I want to suspect photoshop (but the hook of the cats left eyebrow is the same in at least two photos) but it would not be the first time anyone put make up on a white cat.
But the eyelashes have me confused. As the owner of a 7kg (or one stone or 15 odd pounds) cat I have no idea how you’d wrestle those on. And I don’t want to.
So I am happy with my tats, to the point I’m going to create another three sheets of the connecting pieces I avoided so as to make it easier. So the side front belly and back of arms will get their coverage.
They are mostly my work. The specific idiosyncracities of line width and end points are mine for sure. But I did use some tracing of Jan’s art to get there 😉 Also they scaled down a little further due to the PDF format (I was using a 97% print of my last tats and then they scaled back 97% again. The chest and belly tats are fine, as are the main back pieces but the thigh and arms need to be a little bigger.
Also note i did not get a chance to polish my armour, But I did give it all a slight gold wash. Why? My saber hilt is a mix of gold and silver to break up the tone. And it works well for the armour too. Also note my armour is black on silver (ie my cut marks show the metal underneath not black cuts on silver) so as to better mimic the artwork.
Holy crap, woman, your costuming just blows me away. And you are freaking gorgeous.
Thank you 🙂 I think I forgot to mention I did in fact paint myself entirely this time. Ditto with the tattoos.
Very bendy 😉
But also the alcohol to dissolve the paint makes the paint dry fast enough that you can 🙂 While reaching around to paint between the shoulder blades you can disturb paint around the chest and armpit so luckily this stuff dries so quickly you can feel when you are able to go over an old spot or new 🙂
Also two specific brush types used in two specific ways (or three…) and being very familiar with the viscosities needed for painting the face vs body, first layer vs last.
Also no sponges with this stuff except to make dappled effects! Best of all is an airgun but I don’t have one (yet) and it does mean a lot of alcohol in the air. I did the lekku patterns this way. Whee, the air was alcoholic for days in my workroom!
Also so much glue! Literally used a detail house-paint paint brush to glue the prosthetic to my forehead and the gloves and boots to my legs. Also bikini to body. So looking forward to the upgrades! I just need some leather dye and then I can sacrifice some leather hoarded away for years for a project that won’t happen. Then some more (recycled skirt ditto for a project I have passed on) to make a new bikini. I’d prefer to mold vegetanned leather but I don’t think I’d be physically able to pull it in to shape any more.
And hello to you over here from LJ-land 🙂
First time no Jaw of Doom by an NZ photographer! I don’t have a big jaw but standard rules about photos leave me looking like an Aussie Soprano!
Anyway. Yes, you can see I am hunched and my neck has almost disappeared. Unfortunately the lekku were just off the sweet spot (I can do a single bun so will next time) and I was also in pain (I still look that hunched as my shoulders have a lot of inflammation going on) and my bikini almost falling off. In fact it did as soon as I got back to my hotel room. So my cunning plan with strips of Wonderflexx for the other style of top she wears will definitely come to fruition. And there will be a strip to glue properly too. The bikini also wound up sitting too low so it covered a fair amount of the belly tatt.
So I am happy with my tats, to the point I’m going to create another three sheets of the connecting pieces I avoided so as to make it easier. So the side front belly and back of arms will get their coverage.
They are mostly my work. The specific idiosyncracities of line width and end points are mine for sure. But I did use some tracing of Jan’s art to get there 😉 Also they scaled down a little further due to the PDF format (I was using a 97% print of my last tats and then they scaled back 97% again. The chest and belly tats are fine, as are the main back pieces but the thigh and arms need to be a little bigger.
Also note i did not get a chance to polish my armour, But I did give it all a slight gold wash. Why? My saber hilt is a mix of gold and silver to break up the tone. And it works well for the armour too. Also note my armour is black on silver (ie my cut marks show the metal underneath not black cuts on silver) so as to better mimic the artwork.
Armageddon Cosplay: And now something more positive!
I have floated the idea to Adele about having a cosplay room for the entire Auckland Event.
So what on earth do I mean by that? A room big enough for us to have it literally flowing all day every day with cosplay events from talks to demos to photography sessions to social events to meet your…
Please please please please reblog! I need to know this is possible as I will need to reach out to a lot of people for interesting talks and panels. And wrangling minders. I will also thus be spending a lot of time on the upper levels and we can also ping to the media and other photogs so we wouldn’t be hidden away. Also I am thinking of getting an A3 printer/scanner anyway so might be able to get lots of signage up and all that.
Looking for a team to help run this puppy too 🙂 I have my eye on people but would like to offer the net wider as well 🙂
I’m actually really shitty at this summoning meme sorry everyone :/
So am I and I kind of dread what people think could summon me and in what form. Also no idea if I have anon on at all.
Add that to every meme.
I am in post con tidy mode- aided by going back to a DMARD that didn’t really work last time but seems to be this time (Go anti-malarials!) and wanted to show it’s not the first time for warm fuzzies and that yes, every memento has been kept and treasured. And a reminder of why.
Slowly pulling out of the post con blues to put it mildly (it’s been pretty ugly- was pretty sure it would be close to a week to recover emotionally though so sort of on track : ) ). And now time to go splat, snuggle with the kitty and try out the fancy pants tisane and tea ball 🙂
So Kylie captured exactly, I mean exactly what I meant by feeling like a mamma duck to the contestants. It’s not patronising, it’s about creating a safe space for them to be who they are but don’t anyone dare harm a hair (feather) on their heads!
Yes that is Evil Regina as a Duck.
And I hope no one minds sharing the contents. I still haven’t been able to read the entire thing due to All The Feels. But I think people need to know how incredibly supportive this community is and all the warm fuzzies to be had.
They are red! First flat brush then airbrush. I am so getting another at some stage with the ability to hold more paint but wow, such a difference! Luckily the can is twice as long lasting as last time as I was able to paint a fair bit and there is still heaps of propellent. But I do want a mini compressor.
Also yes, there is a missing patch but thatwill be painted solid black so it’s pointless to waste expensive ink on that! I used Latona’s as it is a little more durable on latex and will quite probably be airbrushing the tattoos on this time. I just need to cut my stensils. Not looking forward to it as the lekku curves make things not sit properly 😉 Or I could just do the sticky foam and hope I only lift off the paint underneath and not pull it all off.
Also, camera died when I took a photo this morning of paint in progress with all the talc everywhere 🙂
Yes those red drops on the carpet are the main reason why I want a contained ink holder….
From too damp to too warm I let the workroom get too warm so I’ll need to do a bit more tidying of the lekku. I really wanted them done before Hamilton armageddon but hey.
I copied the lekku patterns to paper and then again to more paper to be able to print them off to keep in storage. I may have just enough foam to be able to make flexible stencils, or I could cut out the shapes and stick them on and trace around which would be easier if I can get them drawn in before the red and not have the alcohol wipe them away… well…
So I’ll take the patterns with me as I’m not going to be busy at all ‘eh?