MY OBSESSIVE COSTUME RANT THREAD!!!!!!

annnddddd....





200!!!!!!!

just thought id celebrate

 

Yay.

But, I have to leave for a bit.

 

wow


its been 3 days and this thread has 9 pages...


that has to be some sort of record...

 

so, i talked to a guy that works on the con. and he said last year there were around 4 links. i guess i just need to make mine better than the rest...

 

and, i most likely will be wearing this garb to starfest for one of the days....

and maybe the costume contest

 

im really not looking forward to making boots

something tells me they arent gonna look right

 

another problem people make is with their fake ears

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they just stick straight out and they kinda look discolored

 

hehe....

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link on crack

lol

 

Nah. I make a lot of stuff, but I won't touch boots, either. Next year when I do a hardcore pirate for Renfest, I'm gonna actually buy some neat-o floppy pirate boots.

And then I'll get me some bootie.

Yar. Ar ar ar.

 

well, im not actually making brand new boots

im taking shoes and lengthening them to be boots. it shouldnt be to hard, but im not looking forward to it.

as soon as i finish this costume im posting picks so people can tell me what looks weirs about it

im gonna need to nkow

 

K.

Sheesh. I spent 3 or 4 hours pouring through pics of all the costumes at Cosplay last night. Lots of really good stuff. Some were rather impressive.

http://images.cosplay.com/gallery.php?cat=523

 

another problem i always see is, people always make there swords way too long

long swords look cool, but i can guarantee they have trouble getting them into shieves on there backs. thats why it looks strange when link takes out the big goron sword. its physically impossible for him to take it out of his shieve. his arms are to short

 

This is terrible of me to say, but there is a girl who I've seen in the pictures of a few Cons, and I met her at Dragon Con last year, and though she is a nice person, I just don't like her. Can't explain why.

She did a fairly good job on the costumes I see in the ComiCon photos there. So yeah. I'll go stew in my petty juices a while longer.

 

oh yah, i also have a better way of making fake swords look real

ill show you guys pics when its done

 

neat

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=171612&sort=1&cat=all&page=1

i knew id see a windwaker costume eventually

 

so, i just finished the knit under tunic, and i tyed it on under one of my existing tunics. i think it looks really good, and it isnt even a good tunic i had it under.


ill post pics when actuall tunic is finished.

which should be soon

 

shoot


i accidentaly broke a thread while i was sanding my gloves


poop

 

im wondering if i should make my belts, or buy them

it would be nice to buy them cause' it would be easier and they would look more proffessional, but they also need to be longer and theres 2 parts to the belt that goes across the chest

the problem with making them is, its hard to do the metal compotent

 

i could always take 2 belts with good metal thins and than take the metal things out...

 

of course, i might as well just get some new belts in that case, because id be spending the money anyway

 

i could always buy a plus size belt.

but one of the belts needs to change angles

 

i did make a belt for my jack sparrow costume, its just that that belt was 4 inches wide


oh well

 

and the belt that goes around my waist is supposed to be really long

it ties around itself after the metal thing

 

i also still need to make the boots

theyre pretty baggy so it should be easy

 

and caant help but think, while making the patterns for the tunic, that im making a dress.

then i see the results and its all worth it