Cilan Progress 2

Ah been a long time since I updated! I get so caught up in stuff that I forget to. I make sure I take lots of progress shots when working on cosplay but always forget to upload them! Anyway I'll do some various posts over the next few days to catalog what I've been doing a bit. So I'll start where I left off with Cilan. The costume's production went very smoothly leading up to Anime Boston.

Here's the finished shoe. The loafers were cheap ones from Wal Mart but they do the job. They're Dr. Scholl's brand too so really comfortable, perfect for a con. I bought the yellow laces separately of course.

Here's how I made the button on the vest. Using the same bright yellow fabric I used for the back tab of the vest, I cut ovals larger than my cardboard base and snipped them all the way around so the finished design would look more oval. There ended up still being a couple points here and there but I think it looked good. After gluing the strips to the cardboard, I covered them in more glue just to seal it up. I think I used Sobo glue maybe? And then I used sticky back velcro to adhere them to the vest.

Here's a test using the colored hairspray. I always use the Jerome Russel brand. It produces very strong saturated colors and looked really great in the final form.

Another test after having sewn poor Pansage's tush to my shoulder.

And the finished cosplay! I'm toying with the idea of making the waiter's apron and napkin when I cosplay this again sometime.

Just look at that comparison!

Did a big cosplay shopping trip today! Finally got proper colored fabric for the jacket of my Klavier Gavin cosplay from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. I took the photo to show the comparison. Unfortunately it's a crappy cell pick that doesn't bring out the real quality of the cooler purple in the shadow of the jacket in the artwork, but I think you get the idea. I'm not sure I've ever gotten a fabric so close before! I originally made the costume in July for Otakon, rushed it a bit, and ended up not realizing the color of the fabric I got for my jacket was completely wrong. It was a cool purple rather than warm. In fact, I didn't even notice until just recently! Made sure to have the art book on me this time. Go plenty of other things too - a rather expensive Jo-Ann's trip, but I think it will pay off in the end. Working on 3 costumes for Anime Boston. Time to move forward. Gonna try to schedule my time out for the rest of the month so I can divide time between cosplay and art to get everything finished.