Ei luj
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OK, here's some progress pix of the suit & armor I wore at a certain Special Occasion 
the Dragon*Con parade.
(have been Uber-busy with costumes since Feb. & doing cons and costume classes :0 so this is sort of catch-up.... completed suit will go in its section)
I used the same skin, feet, mask, and hands that I wore at Comic-Con, but changed the armor and dread beads/ decor.
all these latex items had to have leather backing to hold them.... here's before painting and after; I painted them awhile back:
BUT the leather pieces, beads, and accessories were made/worked on from the first weekend in August till the weekend before the parade and in one case, in the hotel room the night before
Toeduster covers; string goes around heel of feet & is glued, and there's velcro at the bottom front of the covers to hold them to the feet:
Thigh armor on hip belt:
Front armor (butt cover is same) on hip belt; hip belt has velcro closure:
Wristcomputer and wristblade; theres leather "frames" under the latex and the top leather velcros to the bottoms; the latter have snaps and velcro closures:
Inside the wristblade; foamed around stiff paper rectangular tubes that hold the blades:
Shinguards and anklets; shinguards have four sets of snaps down the back and anklets have velcro closures:
Torso armor; its all one piece, with darts in front and rivets at the shoulder points; velcro closure in front:
Backpack; has foam at cannon mount location and it gets sewn to a harness like the one for the AVP backpack:
Used same cannon as the one for AVP suit, but took off the round part at the bottom:
Cannon mounting hole; just stick the cannon mount into it and the foam inside holds it in place:
The neckring was too small, so it got extended; ended up using leather but this shows how much needed to be added... velcro closure here also:
Bio has magnets in it, plus foam to fill where there is a gap between it and the mask; its lined with red velvet:
Loincloth; more velcro to close it:
Utility belt and pouches; they were a last minute thing... it has quick disconnect sewn on the inside because it holds some weight in the pouches... one pouch holds a camera case and the other the hotel card, ID, and money:
this is how it would look; the belt should be beneath the red one that holds the loincloth:
Gold dread beads and leather laces; the latter got done in hotel room the night before the event!:
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Ei'luj
the Dragon*Con parade.(have been Uber-busy with costumes since Feb. & doing cons and costume classes :0 so this is sort of catch-up.... completed suit will go in its section)
I used the same skin, feet, mask, and hands that I wore at Comic-Con, but changed the armor and dread beads/ decor.
all these latex items had to have leather backing to hold them.... here's before painting and after; I painted them awhile back:
BUT the leather pieces, beads, and accessories were made/worked on from the first weekend in August till the weekend before the parade
and in one case, in the hotel room the night before Toeduster covers; string goes around heel of feet & is glued, and there's velcro at the bottom front of the covers to hold them to the feet:
Thigh armor on hip belt:
Front armor (butt cover is same) on hip belt; hip belt has velcro closure:
Wristcomputer and wristblade; theres leather "frames" under the latex and the top leather velcros to the bottoms; the latter have snaps and velcro closures:
Inside the wristblade; foamed around stiff paper rectangular tubes that hold the blades:
Shinguards and anklets; shinguards have four sets of snaps down the back and anklets have velcro closures:
Torso armor; its all one piece, with darts in front and rivets at the shoulder points; velcro closure in front:
Backpack; has foam at cannon mount location and it gets sewn to a harness like the one for the AVP backpack:
Used same cannon as the one for AVP suit, but took off the round part at the bottom:
Cannon mounting hole; just stick the cannon mount into it and the foam inside holds it in place:
The neckring was too small, so it got extended; ended up using leather but this shows how much needed to be added... velcro closure here also:
Bio has magnets in it, plus foam to fill where there is a gap between it and the mask; its lined with red velvet:
Loincloth; more velcro to close it:
Utility belt and pouches; they were a last minute thing... it has quick disconnect sewn on the inside because it holds some weight in the pouches... one pouch holds a camera case and the other the hotel card, ID, and money:
this is how it would look; the belt should be beneath the red one that holds the loincloth:
Gold dread beads and leather laces; the latter got done in hotel room the night before the event!:
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Ei'luj
