if you're still "in town" would you go to the first North American Discworld Con? It wouldn't be too far from you if you're in LA. haha, like, only a two day drive. :P
Yep. The coat, anyway. Well, and the gaiters, but they're not in the picture because they look weird when they're not on. The vest and pants are from a thrift shop and the shirt, cravat, and shoes I had already.
Haha, it's all the frippery on the coat that makes it look good. None of the seams are straight and the shoulders are a mess. But seriously, just find a simple pattern (skirts are good to start with) and work from there... I learned most of what I know by following the instructions on patterns.
That is seriously the coolest costume I have seen in my entire life.
I didn't get to dress up this year *is sad*, but even if I had, there is NO WAY it could have compared to your costume. I am seriously envious, I would never have thought of that--best I could do is generic vampire.
Unfortunately it was the vampire part that failed for me; powder doesn't work for the complexion, my widow's peak kept smudging, and the teeth I'd bought at the last minute absolutely did not fit at all. Next time I might just have to fork over the $17 for the veneers ... it still strikes me as way too much but it seems like less of a difference now for how much better they would have worked.
I think I could do the complexion, I'm very fair-skinned, but the teeth would admittedly be a problem. Technically, you could probably do without them--don't vampires' fangs shrink when they stop drinking blood, or am I remembering wrong?
I think, depending on the mythology, vampires' fangs extend when they've got the bloodlust on ... in fact I think there's a mention of that in Monstrous Regiment when Maladict loses it. I was going to use that as an argument in my defense if anyone had challenged me, but it would have been so much easier to just have obvious vampirey teeth. It doesn't help that my orthodontist removed my peg teeth and filed down my canines, either ...
Wow, your an orthodontical victim, too? Mine did a crap job and I ended up with a weird underbite. He only filed my front teeth, though, not my canines, which ended up weirdly sharp because I chew on pens. So, I guess I could pass as a vampire, now I think of it...
Sorry I'm late to reply - but that is FANTASTIC! I bet you were an awesome Maladict :^D (though I wish I coulda seen you in the fangs and with the widow's peak, too!)
That. Is. AWESOME. I should have pinned a black ribbon to my Magda costume, seeing as she's drifting toward the movement in RP land anyway. (http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd180/magdavamp/Fan%20Costumes/?action=view¤t=meganmagda3.jpg)
I really wish I had something original to say in this comment, but I had to comment on this and so I will be lame and say OMGTHISCOSTUMEISSOAWESOME! The black ribbon is an excellent touch!
Yeah, I kinda miss that place. I remember almost falling off my chair when I discovered that you were posting there, too. Well, not quite. But I was 15 and your HP art page was what got me into drawing (true story. I now study Graphic Design with high ambitions for a career as an illustrator, so thanks. :)), and I suppose a tendency to fangirl anything within a three-mile radius is genetically programmed into 15 year-olds.
I've come across Tannhäuser's lj a few weeks back, and it is so great to see the progress in the work. *sigh, nostalgia*
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THAT'S FRIGGIN' AWESOME!
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*is jealous*
*wibble*
I would have been Joo Dee (http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Joo_Dee) if I can actually sew. And anyway did you sew this by yourself?
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OM NOM NOM?
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That is seriously the coolest costume I have seen in my entire life.
I didn't get to dress up this year *is sad*, but even if I had, there is NO WAY it could have compared to your costume. I am seriously envious, I would never have thought of that--best I could do is generic vampire.
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Do you bring a coffee cup with you?
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A Maladicta costume?
NICE.
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Say, I've been watching you for about 8 years now (", she said, sounding like one creepy-ass stalker) and was around at the EP in the olden days.
Mind if I friend you?
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I've come across Tannhäuser's lj a few weeks back, and it is so great to see the progress in the work. *sigh, nostalgia*
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Is AMAZING.