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Costumes - Summer 2013

Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:22:22 GMT

So I've been away from this corner of the internet (tumblr, you are a cruel and demanding mistress.) but this is still the best place to log costume progress and to-do lists, so here I am.

I remastered Benkei for Anime Matsuri in March/April this year, and my skit (with Pas's Nozomi) took Best in Show. Pretty fucking incredible, seriously. They still haven't gotten us our prize money at this time, which is a bit shitty.

Anyway, after that I actually worked hard on Eveline Gurerra, The Corsair from Assassin's Creed: Revelations multiplayer. I have loved her design for years, and the costume pulled together in time for Denver Comic Con, and was then updated for the Colorado Rennaisance Festival in Larkspur.

In between all my Eveline love, I started on my competition piece for NDK and my friendship piece for PAX: Clow Reed (an original version to matck Mik's Yuuko) and Nix (from inFamous 2, to hang with Kat's Kuo)

Also, I may have watched 1.5 seasons of Game of Thrones and 3.25 sessons of Leverage while working on these things.

Progress at present stands as follows:

Nix (Due by 8/27/2013 - PAX Prime)
Done
-~~Paint Design on back of vest~~ Done 7/29
-~~Cut down Jeans~~ Done 8/4 and 8/6
-~~Cut out sleeves~~
-~~Pattern and fit neck thingy~~
-~~Detail (cutouts in) sleeves~~ Done 7/31 and 8/5
-~~Attach sleeves to vest (make detachable?)~~ Done 8/6
-~~Add Tan Panel to Jeans~~ Done 8/7-8/10
-~~Sew Lining and construct neck thingy~~ Finished 8/10
To Do
-Create and Detail Necklaces - use existing knit
-Test makeup and document
-Test fit and add bandannas and belts
-wig/dreadlock solution - one option done 8/10, need new option?
-Get boots of make boot covers

Clow Reed - Adapted Lotus Version (Due by 9/11 - NDK)
Done
-~~Pattern and Cut Out Pants~~
-~~Cut and assemble shirt~~
-~~Shirt Applique~~ Done 8/4
-8/11 - tested vest, decided against vest, patterned coat
To Do
-Shirt Frogs
-modify coat pattern to cross over - Done
-cut and applique coat - Back and cuffs done 9/10 and 9/9
-assemble lining
-bind and finish coat
-coat frogs - 2x butterfly shaped
-make earring tassle
-add collar to shirt, hem shirt - Done
-~~Cut and construct vest and lining~~
-assemble pants (and applique ankle) - Done except bottom hem!
-create hair piece
-trim and style wig
-Test and Document makeup
-Test dry ice and light effects with bowl and pillar
-Add velcro pocket to inside of shirt sleeve for light balls

Eveline Gurerra - The Corsair (Update/Complete for PAX)
To Do
-Add button loops to coat - Done!
-add buttons - Done
-straighten back button thing - Done
-get tie for wig (use Misty or Rina's wig?)
-add black detail to pants and make tighter
-move eyes on sash to be tighter - Made additional sash band instead
-practice and record process for makeup
-get extra belts? - Done

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From xxxHolic Volume 1

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:46:59 GMT

Yuuko talking about Clow (describing how he made Sakura's real staff).
Y:「本物を創ったのはイヤな奴よ　で　ホンモノのほうはそのイヤな奴のとぉーい血縁の可愛い女の子が持ってるわ」
W:「親戚かなんかすか？　そのイヤな奴って」
Y:「なんであたしがあんなヤツと親戚なのよ」
W:「いや。イヤなヤツっていうから関係者かな、と」
Y:「ビミョーに腹立つわね」
Y:「同業者よ　まあ長い付き合いね」
Y:「ったく。似合わないカワイイモノ創って　あの陰険メガネは」
Y:「まだ会ったことないわよねー　その可愛い女の子とその子のお相手に」

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NDK (and PAX) Costume To-Do Lists

