The Thing That Goes Doink

So. The dress for Athena is sewn. I just have to figure out how to drape the red fabric (mmm, sounds like a Google Image search is in my immediate future) and figure out how I want to do the chest plate. sideshow_ericka suggested that I cover the duct tape base in batting (a very light weight batting should do, with a thickness of no more than half an inch) and gold fabric - the batting will hide the duct tape lines under the gold fabric. Now, for the gold fabric, do I use the spandex (which comes in light gold, medium gold, and dark gold) or the tissue lame (which is just...gold, like Rocky's...shorts...from RHPS). I'm leaning towards the spandex which has a much better shine and looks less like...Rocky's shorts. Then it becomes a matter of trying to flatten out the shield and painting the spear. And I'm going to punch grommets. GROMMETS!

I'm currently working on the jacket for my My Little Pony. It's the "B" design that comes to the "v" in the back. But I might get lazy and instead of doing the buttons (which I have, but I really don't particularly feel like messing with button holes) just put the eye hooks. Or I'll McGyver something, because that's what I do. XD Once the jacket is finished (it's going to be sleeveless, so the construction is going MUCH faster than originally anticipated because of that) I still have to draw on the strawberry design all over the back of the jacket, because the pony that is my inspiration (Sugarberry) is a Twice as Fancy Pony, meaning that she's got the design all over her back and not just on her hip. So while everyone else is designing their ponies with their symbols on their hips/butts, I have to do mine ALL over my jacket. At least the back of it anyway. Maybe along the sides. Not quite sure yet. But there will be strawberries on this jacket, and a lot of them. >_o

I'm probably not going to work any more on the jacket, save maybe pressing open seams. Which really isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Probably also going to clip corners just so that everything will lay flat. I'll start back up tomorrow, while also trying to make cookies. Which I really should make tonight because I don't know if my husband has any for lunch tomorrow and heaven forbid he run out of cookies. (For those of you who have seen my husband know that he can go a few days without cookies - it won't kill him and he could stand to not eat as much junk food.)

Frick on a stick with a brick.

I'm off to make cookies. ::sigh:: He just opened up the dining room window and that means that it's cool enough that running the oven for an hour or so isn't going to make the apartment feel like the fifth level of hell. I won't have the luxury tomorrow. >.<

So I bought the spear and shield on Saturday afternoon. The shield is not the traditional circular shape, but at this point I really don't care. It's an oval shape, metal and in need of either a really good shine and buff or paint. I may change the orientation or not even HOLD it, but rather prop it up by my feet. After all, how often is Athena depicted as ACTUALLY holding her shield?

The spear has a wooden handle and a metal top that needs a little soldering. And probably a coat of paint. It's silver. I think I should make it gold. Does that historically work. (Yes, I realize as a person with a history degree I shouldn't be asking but just know, but I specialized in modern history vs ancient history.)

Now I just have to find an owl. I'm thinking that if I can find a plush of a Little Owl I should be good.  Especially since the Little Owls were sacred to Athena.  :3

So I'm trying to come up with an Athena costume. I have a nice pattern for a Greek Goddess/Muse/Pharaoh costume which I'm going to use to make the basic tunic/dress and then modify some in order to give it some personality and flair. I'm basically aiming for this look but the main dress/tunic is to be white, and then she'll have a psudo-blouse under the chest plate, and that is a nice crimson color.

I probably won't start this until mid-May since it doesn't have to be done until June 6th. Which gives me time to sit and play with it and see what I want to do with it. Now what's bugging me is the chest plate and the helm. I've found costume helms, all made of cheap plastic and looking like they're made of cheap plastic. I could theoretically make a helm of plaster and sand it down and then paint it and put a nice finish on it, or I could order one of these cheap plastic ones and use it as a mold and make it out of clay and plaster that I would then sand down and paint and schellack the damn thing.

At any rate, it's shaping up to be very irritating and time consuming and a lot of effort into something that may not get a lot of use. The other option is that I find other uses for it - though really, how much use do I have for a Greek style helm even as a costume piece?

Grah...this is getting frustrating.

And somewhere in there I have to make my My Little Pony, Sugarberry.  She's an interpretation, which means that the bulk of the costume can be bought at Target and the only thing that I have to make is a jacket with the strawberry design on the back and some arm wraps.