Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wedding Pics!
Some new pics of my lovely bride in the wedding gown I made for her. :D Photos courtesy of R+B Photography.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Romulan Prosthetics!
I finally did my first Romulan! Err...prosthetics, prosthetics.
The 19th and 20th of May were Dallas ComiCon, and another member of the USS Navras had ordered a set of Romulan prosthetics from me for the event. Sadly, I didn't have a chance to attend the event myself, since EVERYTHING seemed to fall on that weekend, but my shipmates made a good showing, and even were honoured with escorting Sir Patrick Stewart himself around the convention!
Anyway, here are some pictures of my Romulan commission, and some pics of my awesome crewmates. :D
The 19th and 20th of May were Dallas ComiCon, and another member of the USS Navras had ordered a set of Romulan prosthetics from me for the event. Sadly, I didn't have a chance to attend the event myself, since EVERYTHING seemed to fall on that weekend, but my shipmates made a good showing, and even were honoured with escorting Sir Patrick Stewart himself around the convention!
Anyway, here are some pictures of my Romulan commission, and some pics of my awesome crewmates. :D
Monday, May 21, 2012
Wedding Gown!
This past weekend, I attended the lovely wedding of a couple of my friends. It was an absolutely fabulous time, and I ended up getting to see people I haven't seen in ages! We laughed harder than we have in quite a while, caught up with each other, ate some delicious food, and generally had a really fantastic time.
I also got to see the wedding dress in action, which was great because it was one of my pieces! The bride had commissioned me to make her gown, which she had sent me a reference for, and which, we all agreed, was the absolutely perfect gown for her. :D I'll hopefully have some pictures from the wedding fairly soon, but now that the wedding is over, I can share some pics of the gown on my mannequin! Please ignore my drunken dress form, she enjoys leaning to the side.
I also got to see the wedding dress in action, which was great because it was one of my pieces! The bride had commissioned me to make her gown, which she had sent me a reference for, and which, we all agreed, was the absolutely perfect gown for her. :D I'll hopefully have some pictures from the wedding fairly soon, but now that the wedding is over, I can share some pics of the gown on my mannequin! Please ignore my drunken dress form, she enjoys leaning to the side.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Cardassian Uniform, finished! :D
The Cardassian uniform is finished, and is now on its way to its new
owner. :D I am very pleased with how it came out!
The full uniform! It sits a little funny on this mannequin, but it's the only one I have with legs. :p
My armour on the left, the commission on the right. If you'll notice, the nametags are slightly different - mine says "Malek", while the other says "Barat".
Still incredibly proud of how even the grid pattern on the centre panels came out. :D
Here you can see a bit more of the hills and valleys of the armour.
I was also incredibly pleased with the jumpsuit. My own jumpsuit was never entirely finished, and somewhere along the line, it has vanished into the depths of the sewing room, and is probably lost for all time.
This jumpsuit was made of a non-stretch suiting material, with corduroy panels down the sides of the suit and down the tops of the sleeves. I used a new pattern for this one, and I think it turned out MUCH better than my own jumpsuit.
I also made a full set of Cardassian prosthetics - forehead, ear pieces, nose, chin, and neck ridges. I made entirely new sculpts for all of these pieces. I really love how the forehead turned out, I'm going to cast another set of all of these just for myself!
The full uniform! It sits a little funny on this mannequin, but it's the only one I have with legs. :p
My armour on the left, the commission on the right. If you'll notice, the nametags are slightly different - mine says "Malek", while the other says "Barat".
Still incredibly proud of how even the grid pattern on the centre panels came out. :D
Here you can see a bit more of the hills and valleys of the armour.
I was also incredibly pleased with the jumpsuit. My own jumpsuit was never entirely finished, and somewhere along the line, it has vanished into the depths of the sewing room, and is probably lost for all time.
This jumpsuit was made of a non-stretch suiting material, with corduroy panels down the sides of the suit and down the tops of the sleeves. I used a new pattern for this one, and I think it turned out MUCH better than my own jumpsuit.
I also made a full set of Cardassian prosthetics - forehead, ear pieces, nose, chin, and neck ridges. I made entirely new sculpts for all of these pieces. I really love how the forehead turned out, I'm going to cast another set of all of these just for myself!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
A Good Day to Dine & some Cardassian armour
Okay, okay, I know. It's been a while since I last updated. And boy do I have updates! I've been sewing like a madwoman on a dozen different things, and attending Trek shenanigans with my shipmates and some Klingons. First off, the Trek shindig.
