Every once in a while I like to do a check-in of sorts on where I am with getting all of my costumes shot on the white backdrop. Here’s a roundup of what I still have NOT gotten done, why, and what I need to do to be able to shoot it. This is really for my own benefit but you can read along too if you’re really curious.
Things I Still Need to Shoot:
Tardis 2 – Specifically the bustled 2014 version with the different hat. This was on the short list for this year’s shoots, but I don’t think I’m going to get to it. Hopefully next round.
Julia – I may do this one this round. Will have to see. I have it pulled, I need to get new sunglasses for it.
Ame-Comi Poison Ivy – This is a tough one. I do still have all the parts. But I dunno that I feel like painting myself green. I’ll make myself do it one day just so I can throw it all away when I’m done.
Glinda – I am not sure this is shootable. I do still have the dress. The wig is busted but it’s still in a wig box somewhere. The crown, however, is broken. Maybe one winter afternoon I’ll get the dress out, clean it up, see if I can add sleeves I forgot, and have Chase fix the crown. Then I can get rid of all of this.
Giselle – This costume is so fucking tiny it doesn’t even fit on my smallest dressforms. I’ll have to change it over to a corset back to get into it again, but I need to buckle down and do it one of these years.
Boushh – On the list for this year if Chase will fix my blaster staff!
Kingdom Come Wonder Woman – I can’t believe one of my all time fav costumes is one I haven’t shot yet, but it needs repairs and clean up that I just haven’t been able to do. Maybe I’ll make myself do it next year so I can finally mark this one off.
Stormtrooper – I need to make like a $300 investment to get this wearable to shoot (and then sell) and I just don’t have it in the costume budget (grimace face emoji) I really want to get it shot though.
Yuuko – This would need some minor cleanup. The thing that’s holding me up is I have no idea if I will still fit in it, and the boots are dead. (They are the infamous Mara Jade Arica boots.)
Manga Belldandy – Again need to clean it up but it should only be minor. It’s a corset so I’ll still fit. I need to get this one done.
AOA Shadowcat – On the list for this year!
Concept Wedding Padme – Needs lots of cleanup and not sure I’ll fit in the base dress anymore. Also don’t have the wig anymore so I’d have to invest in something to replace it, or figure it out if I could make something else work.
Leia 2004 – Is it worth shooting this? I do still have the old boots. I could do my buns like I used to do them. Might be fun.
Elf Capes – I have my purple velvet and black velvet capes. I ought to just throw them on with something else just to get them shot. Maybe I’ll do the black one with Arwen this year since they are from around the same era.
Amalthea – I 100% do not fit in this, there’s no way to take it out, so I don’t know that it’ll ever get shot. The wig is also tied up in Hild’s wig, which I COULD take apart now that I’ve got her shot. I could take the side zipper out, close it up, and turn the back into a corset back. That’s the only way I’m getting in it again. I could just barely fit in it in 2003.
Sana – Need a shoe replacement and babbit pin repair but that’s it. But it’s not like anyone is clamoring for pics of this.
Yuffie – Needs lots of repairs and new shorts. I do still have the original shorts but again, they will never fit me again.
Asuka – I could probably shoot this right now, I doubt it needs any repairs.
Teela – I actually cleaned this up last year to possibly shoot but I did Blossom instead. So the outfit is ready to go – but Orko needs repairs. His eyes are gone!
Susan Sto Helit – I’d have to shoot the mark 2 version with the Vader cape because the original cape is long gone. The original boots are crumbling too. I need a new scythe. Death of Rats needs repairs, his tail crumbled into nothing. I need to shoot this before more falls apart.
Padme Loyalist Committee – Another one I’ll never fit again. Corset back is a possibility. It’s not in great shape and never will be again, but I’d like to get it shot for posterity.
She-Ra – on the list for this year!
Lulu – Needs MAJOR repairs.
Urd – Need to fix the boots, I took the ribbon decorations off when I reused them for Anna Valerious. And, Hild was pretty dicey to shoot last year… Urd will be even more so, even if I could take it out I’m not sure the girls will fit in it. Lots of tape would be involved. But it’s one of my all time favs so I need to figure out a way… D:
Lina Inverse – Will definitely need repairs – AND a new pair of pants. The pleather pants died.
Buffy – Same thing here because they shared pants.
Padme Lake Dress 1 – think it would be fun to shoot this?? With my hair the way I wore it, the sandals, etc. I don’t have the armbands anymore though. Would have to figur eout something equivalent.
Arwen Chase – Shooting tomorrow!
Ocha – Maybe I do this one when I finally shoot Ame-Comi Poison Ivy so I can be green at the same time for both.
Rally Vincent Black – I should have shot this when I did the suit version but I didn’t, because I don’t have the white shirt anymore. That’s all it would need.
Utena 2001 – I doubt it fit in it anymore, but again, one I’d like to do for posterity.
Ruby Moon – I’d have to reassemble the wig but that’s it. Let’s DO it I hardly have any photos of this, it’s so old.
Milly – I JUST saw the trenchcoat while digging up the Xiaoyu parts. I’d need new pants and shoes but I could come up with a close enough version.
Selphie – the nunchucks are dead but I could probably tape them back together enough for a quick shoot.
Things I Can Never Shoot:
Padme Lake 4 – SOLD
Werewolf Belle – I took most of it apart and threw some of it away, so it’ll never happen.
Padme Lake 3 – it’s now my disneybound cape
Padme Lake 2 – SOLD
Ceremonial Leia 2005 – SOLD
Black Dark Phoenix – The black suit is now my stormtrooper undersuit and the phoenix parts got moved to the red suit.
Dazzler – the skates died and I’m not buying new skates.
School Sakura – Not sure I have anything but the skirt anymore. I def don’t have the accessories anymore. (Kero, the wand, etc)
Ruby Heart – It’s pleather so IT’s DEAD!
Alucard – This was Ash’s anyway and I’m pretty sure she got rid of it. Even if it’s still in her mom’s attic, I donated the pants and the vest was my Zatanna vest I sold a while back.
Jubilee – I threw this away years ago.
Quidditch – SOLD
Leia 2002 – It’s MIA 🙁
Lara Croft – I don’t think I have any of this anymore, it was all just regular clothes and random costume pieces.
Naru – SOLD
Original Hermione 2001 – SOLD
Cammy – SOLD
Piper and Britan – I don’t have any of this anymore except Britan’s bow.
Ranma – SOLD
Bat Sakura – I saw the pieces in with my Ling Xiaoyu stuff. I still have the top, shorts, and boot covers. The boots and hat are gone. I don’t know that I could scrap it all back together enough to be wearable.
Beatrix – Same here. Still have the jacket and pants but the rest is gone.
Sailor Jupiter 2000 – it became Eternal so the original doesn’t exist anymore. I do still have the big pink butt bow tho!
Things I Want to Reshoot:
T’Lyn – i already talked about this, it’s getting shot in the next round over NYE weekend.
Jedi Leia – also hopefully getting shot in the next round.
Pink Belle – I want to reshoot it after all of the updates I did in 2018. Was hoping to do it this time but I don’t know what I will.
Donna Journey’s End – I want to reshoot it with the newer wig.
Sally Jupiter – this was our very first white backdrop shoot and it would be really fun to redo. Just dunno that I would fit in it anymore though.
Ripley – When we shot it I couldn’t find the original wig so I used Kevin’s Harry Potter wig. It looked dumb. Reshoot!