(I've edited this post since finishing the wig so I have the full build process in one post!) So here's my fumbling around with wigs. I really hate styling wigs - I wish I'd had it in my budget to buy a really fantastic custom piece off etsy or something, but, well, obviously I didn't! So here's what I did. This is the wig I started out with. A cheap $20 ...
This is for TanitaMagarita! It was easier to just throw this on my blog than ending up with 5 or 6 tweets :) The foam I like to use is a dense grey foam we get in shipments where I work, here's a pic of it on my wighead: This is the same foam, also: It's pretty similar to the white foam blocks they sell at fabric or craft stores for pillows/upholstery, ...
I took these pics when I was making my Rogue boots back in 2006 and never posted them. I honestly would do it a little differently now - but I figured I should post them anyway! My Starfire boots were the exact same base boots, just a slightly different boot cover (I wasn't happy with the Starfire boot covers so I tried to fix the issue when I did these.) Here's ...
I've decided to do a little series of blog posts about my experiences with different aspects of costuming. So I'll start at the bottom :) Shoes! Shoes can be the most expensive part of a costume, and the trickiest. 1. Where to find shoes If it's a basic style I'm looking for, I'll start by looking at discount shoe stores - places like Target, Walmart, Payless Shoes, etc. My base Jane boots ...
While cleaning the other day I came across printed references and drawings I'd gotten together for costumes I ended up not doing. I thought it would be funny to look back and see what I had planned to do, but never did. I tried to figure out the year/con I was planning it for, if I could remember. I didn't include things I started on and still plan on ...