Imperia crimson.

Over the past few Days, Kels and i have done some great work on her costume " Imperia Crimson" .
Check out her blog " www.wheneveritsnows.blogspot.com "

Skirt

Ok so, it still needs some tweaking and it's far from perfect. But since this is only my second costume ever I'll accept the flaws. I did not expect the waist band thing to wrinkle like this. I don't like it and I'm not sure I'll be able to fix it. Ah well. There's plenty of time 'till the EFF

Boots

The skirt is 99% finished. it needs a few finishing touches and then I'll upload a pic of the result.

When I first put it together I thought it was really cool. Now I've gotten used to it and it doesn't look that special anymore. I really do hope I'll stand out at the EFF'. I'll have to wait and see.

Also I had an epiphany today. I found a pair of old boots in my closet and decided that they would be the perfect base for my boots. I'll have to repair the heels. It'll be a temporary solution, but as long as it looks good at the EFF it's fine :P

Helmet

Instead of finishing my skirt today, I felt inspired and got to work on my helmet.

My initial plan was to solder the wires. I would have had to do that at my dad's place since I do not have a soldering iron. But I had to do something 'cause I felt that itch again. Then I thought of my glue gun and used that instead XD. I know the joints won't be as sturdy as soldered joints but they don't have to be. I'm going to coat this with some paper mache and then my faux leather fabrics. Now I still have to find a type of glue that can glue faux leather, my gems and paper mache.

Almost done

Today I made 3 out of the 4 extra flaps on the skirt and when I layed it out on my bed I was happy to see all the parts looking good together :P. The gems haven't been glued on yet i simply put them on to see what it would look like. So the skirt is almost finished :D *yay.

Also I'm pleased with the fact that the skirt I'm making is quite similar to the one I designed. I hope I can keep this up.

3 Layers done

Yesterday I finished my work on the third layer.

I added some finishing touches today and also inserted horizontal wiring instead of just the vertical ones that are shown in a picture a few posts back. This straightens out a lot of the wrinkles. (wonder why I haven't thought of that before). Also in real life the wrinkles are much less visible. But still, it needs to photograph well.

What remains are the extra flaps and the aist band. I wonder how I'm gonna sew them all onto the waist band O_o, perhaps that should be done by hand. I don't think my sewing machine can cope with that many layers. lawl.

the second layer

Today I finished the first halve of the second layer. Also my gems arrived today! and they're just like they are in the picture :D. I hope that, when i sew all the parts of my skirt together, I can work out some of those wrinkles. Other than that I think it's coming along quite well.