Fan Expo 2013

Ice King

Capt. Kirk and tribbles

Queen Amidala

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Kung Fu Panda

Stan Lee!!!!!!

Capt Crimson Binome! A character I once had the chance to animate on!

Red Skull

Rainbow Dash

A really good penguin in a Tardis

Wonder Woman really wanted to take a pic with Persephanie. But, was denied

Camilla D’Errico. One of our favourite artists.

R2D2!

If I had a $1 for everyone that said, “Aww, how cute?” at the expo, I’d have.. well.. a few hundred dollars! But, the best thing I’ve heard was…”Parenting WIN!” And I heard that 3 times. Priceless to me. I’d do it all over again.. just to hear that again.

PROJECT: Gundam UMPG 2012 costume!

GUNDAM UMPG 2012 COSTUME

My new tutorial blog. Keeping that one public though. (Unlike this one) So, anything goes on that one. Thought I'd try to pick this project up again. Since I had failed miserably the last time I tried... like 10 years ago. I learned a lot since then. So, I'm going to test my skills on it the second time around.

Project: Batgirl Costume

At the department store checking out what to get for Halloween this year for Persephanie. Batgirl was the one since Jaden was Batman. It only made sense. Upon closer inspection though, this $30 costume was pretty cheaply made. IMHO, not worth the $30. Then a "Hey, I can do that for cheap, but BETTER!" moment rang in.

Challenge was set.

We had to go with the 1966's version of Batgirl (one with Yvonne Craig). No way we were going with Alicia Silverstone version.. Batman and Robin SUCKED. You can't go wrong with classics.



Here's how we did it:
$10 Fabric (Fabricana)
$7 hat (Michael's)
$2 mask (Diaso)
$3 yellow foam sheets (Michael's)

Started with paper templates. Pinning template down onto fabric in preparation for the sewing machine.

Broke out the sewing machine. Both Lina and I are truely amateur sewists (is that even a word?) We learn as we go.



Of course there's the infamous utility belt. The store-bought version had this cloth "belt" that pretty much had all the goods printed on it! So cheap. I KNOW we could do better. And have fun making one.

From Left to Right: Batarang, Utility pocket (it holds her change of outfit. There's her "Barbara Gordon" librarian uniform in there), Smoke pellets for that fast get-away, Bat-belt buckle, a vile of universal anitidote (bubbles from a candy store), Bat-Shurikens, Bat-cuffs.

The mask. Was a tricky one. Originally started out by making a wireframe of Sephie's head then paper mache it over. Got complicated.. then trashed that idea. Went out and found a nice felt cap from Michael's. Still had to cut to fit her head. The mask part was from a full mask. A generic one found at Daiso for a couple of bucks. Cut and glued together. Spray glued the same colored fabric over the entire mask. Then for some detail, added ears and white foam sheets behind the eyes to make them pop out a bit more.

The boots were a hand-me-down. Perfect color! Same purple/yellow scheme we were going for! Just need to add a touch of Batgirl-ness to it. And we're done!

Finish off the ensemble with batgirl arm guards/spikes. Made from more yellow foam sheets and glue. Velcro for belt, cape and shirt.


The obligatory Hero pose!


Before vs. After

Big Giant Robots Kick Ass!

Aight.. you know I'm a big fan of Transformers... not as big as this guy though. Click on the fat guy to see what real hardcore fans do!!