So to start off with today I decided to dye some lace for the sleeves buuuut of course I messed it up. My adventure in fabric dying turned out so very wrong. I got some red dye (Rit), did everything it said to and everything was going great until I forget about it and left it in too long.
As you can see the lace has turned out more of a purple color. It's a lovely color and I do like it but its all wrong for the dress since the color is a deep red and not a plum color. I think I'll use it for the sleeves of one of my sweater instead since there is no way I can use it for this cosplay.
As you can see, this is why the lace will not work. The dress is very red. But anyway, this is what I've been working on. I got the top row of ruffles sewn in. The sleeves have become rather short because I put in elastic so since I cannot use the lace I will just sew on ruffles onto the bottoms so the length is a bit longer for my own comfort. But I'm pretty happy with it so far. I just need to iron it. It's so wrinkled! Sorry for not doing so before!
Another side project I've been working on is updating Abel's rosary. I am not good at making jewelry so it's something new for me to do so I did run into some trouble. Since I had some free time I did a few things, using Mod Podge to smooth out my mistakes. Adding ink to make the bots look like metal, ect. It's looking much better.
There are still a few mistakes that I need to fix but it's coming along alright. I just need to do a few more touch ups to it then repaint it. It wont be much longer til it's finished. I may re-make it later on but I'll figure that out later.
Another TB prop I'm re-doing is the armor pieces for Caterina and Abel. They both needed some major updating. But since they were my first armor pieces I'm not surprised that I saw some flaws with how I made them. These are for Caterina. I'm going off the artbook version this time, instead of just having two strips of craft foam, which of course ended up looking like craft form. This time I molded the pieces, by placing them on a very hot lamp (Please be careful when doing so!!!! You can start a fire/melt the foam.)
I etched in the cross by tracing it on. When you do this, don't use pen or a knife, just use a wooden clay wool that has a good edge, that's what I used and it turned out great. I coated both pieces with Mod Podge afterwards, do not do this before you mold it with something hot. Tonight I'll start painting it gold. The cross will be red.
Here are the materials for Oz. I'm in love with the black fabric. It's light and airy and will be used for the waistcoat, belt, cuffs and the collar. We also got gold buttons for the outfit, only 80 cents per button! Such a deal. I'm excited to start on it! There are still some things to get but we wont be getting those until later.
On ward! Sorry this is so rushed, I need to get started on working on props.
Last and not least, the scythe! Almost done with the top piece. I just need to glue on the last two pieces and start sawing down the edges so there is a nice slop. The pole needs a new paint job. The paint I mixed the second time around is too dark for my liking.
So that's about it for now. I'm super busy, rushing to get everything done. Kumori-con is going to be great. I really cannot wait. Hopefully I get everything done on time!!!
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