I leave for a day or two, come back, and there's more information! You guys are an endless resource! I haven't done too much on my costume this week as real life has taken over (and will do so next week as well). However, I'm still slowly picking away at the last 25% of detail work left to be done. So here's what I have left (as well as a few questions for you guys)....
- Distress/dirty up hair tie (I'm wondering if I should've gone for grey rather than blue)
- Remake the necklace. (I found long enough braided leather cord at Michael's! Now I can't exactly tell what colour Lara's necklace is, so I went with a medium brown rather than the dark brown (which almost photographs black on camera). So right now, the new cording matches my boots.
- Bleach top straps of white undertank top (we dyed the whole tank top to be dirty, but it dyed the straps almost a fleshtone. So I've got to go back and take that out).
- Quiver adjustments. Still working on figuring out exactly how to attach the quiver to stay on my back and not slide around.
- Buying a couple more arrows for the quiver. How many arrows are in Lara quiver?
- Gauze! I need gauze! Does anyone know where to get cheap gauze?
- Need to buy some decent hiking socks. My tiny black trouser socks ain't cuttin' it in those boots.
- I should have the walkie talkie and the WWII M1 Garand sling for the quiver in the next day or so thanks to one very generous
KristenHenry70. :cool
- Need to buy the ammo pouches
- Need to buy a worn leather belt
- Need to hem my tank tops a little shorter. They're long and therefore bunch up when I pull them up to show the belt buckle (as Lara does)
- Alter pants to be smaller in the hips, they're slightly baggy on me in comparison to Lara (I think....what do you guys think?)
- Need to make some adjustments on the holster (addition of D-rings on the back. Has anyone figured out what those are for?)
- And of course all the dirt, blood, and sweat will be added at the final photoshoot (which has now been rescheduled for April 13th).
I think that's about it. I'll be adding more props, like the pick axe and rope, come Dragoncon.
Now, since these threads love some photos, here's some more teaser shots from Saturday, just 'cause.
Lara playing.....Lara?