Aisha Clanclan - Outlaw Star
This costume suffered as a result of my overextending myself and trying to finish three costumes in one month, then coming down with the flu a week before the original con. I was happy with most of it, but there were some bits, like the bell and the breastplate, that I just didn't have time to do the way I wanted.
Hair: The wig was bought and cut to the right length. The braid is a bunch of hair swatches I bought; the ring is painted Styrofoam. For the ears I made a wire form, made the right shape with duct tape, then hot-glued felt on top. They're sewn to the wig.
Breastplate & Collar: This was long before Worbla, so these were sheet styrene that I heat-formed over a papier-maché double of my body. The breastplate is in two pieces; they attach in the back with velcro.
Shoulderpads: The main part is plasterstrip which I draped over my dressform, then covered in polyfilla. The sticky-out bits are foamcore covered in papier-maché, with FIMO 'buttons' glued on and painted. This was the last time I made shoulderpads out of plasterstrip; after 4 hours in this costume, my back and shoulders were really aching.
Bell: I had planned on making the bell out of brass, but time constraints made it impossible to be finished in time. My emergency replacement was a styrofoam ball which I covered with Paperclay. When it was mostly dry I cut out the hole at the bottom, then poured paint thinner inside to dissolve the styrofoam.
This costume is retired.
Awards won: Journeyman Division, Best Catfight - Anime North 2001
Hair: The wig was bought and cut to the right length. The braid is a bunch of hair swatches I bought; the ring is painted Styrofoam. For the ears I made a wire form, made the right shape with duct tape, then hot-glued felt on top. They're sewn to the wig.
Breastplate & Collar: This was long before Worbla, so these were sheet styrene that I heat-formed over a papier-maché double of my body. The breastplate is in two pieces; they attach in the back with velcro.
Shoulderpads: The main part is plasterstrip which I draped over my dressform, then covered in polyfilla. The sticky-out bits are foamcore covered in papier-maché, with FIMO 'buttons' glued on and painted. This was the last time I made shoulderpads out of plasterstrip; after 4 hours in this costume, my back and shoulders were really aching.
Bell: I had planned on making the bell out of brass, but time constraints made it impossible to be finished in time. My emergency replacement was a styrofoam ball which I covered with Paperclay. When it was mostly dry I cut out the hole at the bottom, then poured paint thinner inside to dissolve the styrofoam.
This costume is retired.
Awards won: Journeyman Division, Best Catfight - Anime North 2001
