[ SECRET POST #046 ]

[degrees.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #046 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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Early, so that I can go lay back down and continue to die of the plague.

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Comments

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

1) While having a personal fandom would be cool, you'd also get the stalkers and crazy people who'd want to slash you with Scooby-Doo or something. And that's just scary.

2) I tend to approach stratRPGs similarly- I love mesing around and getting an army built up of characters I like/that remind me of characters from other series. (NIS for the win. Their random names are AWESOME.)

4) ....... ow, my brane.

6) ..... how do you make patterns for making your own costumes? ._. I wanna do one myself but I can't figure out how to get the patterns done to fit me.

10. I'm 28 and still love old-school Power Rangers. And G1 Transformers (OptimusxRodimus OTP~). And the old My Little Pony cartoons. So be not ashamed. <3 .... what cartoon is that, anyway?

[shoyesainomiko.livejournal.com]

6) Offering some wannabe cosplay advice here, so I'm not a super expert, but you can always get a dressform, adjust it to your measurements, and draft the pattern yourself out of tissue paper and use it like a regular pattern. There's also a pattern making software that has something like you draw the sort of thing you want and it'll draft a pattern you can print out. They're both super expensive though. D:

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Can't really afford a dressform... not to mention I'm not sure what that is. One of those mannequin-like things? Anyway... I can't even find patterns for long coats to modify. :/

[some-kat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a mannequin costume makers use. Personally, I'm horrible at using them.

And I'm sure if you look in Halloween stuff, you could find some labcoat costume patterns to modify? D:

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

If it comes to that, I have a spare labcoat could take apart for a pattern, but I dunno how well it'd work. Reeve's coat is going to be a BITCH to figure out. I still wanna try, though. XD

[shoyesainomiko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're the mannequins, and they're above $75 or so; you'd be lucky if you found a good one under $100. As for long coat patterns, Simplicity 5836 is a good place to start. :3

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

... the Simplicity website doesn't have a match for that pattern number. D: I'd have to skip the mannequin, I can't afford that. XD Maybe the coats section'll have something I can fiddle with, though... thanks for the tip!

[shoyesainomiko.livejournal.com]

...durrrr, I am dyslexic. It's 5386. XD;

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

<3 It's OK. 5311 shows promise, too, since the design has to have a Mandarin-style collar. The bell sleeves are gonna be a bitch, but... I'll figure something out. maybe. XD

[shoyesainomiko.livejournal.com]

*salutes* Good luck!

[lostremnant.livejournal.com]

6. When I was in SCA I got some very basic patterns and a dress form then would customize from there. But then early medieval outfits are pretty generic to begin with unless you're going for the royal/nobility look.

[(Anonymous)]

It's W.I.T.C.H. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.i.t.c.h). Its on Jetix...really good. Reminds me of early season Sailor Moon.

And old-school My Little Pony FTW. I adored them as a child...still do. Kept a few from my collection, but theyre packed up from moving.

[anna-chronism.livejournal.com]

Find a pattern similar to what you want and modify it, or find a couple different patterns and combine elements from each. It isn't that hard and practice helps. Lots of problems can be solved by thinking them through. Also, get a bunch of the really cheap muslin fabric that's like a dollar a yard and practice on that to see how it'll turn out before making the final thing.

Haha, that sounds like a bunch of work for just one costume, but I love it.

[degrees.livejournal.com]

When I cosplayed Raine from Tales of Symphonia, I took measurments of every single part of my body. Bust, waist, hips, neck, chest, shoulder width, from the center of my back to my shoulders, from my shoulder to my elbow (on each side) and from my elbow to my wrist, from neck to waist, and waist to knees and anything else I could think of. Then I just sketched out the parts of the jacket using my own measurements to get it the right length etc onto pieces of newspaper I taped together. It's cheaper than buying tissue paper, and sturdier, too. The only tricky part was the sleeves, but since my dad sews, he helped me out with those. So as long as you know basically how the jacket goes together and what each piece looks like, and you're a decent artist (I'm not, but my costume was all about the straight lines), then it should be a challenge, but not one you won't be able to handle.

Then again, there's always the mix and match with pre-made patterns. :D

Good luck!

[queenie-z.livejournal.com]

Just commenting to say, yo, fellow ToS cosplayer! ♥

I made a Lloyd costume. Yes it's kind of pathetic looking, and yes, I'm a girl, but I don't care. :D