Hild progress updates

YAY! Cosplay.com finally has a dragoncon forum :D http://forums.cosplay.com/forumdisplay.php?f=85 Um I finished all my wristbands and anklebands. I finished all the straps on the front bodice part of the dress, and attached the sleeves last night. To-Do List: -Finish cutting out the streamers -Sew them together -Attach them to the shoulders -Finish the pink stripe down the back -Do the pink stripes on ...

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Tedium… Hild updates

Man, making these strap things for the front of Hild is freaking TEDIOUS! Ugh! I finished painting all the round things, got the foam pieces cut out for the ankle/wrist pieces, finished the (2nd) headpiece. I remade part of my Lina wristbands and fixed the necklace. I can't find my other belt for her, though... I'm guess I'm going to have to buy another one, but that'll suck cause ...

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Experiments on Dyeing

So last year - probably nearly or even more than a year ago - I got this skirt and I wanted to dye it blue. I don't even remember what it was for. I may have just been messing around. Who knows. Well, I tried it in the sink, but the fabric didn't take to the dye very well. So I pulled out the big plastic tub we use for ...

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Hild progress pics

OK OK I give up. I just can't keep a secret. My costume I'm doing for Akon is Hild from Ah My Goddess. At first I was just keeping it secret because I wasn't sure I was going to get to do it. Then I thought I'd try to keep it secret just to see if I could. Well I can't. Blah. I've been wanting to go as her for ...

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AKon Panelist

from mtac, from usagichan.com! hee I'm going to be on a cosplay panel at Akon... scary! :B Also maybe a wig care/styling panel (whoo!) Speaking of which, instead of studying for the two tests I have tomorrow or writing the 7 page essay that's due on friday last night, I randomly got out that crimpy, wild wig I was going to use for Jack Sparrow. I straightened it, thinned ...

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Katsucon 2004 pics!

I'm dead tired. I don't know how I made it through the weekend. I fell asleep in the room 3 times by mistake. But it was fun! I was part of a great AMG group for the masq, and I met lots of cool people and it was great seeing friends from other cons again. Not enough really happened to constitute a real report, though. Arwen Wedding Dress: I wore it ...

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