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forgotten_aria) wrote2021-11-04 12:13 pm
forgotten_aria) wrote2021-11-04 12:13 pm
Halloween 2021
Sorry if I repeat myself, I forget how much I posted here, but I wanted to summarize this years costume efforts.
This year I wanted to make a costume, even though my only chance of wearing it was at CrossFit (and I was pretty sure that wouldn't work out and it didn't.) So part of the goal was to pick something I could move in. I wasn't too excited about anything, but liked Sylvie from Loki enough and it looked like something I could move it. Once I started making it I realized it was clear that I wouldn't be able to do a whole lot without risking scraping to stretching the fake leather. I was also hitting a bunch of stumbling blocks (which I did talk about already.)
I then realized that I had really loved playing Gloomhaven and in particular my Nightshroud character. There is very few Gloomhaven costumes out there, so I decided to switch. I had a lot of fun, including getting to play with my dragonfly glaze and some other cool paints I hadn't gotten a chance to use yet, and really loved the progress I made, but again, it was evident what I was making was not going to be something I could workout in. So I switched again to GLaDOS with the idea that I would paint a shirt for the breast plate and then have a mask that I could take on and off easily. This was also the costume I didn't know I needed and I should have done long ago. GLaDOS is my gaming computer background, she's my cell phone case image, portal sounds are in my mp3 collection and for a while I even had them as my computer error noises. I also filmed making the head and will eventually post it on youtube as a how-to. I wasn't 100% happy with the foam chest piece, but it's good enough and only took me a day to make.
I do hope to finish the Nightshroud before the end of the year. There's not much more work left in him, unless I do the second sword. But I really love the foam carving part of costume making. The bridge I need to make might take precedent.
I hope to finish Sylvie eventually, especially if I can figure out the stumbling blocks. My mom got to wear the horns to answer the door for trick or treaters. The horns are also the same ones worn as Loki in the "Agent of Asgard" comic series which handled his gender fluidity and self-love arc much much better that the series did, so I might do an AoA costume at some point too.
I don't mind that I switched so much, since this year it was ALL about the process and almost nothing about the final product, though it felt good to finish something.
Oh, and I bought two pieces of green clothing and added zipper stops to it for a Loki Dark World cage costume (which I posted about here as well.) I also played with his black suit. I don't think I can quite pull that off as Loki, but I look very good in the black suit, enough that I got some boys dress shoes in case I ever have a chance to wear a black suit somewhere.
I think I will plan to make an all Lycra (not that I'm good at sewing Lycra) Chun Li for working out in next year. I've always wanted a good version of her original costume and I've always felt comfortable wearing her. If it's stretchy, then I don't have to worry about busting a seam while moving.
EDIT: I also made my first "reel" (I don't want to post anything on tiktok.)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CV4J7kwjWRs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
This year I wanted to make a costume, even though my only chance of wearing it was at CrossFit (and I was pretty sure that wouldn't work out and it didn't.) So part of the goal was to pick something I could move in. I wasn't too excited about anything, but liked Sylvie from Loki enough and it looked like something I could move it. Once I started making it I realized it was clear that I wouldn't be able to do a whole lot without risking scraping to stretching the fake leather. I was also hitting a bunch of stumbling blocks (which I did talk about already.)
I then realized that I had really loved playing Gloomhaven and in particular my Nightshroud character. There is very few Gloomhaven costumes out there, so I decided to switch. I had a lot of fun, including getting to play with my dragonfly glaze and some other cool paints I hadn't gotten a chance to use yet, and really loved the progress I made, but again, it was evident what I was making was not going to be something I could workout in. So I switched again to GLaDOS with the idea that I would paint a shirt for the breast plate and then have a mask that I could take on and off easily. This was also the costume I didn't know I needed and I should have done long ago. GLaDOS is my gaming computer background, she's my cell phone case image, portal sounds are in my mp3 collection and for a while I even had them as my computer error noises. I also filmed making the head and will eventually post it on youtube as a how-to. I wasn't 100% happy with the foam chest piece, but it's good enough and only took me a day to make.
I do hope to finish the Nightshroud before the end of the year. There's not much more work left in him, unless I do the second sword. But I really love the foam carving part of costume making. The bridge I need to make might take precedent.
I hope to finish Sylvie eventually, especially if I can figure out the stumbling blocks. My mom got to wear the horns to answer the door for trick or treaters. The horns are also the same ones worn as Loki in the "Agent of Asgard" comic series which handled his gender fluidity and self-love arc much much better that the series did, so I might do an AoA costume at some point too.
I don't mind that I switched so much, since this year it was ALL about the process and almost nothing about the final product, though it felt good to finish something.
Oh, and I bought two pieces of green clothing and added zipper stops to it for a Loki Dark World cage costume (which I posted about here as well.) I also played with his black suit. I don't think I can quite pull that off as Loki, but I look very good in the black suit, enough that I got some boys dress shoes in case I ever have a chance to wear a black suit somewhere.
I think I will plan to make an all Lycra (not that I'm good at sewing Lycra) Chun Li for working out in next year. I've always wanted a good version of her original costume and I've always felt comfortable wearing her. If it's stretchy, then I don't have to worry about busting a seam while moving.
EDIT: I also made my first "reel" (I don't want to post anything on tiktok.)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CV4J7kwjWRs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link