Sunday, Mom and I went out shopping and I ended up getting fabric for the top of the Shmi (DEAD!SHMI!) costume. I cut out all the pieces and also started cutting pieces for my uber-Queen Tenel Ka outfit of massive doom and stuff. I also found a shovel for the Lisey Landon costume, which is effing awesome cause it's like a pint-size half shovel. It's like someone took a shrinking ray aiming to make the shovel a spade and didn't have enough power so it came out as this silly little shovel. Which is awesome because I was afraid I'd be slapping people upside the head with a normal shovel.
We also had a D*C chat that actually ACHIEVED THINGS! I KNOW. IT SHOCKED ME TOO. IT WAS AMAZING.
prix_etoile,
see_aphy_be,
lusa_thul and
jedijaya were present and they helped me with ideas for Dead!Shmi and I helped Kyle find some stuff she could use for Dead!Mara and we planned general asshattery for the con and all that.
WE'LL BE HAVING ANOTHER CHAT SOON. LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTAKE IN CON/COSTUME PLANNING OR SOMETHING. HURRRR.
And then today on lunch break I actually sat down and made an effing spreadsheet in Excel about crap I need to do/have/get for costumes. MUAHAH~ Scheduling might switch up a bit, but I am telling myself I can't change this list NO MATTER WHAT (even though the pull of an Old School American Gladiators outfit is SO HARD).
D*C 2008 FINAL COSTUME LIST OF LOLS:-- Chris Chambers (Stand By Me/Stephen King's
The Body, w/ Aphy as Gordie Lachance)
-- Lisey Landon (Stephen King's
Lisey's Story, King group w/ Aphy as Annie from
Misery)
-- Peter McVries (Stephen King's
The Long Walk, w/ Aphy as Art Baker & Em as the Major)
-- Tempest Cover Tenel Ka (Star Wars
Legacy of the Force: Tempest, w/ EU characters galore!)
-- Queen Tenel Ka (Star Wars Hapan Royalty of many Yays and Backstabbings!, w/ more EU characters!)
-- Dead!Shmi Skywalker (Your Favorite Dead Star Wars Characters!, w/
all these thugs <3)
-- Little Sister (Bioshock, w/ Aphy as a Spider Splicer! <3)
-- Maid Marian (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, w/ Team Takeo & Rhythm Bandits as the MiT!)
(HEY, DID YOU GUYS KNOW I LIKED STEPHEN KING AND STAR WARS? I DIDN'T. :|)
I already have Peter (D*C '07) and the Little Sister (Katsucon '08) done. I'm remaking parts of Tempest TK (D*C '06 & Anime USA '07) and adding to it (except not those effing scales those are fine and I never want to mess with them again XD). Chambers is just a random thing (IMMA BE RIVER PHOENIX, YOU GUYS) to throw on during costume downtime and basic clothes, so it's pretty much done. So the ones I really need to focus on are Lisey, Shmi, Queenie Teekay and Marian (I'M SEW HEPPAY~!). FOUR COSTUMES. THREE MONTHS. GO.
The best part about these is that I only need to bring two pairs of boots to the con. Unlike last year where I brought FOUR PAIRS OF BOOTS. :| Chris and Peter wear Converse. Little Sister and Lisey are barefoot (I'll have flip-flops :P) -- and I have slippers for Marian and sandals for Queen TK. LOL, this is gonna be the most comfortable con for my feet in a long time. Especially after
these last year. Which is a very good thing. Considering how much my feet HATE ME RIGHT NOW.
P.S. Why do cameo brooches remind me of HAPES? Is it the whole "LOOK AT THESE PRETTY LADIES!" thing or what? Cause I'm totally thinking about incorporating one on the Queen TK dress. LOL IT'S A PORTRAIT OF MY MAMMA TENENIEL, I SWEARS IT. XD