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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.

I may post more pictures later, if I get permission from my friends.