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[nymph]

at the moment a dress maker is doing the majority of an inuyasha costume for me,
and im making lucy/nyu from elfen lied in both her black dress & Green hat costumes

What is everyone else doing?

[Cat M]

I'm making one of the special costumes for Asuka Kazama in Tekken 5... one of the ones you have to purchase after playing lots and lots

probably about 60% finished now.

[Metanoia]

I want to do quite a few things, but I haven't decided what I will start after the ball and a costume party in september. I have got some components for Witch Hunter Robin though.

[nymph]

Ooh and of last night im also doing a Hige from wolfs rain
at my best friends request...

apparently i would make a really good hige she recons...
i dont know if i should take that as a compliment or not!!!

I want to do quite a few things, but I haven't decided what I will start after the ball and a costume party in september. I have got some components for Witch Hunter Robin though.

ooh i havent seen witch hunter robin
but the outfits look cool!

[Kaname]

im here!!! hi. in doing cream from sonic coz Nymph is doing amy rose

[Metanoia]

Hi Kaname... nice meeting you on Saturday even if I didn't really remember you guys from AVCon

Its awesome that you guys are starting so early for the Himeji event! I won't be starting anything for that until October due to a certain cancan dress I need to make. But that is ok, I will still have 6 weeks to make something and I made my Lolita dress in a month so I should manage.

[Kaname]

Hi Kaname... nice meeting you on Saturday even if I didn't really remember you guys from AVCon

Its awesome that you guys are starting so early for the Himeji event! I won't be starting anything for that until October due to a certain cancan dress I need to make. But that is ok, I will still have 6 weeks to make something and I made my Lolita dress in a month so I should manage.

thankies nice to have met you to. i may not go as cream to the Himeji thing, i should have my Yazoo (FFVII AC) costume by then so i will probably go as him

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[nymph]

nnnnnooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
come as cream!!!
then we can learn how 2 sew together please!!!!!

besides i wanna get u a cheese!!!

[Kaname]

nnnnnooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
come as cream!!!
then we can learn how 2 sew together please!!!!!

besides i wanna get u a cheese!!!

sigh, depends if i can make it on time T.T

[Metanoia]

I just got FFVII AC on dvd so I will know who you are talking about soon. That would be cool too.

Nymph, if you get stuck remember to ask questions around here.

If you need to as well I could possibly tee up an evening for you to come to my house with a sewing machine if you need to, but probably not until October so you probably want to start before then and have a go.

I'm not the best sewer (still a novice), but I have taught people how to make medieval tunics. lol. There are heaps of talented people around here you can ask too. (oops second time I said that)

You could even come have lunch with me and possibly Alison too one day if you are free if you need material advice from spotlight or lincraft. I'm sure we could arrange that too during our limited lunchbreaks.

[nymph]

I just got FFVII AC on dvd so I will know who you are talking about soon. That would be cool too.

Nymph, if you get stuck remember to ask questions around here.

If you need to as well I could possibly tee up an evening for you to come to my house with a sewing machine if you need to, but probably not until October so you probably want to start before then and have a go.

I'm not the best sewer (still a novice), but I have taught people how to make medieval tunics. lol. There are heaps of talented people around here you can ask too. (oops second time I said that)

You could even come have lunch with me and possibly Alison too one day if you are free if you need material advice from spotlight or lincraft. I'm sure we could arrange that too during our limited lunchbreaks.

yeah that would be terrific!
i really dont know anything about fabrics yet
maybe i could bring some designs on what we are trying to make?

yeah im going to have to get a sewing machine soon lol

thanks!!
i will start doing the planning/designing tonight

[Metanoia]

Yeah do some drawings and get some printouts for colour references. I can probably catch up for lunch later this week. I would say a cotton would be nice and colourful and easy for you to work with.

Alison has a glove pattern now too I think so perhaps she could help you with that side of things after making her plugsuit...

Make sure you get your wig organised ASAP because that is really the hardest thing to make sure you have right

You could probably put a wire in the white section of the dress to make it stick out nice in a circle. Are you making the tail?

