I’ve been busy the last couple of nights, so I haven’t really made much progress on anything. I plan on buckling down next week and getting at least the ceremonial base dress finished… like I said, need to re-do the top. I’m not worried about the sleeves, except for where they meet on the bodice, since I didn’t get that right last time, but otherwise I was happy with how they looked from version one.
My WW shorts came last week – ok, they’re not shorts, but I don’t know what else to call them without sounding stupid, so I’m sticking with shorts. They’re a little too big, so I may take up the sides just a little. I still need to get some tights to wear underneath… I’m going to go to the dancestore this weekend and see if I can’t find something that doesn’t make my legs look 10x darker than my arms.
Anyway, back to the subject. I tried them on with the top when they came last week, but I really didn’t like how it all looked together. Night before last, I had Chase help me get the top on right, and put the boots and all on, and it looked muuuuuch better. So I went from being horribly disappointed to pretty darn happy with what I’ve got so far.
My brass sheet metal came in this week too – it’s much thicker than we anticipated, but it’ll still work. I like how it looks – and hopefully we have enough!! When I asked Chase to verify how much I needed before I ordered, he didn’t realise I was doing the Alex Ross version, where the chest piece meets the belt. I’m thinking we might make it on what we have, otherwise I’ll order more – the place I ordered from was wonderfully fast!
All that’s left, really, besides obviously make the metal pieces – I just need to hop by Hobby Lobby and get some silver metal for my bracers, and figure out what to make the star on the tiara from.
In other news…
We may not be going to the Atlanta next weekend, now. Some family came stuff came up (nothing serious)… we’re about 50/50 on it right now. It would be nice to be able to save money.
But, the good news is, I booked a room for MidSouthCon today. Yes, I made an executive decision and went and got us a room for sat night.
(According to the midsouthcon website, they are sold out of rooms. However, I called the hotel itself and didn’t mention the con at all, got a room no problem.) So yay – we now have a place to change, and don’t have to drive all the way home late sat night. Just hope the hotel doesn’t jerk people around like they did last year.
Since we’ll be there and will have a decent place to change now, I’m considering into the costume contest. I like midsouthcon’s costume contest. I didn’t enter last year just because I got sick in the later afternoon and didn’t feel up to it.