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A-kon ahead (or, Dallas: Day 85)
I had a pretty quiet Memorial Day weekend. I'd expected to finish my Wybie cosplay, but I forgot some xpvc at the hotel so I couldn't work on my mask. And since I botched part of the coat pattern, I had to hand-sew all the stripes on. I've found that I stitch an inch every three minutes and there was 280 inches to sew. That equals an assload of sewing. Good thing it was a three day weekend.
The garment is abysmally sloppy, but even with more time, I don't think I could do much better. I have yet to get as anal about my soft cosplay as I am about my hard cosplay. The major stuff I have left to finish is the mask and yarn wig. If the yarn wig turns out to look like crap (which I'm anticipating), I'll just scrap it entirely. I'll be sweating enough in that PVC coat; I don't need to be wearing a knit cap too. Oh, and the gloves too. I was looking forward to painting them over the weekend, only to discover that my latex had dried in the jar. I hope they sell that stuff at Hobby Lobby. I don't have much time to be driving all over the place.
I think I'll spend my Friday finishing up the costume. Then as a reward, I'll go watch "UP". I would invite people to go with (it'd be fun), but I don't have a vehicle that's carpool-worthy.
The garment is abysmally sloppy, but even with more time, I don't think I could do much better. I have yet to get as anal about my soft cosplay as I am about my hard cosplay. The major stuff I have left to finish is the mask and yarn wig. If the yarn wig turns out to look like crap (which I'm anticipating), I'll just scrap it entirely. I'll be sweating enough in that PVC coat; I don't need to be wearing a knit cap too. Oh, and the gloves too. I was looking forward to painting them over the weekend, only to discover that my latex had dried in the jar. I hope they sell that stuff at Hobby Lobby. I don't have much time to be driving all over the place.
I think I'll spend my Friday finishing up the costume. Then as a reward, I'll go watch "UP". I would invite people to go with (it'd be fun), but I don't have a vehicle that's carpool-worthy.