off some of the previous traumas. I'm happy yumi is as expressive as she is.<br />
At least for me, it was much easier and nicer to work on a skit with someone else, rather than completely by myself. I feel like I've learned a lot and, well, I do have some solo competitions I am basically interested in that require a skit and the idea of having to make one is not nearly as daunting as it used to be. I am actually eager about getting to bring something to the WCS stage with yumi.<br />
So still a novice yes, but I'm super touched at least some people think our skit was cute and it gives me fuel to try skits again!<br />
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About the costume itself, I started the first parts around February after we made the final decision about our costumes of choice. I did some work before the portfolio needed to be sent, and then had a small break and worked on Gwendolyn instead. After Desucon though, I worked on Amir pretty much every day. I will make another entry that goes to more detail about how I made the costume, but there was a lot of needlework. The last two months were especially hard. I had a tiny nervous breakdown on June for not having finished the costume already (yes :D not having it already done) and general all around melting during July and August. I didn't resort to any all-nighters, but some very late(or early?) hours were spent several times.. Rather a month before than the last week I though. It did pay off how ever, since I finished my costume on Wednesday and the props on Thursday night the week of the con. On Friday before leaving, I worked on finishing our smaller stage props.<br />
It was good luck that I'd finished 'well' on time, since yumi still had a bit of work to do so I was able to help her with some finishing touches.<br />
My SO was also adorable and baked us some teabread for yumi to have in her basket while we worked :D<br />
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The morning went by quite fast, I didn't really have time to ponder around and feel nervous since we pretty much went from the changing room straight to judging straight to practice straight to photographs and then did a little stroll at Tampere-talo before the actual competition started. I was super nervous of course but this time it was more... excited nervousness than the 'I don't want to be here I don't want to do this' that I'm used to.<br />
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Shout out to the directing at the practice thing that's been deployed at the conventions recently, it was superb ob The atmosphere at the backstage was so great, honestly everyone was so nice and we had this general good feeling among all the pairs, or at least that's how I felt. Our turn was pretty near the end, so we missed most of the other performances but luckily they can all be found from Youtube already.<br />
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After our skit I honestly felt so content I didn't feel I would mind at all even if we didn't place at all. Of course when it was time to announce the results it was nervous too, and well, you can imagine how it would feel to be announced first place. If you are really interested the results can be seen online too, tough it's only in finnish.<br />
So many kind words, so many people crying totally surprised me. I think I was too surprised to cry myself, even though something like this would usually totally get me to tears :D I really have no words left for this part, and I don't think I've yet fully grasped the whole thing. I'll let you know when I do. I'll just say; we're going on an adventure, and it's exciting and I'm humbled we were granted this opportunity.<br />
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I'm not exactly sure what we did after that, took some photos I think, filled some forms and then... I think it was late enough to take the costumes off. yumi went to dine with some friends and I went to change and headed to the after party to see Yohio and Machinae Supremacy. So Saturday was pretty much spent with the competition.<br />
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Another super exciting thing was that I got accepted to the GoH piknik with Eatyourkimchi (yayyyyyy) so I baked before going to bed and in the morning headed to the green room to whip up the whipped cream for my cake. I don't usually care for the GoH's (remember Kaoru Mori last year? yeaaaaah) but I've been following Simon and Martina for a few years and really, really wanted to meet them. They were awesome. The piknik was awesome. Did I mention they were awesome? Most of the people had handmade the things they brought to the piknik which I liked very much, I feel it gave a nice impression about people wanting to really bring treats for the guests. 'Gourmet piknik' like they said, apparently they had been expecting people to bring stuff from the supermarket.<br />
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After that I pretty much just had to clean up, go to change to Amir again and wait around for the ending seremony a bit. In the end I missed both the GoH interview and the posing for photographs -lecture I really wanted to see but hopefully Youtube is my friend and I can still check them later.<br />
We decided not to drive back to Helsinki until on Monday morning, a good decision because we were all pretty beat and it was nicer to sit in the car after a good night's sleep.<br />
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After Tracon I've had so much freedom oh boy! The feeling that you don't have to get up in the morning and start working right away feels so alien. I have this slightly guilty feeling all the time that I should be working on the costume and have to keep reminding myself that it's finished. But I did get a slight flu, like I predicted. I've been stressing about the costume for the last two months pretty much 24/7, from when I get up in the morning, while I'm at work and until I have to go to bed because I'm too tired to work. So I'm not the surprised in the slightest.<br />
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That's it for now I suppose, I will try to write about the actual costume pretty soonish, but I just wanted to get the con report out while it's still fairly fresh in my mind :)<br />
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Don't forget to follow our journey on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WCSTeamFinland">Team Finland's Facebook page</a> !<br />
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Here's the video of our skit for those curious: (courtesy of Bardiel's Videography)<br />
I highly recommend choosing the playlist and watching all the performances, especially <a href="http://walrusvsmanatee.blogspot.fi/">Veeraton</a> and Taija who placed second and had an awesome skit(loved their costumes too) and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aseleacosplay?fref=ts">Aselea</a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/elzycosplay">Elzy cosplay</a> who placed third and had super neat costumes(loved their skit too). And a round of applause for all the teams that didn't place this year, I'm honored to having had competed with you and I really hope we'll see you next year ;)<br />
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