I finished my Red Wizard of Thay costume for this weekend’s Ropecon well ahead (24 hours before the convention) and I think it turned out pretty damn well. It’s also my most finished costume of all time, the prettiest and also the most comfortable.
I’m sorry if I look too sweet for an EVIL wizard in these pictures, which were taken by friend and fellow costumer Nergui.
Some of the details; the costume itself is made of two separate cotton dresses that both have about 7 metres of hemline. The white dress has long puffy sleeves that are fastened with gold-coloured cords around the wrists and they both have a pretty stone attached. From the belt I had hanging a small velvet pouch for my dice, a leather bag and a clay jug. The hood and bodices on both dresses are laced up, because sewing clasps in is a pain.
Also note my awesome spellbook, which was quite a hit I think.. I found it at a local bookstore, and it was one of those moments you see in comics/films/anime, where the main character finds an odd-looking book, reads it and is transported to some other world (which hasn’t happened to me quite yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did). The book is (or looks, at least) hand-bound with lovely yellow paper, and during the convention I passed it around my friends who all drew me a spell or two — now the book has such useful spells like “Beardalize”, “Unicorn Distraction in the Rear”, “Summon Farmer Joe” and “Turn Wine into Cheese”, and I’ll definitely continue collecting more spells — I think I’ll make a proper post about the book, with pictures, later.
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My last project from this year’s Flash course, a simple costume paperdoll. I’ve sketched over a dozen costumes + accessories, but carpal tunnel syndrome got me so I could only finish 3 sets for now. I hope I’ll remember to continue working on this, as it’s so nice to design all kinds of dresses and stuff and then be able to play around with them.
Am I boring you yet?
A preview of the paperdoll flash toy I’m making at school. I love coming up with new kinds of costumes for it, I’ve got ~14 there now. As sketches, mind you, I’ve still got to draw them properly + do the scripting which I’ll undoubtedly fail at least 100 times.
I also updated WP to 2.5 and it’s being a total ass; can’t upload images and the admin panel tends to freeze my Firefox, so I’ll have to upload everything to photobucket until there’s a proper fix to the problem. Actually, never should have updated at all, the whole posting page is a mess and WE HATES IT.
My unfinished mage costume designs were actually featured on My Disguises! Now I’m definitely pressured to make that costume. Anyone else interested in doing a classic RPG magic-user group for this summer’s conventions? I think I have a Shaman, already, and I believe I managed to convince a certain amazing makeup artist to help as well. I’m aiming for Ropecon, not sure if I’ll make anything for Animecon — I’m not into anime cosplay anymore, although a Vinland Saga costume would be aaace.
I’m tempted to continue my series of obscure game costumes, though, maybe something from FFXI again.
I also found lots of inspiring links through My Disguises, so I’m feeling super motivated!
Picture unrelated, just a doodle of my LotR Online character.
Painter practice, in response to Orhasket’s challenge — another ‘visual aid’ for my costume project.
i liek teh hat
(smudgy effect came from rubbing against my shiny white Macbook inside my new bag)
A couple days ago my roomie and I started planning this super über costume thing, which would be the awesomest thing ever if I’d ever manage to actually finish it — or even just a part or two. It’d be like the mother, father and illegitimate child of super über fantasy costume- and propmaking.
^ That’s not it, but it’s getting there.
And I also uninstalled Guild Wars. Feels kinda weird, like drowning kitties.
Going to continue the D&D campaign tomorrow, expect some art when I return.