The scythe and the rose

Tomorrow I'm starting on the props. Alice's B-Rabbit scythe as well as the first batch of ribbon roses. The roses are going on both Oz's coat and Alice's dress/ foot wear.  So I'll have to make at least....

Fourteen for Oz and at least four for Alice. I may make more for the back of the outfits but right now I don't know for sure. I got some great coupons for the nearby craft/fabric store so I'm going to pick up the first round of supplies. These roses will be sewn by hand. I hear they are hard to make at first and need a lot of practice to make so I'm going to do a test version tonight with scrap ribbon I'll post pictures later.

The main prop and largest will be....

Alice's scythe. Since we're going to enter these costumes into the cosplay contest at Sakura-con next year we wanted to do a big prop.  Alice's scythe was perfect since we're doing red costumes. It's large, easily recognized and awesome. I've been wanting to do larger props for a while. This one will be a bit smaller because of the car we use plus carrying that HUGE thing would be horrible. I did plan on making the scythe so the top part is detachable so it will be easy to put into the car. Both Oz and Alice can use this prop so I want to make it right.

I may use foam since I can crave into that easily. I know my grandpa left my dad a lot of wood working tools though so if my dad is willing him and I might make it out of wood instead. I was going to use the pole I have but I want to do the details on the scythe's handle so I may just get a thinner wood dowel to use for it. They're cheap anyway. Good thing I have a HUGE thing of red paint. I'll be needing a lot of it. I may start this tomorrow but I don't know if my fiance is up for that or not since this project he'll be helping me on.


But anyway. I'm not feeling 100% tonight so I'm going to go rest now. I can't wait to get started on all this. Should be a lot of fun and will get a lot off my mind.