Litesabr13
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My fiance and I are building Aquaman and Mera for Denver Comic Con 2015 - attempting to take the various versions of the costumes and make them our own. In my case with Mera, I'm designing original armor as I don't want to wear just a spandex bodysuit! lol
I decided to start by making a corset to support "the ladies" and keep everything contained - I've made only one corset before and it was quite the project (I had the brilliant idea to have stripes which all had to line up because I'm anal. **facepalm**). This one turned out to be a bit easier, but still a huge undertaking as I drafted the pattern from scratch (Thanks to this site: http://www.foundationsrevealed.com/free-articles/74-draft-your-own-corset) and ended up altering it further (aka, making it up as I go) as I went. Overall I'm happy with it, but the boobs are pretty hard to size correctly until you have the boning in and evidently one of my many mockups did not have them as accurately as I thought - I had to add darts to the final corset to make it fit better. Not super happy with it, but at that point, I didn't want to start over. Also, as it's meant to be worn UNDER things and not be seen, I'm trying to let it go...(let it gooo, let it goooo haha) I ordered all my corset supplies from: http://corsetmaking.com/ - great stuff!
Drafting - holy pain in the butt
Mock ups 1 and 2 (adding a more defined cup)
Mock up 3? 4? (decided against actual cup and underwire so altered to solid pieces)
Done and on! Whew!
Next up, breastplate!
I decided to start by making a corset to support "the ladies" and keep everything contained - I've made only one corset before and it was quite the project (I had the brilliant idea to have stripes which all had to line up because I'm anal. **facepalm**). This one turned out to be a bit easier, but still a huge undertaking as I drafted the pattern from scratch (Thanks to this site: http://www.foundationsrevealed.com/free-articles/74-draft-your-own-corset) and ended up altering it further (aka, making it up as I go) as I went. Overall I'm happy with it, but the boobs are pretty hard to size correctly until you have the boning in and evidently one of my many mockups did not have them as accurately as I thought - I had to add darts to the final corset to make it fit better. Not super happy with it, but at that point, I didn't want to start over. Also, as it's meant to be worn UNDER things and not be seen, I'm trying to let it go...(let it gooo, let it goooo haha) I ordered all my corset supplies from: http://corsetmaking.com/ - great stuff!
Drafting - holy pain in the butt
Mock ups 1 and 2 (adding a more defined cup)
Mock up 3? 4? (decided against actual cup and underwire so altered to solid pieces)
Done and on! Whew!
Next up, breastplate!