More Hats! (Day 292)

Trying really hard to get back into posting again.

Today I made two more Pokemon hats! ^-^ A Chikorita and a Cyndaquil. I decided that I'm just going in numerical order here, since sometimes I can't decide what to make next, and then I get overwhelmed and just don't work on anything. I have seven more to make and only four days to make them. I might be able to pull it off if I make two a day like I did today. We shall see >_>

Wig styling appointment is tomorrow! Yay! I found an adorable hair style that I think will work well (shown left). The wig I got is really blonde (as in near-yellow) and is a little wavier, but I think it'll work. (This wig is for Pikachu.) Also, I'm bringing in my Franziska wig to see how much it would cost for them to cut it, because they told me it might be free, since it's only bangs.

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Styling Chi Wig (Day 124)

I styled Chi's wig (put the spools in it). It was a pain in the butt, but it looks bretty good =] I'm all set for both AOD and Fanime, even registered for the costume contest at AOD, I just need to print and sign the consent form. I'll probably try and get that done today. I have to print a reference picture of Ammy too, but that's pretty easy.

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Spools (Day 119)

There's some irony in here somewhere. I made the spools that go in Chi's hair out of Sculpt It! clay. Damn, I really hate this stuff. I wish I could've just used real spools. but I don't have two the same, and that'd be a waste of thread =/

So, somehow, even though the seal was never broken, my white Sculpt It! was completely dried out. How massively inconvenient. The lightest-colored, least-dried-out was yellow, so now I have two little yellow clay spools. I'll probably paint some of them tonight, but I have to put sealant on them firs to smooth them out a little, since Sculpt It! is lame and cracks. I'm a little worried about threading the hair through the spools, but at least I have a general idea of how to get them to stay.

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Days 117 & 118

I got my wig for Chi! And that's really it D= There's not much styling to be done, other than adding the spools to her hair. I don't want to cut the back of it, since it'll be doubling (tripling?) as my wig for Triela (Gunslinger Girl) and Riza (Fullmetal Alchemist). To get the effect of the cut hair in the back, I'm just going to tie the bottom of the wig into two "pigtails" which will keep it from tangling too badly during the day too.

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Shopping: Thigh-Highs; Liquid Latex (Day Twenty-Four)

I actually got to go shopping today =O No way. I never thought I would shop again, the way things are going. My room's torn to pieces & I'm supposedly not allowed to buy anything until it's finished (painting, new bed, cleaned up), however, I'm not getting any more money from my mom until it's finished. And she's not going to give me back-pay after it's cleaned either. It's going to take at least another two weeks to get my room cleaned, so I'm out $40. I have back-up money, but mostly for Yaoi-Con and Halloween decorations for my party... *sigh*

In ant case, shopping! Yay! I bought thigh-high leggings and fake eyelashes for my "Alice in Wonderland" Halloween costume. I'm still not sure if that's the name I'm going to call it, but it works for now. I normally don't wear fake eyelashes, but these are red and black and match the costume so well, I couldn't resist them. I also bought new pants for my Mello cosplay. They're built like pants, but with a stretchy leather material, similar to leggings. So they're looser and I can move in them better. And they don't give me bubble-butt, so my boyfriend can relax and not worried about guys looking back there.

I also bought some liquid latex, finally. I don't have a real use for it at the moment, but I always see people mentioning it in the forums on Cosplay.com, so I thought I'd pick some up just in case. This is the first time I've been able to find it and it was in the Halloween store, so I snagged it before the store leaves next month.

My boyfriend purchased red spray-on hair dye for his Matt costume, which was actually my suggestion. I don't really like spray-on dyes myself though. They flake off, rub off on everything, and generally don't work. However, for Matt, I believe it to be acceptable. I don't believe that Matt's hair is truly all red. To me, it appears as though it has red highlights. So we plan to lightly spray some areas of his hair, mostly in lower layers, so that in certain light, it'll look red, and it other lights, it'll look black. The way that Matt's does in the anime.

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