OMG I'm back!

It's been a while.  I have to post some photos up here soonish.  I got a costume done for Panty of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt.  I love the show and the character, and her personality suits me.

I had a freaking breakdown when CosplayWig sent me the wrong wig.  So some poor OhayoCon person got my wig and I got theirs.  BLECH. Ended up having to temporarily use a friend's wig and style it to the best of my ability.  I guess it came out alright. It premiered at the Wizard World New Orleans.  I think I had one or two people recognize me, most everyone else thought I was from Battlestar Galactica.  I didn't care. I really have to say that so far, Panty has been the most fun costume to wear.  

I am currently in the market for a job, so I haven't been able to do much.  Since I already have some material for other costumes, I will probably work on those until I have a job and can get materials for other costumes. Also have a prop commission to get started on.  That will come first.

I'll make a separate post from this about Wizard itself, with a little review and some stories.  Mmm, best stories.

ARGH that pvc.

So I have decided that I am no longer going to work on Starfighter until after Christmas.  I *should* be getting a dressform for Christmas and I am just sick of wasting fabric.

I've run into a lot of design issues making this costume, and I feel at this point- It would go much easier after getting that form. hnnnnng I cannot wait to get that form. 

I'm really hoping to have the costume complete by the end of January (Wizard World).  I'll just have to work on it regularly for the month leading up to the con.

I've also reserved my room for Dragon*Con today! I am still awaiting my confirmation e-mail, and if I don't get it by the middle of next week, I am going to call them back.  It's for a hotel that is just about to open up, so I figure their systems aren't all together yet.  Still $115 a night for a hotel in downtown Atlanta with breakfast included! Hell to the yes!  That is amazing considering most the other hos/overflown hotels are at least $150. 

I am so excited about that trip!!!! It's going to be a crazy rush!  Two cons in the same week!  My local con- that I work for is the weekend before...and we leave for DragonCon the next Thursday!  Weeeeew! 

As promised, photos!

This is going to be a photo dump. Yup.

So here is a fromt view of the mock-up of the shorts. Oh, and my wig. I know it's shorter than it should be, but I really didn't want to fight another long ass wig.

From the side.  I decided that the bra came out good enough that I am going to use it, but replace the black with purple and just clean it up.

Here are the front of the pants PVC. I didn't have any problems with the front. It was the back.

This was what I ended up with before cleaning it up some more.  You can see how the back doesn't really make that "V" shape, which I have found out is really hard to do on your butt. The way it was working was if you cut a "v", it would end up being too far down my rear end.  So I ended up with this.  I've hemmed the top of the back since this. 

What do you think? Should I leave them like they are for now or use more fabric and try to get that "V"? Advice? :-)

And to answer your Question fuchslein- Yours should be easier than mine. Faye just has shorts with no special shape. The starfighters have very...Pointy shorts with a weird shape. If you want your shorts to be tight, do them as close to your size as you can, without going over.

So you understand sorta about what I mean by "pointy" shorts.