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Grasping at Threads Wherein are found many pictures, descriptions, rants, and ravings about Berzerker_prime's adventures in costuming, both recreation and original.


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Plug: San Japan 08
If anyone reading this is going to San Japan next weekend, please be sure to check out the costuming programming. My good friend Stace Feldmann, from whom I have learned a huge, heaping pile of good things over the years, has been invited down there as a guest on the strength of her costuming prowess. The convention is listing her as "CapsuleCorp Cosplay."

I'm incredibly spoiled to have her as a friend and a fellow costumer up here in Madison. Not only is she an amazing cosplayer, she's a great person. If any of you hardcore costumers down in Texas have the chance to go, I highly encourage you to go and hear what she has to say. I prize her costuming wisdom like gold and, apparently, so does San Japan, since they're bringing her all the way down there.

Texan cosplayers! Go! Go and learn from her! Go now!




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Nausicaa Photoshoot
Quite some time ago, now, a friend of mine and I realized that all the stars had aligned to give us a perfect day to go out and take some pictures. The light was good, wind was low, and the trees in the arboretum were flowering like crazy.

We carped the diem.

Wanting some good pictures of the Nausicaa costume that I made for Anime Central 2008, I pulled that one out for the afternoon's antics. For a change, we actually didn't do all that much in the way of gag pictures (at least not that came out well). Here are a few of what resulted.

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And also, since I never got a good picture of my own at ACen, here's a pic that afansview.com got of me, Teto in hand and all.

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Carnivale Griffin #1
With Costume Con 2010 slated for Milwaukee, I've made no secret of my intention, nay, need to go. I've also mentioned to a number of people my plans for a costume to compete with in the historical costumes masquerade.

My grand project; a Renaissance Venetian Carnivale Griffin costume. I have lots and lots of plans for it, ranging from embroidery to beadwork and many other aspects. I intend this dress to be as impressive as I can possibly make it within my means, hence why I am beginning work on it now. Near the top of my list is getting some linen in a proper color to make the bell sleeves that will become the wings. It's so near the top of my list because those are going to involve most of the embroidery and it's going to take a while.

The mask is the part of the costume that is the most uncharted piece of territory for me. As this is going to be a griffin, I need to have a beak on the mask. And since I don't want to use a cheap-a** plastic mask bought off the shelf that happens to have a large schnoz and call that a beak, I'm going to have to make it myself. Chats with a couple of costuming friends on Tuesday evening turned me on to paper clay, so I'm giving that a try. While out with The Boy yesterday, we stopped in at a craft store and I picked up a package of it and a plastic full-face mask to use as a base. A couple hours' worth of pushing around the clay and I have this.

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It sort of looks like a very strange cake with white frosting on it, right now. I understand you can sand paper clay smooth, though, so I'm banking on that. Otherwise, I'm going to have to find another method of mask sculpting; one that will probably turn out quite a bit heavier.

What I don't know about paper clay is the next step in the process after the sanding. The stupid packaging came with zero instructions or warnings other than "don't get this near fire." I'm not sure what kind of prep work is needed in order to work with it after it dries, or even how long it's going to need to dry. I'm figuring if I give it a week, it might be long enough. It's just going to sit around on an out-of-the-way shelf until then, freaking out my parents. I'm also going to have to put it somewhere that I won't be able to easily poke at it, because I know I'll want to...




 
 
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