Iracel
Well-Known Member
Best week ever. Well, not ever, but in a long while. I live in Cincinnati, and all this week we've had an awesome cold front saving me from school. Near the end of February too, when I thought we just wouldn't have extra days of school. I haven't had school this whole week due to copious amounts of snow and blow zero temperatures. That means waaaaayyyy more time for the costume. And exercising. And thinking about doing homework. So, lets talk about this progress.
Most of the time spent on this costume is waiting for paint to dry. Literally, just waiting. I mean, I'm productive and do other things. Not like I sit there and wait. But since I've last updated this thread, I cut the frame of one of the lenses because it was curved when the other was straight. Trying to make it as symmetrical as possible. I also painted the neck, which was really difficult because I stitched the front of the neck very crudely to make it tighter, which threw off the uniformity of the fabric and thus, the webbing. It's not insanely noticeable, but it does bother me. There's always something, right?
I also painted the red part of the shoulders and the back. I finished adding the blue to the arms, which is awesome. But also, after heavy consideration, I decided to add blue strips down the belt. I've done this twice in the past, and so good reason. It's the best of both worlds. You get the slimming effect with the classic look of the belt.
(Details aren't drawn in yet)
As you can also see in the second picture that I painted the pattern over the blue. At first I made the hexagons too big, so I had to remove them and redo all of it. Now, I have a strategy for how I'm going to do this. I'm applying the pattern at different angles, and here, in this crude drawing, you can see my layout.
I'm almost done putting in a new pocket (looks much better) and the crotch zipper. Now, the zippers are too small for my body, so I'll have to find a way to make it work. When I bend over the zipper heads become as undone as they have to in the back. I'll figure it out, of course. Next time I'll just have to make the zippers longer, because this arrangement is definitely still ace. More coming very soon.
Most of the time spent on this costume is waiting for paint to dry. Literally, just waiting. I mean, I'm productive and do other things. Not like I sit there and wait. But since I've last updated this thread, I cut the frame of one of the lenses because it was curved when the other was straight. Trying to make it as symmetrical as possible. I also painted the neck, which was really difficult because I stitched the front of the neck very crudely to make it tighter, which threw off the uniformity of the fabric and thus, the webbing. It's not insanely noticeable, but it does bother me. There's always something, right?
I also painted the red part of the shoulders and the back. I finished adding the blue to the arms, which is awesome. But also, after heavy consideration, I decided to add blue strips down the belt. I've done this twice in the past, and so good reason. It's the best of both worlds. You get the slimming effect with the classic look of the belt.
(Details aren't drawn in yet)
As you can also see in the second picture that I painted the pattern over the blue. At first I made the hexagons too big, so I had to remove them and redo all of it. Now, I have a strategy for how I'm going to do this. I'm applying the pattern at different angles, and here, in this crude drawing, you can see my layout.
I'm almost done putting in a new pocket (looks much better) and the crotch zipper. Now, the zippers are too small for my body, so I'll have to find a way to make it work. When I bend over the zipper heads become as undone as they have to in the back. I'll figure it out, of course. Next time I'll just have to make the zippers longer, because this arrangement is definitely still ace. More coming very soon.
