I have this weird habit with new costumes – I don’t like to put them on before a convention. The closest I came was putting most of Shadowcat on before Dragoncon, but that’s just ’cause mom made me. I didn’t put all of Amidala on, or Ocha, or Urd, or Lina, or Lulu, or Xiaoyu, or Misato… etc, etc. I did put all of Lum on, because at the time I wasn’t sure whether or not I’d wear it at the con.
I don’t know why I do this… I think maybe it’s partially because if I put it on before the con and I see something wrong with it, I may not have time to fix it, and I may end up disappointed with it. And partially because I just loving finally seeing the final effect and still being enamored with it while I’m wearing the costume.
I don’t know. It’s weird of me. It’s not like it’s a luck thing (“bad luck to put it on before the convention”) so… I don’t know. I was just thinking about that today.
btw, I put my costume design pic of Arwen up at my sketch blog.