Another good tip is to write down each item you need for the costume and to tick it off as you go... wig, headband, ears, tail, dress, gloves, shoecoverings, etc. You can even break these into steps to help you stay motivated because crossing things off a list is a great way to watch your progress.




On a side note... another cute cosplay I would like to make is something from Pretear. They were cute costumes! I would love something from Card Captors as well just for the cute factor. Maybe I should do that instead because they are very lolita-ish anyway

[nymph]

Yeah do some drawings and get some printouts for colour references. I can probably catch up for lunch later this week. I would say a cotton would be nice and colourful and easy for you to work with.

Alison has a glove pattern now too I think so perhaps she could help you with that side of things after making her plugsuit...

Make sure you get your wig organised ASAP because that is really the hardest thing to make sure you have right

You could probably put a wire in the white section of the dress to make it stick out nice in a circle. Are you making the tail?

Another good tip is to write down each item you need for the costume and to tick it off as you go... wig, headband, ears, tail, dress, gloves, shoecoverings, etc. You can even break these into steps to help you stay motivated because crossing things off a list is a great way to watch your progress.
On a side note... another cute cosplay I would like to make is something from Pretear. They were cute costumes! I would love something from Card Captors as well just for the cute factor. Maybe I should do that instead because they are very lolita-ish anyway

that would be so cute,
card captors has some of the coolest outits!

im not sure if im getting a wig or using my real hair yet,
im kind of checking out the optios at the moment,

yeah i was thinking putting a wire circle in the bottom of the dress
to make sure it flares "right"

one issue ive had that i discovered last nighnt was amys costume actually varies slightly between the game sonic and the show sonic X
*such as the white strip on her shoes and her hammer*

so ive got to decide which to make,

for the boots im thinking of dying some ugg boots, and adding the white to them

the only thing im worried about is the hammer,
i was to make it "stuffed" but im worried it wont hold its shape and just flop,
i might have to look for some wire to mold into it



on a side note omg what started out as just sarah and i going as a sonic group
may be a fair few people lol,
we were telling some people about the ball and now we have other people who may be joining 2 come to the japanese dinner!

god,
more costumes...
lol

[Metanoia]

I will be awesome if they join. Then the can get the magazine with all the pictures in it and lots of other info too

I think with the hammer I would either make it out of foam... or if you wanted to make it material make the handle stiff with a piece of covered dowel and make the hammer part stuffed as full as you can with stuffing. Then I think it won't flop.

[nymph]

I will be awesome if they join. Then the can get the magazine with all the pictures in it and lots of other info too

I think with the hammer I would either make it out of foam... or if you wanted to make it material make the handle stiff with a piece of covered dowel and make the hammer part stuffed as full as you can with stuffing. Then I think it won't flop.

yeah ive never worked with foam lol,
maybe i should learn...


btw, this morning at 4.35am i decided what cosplay im doing for next years costume ball,
omg i cant wait!!!

[Starfire Phoenix]

It's a good idea to start early! lol

[nymph]

yay!
my amy rose cosplay costume is almost done!!
gosh, hand sewing that hammer was so annoying
*and its still not right yet

the dress is almost done,
the ears, tail, top part of the hammer and wrist guards are all finished!!
the hammer is like over 0.7M long....

yay!!

ok i need sleep now....

[Metanoia]

Wow that is awesome. Now I really can't wait to see it. I have some ideas for himeji but I can't start that until I finish my dang cancan dress. Please motivation visit me tonight??

[nymph]

Wow that is awesome. Now I really can't wait to see it. I have some ideas for himeji but I can't start that until I finish my dang cancan dress. Please motivation visit me tonight??

lol cant wait 2 c ur cancan dress!

[nymph]

lol

ok almost done!!!

got the wig a few days ago attached the ears and headband
sewed the tail to the pants
anti-flared my pants *wah*
in process of getting gloves
hammer head is done
the handle base is on its way
1st boot done
*omg its so cool, i just go running out in my one boot!!!*
the dress is still being worked on!