We members of the USS Navras met up with the IKV Melota for barbecue and Trek talk back at the end of April. I donned my nearly finished Class A uniform and my Cardassian lite look, since most of my prosthetics had reached the end of their lives. I was quite proud of my ship, as we had Vulcans, Andorians, and a Cardassian in yours truly, so we had a good showing of aliens! This was my first time meeting anyone from the IKV Melota, and they were all very lovely, despite being Klingons. ;-)
And, just because...
Since then, I've been busting my butt to finish a wedding dress commission and new Cardassian uniform for a client. You can't see the wedding dress yet because the wedding hasn't happened quite yet, but here's a look at the Cardassian uniform!
I'm making this one the same way I made the last one. I started out with a basic body block and patterned out the armour, then cut it out in craft foam and assembled it.
I then made the adjustments to the front and back, adding in the diamond to the front and the point in the back. I did this by cutting the foam and then adding in more pieces, and blending everything together with papier mache.
Once that was finished, it was time to add in the detail work. I did this with dimensional paint, hand painting every squiggle and diamond onto the armour. This took forever, and my hand will probably never feel the same. :p Still, it was totally worth it, and I am so flipping proud of how even my diamond pattern is! (Also, ignore the smears. That's where I went back in and fixed things I didn't like. It smeared the paint, but wouldn't show up once the final paint job was on.
After I had finished all the details, I applied a coat of resin epoxy to both the inside and outside of the armour.
Look how shiny it is now! The shine won't stay there, but it just looks so pretty! It took forever for the resin to set since it's been so humid lately, so the resin-ing took 2 days where it would usually only take a few hours. Oi! Anyway, once the resin had finally set, I added a spray-on rubber coating (PlastiDip) to give the armour it's correct texture and to give it more durability. I added it to both the outside and inside, though in the photo below only the outside has been coated.
Once the rubber coat was dry, I hand painted the armour with acrylic paints. I used a combination of the black dimensional paint and a pearly white acrylic.
All that remains now is to add the velcro to the side to make it close, and to add the velcro to the arm holes so the sleeves can be attached. Over the next couple of days I'll be finishing the jumpsuit, so stay tuned for that!
We members of the USS Navras met up with the IKV Melota for barbecue and Trek talk back at the end of April. I donned my nearly finished Class A uniform and my Cardassian lite look, since most of my prosthetics had reached the end of their lives. I was quite proud of my ship, as we had Vulcans, Andorians, and a Cardassian in yours truly, so we had a good showing of aliens! This was my first time meeting anyone from the IKV Melota, and they were all very lovely, despite being Klingons. ;-)
And, just because...
Since then, I've been busting my butt to finish a wedding dress commission and new Cardassian uniform for a client. You can't see the wedding dress yet because the wedding hasn't happened quite yet, but here's a look at the Cardassian uniform!
I'm making this one the same way I made the last one. I started out with a basic body block and patterned out the armour, then cut it out in craft foam and assembled it.
I then made the adjustments to the front and back, adding in the diamond to the front and the point in the back. I did this by cutting the foam and then adding in more pieces, and blending everything together with papier mache.
Once that was finished, it was time to add in the detail work. I did this with dimensional paint, hand painting every squiggle and diamond onto the armour. This took forever, and my hand will probably never feel the same. :p Still, it was totally worth it, and I am so flipping proud of how even my diamond pattern is! (Also, ignore the smears. That's where I went back in and fixed things I didn't like. It smeared the paint, but wouldn't show up once the final paint job was on.
After I had finished all the details, I applied a coat of resin epoxy to both the inside and outside of the armour.
Look how shiny it is now! The shine won't stay there, but it just looks so pretty! It took forever for the resin to set since it's been so humid lately, so the resin-ing took 2 days where it would usually only take a few hours. Oi! Anyway, once the resin had finally set, I added a spray-on rubber coating (PlastiDip) to give the armour it's correct texture and to give it more durability. I added it to both the outside and inside, though in the photo below only the outside has been coated.
Once the rubber coat was dry, I hand painted the armour with acrylic paints. I used a combination of the black dimensional paint and a pearly white acrylic.
All that remains now is to add the velcro to the side to make it close, and to add the velcro to the arm holes so the sleeves can be attached. Over the next couple of days I'll be finishing the jumpsuit, so stay tuned for that!
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