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４時間ぐらいかかったと思う。実は、音楽聴きながら描いたのでよくわからないんだ。
何で日本語で説明しているのかも分からないんだ。
とにかく、今日はここまでできたんだ。。。
( One last Masaomi progress pic for the night )

Tonight I found clips from the olden days, when Sho was tiny, Koichi and Tsuyoshi were still pretty and Gackt told awesome scary stories. All in the same show! Domoto Kyoudai 1 2 3. They also perform Jidai, just Sho, Aiba and Nino, plus the Domoto Kyoudai, since Leader was off doing stuff and Jun is a workaholic.

Also, I've been getting tagged by a SalmonBot recently. Anyone else?

My job was too easy today.
Truck was done by 8 and fabric was almost entirely done by 2 pm. Seriously?
The district is made of crazy though. And Friday will be lame no matter what DTL does.

I spent the day thinking about Masaomi. I even made it out to the Mill and picked up some lining material for the bolero.
At home, ladyofthegate had decided to make herself crazy by thinking about Tomomori's armor again. We have some new thoughts and will be trying different techniques than expected. Of course, having been out by the Mill, I brought nonny_chan back with me and in a stroke of divine (or not so) inspiration, we decided that she would be a fabulous Kiyomori. So, after a lot of plotting and book examination, we went off to kinko's to make some additional reference copies and get a reference folder started for Kiyomori.
Even if he's not done for this year NDK, there's always the year that we have full armor for Tomomori and Masaomi. I think I can handle all three though. Especially is I succeed in my goal of getting Masaomi done by the end of February.
I could proceed to do some babbling about 夢浮橋 Special and Shigehira (I bought the PERFECT color and texture for his pants before there even /was/ a canon reference picture!) and Kiyomori and all the various things that my head is full of. But I'm really rather tired and still need to pack a bentou for tomorrow. So. Away from the internets I go.

Today's survival brought to you by "Higher and Higher, "Type wa D" and "Hip Pop Boogie".

So, despite having all the fabric in the world for Masaomi (both costumes)... I've been working on his wig for about a week now.
I was inspired by a cosmode magazine that I picked up last summer to think about combining wigs to make styles/color combinations that aren't available. Masaomi turned out to be the perfect opportunity.
I started with a fun flip (blue) and a Rod (blue). The fun flip isn't /as/ bad as it looks in the cosworx picture, but it's perfect for Atobe or Eiji and NOT for Masaomi. Hence the Rod. After planning and agonizing a bit, I started cutting wefts out of the rod. A 'weft' is a chunk of hair on a single strand of the wig... it makes sense once you start doing it.
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This technique will hopefully continue to be usefull. Especially considering that Tomomori and Shigehira/Shirogane will probably both need eartails added to their wigs. -_-;;


I'm hoping to pry myself out of bed Saturday morning in time to go into work before open and lay out Masaomi's red kimono and lining for cutting. I might also do it tomorrow at/after close. We'll see how motivated I am.

I'm starting to think of Detour as something that I'm aiming for. Which is a nice thought. I should really just suck it up and register... that would hopefully scare me into behaving and saving up a little money.

But /someone/ distracted me.

You know what, Masaomi?
You just keep being difficult.
Just keep it up and I'll give up on finding out what flower you ACTUALLY have on your damn kimono and you'll just end up with DAISIES! Or roses!
That'll serve you right.
So there.
Irritating jerk.

On the plus side, I did figure out how he wears the damn thing (it /is/ a kimono and not a noshi-type). *grumble*SlackerNotAProperHeike*grumble*

[Edit for Cosplayer Image Explosion: At least mine will not look like this. 　May not be as cool as these though.　I'm a little jealous of the armoring stuff on this one, but again... the kimono around his hips? Hello?
Also, for reference: Tomomori shirt?.　And speaking of my favorite Taira general... I have brocade jealousy - especially this girl's. (I secretly think ours will come out beautifully, but I have to whine.) We are not the first to have had the Shigehira idea. Also, look! Another Saku!]

In conclusion, not enough people cosplay Masaomi. Fewer really get even /most/ of his details right. (This one's my favorite.Yet so many of them have better wigs than I do. ;_; You make me sad Japan.

NOW... sleep. >.> I am so never allowed on the internet again.