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:13:59 GMT

Clow Reed
~~NDK COSTUME SIGN-UPS - GO LIVE ON 8/18/2012, Noon MST~~ 8/20 - Signup Confirmed, yay!
Progress:
7/21-22 - Cut out all base robe pieces, pants, shirt, and mapped out new pattern pieces for modified over layer
7/23 - Cut out remaining accent pieces for cloak (blue bits)
7/24 - Started shirt assembly (classroom), completed mariners compass halves (including topstitching), pressed and pinned gold border for compass halves
7/25 - Skived off work to sew. Mariner's compass set into gold and blue borders. Body/under layers of both lining and main material put together. Lining for overlay assembled. Overlay pieces and accent pieces labeled and separated. Test for back embroidery and painting done.
7/26 - neck, edge, and tip accents attached to front overlay panels
7/27-8/4 - Hauled ass on all sorts of finishing on the cloak.
8/5 - cloak complete except for white neck accent, top finished completely
8/6 - pants assembled
8/7 - overlocking and seaming on rest of pants seams
8/10 - elastic into pants waist, planning to add a cuff at the ankle to tie in with the costume and to add some length
8/12 - Redrafted McCalls 4645 and previous modifications of it for Clow's coat. Started sketches for jacket back detail and lower hem embelishments.
8/15 - Classroom. Cut all yellow facing/trim strips and coat pieces.
8/17 - Drafted design for asymentric star portions for back tails of jacket.
8/18 - Pieced back point insets, set aside until yellow trim was on.
- Sketched, embroidered, and appliqued center back sun and moon.
- attached all yellow trim/facings at outer hem
- mitered corners and angles of yellow facings
8/24 - bought tassles and piping for jacket, started to top stitch yellow facings/trims. Trimmed down point insets and positioned in alignment with yellow and piping.
8/26 - assembled collar with piping, finished tacking down lower jacket trim, then found out the collar looked horrible and went to sleep
8/27 - managed to fix jacket collar to the point of not-quite-so-failing
8/28 - panicked, spun in circles, then worked on unrelated T-shirt things.
8/29 - finished tacking down lower jacket stars, sleeves attached
8/30 - Printed Shirts for Green Jello Cosplay, Packed
8/31 - PAX - Assassin Day
9/1 - PAX - RT and Aquisitions Inc. Day
9/2 - Fly to Denver, Drive to Ft. Collins, unpack
9/3 - Hiked and puzzled with family, napped, saw Julie at night.
9/4 - Hung out with Mik, finished Jacket cuffs
9/5 - Stayed home. Made piping and cording, finished pants cuffs and fasteners/frogs for jacket
9/6 - cut and attached robe collar! Ordered new boots. Rehersed for walk on. A lot.

To Do:
-create/attach belt or sash
-shoes
-tighten frog loops
-rehearse walk on more

-~~assemble cloak lining~~ 7/25
-~~test for back design~~ 7/25
-~~enlarge back design to approx 19" across~~
-~~create back design (applique, embroidery, and paint)~~
-~~complete shirt~~
-~~assemble cloak outer layer (complete designs first)~~
-~~Assemble pants~~ 8/7
-~~draft jacket pattern~~ 8/12
-~~cut out jacket pieces, assemble~~ 8/15
-~~bobbles and tassels for jacket~~ 8/24
-~~finish Jacket - yellow cuffs with piping~~ 9/4
-~~finish pants - choose band color for bottom, need extra length (yellow with blue piping?)~~ 9/5
-~~cut/attach white collar accent on cloak~~ 9/6

Mycroft Holmes
To Do:
-modify/cut jacket pattern
-modify/cut slacks
-purchase or pattern button down
-modify/cut vest
-purchase umbrella (plain black, wooden handle)
-hair gel
-tie/pocket square

Eveline Guerra (The Corsair) [As of 8/28, planned for AkiCon 2012]
Progress:
March - Corset re-drafted, cut, and assembled

To-Do:
-binding, boning, accents, and fastenings on corset vest
-cut out dress/shift
-cut out pants
-sash/belt
-modify and cut coat pattern
-purchase hat
-create head scarf
-hair cut and colored
-boots
-ganuntlets/armor bits
-gloves

ETA:
As of 8/11/2012 I am also considering Order of the Stick cosplay. This is just a theory.

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