At the speed of me.
I'm hammering away at my lists and rockin' the socks off this thing right now, all on just 4 hours of sleep last night. I'm just now slowing down for a bit to enjoy one of the most beautiful nights we've had in a long time. Chilly even!
I feel like I've been moving so fast my vision is blurred. I shoot pics as I get to a point of interest. But my lists are so long, it's likely I won't slow down to post them until after D*C.
Today, I went out shopping for all the last bits & pieces I think I need. I scored mirror finsh sunglasses for $1. I popped the lenses out to install in the eye holes of my cowl. One is drying as I type this.
I snagged a pair of shoes with soles close enough to what I wanted, but not too heavy and close enough in size to construct the shoes into the suit. Those were $3 at Goodwill. The gel insoles I got were more than 3 times that much! I had to take a coping saw to them to get the soles off and made a huge mess, but they're in pieces & ready to be glued once I'm ready for them. Italians make some really well made shoes, let me tell you. These were probably really nice at one time but the suede on them was dryrotted in spots. They were really hard to pull apart, though.
Let's see, what else? I've been gluing stuff like crazy. My spikes are on my gauntlets and need 1-2 more coats of 3-d fabric paint before I start sealing the whole thing to prep for paint. I'm using the paint kind of like caulk to seal up the creases where the foam is joined. It's probably not going to look seamless, but it might wind up looking like welding which is kind of cool.
I've backed all my armor pieces in black cotton gauze fabric as per penwiper's foam armor instructions. The only thing I'm doing differently is using either spray paint or acrylic/latex paint for the finish. I know it won't be as durable, but I don't have time for the Rub-n-buff steps.
My pauldrons are still waiting for backing because I didn't figure out how I was going to join them until I was settling into bed at 4am this morning (yes really). The glue is also currently drying on those, then I can proceed with backing them and sealing everything to get them all ready for paint.
I've also got a stencil ready for the bat emblem on the catsuit. Need to make one for the belt.
I think that's pretty much everything for now. Tomorrow will be a day spent at the sewing machine getting as many of the sewing related things crossed off my list as possible (hopefully all of them).
Need to try on & inspect all my other costumes as well.
8 days! I can do this!
Posted via LjBeetle
I feel like I've been moving so fast my vision is blurred. I shoot pics as I get to a point of interest. But my lists are so long, it's likely I won't slow down to post them until after D*C.
Today, I went out shopping for all the last bits & pieces I think I need. I scored mirror finsh sunglasses for $1. I popped the lenses out to install in the eye holes of my cowl. One is drying as I type this.
I snagged a pair of shoes with soles close enough to what I wanted, but not too heavy and close enough in size to construct the shoes into the suit. Those were $3 at Goodwill. The gel insoles I got were more than 3 times that much! I had to take a coping saw to them to get the soles off and made a huge mess, but they're in pieces & ready to be glued once I'm ready for them. Italians make some really well made shoes, let me tell you. These were probably really nice at one time but the suede on them was dryrotted in spots. They were really hard to pull apart, though.
Let's see, what else? I've been gluing stuff like crazy. My spikes are on my gauntlets and need 1-2 more coats of 3-d fabric paint before I start sealing the whole thing to prep for paint. I'm using the paint kind of like caulk to seal up the creases where the foam is joined. It's probably not going to look seamless, but it might wind up looking like welding which is kind of cool.
I've backed all my armor pieces in black cotton gauze fabric as per penwiper's foam armor instructions. The only thing I'm doing differently is using either spray paint or acrylic/latex paint for the finish. I know it won't be as durable, but I don't have time for the Rub-n-buff steps.
My pauldrons are still waiting for backing because I didn't figure out how I was going to join them until I was settling into bed at 4am this morning (yes really). The glue is also currently drying on those, then I can proceed with backing them and sealing everything to get them all ready for paint.
I've also got a stencil ready for the bat emblem on the catsuit. Need to make one for the belt.
I think that's pretty much everything for now. Tomorrow will be a day spent at the sewing machine getting as many of the sewing related things crossed off my list as possible (hopefully all of them).
Need to try on & inspect all my other costumes as well.
8 days! I can do this!
Posted via LjBeetle