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[maypanic]

It is positively mind boggling how many people list belts for sale on ebay, and neglect to mention the size anywhere in the auction. I'm not buying a holster belt for display on the wall, people. I need to know it'll hang on my hips and not either cut off circulation or slide down around my ankles.

Three weeks to TimeGate! Whoo! So many of my

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[brewsternorth]

...that's probably easier to put together in three weeks than River's scanner-thingie. And has an audience-participation aspect!

[maypanic]

Good idea! I think she keeps hers in her waist pouch, but my waist pouch is too small to hold much more than my keys.

[brewsternorth]

How about her tricorder-scanner-whatsit? I seem to recall she has that out a lot of the time during TPO/TBB.

[maypanic]

I do have an old pda that I've been eying with a view towards altering to look at least vaguely similiar to her communicator/scanner/whatzit thingummy. Think she keeps it in her belt bag but mine is too small to hold anything, really.

[penwiper337]

With that costume she has her scanner-thingy just hanging on a cord from her belt and banging around somewhere near knee-level. I would think it would drive you insane after about 5 minutes, but the rest of the costume is so cool that I will forgive them.

[penwiper337]

Someone on dw_cosplay already gave my answer re: the sweater. :) As long as you sew a line of fairly close stitches along the edge before you cut, you shouldn't have any problem with unravelling.

River would carry a banana, because the Doctor swapped it for her gun. :)

If you run out of time before finding the right stuff (because I know how costumes are) I have a belt that's somewhat like hers (3 rows of holes instead of 5, different buckle, 2 inches wide and 39 inches long) that I can bring if you're desperate. I also have a holster (though not a leg-holster) from my steampunk fairy costume that could probably be repurposed in a pinch. I used to have a plastic banana, but one of my nephews ate it.

[maypanic]

Yep, lots of great advice for the lovely folks there!

Oooo, a banana. And if I get peckish it's an excellent source of potassium. Can't imagine your nephew got much nutrition from a plastic one, though. Indigestion, maybe.

Have I mentioned lately that you are awesome? Because you are. The very holey belt is something of an issue, am pondering if this might be an acceptable substitute at least for the time being. Probably going to attempt to sew a holster from some scrap leather, if that doesn't go well I'll let you know! For the belt pouches I found a purse at Goodwill with large pockets on the front, seam ripper to remove them from the main bag, et voila! Leather pellet pouches for $1.50.

[penwiper337]

Ooooh, that grommetty belt definitely gives the right impression - the details may not be right, but the overall feel is right, y'know?

Aren't you clever with your bag-repusrposing! Whatever would we do without thrift stores, eh?

[penwiper337]

Other belt thought: if you find just a plain wide leather belt, I can bring my leather punch and we can have an insane leather punching party. :)

[acciochocolate]

So who all is attending that I would know on LJ? :)

[maypanic]

Oh, let's see. You and the Prof are included in my "So many of my favorite costuming peeps are going to be there", obviously. Andy & Amy, hopefully Haley. penwiper337, eclecticmuse,& freyalise, it's the first year for all three of them. milady_vilya, notusachan, sparklingsatine & theresomewhere. Presumably codejedi. Haven't heard from refrainofdreams in ages, I don't even know if she ever came back from England!