Skulls, suggestive swords, and purple
Aug. 16th, 2012 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dotsandlinesOne week to go! A week containing several work functions and a couple of family functions. Breathe, breathe. Well, things are going well so far. And I'm just going to come out and say that. Things are going WELL so far! Come at me, universe!
The Scott Pilgrim costumes
Gideon's sword cane - not actually a sword, just a cane. Still needs some shading (watered-down black paint, wipe off) and some clearcoat. I've always enjoyed modeling clay, and by that I mean "it still sends me back to being 4 years old and having to play with Play-Doh on a spare sheet so that I wouldn't grind it into the carpet." Some things just give you that ancient level of glee.
I still love this brand of metallic acrylic paint, at the "I would hoard this if it were discontinued" level.
The comic-style Power of Love sword - Jay's idea, team execution. Felt and a little stuffing over balsa wood. I was dubious at first, but I've grown to kinda like the cartoonish effect it gives.
The MLP costumes
Rarity's wig. Oh good gravy. There was a miasma of hairspray over the workroom for at least half an hour afterward, and I almost wrecked one side with too much heat. But it's... something. I think I'm OK with it.
I am quite happy with how the Sharpie dyeing worked. It was a LIGHT LIGHT lavender originally. This is after 1 round of dyeing with 6 purple Sharpies in a bottle of rubbing alcohol. Followed, by necessity, with 12-15 rinses in water, as I posted about last time. It's not as blue as the original tone, but then the original tone has a lot of weird shadings that are WAY out of my league. I am satisfied with this for now.
The curls... uh. The left side (which will be the front) isn't screen-legal, but it collapsed into kind of a cool-looking effect, so I let it go. The right side is tighter than the final effect, to allow for gravity. The whole thing feels stiff and fake, which I'm not happy about, but at least it regains a little of its shine on camera. This is my first attempt at styling wigs, after all, this and the Vinyl Scratch one. I'll improve.
This was accomplished by dousing the whole thing in heavy-duty hairspray (got2b glued Freezing Blasting Spray), holding the curls together by hand about 1/4 turn at a time, and setting the hairspray with a hair dryer on low heat.
I took this picture mostly so that I could look back on it next week and remind myself that even the most thorny project can be finished eventually. This is a jacket for Jay's Doctor Whooves costume; I'm building it from scratch so that it matches his pants. It's a Vogue pattern. It contains 27 pieces in 5 different fabrics. I suspect that this is fate's little joke on me, since I habitually say "twenty-seven" to mean "hyperbolically a lot." No, literally, 27 pieces. Jacket + pants = somewhere around 50 pieces. Luckily, I am not making the pants.
Vogue patterns try to be more high-end and authentic than most other types, and I understand what they're trying to do, but I am just trying to get this danged thing done before the con.
It's progressing, though - this much was done in 2 days, not counting the cutting. It still needs lapels, lining, buttons, and whatever other devilry they manage to pack in there - I think there are at least 2 more pockets involved, on the inside.
The Scott Pilgrim costumes
Gideon's sword cane - not actually a sword, just a cane. Still needs some shading (watered-down black paint, wipe off) and some clearcoat. I've always enjoyed modeling clay, and by that I mean "it still sends me back to being 4 years old and having to play with Play-Doh on a spare sheet so that I wouldn't grind it into the carpet." Some things just give you that ancient level of glee.
I still love this brand of metallic acrylic paint, at the "I would hoard this if it were discontinued" level.
The comic-style Power of Love sword - Jay's idea, team execution. Felt and a little stuffing over balsa wood. I was dubious at first, but I've grown to kinda like the cartoonish effect it gives.
The MLP costumes
Rarity's wig. Oh good gravy. There was a miasma of hairspray over the workroom for at least half an hour afterward, and I almost wrecked one side with too much heat. But it's... something. I think I'm OK with it.
I am quite happy with how the Sharpie dyeing worked. It was a LIGHT LIGHT lavender originally. This is after 1 round of dyeing with 6 purple Sharpies in a bottle of rubbing alcohol. Followed, by necessity, with 12-15 rinses in water, as I posted about last time. It's not as blue as the original tone, but then the original tone has a lot of weird shadings that are WAY out of my league. I am satisfied with this for now.
The curls... uh. The left side (which will be the front) isn't screen-legal, but it collapsed into kind of a cool-looking effect, so I let it go. The right side is tighter than the final effect, to allow for gravity. The whole thing feels stiff and fake, which I'm not happy about, but at least it regains a little of its shine on camera. This is my first attempt at styling wigs, after all, this and the Vinyl Scratch one. I'll improve.
This was accomplished by dousing the whole thing in heavy-duty hairspray (got2b glued Freezing Blasting Spray), holding the curls together by hand about 1/4 turn at a time, and setting the hairspray with a hair dryer on low heat.
I took this picture mostly so that I could look back on it next week and remind myself that even the most thorny project can be finished eventually. This is a jacket for Jay's Doctor Whooves costume; I'm building it from scratch so that it matches his pants. It's a Vogue pattern. It contains 27 pieces in 5 different fabrics. I suspect that this is fate's little joke on me, since I habitually say "twenty-seven" to mean "hyperbolically a lot." No, literally, 27 pieces. Jacket + pants = somewhere around 50 pieces. Luckily, I am not making the pants.
Vogue patterns try to be more high-end and authentic than most other types, and I understand what they're trying to do, but I am just trying to get this danged thing done before the con.
It's progressing, though - this much was done in 2 days, not counting the cutting. It still needs lapels, lining, buttons, and whatever other devilry they manage to pack in there - I think there are at least 2 more pockets involved, on the inside.
