romana I
Below you’ll find my blog posts about my Romana I (Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation) costume, constructed in 2013.
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Last few pics + Leia Hair
First up, the last few from the photoshoot – Magik, Johanna and Romana I. Romana was towards the end because dumbing down the white backdrop to total white was difficult around those feathers. Over the years some dings and scratches and paint peels have occurred on my Magik armor… and I really like it, I wish I had more of…
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MidSouthCon 2015
This weekend was MidSouthCon of course! (Warning: there is puke in the upcoming story.) It ended up being kind of a strange weekend. Our plans were to take Kevin and let him enjoy the convention while I was doing my panels and whatnot. We picked him up Thursday and he spent the night, then Friday I ran home at lunch…
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Dressform Pics
Here’s everything so far. I’m only missing 3 actually so maybe I should have waited, but our server is down at work and I’m bored. Belldandy and Urd from 2003 and 2002, respectively. These two costumes have really stood the test of time. I knew Belldandy was in good shape since I wore her to Momocon earlier this year, but…
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2013 Year in Review
2013 on its surface looks like I was a lazy bum on the sewing front this year. So, first, let’s look back at what I said I wanted to accomplish in 2013: Romana I Yes! I actually did this one! Yay! an Edwardian dress No. I did a ton of planning for it, got fabric samples, and then decided it…
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GMX 2013
Well it’s a week later, I guess I should finally post about GMX, huh? We drove up after work on Friday! We got in later than we expected but we got into the room fast, and I threw on Trillian and we hung out downstairs, and went to the Favor panel! Kevin in the Falcon cockpit! Kevin was doing the…
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Moooore pictures
My Runaway Bride Donna from AnimazeGuy: I looove this one, I look so sassy face. And I love these Romana shots from Eurobeat Kasumi! This one is my fav: And me on K9’s monitor. He had the GoPro on that night and was broadcasting to the monitor. Annnd this photo edit from Chasing Photography, inserting me into this piece from…
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Dragoncon Pics
Here’s so more dragoncon pics I’ve collected from others 🙂 Supergirl, from Icosplay.com With my glowing Kryptonite glass LOL Donna, from Lofidelity Here’s a great handful of He-Man/She-Ra group pics from Steve McManus: I love this pic of my Belle from Lionboogy: And this one of me and Chase from Star Wars Fever: And the Doctor, Romana and K9, from…
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New Costume: Romana I
I’ve finished my Romana I costume and have added it to my portfolio! I was really, really happy with how my Romana costume turned out. I had expected to be “satisfied” with it – I wasn’t 100% sure about it before the con but figured it’d all be ok, so I was surprised to get it all on, and then…
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Dragoncon 2013!
Well I’ve been home from Dragoncon for a few days but haven’t posted a thing here – sorry! It was a good year. Even though I felt like i was a day ahead the whole time (Thursday felt like Friday, Friday felt like Saturday) by the end of it, it felt like it had rushed by way too fast. I…
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Random Randoms
Worked on some different stuff last night. I finally finished my Romana I brooch and got it attached! About time, I think I’ve been done with everything else on it for a few weeks now. Overall really happy with it. Although could I have taken a worse picture? Why didn’t I at least stick it on the dress form that…
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Yesterday
Yesterday was errand day – after breakfast and a haircut, we went to Tandy, Hobby Lobby, the wig store, and a shoe store. For me all of those were busts; didn’t find anything at the wig store or shoe store, the only place i got something was Hobby Lobby. But, I got all the closures on the Zaphod jacket finished,…
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Romana I progress
Here’s the mostly finished dress with the wig. This weekend I got the cape put together, although I ran short of fabric for the hood. I ran out and got some more yesterday so I’m going to finish the base of it up this week. Here it is with my feathers pinned on: I started on one of my other…
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Romana I dress!
So I pretty much finished my Romana I dress last night. First, the MST3K shot because I watched Catalina Caper last night. Even though it’s kinda impossible to read. Then, before I put the sleeves on: One sleeve on: And mostly done: I may need to take the sides up a bit. I like the way it fits right now…
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Romana I Ribos Operation References
I’ve been digging today, trying to find the best reference I could for the brooch-thing on the front of the Romana Ribos Operation dress. And after digging for hours I realised there isn’t really one good place with a collection of photos of this dress. So I thought I’d share the best references I have of the costume for anyone…
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Memorial Day Weekend
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. After four days of sleeping in, it was really hard to get up and come to work this morning. Saturday we went to Chris & Leah’s wedding in Nashville. It was really pretty – wish we could have stayed longer but we drove back home that night. It was a fun quick…
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Thinking
I was thinking of making Donna’s Runaway Bride costume for Dragoncon. That’s NOT the 4th costume I had in mind; but it would be cheaper and quicker to make. It’s going in the maybe pile for now – I’ll see how things are looking in July. I’d definitely make it instead of buying something; it would be an easy two…
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Romana I progress…
So as I mentioned I completely screwed up the front of my Romana dress and had to order more fabric to re-do it (so; in case you’re counting, that’s 16 yards worth of fabric I’ve poured into this dress thus far.) I remade the front section yesterday; I decided to do the pleated section has a separate piece on top…
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Dragoncon 2013 Costumes
So, I have my Dragoncon costume schedule pretty much finalized. Not sure I’m going to do that fourth one I mentioned; just depends on time and money. But, here’s what we stand on them: 1. Romana I As you can see from my most recent post I messed it up! LOL. I ordered more fabric and I’m hoping to have…
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Romana updates
Well I kinda messed up my Romana dress this weekend and had to order more fabric last night. So there’s really nothing to post about the dress besides that. I did start playing with the cape. I’m going to need more feathers, but I was just getting an idea of what it was going to look like:
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Romana I progress
The back is put together, and I started pleating the front sections: I stopped since I need my extra fabric. Hopefully it’ll be here tomorrow.
