Projects: In Progess or Ideas? What'choo Workin' On?

[richila]

Thanks Jobee! I got a repeat on the cap sleeves, but the skirt is narrower this time. I have got to write down what I am doing.

[DollyKim]

Kim, I love the body type on the one in the center. What body is that?

Eseme

That's an Ignite Napoleon Bonepart.

[Eseme]

Thank you! I recall he is the one that is hard to get.

Eseme

[DollyKim]

I got mine nude and headless a few years back in a search for a short fat body.

[Vetinari]

...Right apologies for the weird photosizes/quality - these were made for the DOA event, and I'd borrowed my dad's camera for these (my camera cable is still missing):

[SetsunaKou]

Vetinari-san, wow! Those wings and that marquee are just incredible! I love how they are retractable! NICE WORK!!!!!!! :faints:



Just finished my Queen Elsa cosplay for Halloween a few days ago!! :whew:
It wasn't a super complex costume overall, but it has a LOT of tiny little 2mm, 3mm, and 4mm gemstones and sequins that I had to sew on or glue or hotfix EVERYWHERE in patterns!! Thank goodness my shoulder rotator cuff has started to improve in the past few weeks or I wouldn't have been able to finish all that little detailing with the 'jewels.'

Since Elsa has a widow's peak and no bangs/fringe, I had to get a lace front wig this year, so it looks more natural---like the peak and hair are coming out of my head realistically. I originally bought a regular type pro wig to use, but it looked really 'wig' and 'fake' even though it was high quality, so I decided to splurge and go for a lace front to get the natural look. I'm really happy I did, and with how the wig came out! It styled just right in sort of a messy layered look, and braided well, too. ^^ YAY! Usually, pale blonde wigs aren't a good match for me, since I naturally have dark brown hair, but in this case, (thank goodness!) it seems to work! I'm pleased with the outcome!!

The shoes are sculpted like 'ice' and I painted them with pearlescent paints and silver spray on glitter to get an 'icy' effect. I then hotglued the pieces onto clear heels for more of an ice feel to it.

I also want to take some additional photos showing the detail of the cape better (I went through 4-5 shipments of fabric/material/patterns before I was happy with the pattern and size that looked most like Elsa's in the film.) I wanted a super long train like she had when she transformed so I had to keep lengthening it in every direction and used 3 panels to get it to be about an 8.5 feet long train. It's going to be a hassle to walk in on Halloween, but I wanted as accurate as possible. I was super happy to find a mirror organza in cerulean blue that had silver sparkles embedded in it, so I used that for lining to make the cape have extra 'glimmer' and frostiness about it.

It's a little difficult to walk in because the skirt is so fitted and it's not stretch material. But this material was made for Elsa cosplay with the silver 'strands' running through it, so I had to use it. I love it and after wearing it for the photos, it's not so bad after all!

Hopefully on Halloween I'll get a chance to snap a few more pictures showing the cape and wig better. ^^ But for now, here's my costume. Hope you all like it!

[Trethowan]

Wow, you guys have been doing some crazy-cool crafting!

Vetinari, the wings and pop-up book are amazing. So well done.

SetsunaKou, what a gorgeous gown! I really like all the details you've added. It must've taken forever do do all those jewels.

[Vetinari]

Thanks guys! It was really fun actually doing crafty stuff again, especially challenging crafty stuff to a time limit! (Though I do sort of regret that the marquee's parlour trick is so difficult to photograph - it's the sort of thing that needed a gif to illustrate - but the rules didn't allow that)

And woah! SetsunaKou - I've often admired your cosplay/doll customisations and wow the level of craftmanship/work that's gone into that outfit! Wow at how you got every little thing down absolutely perfect! I'm especially enamoured by the detailing that's gone into the bodice, but it's just so impressive that it just looks so true/right.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Vetinari - those wings are incredible! Love the pop up book too (keep going back to watch the gif ), and the marquee.

SetsunaKou - I'm stunned. That outfit is gorgeous, and the amount of work and detailing you've put into it - just wow. It's completely spot on with the colourse, the styling...

[DollyKim]

Where do you keep coming up with these incredible costumes?

I hope to have other things to do than finish this before the end of the year. Part of the yellow thing in the lower right is the wrong color, I read the wrong symbol, but I'll fix that when I get back there. I learned to start in the middle and work outward and that no matter what I do I'll be off somewhere so I'll be working the focal points then filling in sky and sea around them.