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Oct. 21st, 2008
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Oct. 21st, 2008 09:36 amI'm creating a new filter for discussing my progress on the Insane Costuming Project I've taken on for Prophecy. I've put on the filter all the people I think might be interested -- with the notable exception of any current Prophecy players. Sorry guys, but I don't want to spoil anything. :) If you're not on the filter and want to be, or are on it and don't want to be, just comment and let me know.
Step 1: Too much foam!
Oct. 21st, 2008 09:38 am(filter: The Insane Costuming Project)
Welcome to the Insane Costuming Project. At the request of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
history_grrl, I'm attempting to make three "creepy and otherworldly," vaguely squid-like things. Behind the cut is my initial sketch, which is too much jellyfish and not enough squid, so the headpieces will be more conical than this.
( Sketch. )
My best frienddotknocker and I went shopping this weekend so I could get supplies. My instructions were to have one of the three be larger than the other two; the large one should be silver, and the other two should be contrasting. After much hemming and hawing at my favorite cheap fabric store, I found great silver fabric, and then black and white for the other two.
And the foam. Oh lord, the foam. (For the headpieces.) My initial plan was to buy the thicker "foam by the yard" that they had, which was five inches thick, so I could use fewer pieces. But then I saw the price. Even at 50% off, they wanted well over $200 for the amount of foam I thought I needed. Ouch.
So we went to plan B, and cleaned the place out of your ordinary 2-inch-thick seat cushion foam. People looked at us really weird, but it cost about half as much. This means the diameter of the headpieces will be smaller than I'd like, but I think they'll still work. I got spray adhesive (which the woman at the craft store said is best for gluing foam together), a glue gun, and an electric carving knife (which I'm told by experienced boffercrafters is the thing for cutting foam).
I think I've figured out how many foam slabs to use for each headpiece. I'm collecting used bike helmets from several friends to be the base for the headpieces, so once I have those I can start finalizing the plans for the shape and size. In the meanwhile, I need to glue the foam slabs into big blocks so I have them ready to go. I could also start on the tunics and tentacles.
I'm taking pictures of the various steps in this crazy process, and will share them as I go. I have no idea what I'm doing, but hey, I'm a Tamalasquan (in-game goddess of luck, travel, roads, and water), so that's never stopped me before...
Welcome to the Insane Costuming Project. At the request of
history_grrl, I'm attempting to make three "creepy and otherworldly," vaguely squid-like things. Behind the cut is my initial sketch, which is too much jellyfish and not enough squid, so the headpieces will be more conical than this.( Sketch. )
My best friend
dotknocker and I went shopping this weekend so I could get supplies. My instructions were to have one of the three be larger than the other two; the large one should be silver, and the other two should be contrasting. After much hemming and hawing at my favorite cheap fabric store, I found great silver fabric, and then black and white for the other two. And the foam. Oh lord, the foam. (For the headpieces.) My initial plan was to buy the thicker "foam by the yard" that they had, which was five inches thick, so I could use fewer pieces. But then I saw the price. Even at 50% off, they wanted well over $200 for the amount of foam I thought I needed. Ouch.
So we went to plan B, and cleaned the place out of your ordinary 2-inch-thick seat cushion foam. People looked at us really weird, but it cost about half as much. This means the diameter of the headpieces will be smaller than I'd like, but I think they'll still work. I got spray adhesive (which the woman at the craft store said is best for gluing foam together), a glue gun, and an electric carving knife (which I'm told by experienced boffercrafters is the thing for cutting foam).
I think I've figured out how many foam slabs to use for each headpiece. I'm collecting used bike helmets from several friends to be the base for the headpieces, so once I have those I can start finalizing the plans for the shape and size. In the meanwhile, I need to glue the foam slabs into big blocks so I have them ready to go. I could also start on the tunics and tentacles.
I'm taking pictures of the various steps in this crazy process, and will share them as I go. I have no idea what I'm doing, but hey, I'm a Tamalasquan (in-game goddess of luck, travel, roads, and water), so that's never stopped me before...