25th August 2010: The finishing touches... sorted! Just a quick journal update to say that pics of all of the completed costume pieces that havent yet been posted will be sorted soon! I do have all the photos, its just a matter of getting photoshop to behave long enough to sort them all out xD lol
...hence why there's a mini-shot of the earrings here 8'D I did want to get my ears pierced in time for this cosplay, and several others which involve ear piercing, but clip-ons will do for now~ ^^ I really like how they turned out!
Shall hopefully post other pics throughout the week!! <3
14th August 2010: So very close to DONE!! Enjoy a mini preview of Liam's notebook, which is still being written up! Isnt it pretty?! 8DDDD ...I'm such a dork lol
I very nearly gave up on this cosplay today xD 5 times or more, I sewed up, and had to unpick, EACH sleeve. Dear god... trying to match up the white and silver bits for both sides nearly killed me T___T Its still nowhere near perfect, so I'm obviously not totally happy with it.. but, the jacket is officially done. (Save fastenings, but they'll take all of 5 seconds to attatch xD)
Now I just need to brave hemming the 'waistcoat' and that's done and... then Liam's essentially finished. *A* Will just need to sort out the earrings and customise the boots, really... I SO CANT WAIT TO WEAR HIM!!! *spazz*
Gloves and a LOVELY pin for the cravat are in the post now too ;D Here's hoping they arrive soon ^^
13th May 2010: Jacket progress and... stuff? Urgh T__T Its been so long since I did my Black Order uniform that I forgot how awkward it can be trying to add seperate sections of fabric onto a jacket... *boots it* and I should probably get lining material sorted before I do anything else to it.
This whole cosplay in general is working out a lot more fiddly than I originally thought it would be, but hopefully once I figure it out then it'll be quite simple to put together xD
Either way, the extra effort is definately worth it. Words actually cant express how much I'm looking foreward to cosplaying him! 8D
Also, the undercoat is really, REALLY close to completion! ...I'm just having a little lining-fail at the minute *facepalm* :'D Will work on it this weekend, and hopefully it'll be done after that!
Proper progress pics soon~ <3 This is just how what I've pinned so far looks ^^
5th May 2010: Progress and disaster... averted xD There was an incident involving the ribbon that I spent hours sewing into place: one section I'd already sewn was a cream colour rather than white o_o (How, I'll never figure out. I always got the same ribbon. *fail*)
While that wasnt /such/ a big deal (you couldnt really tell unless you were close up :'D) I'm practically OCD with that kind of thing... and I want Liam to look as good as possible xD
Luckily, I had enough of the right colour to just sew over it, and I didnt have to unpick the whole thing... though now I once again need more ribbon xD (I've used about 5-6 meters already just on the undercoat DD'8) Once the last of the ribbon is added though, I just need to attatch the completed lining and buttons, and the undercoat is complete!
In other news! His main jacket is now underway, and the body of it has been fitted (I LOOK LIKE SUCH A WOMAN IN THIS COSPLAY! *boots Liam for being a trap* xD) Now I need to edit the jacket-shape to match the pandora uniform, then add all the white sections and more ribbon! ... FUN :'D