Sooooooooooo after a LOT of procrastinating, and realization that my heart just isn't in this costume I decided to ditch it.
Then I decided to work on it again.
Then I realized I really have no experience or idea how to do the hooves or wings and have absolutely not enough time to do it well. Then I cried a bit because I wouldn't have something new for Halloween. Then I decided I'd do a quickie rush job and see what I could pull together. One week to go, but with a broken sewing machine atm, things are NOT going well over here.
I am a perfectionist and like to always do the best that I can do ... but for Halloween at a club, I can deal with half-assing a little bit here and there. If it turns out crappy, I deserve it since I procrastinated
so SO bad this year...again relating back to the point that my heart just wasn't in anything.
I did the wings tonight and... wow... That's pretty much it. I had planned for SO much more but that's how it always goes... something takes about 10x longer than I had thought and then I'm in a time crunch.
It doesn't help that along with the broken machine, everything else is going wrong or unexpected.
Model magic cracked, so I filled it with bondo and sanded it but it still looks crappy painted. I had planned on epoxy-ing some stuff but my parents saw it and FREAKED OUT 'cause '
it's poison and you have to wear a mask and gloves and everything!' and are not letting me touch it. =_= I fought to the death but let's just say it didn't turn out my way and it was better to leave it at that. The corset I got is great for the price but makes me ABSOLUTELY flat and because of that, the top of it puckers... I think that can be fixed with some stuffing though. :lol The shoes I ordered are AMAZING but the platform height up front is making it insanely difficult to make it look like a hoof without it being the size of a bucket. The tights ( so I'm not running around in underwear ) are way lighter than my skintone, but were the closest I could get.
All this in combination with the fact that most of the stuff needed for my bf's Hook costume is stuck in customs ( again ... for no reason ... and have been for weeks ) and I've just lost the determination this season.
Anyways. That's the end of that rant.
So the wings I made with cardboard and styrofoam and pleather and hot glue. They are most definitely going to be a one-time-wear item since I'm pretty sure they won't survive the night. Which I'm actually OK with since wings the size I'd like are really, REALLY impractical for club wear. So these ones are tiny, mini, light, soft, bendy and ... well... replaceable baby wings. Perhaps in the future I'll grow some real ones. XD The horns that I intended on sewing on flopped right the heck over so I'm just going to bobby pin them in, which actually works surprisingly well. I had glued a felt circle to the bottom of each to sew through so when that didn't work I just slipped half the bobby pin through.
I really am having a hard time dealing with the wings... I know I said I don't care that they're crappy but of course part of me does... I think leading up to next weekend, I'll be painting a lot more detail and depth on them ( and probably covering the darker parts with little leather circles to make them look scaly ! ).
But I think the biggest problem now is that when I tried some of it on and took some pictures, I came to the realization that I don't
look like a succubus.
I look like a baby freakin' dragon. -_-
But I'm too excited about the black wig, horns, ears, contacts and fangs ( basically... just the head gear LOL ) that I've invested in hence the reason that I'm manically trying to throw it together at the last minute now.
Here's the current status:
( please excuse the brain leakage facial expression... I was trying to show my fangs and obviously didn't realize that they can't even be seen at that distance anyways... )
Definitely not a 'replica costume' but I think it'll be good for halloween. Maybe if I ever make it to BlizzCon I'll have somewhere to make some super wicked solid monster wings! Muahaha!
