Modesty Studios

This costume is trying to prevent me from finishing! A few months ago, I dropped the black worbla onto my toe and it bruised the toenail. I still have a mark even though that was months ago. (It's almost grown out!) But the past Saturday while sewing the soft shoes, I tried to grab a pin that had gotten stuck in the pressure foot, before I took my foot off the foot press. Needle when RIGHT into my thumbnail. I managed to get some hemostats and pull it out myself (it didn't go too deep), but I was shaking from adrenaline. But I did finish sewing the shoes and attached the skirt to the pants. Which means...the sewing is pretty much....COMPLETE! I may add a pocket or two to the pants but then that's it. I'm all sewn up on the costume. Finally I got all the foam I think I'll need to make all the armor. I'll try to knock some of that out this weekend. :) I also need to finish sewing up the Kova prop.

More progress! So I completed the bodycon that I'm using for the top. I ended up gluing the final grey piece on. I'm not confident it will stay but we'll see. Took some live action tests here with the massive shoulder pads. That was most of that weekend. This past weekend, redid the tailcoat. Still not getting the sharp edges I'm wanting for the back. (May need to do some research but this time the lining and outing matched up. Painted the blue marks too. Also made the gloves but that's not nearly as sexy or exciting as the skirt. Last step for the skirt will be to sew it directly onto the leggings.  Then the only thing left to sew will be the shoes. After all that we move onto the armor parts. I will definitely need more EVA than I thought. 😜 Luckily I'm getting some gift cards from work to Lowes so I can get some more and some PVC pipe for the sword. Then I should have all that I need to create the weapons and armor. Hurzah! I made some...

Another sewing weekend. Got half of the leotard finished. The paneling is much better on this one and we got the sleeves on! I did a test with the shoulder pads and they do fit fine after some major adjusting. I definitely need to sew the fabric pads down to the compression shirt I'm making. :) There's some tightness in the sleeves but that's more due to my chubby arms. (Working on it.) I still need to add the grey appliqué which I'll most likely use fabric glue and iron on bonding for. Tricky to do for stretch fabrics but  sewing it on was not the best option last time. Also need to finish the leg holes, add snaps and the collar. I started painting the orange line but that may take a few layers.  I'll make the gloves and shoes after this.  Also during the week I was able to finish the head for Kova. And I got his eyes to glow. After some initial testing, I've decided not to make him a puppet but just keep the light up eyes. Check 'em out! ...

So late last night, I started playing with clay. I didn't really think I'd actually try it but I got my cabochons and wanted see what I could do. An hour or two later I had this: I did some corrections after this picture was take so the eyes didn't look so uneven. But I baked it up last night and hey...I have a cat head! My debate right now is whether I should make the ears out of clay or from fabric. I feel comfortable with either option. I might start with clay and see how that goes. :) Then I'll paint.