Tag: Costume

  • Recent Empire Costume

    I’ve not updated the blog for a while, but I *have* been making things…

     

    For the Pledge Ball.

     

    Sideless Surcote for the Pledge Ball.
    Relaxed tunic with V neck. The trim is actually chains in blue and white. High status but not overly fussy.
    Priest stole to denote the responsibility of having a congregation.

    Drowned Man chapter banner completed by hand using reverse appliqué technique.
    Photo by Beth Dooner. Also note priest stole on left hand side.
    New robes, designed to reflect functional crusader style armour but entirely made from fabric. The ‘pauldrons’ allow the chapter crest to be word on the shoulder (as in the Highguard brief), the tabs on the front reflect a priest stole, and the arms have seven stripes for seven virtues (that is piping pieced into the design, not painted on or applied). I wanted to feel ‘big’ and for the robes to look heavy.

    Kids tunics. Plain blue (with room to grow), and the chapter logo worn on the shield arm like armour.
  • #51-52: Early Middle Ages Tunics

    I made two of these, because I had 10m of lovely green wool. One for me for Dumnonni, and one for Simon for Heathen.

    His was machine finished, except for the neck that was hand finished. Mine was hand finished throughout. Just because.

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  • #50: S’Forza Belt Favour

    No comment.

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  • #46-49: House S’Forza Outfit

    #46-49: House S’Forza Outfit

    So I got invited to go and play a Curious Pastimes faction event (and take some photos of course). And so obviously, I needed kit. Spanish renaissance inspired noble house who were all about passion and pleasure. Black and purple.

    So… of course lots of black leather kit was the way forward! I based the whole thing loosely on a combination of some videogames characters and Paso Doble dancers outfits.

    It’s the first time I’ve really worked with leather. I got some last year but I couldn’t make it work. This time I got some slightly thinner and came up with a design that heavily utilised thonging so that I could be a bit inaccurate around the edges. I’m pretty pleased with how the whole thing came out.

    #46: The Shirt.

    Based on the same pattern as basically all the robes that I ever make, just with much larger sleeves that I gathered on my overlocker and elasticated wrists. £2 Ikea calico and a pack of Dylon washing machine dye. I added a drawstring with black bias tape too.

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    #47: The Belt / Corset Thing.

    Based on a design by Epic Armouries (I would have bought theirs but it was too big, not cut for women, and not really what I wanted). This used far more thonging than I thought it would…

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    #48: Shirt Gaiters.

    Flouncy long sleeves deserve gaiters… that match the belt / corset.

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    #49: Bracers.

    And matching bracers. Of course. In ‘tiny’ size.

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  • Spanish Influenced LARP Belt

    Pictures – description might follow.

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  • #44-45: King Odysseus

    #44-45: King Odysseus

    One Greek chiton, one robe made from dustsheets. Machine embroidery around the neckline. Some artistic license used – no actual proof of anything like this ever existing.

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  • #41-43: Wastelander Trousers, Jacket & Rucksack

    #41-43: Wastelander Trousers, Jacket & Rucksack

    Basic wastelander / scavenger costume for The World Went Dark. Some of the pictures below are ‘in progress’ photos. Not sure I have any finished pictures yet.

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  • #26: Carthage Mantle

    #26: Carthage Mantle

    Adam picked up a plain hood at Empire from Darkblade and asked me if I’d attach it to his cloak and make it a bit more carthage.

    Well, here it is! Sewn to the front of the cloak to keep it on without fastening, and lots of eyelets added with beads on them.

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  • #22-23: IC Lunchboxes

    #22-23: IC Lunchboxes

    IC lunchboxes. Yup. To try and minimise the amount of crap we put in our mouths as we walk past crew welfare.

    Needs a bit more hand finishing – the machine top stitching didn’t really work. I’ll fix them after the event.

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  • #21: Minoan Tiered Skirt

    #21: Minoan Tiered Skirt

    So… I wanted to upgrade my Odyssey costume. Yes, there are only two events left. No, that doesn’t matter to me. I think it’s important to do what I can between each event.

    This is what it looks like roughly assembled with the other kit.

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    And this is what it looked like before:

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    This shot shows how MASSIVE the skirt is. It’s a traditional Gypsy dancing skirt that is often worn by belly dancers. It has a 20m hem, but because it’s made from really light Cotton Voile it’s not too heavy.

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    And it’s loosely based on Minoan Snake Goddess sculptures:

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    I made all the ruffles on my Overlocker. 40 meters of ruffles took me less than an hour.

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    And they looked like this when I laid them out on my lounge floor:

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    And finally, this is in the middle of pinning the final 20m hem to the bottom of the skirt before sewing it!

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