the gloves are done!

the second glove took a lot less time to make. had some trouble gettin the purple&black long part attached in the right place. I also did some finishing touches on the skirt but for now the gloves are the only things that are completely done. I still need to line the inside of my helmet and I need to attache one last piece of iron wire to the back flap of the skirt. I think it's fair to say that I'm at least halfway.

I do not expect the other parts (the top, the shoulder armor/pauldrons and the boots) will take as long to make as the skirt but I prefer to finish this costume early. I don't want to be sewing on the day of the EFF like last year XD.

Also since I won't be wearing grey make-up I'm sticking to the original designs for the sleeves so those'll be easier to mak ethan the ones I had trouble with when I first started on this project.

this are going well.

gloves 60%

After a few failed experiments I ended up buying strechy black gloves after all. This was an easy base to work on. It took me quite a few hours to get this done though, the fabric refused to coorporate. I'm pleased with the end result though there are quite a few visible mistakes. I didn't think it worth it to start over, I'm still learning anyway. The finger parts and ofcourse the gemstone were glued on all the rest was sewn on. Only the black pointy ends have iron wire in them, I didn't think it necesary or practical for the other parts.

The left glove is finished and I've barely started on the right one. All this takes up more time than i expected O_o. I'm beginning to feel the pressure.

Gloves

I've been thinking on how to make the gloves: should I use strechy black gala gloves as a base or should I make my own? Gloves would be hot and I won't be able to eat without getting them dirty, I wouldn't be able to feel and touch anything I might consider buying at the EFF. Now that I've decided I'm not going to paint my skin things become easier. I don't have to cover up the skin of my hands so I made this new design. My palm will not be covered but I'll make armor like scales for my fingers. All large pointy ends on the glove will have iron wire in them to make them sturdy.

make up

I tried different styles of make up today, even though ( friends have pointed out) the grey would stand out more, I'm almost certain I won't be doing that. mainly out of practical reasons but also because it looks cool aswell with my own skin tone. (I know the editing was sloppy also my wig is a mess atm.. so plz look past all that XD)

I ordered my "zombie white" lenses yesterday :P from some obscure internet shop. I wonder when they'll get delivered to my house. I'm hoping before the end of next week I can't wait to try and see what they look like.

helmet 99%

all there's left to do now is to glue some fabric to the inside of the helmet and maybe add some pillow stuffing XD. I made one terrible mistake O-o I misplaced one eye and removing it left some ugly spots that can still be seen (I'll live though :P). The photo quality is crappy so you can't really see any details. I roughly put on some make up to kind of show you my idea. I was wondering if maybe I should forget about the whole "painting myself grey" idea. It would be hot and a hassle, expensive and I'm not sure I can make it look nice. It really needs to be worth it and I'm not sure if it would be that much cooler if I did. Maybe if I didn't use the grey paint I should use lighter colored make up. I don't like dark lipsticks on me XD. What do you think?

helmet 80%

this is as far as I have gotten yesterday. I had no glue left :P. It seems that my fabric glue works best on this. It's expensive but worth it. You can still see the lumps and bumps from the paper maché, but I don't really mind it. I don't like the fact that the middle line on the beak is off centre at the tip. that happened when at first I wanted to make the beak out of one single piece. It started to wrinkle so I had to cut it into two pieces.

Most parts are simply glued on but the lower part of the beak and all the spikes were sewn first.

I planned on buying more glue today to finish the helmet, but I feel like crap. I think I'll finish it tomorrow :) Maybe I'll even upload a pic of me wearing it ;)

helmet 60%

I'm done paper maché-ing (lawl is that a word XD?) the helmet and have started on the faux leather cover. this is going pretty fast and *if* I would, I could finish it in about 2-3 hours I think. I wanted to coat the inside with black cotton but I don't have any so I'm not sure what I'll do. maybe I'll just leave the inside bare for the time being.