Dessa
Sr Member
So, my mother has wanted to do this for a few years now, but she's put it off in favor of my roommate's and my costumes instead. She wants to do Spyro the Dragon. And actually Spyro, not a gijinka version (she doesn't even know what that is ^^
For the main body, I'm pretty sure Mom's planning on just doing purple pants and shirt, for ease of wear, so what we'd need help with would be the head, the wings, the tail, and feet.
The wings I don't suspect will be too hard, since I've done wings before (I helped my friend do Blue Fairy wings from Pinocchio), and the same basic premise should work.
The tail will probably be stuffed, but I don't know how to make it stick out from the back of the costume and not just hang down limply (or, worse, pull her pants down), and still let her sit down in chairs (she works office staff at the con we go to).
For the feet, I figure to do shaped boot covers for the back feet/her feet (we've done normal boot covers before, not shaped), and for the front feet/her hands do something that goes on top her hands, so she doesn't have to take them off to work.
And then there's the head. The only thing I've ever done for heads/masks before is either paper mache/plaster (for a Pikachu head) and craft foam (for a Journey mask). I'm not sure if Mom wants a full head, or more of a hat that you can see her face under, but the biggest problems are that a) we live in a small apartment and have unpredictable weather, and b) Mom has a very limited budget (luckily, she works at a craft store and gets discount.
Any suggestions/help anyone could give would be awesome. The con is the first weekend in April, 2015.
For the main body, I'm pretty sure Mom's planning on just doing purple pants and shirt, for ease of wear, so what we'd need help with would be the head, the wings, the tail, and feet.
The wings I don't suspect will be too hard, since I've done wings before (I helped my friend do Blue Fairy wings from Pinocchio), and the same basic premise should work.
The tail will probably be stuffed, but I don't know how to make it stick out from the back of the costume and not just hang down limply (or, worse, pull her pants down), and still let her sit down in chairs (she works office staff at the con we go to).
For the feet, I figure to do shaped boot covers for the back feet/her feet (we've done normal boot covers before, not shaped), and for the front feet/her hands do something that goes on top her hands, so she doesn't have to take them off to work.
And then there's the head. The only thing I've ever done for heads/masks before is either paper mache/plaster (for a Pikachu head) and craft foam (for a Journey mask). I'm not sure if Mom wants a full head, or more of a hat that you can see her face under, but the biggest problems are that a) we live in a small apartment and have unpredictable weather, and b) Mom has a very limited budget (luckily, she works at a craft store and gets discount.
Any suggestions/help anyone could give would be awesome. The con is the first weekend in April, 2015.