So, nothing's quite going to plan with costumes at the moment. I've been working on costumes for my boyfriend, and hemming the Admiral's cuffs (1701st Fleet's Rear Admiral Lower Half McCauley, to be precise), and I haven't had much spare time for anything else.
In other news, my boyfriend has got me into Gundam. Like, REALLY into Gundam. I saw the original, and 08th MS Team, and War in the Pocket, and now I'm watching Stardust Memories-- he's making me watch them in order. I'm not full-blown obsessed yet, but pretty close to it. He really wants to do a Char Aznable, and I have no clue what character(s) I'd like to do, but it'd be nice to do a couples cosplay for once... I don't really like the women in the first series much, but I don't know if my face would really work well with the guys either... >.> I was considering doing Kycilia because of all the purple, but my jaw is really wide at the back, so I don't know if it'd look weird. It'd be kind of ironic to be an anti-couple like that, too...
I don't know yet if I can bind my chest well enough to crossplay in a tight military uniform or I'd consider one of the guys... He teased me that I could be Amuro or Garma (though he really doesn't like the idea of being a yaoi pairing), but I'm really not a fan of Amuro's hair o.o Garma is... not as bad I suppose. Purple, and all c:
Otakon didn't help this almost-obsession, what with the large photoshoot group for Gundam. I'm now really, really interested in doing a Gundam costume! I think with a bit of a tan and some more exercise (like I'm already doing to try to get healthier and build up strength for dancing) I could do a Karen Joshua C: I think her hair would look ok with my face shape... I'd love to get a whole group together for 08th MS Team-- it's my favorite so far c:
In other news, the friends that actually go to conventions with me have a really good Kill La Kill group... And now I really want to join them! I love Iori's standard outfit-- it's very understated while still fitting in visually with the rest of the series. So... I'm working on that. In-progress pics soon! I'll give a short breakdown of what I've done so far:
I tried to make the mask. First, I considered using colored cellophane and contact paper, and gluing it into the proper shape like a pepakura/papercraft design. I made the papercraft design (didn't turn out completely accurate) out of paper, then realized the colored cellophane that I had shrinks when exposed to heat. So I decided to make a mold of the papercraft using the red shrink-wrap. That didn't go so well-- it wrinkled around the edges, and shrunk smaller than the paper, so it didn't quite fit. Then, I decided I could try the same thing if I were to sculpt it out of modeling clay. So I sculpted a draft version onto a full-face mask base, and attempted to shrink the wrap to it. That went better, but not perfect. The plastic doesn't have enough layers to be fully solid, and I shrunk a hole in this version. Next up I'm planning to try saran-wrapping it and using clear Plasti-Dip to form the mask. If it holds well, you'll see a pic soon C: (I still need to find the Plasti-Dip before I can try it)
My other costumes:
- I definitely want to finish Cai Wenji sometime, but not until I have a machine that I trust with silky fabrics. This one is kind of rough around the edges, so I'm trying to stick to cotton and heavy fabrics with it.
- I really want to start on Origami Cyclone, but I really should finish some other (easier) projects first...
- Defoko is almost 100% complete! I only need to add lights to the headphones, and a light to the tie clip, then add the rest of the decorative ribbons (which I have; they just need put on C: )
- I plan on doing Lina Inverse from Slayers since my boyfriend is doing Gourry c: We're trying to form a bigger group, but no such luck yet...
- I'll be picking a character from Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere soon, I promise! My boyfriend is doing Tenzo... I'm torn between Horizon(because she's recognizable), Futayo(because she's awesome), and Mary(because she's with Tenzo)... I have half a mind to try being one of the other characters, but I don't know if the side characters would be recognized :/
- I really want to do Ignis from BlazBlue, but I don't know if I'm up for that level of work yet, especially with the rest of this list! Pretty sure I can convince my boyfriend to be Relius, especially if I make it for him...
Oh! Also, I'll be running Ministry of Silly Grooves (a silly dancing panel) at Blurriecon in Erie, PA this September 26th-28th. I hope to have Defoko done by then :D Check out Blurriecon if you have a spare moment- we have quite a bit of awesomeness planned, if I do say so myself c:
