Adventures in costuming

[featherynscale]

Promethea's shoes arrived today. (I bought them on Ebay. Amazing, no?) They are even shinier than I imagined them. Perhaps too shiny. Oh well, I can manage that with a little rub-n-buff if strictly necessary.

More importantly, I'm committed to the costume now. Why walk this path, that leads to skirt-wearing (short skirt-wearing, even!)? The sheer badass factor, apparently. Seriously. If you have not read the Promethea comics, and you are local, we can loan them to you. (And should, since we came to have them through the benevolence of gamera_spinning.)

Still to do:
- Poke niveus_tigris about the leatherwork and wait patiently for him to find the right leather.
- Convert loose fabric into skirt and top. (Should be easy)
- Sculpt and gild shoulder pin. (Super easy)
- Acquire wig. (Probably expensive, but easy)
- Build caduceus wand out of er... well, something. Still working on that concept.
- Pay niveus_tigris for leatherwork.
- Get ballsy enough to walk around in public with that little clothing on. (Not so easy, but hey. It's only one day, right?)

Comments

[ysabel.livejournal.com]

Do you have a picture of the costume you're trying to put together, so I can imagine you in it? *grin*

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Nope, I haven't found a good pic on the Internet. I thought of scanning one in when I made the post yesterday, but then, we got the bright idea to move a lot of furniture about, so that didn't happen.

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

That will a very cool costume. Must take pictures when it's done!

[catvincent.livejournal.com]

Promethea huh? Best of luck with that - big shoes to fill! I'm sure you'll carry it off with great aplomb. Hope to see pics.

Promethea

[rfunk.livejournal.com]

But *which* Promethea?

Oh wait, I forget if there was more than one that had the caduceus wand....

And yes, we all expect photos. :-)

Re: Promethea

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

This one will be Barbara, from the beginning of the series. She's got the easiest costume to make, I think. Next year, I might work up to Bill, who is actually my favorite, but requires a lot more sewing.

I'm sure there will be pictures -- it's hard to avoid costume shots. :)