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Reference threads:
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=277739
Amazon reference images, Wonder Woman 2017 (includes Diana)
Current WIPS already on the RPF:
Once upon a time I tried to keep contained in one thread, but that is a bit silly.
Shae Vizla, Bounty Hunter Star Wars (Complete, remake for in game version on hold)
Shaak Ti, the Force Unleashed (and generic Togruta) (Complete, redo on hold)
Female Turians, Nyreen and custom also as the 2013 Halloween entry
Fem Shep: Blood Dragon armour (complete, in maintenance mode)
Phantom of the Opera Elissa gown (And Hannibal Slave girl, and dressing gown)
Elsa ice gown (Complete, sequin saga continues)
Maleficent, all the gowns and appliances! (remake in progress)
Fulcrum, from Star Wars Rebels (In progress, slow)
Draenei (slightly on hold, but it is a project that uses stash
Marie Antoinette 1938 silver gown
I don't do resolutions but I have started to take a serious look at what I am doing and why and have been for the last few months Health issues and the potential for next year to either be the worst or the best in several years in terms of physical functionality has meant I am taking charge of the total pile of poodoo that my workspace and costume storage has become!
I have lost count of how many costumes I have actually made, and to be honest I try not to think about it too much as many have gone on to new homes (most of my Star Wars and SCA garb) and several others have wound up trashed (yay house fire and soot and water damage and cleaners who practically boiled everything in a single wash!) But it is well over 100, quite possibly closer to 200. And all for me with a handful of double casts/theatre projects on the side.
But I have been obsessed with costume since 1988 and pretty much spent my teens and University years in any library available and read/photocopied the heck out of every 391, 792 and 646 book possible even before starting to make things. These are History of fashion, theatre costume and dressmaking in that order. There are other craft books near the 646s and varying movie and theatre books in the 792 section. And then once I started getting into SCA I kind of just spent days at the Fine Arts library of my university The whole library from one end to the other.
So this thread is going to be dipping in to my very earliest projects (including my very first costume ever!!!!!) as well as a few of my latest where I have either learnt new techniques or gained enough experience in some other to be able to do this whipping up of a costume in a few days vs months and years It's not often you get to see the background workings even in a WIP thread
I've also rearranged my workspace so many times, but I have finally got a space I can sew and sculpt and cast in as well as store my stash. I am only slightly overflowing my stash and in progress storage area.
And finally I'm also updating some tools, and fixing others. So I'm going to try and grab some progress photos of that. Tool maintenance is a big deal especially when working with dust (produced not only by sanding but also from overlocking/serging!)
Tomorrow I start documenting everything (a vlog even maybe?) so tonight I shall start a list. All my unfinished projects including possibly start dates and why I didn't finish!
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=277739
Amazon reference images, Wonder Woman 2017 (includes Diana)
Current WIPS already on the RPF:
Once upon a time I tried to keep contained in one thread, but that is a bit silly.
Shae Vizla, Bounty Hunter Star Wars (Complete, remake for in game version on hold)
Shaak Ti, the Force Unleashed (and generic Togruta) (Complete, redo on hold)
Female Turians, Nyreen and custom also as the 2013 Halloween entry
Fem Shep: Blood Dragon armour (complete, in maintenance mode)
Phantom of the Opera Elissa gown (And Hannibal Slave girl, and dressing gown)
Elsa ice gown (Complete, sequin saga continues)
Maleficent, all the gowns and appliances! (remake in progress)
Fulcrum, from Star Wars Rebels (In progress, slow)
Draenei (slightly on hold, but it is a project that uses stash
Marie Antoinette 1938 silver gown
I don't do resolutions but I have started to take a serious look at what I am doing and why and have been for the last few months Health issues and the potential for next year to either be the worst or the best in several years in terms of physical functionality has meant I am taking charge of the total pile of poodoo that my workspace and costume storage has become!
I have lost count of how many costumes I have actually made, and to be honest I try not to think about it too much as many have gone on to new homes (most of my Star Wars and SCA garb) and several others have wound up trashed (yay house fire and soot and water damage and cleaners who practically boiled everything in a single wash!) But it is well over 100, quite possibly closer to 200. And all for me with a handful of double casts/theatre projects on the side.
But I have been obsessed with costume since 1988 and pretty much spent my teens and University years in any library available and read/photocopied the heck out of every 391, 792 and 646 book possible even before starting to make things. These are History of fashion, theatre costume and dressmaking in that order. There are other craft books near the 646s and varying movie and theatre books in the 792 section. And then once I started getting into SCA I kind of just spent days at the Fine Arts library of my university The whole library from one end to the other.
So this thread is going to be dipping in to my very earliest projects (including my very first costume ever!!!!!) as well as a few of my latest where I have either learnt new techniques or gained enough experience in some other to be able to do this whipping up of a costume in a few days vs months and years It's not often you get to see the background workings even in a WIP thread
I've also rearranged my workspace so many times, but I have finally got a space I can sew and sculpt and cast in as well as store my stash. I am only slightly overflowing my stash and in progress storage area.
And finally I'm also updating some tools, and fixing others. So I'm going to try and grab some progress photos of that. Tool maintenance is a big deal especially when working with dust (produced not only by sanding but also from overlocking/serging!)
Tomorrow I start documenting everything (a vlog even maybe?) so tonight I shall start a list. All my unfinished projects including possibly start dates and why I didn't finish!
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