When I did Boromir's cuirass I had attatched the pauldrons to the breastplate. Now that I'm doing Faramir cuirasse for the coronation garb I will do the same. ...
Hello all, I wore my Frodo costume to the Boston exhibit opening yesterday and I have a few comments: First, find any reason to see this exhibit, it's...
Just to add my two cents after seeing the exhibit last night/today and spending an awful long time staring at the sleeve... The only thing I can say for...
There is this photo: http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/11543 Which would suggest that there is a red burlapy undershirt with the green overlayer. The ...
After looking at this at the exhibit, I have to disagree with the description on ACS. The outside and the inside of the sleeve are two different fabrics. The...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 11:54:41 PM Central Standard Time, galadriel_3_2000@... writes: has anyone ever noticed that the back of Rosie's flower head...
I kind of did quick sweep of the banner teciques offered on the alley cats site, and saw that the mytioded I used was not there. There were some similar ones...
... keeping ... Niphredil, Marla & I boosted each other up and took a handheld mirror to the requiem dress to see if we could make anything out... I think the...
I believe that the painting that has been discussed before as being inspirational to Nigla while designing the white wool dress is called "The Accolade" by...
If the solder comes in contact with the baked sculpey, the sculpey will burn, and if the heat is there too long, it will not only burn, but deform too. Sculpey...
... find ... Try this link I found by searching the achieve: http://www.boston.com/ae/events/articles/2004/08/02/at_museum_film_fan s_troll_for_wizardry/ ...
... It's very easy to make your own roses out of Sculpey clay (or other polymer clay, I suppose). You start with littl balls, graduating in size, and squish...
I drew my designs on lightweight tear-away stabilizer, pinned that to the wrong side of the sleeve fabric and went to town with my sewing machine -- very...
I've sent these to alleycatscratch, but if you don't want to wait for it to be put on the site, here is what I sent them. Check out my folder for the .jpg...
... translucent fabric with a gold pattern, and an inner fabric. The inner layer only goes up to a certain point (just below the elbow?) but the translucent...
It depends if you want princess seams or not. For a non-princess seamed look I have used this pattern: http://www.simplicity.com/assets/7964/7964.jpg as the...
I've finally finished my cuirass, and a BIG thank you out there to everyone that helped and answered my questions about dyeing, riveting, burning, and getting...
I am re-posting this information, since there seems to be a lot of interest again: When I went to the FIDM exhibit on opening day, I actually took a BEHR paint...
... They're not seed beads. The scan over at fantasy planet is a bit bad in that place, but I have the actual poster of the Sepia portrait in color,and the...
It looks awfully similar to the silver trim on the yokes of ell of elronds tunics which we know is soutache braid. Soutache is made from wearing together to...
<<<Popping in again! Today I did some mock-up work for Eowyn's white wool, and except for an issue with the arm scye being a couple sizes too large, it's going...
... As a beginner, it's rather difficult for me to tell from the photographs and stills. It seems as though the back may be a bit more full than the front, but...
Hi Denise - ... Yes, I've been deliberating and researching on the best way to do the crown. I don't know that I'll have time before Dragon*Con, but I was ...
I don't know if it'll work or not, but I had a couple of ideas for the weapons. If you could get a piece of bone, you might be able to transfer the texture...
