Well, I got most of the shirt done. It's definitely recognizable as a shirt and has most of the lining in. Didn't even start on the cape. I expect if I hadn't been distracted by the Girl Genius update I would have gotten a lot more done. Oh well, there's always tomorrow ( Read more... )

Such a long period of time has past since I last updated on my Maxim costume and I feel like I've hardly done anything at all. I HAVE done quite a bit of ordering, though. I believe all I have left to order are the boots. The wig should be here any day now (SQUEEE!!!) and I just ordered the sword and belt buckles so they should be arriving within a ( Read more... )

I JUST BOUGHT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG it's PERFECT! Seriously, I cannot begin to express the perfectness of this perfect wig.

Okay, so if I ordered my boots, sword, and belt buckles tonight I could have this costume DONE in about two weeks. *SQUEES*

*runs around in circles*

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Forget those cheapo $5 plastic teeth I was going to get, LOOK WHAT I FOUND!Oh man, SO awesome! I was really worried about being able to speak but if you watch the video with the demonstration that guy's speech sounds almost completely normal. And I know I said I wanted those really long bottom fangs so I could get the underbite look but these ( Read more... )

Dude... total. epic. win. My shoulder armor. Let me show u it.

( LOOKIT! )

Yay! Everything's working out ( Read more... )

I just purchased all my makeup stuff and a hat tonight. Yeah, I know I said I'd just use a hat I already had but the more I thought about it the more I realized how difficult it would be to smoothly cover a curvy hat in fabric, even stretchy fabric. So I then started searching for purple hats in the right style. Nada. White hats that I could dye? ( Read more... )

I've decided for sure that I want to go to Comic Con as Maxim instead of just some random female Jäger. After doing some looking around I found that his costume won't be quite as difficult as I thought. I might even be able spend less money than I had originally thought it would require. Now I need to write everything down that I'll need and keep ( Read more... )

So at 2am and with just two more nights left until Wonder Con to complete my costume AND pack I've gotten the following costume pieces completely finished ( Read more... )