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[Oct. 5th, 2009|09:30 pm] |
I have two weeks to get everything finished for steamcon. The wings are done save for one detail that I am waiting to arrive in the mail. Blurry teaser pic with the wings detached for transport:
Better pictures once the last bit arrives.
Erick's new goggles are almost finished. I decided that his old ones which were mods of the German goggles from Restoration Hardware just weren't good enough anymore. The new ones are all wood, metal, leather and exclusive of decoration handmade.
The only other things I HAVE to do before the con are take in some clothes and sew one or two things for Erick. I'm sure another last min. project will sneak in there somehow but for now this look doable. It would be so nice to be done early with stuff so I can just kind of relax before the event.
That's totally going to happen. Yeah, and I'm a Chinese jet pilot. |
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[Oct. 4th, 2009|12:11 am] |
Saturday I got up after 4 hours sleep because Erick suggested a trip to Urban Ore. I have been wanting to go, so we went. We found lots of various metal bits, a great lamp base, a sturdy leather case with brass hinges and best of all a couple wood gun stocks for building yet more guns... because it's fun. They won't be done for steamcon but should be finished by Maker Faire.
My wings are very nearly finished. I was short ONE FUCKING SCREW tonight. I will get more tomorrow. I also need to do some detail work on them before I can take pictures. Erick's goggles need to be assembled so I hope to wrap up both projects next week. I need to start sewing some stuff for Erick, and take in a few of my dresses. I am going to try to be ready to go the weekend before we leave because one whole day is going to be taken up by doing my hair.
I am bringing extra clothes to loan out. I have about decided NOT to bring the ball gown because there really isn't a good event to wear it to. I can save it for the Edwardian Ball. Taking that in is also going to be a major undertaking as it is a rather complicated garment.
The other issue is deciding which outfit(s) I can wear the wings with. I know they will look good with the leather outfit. Not sure about anything else. I will have to try stuff on obviously. |
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[Sep. 21st, 2009|07:25 am] |
Working on projects for Steamcon. The big ones are:
Bat wings for me. They won't be articulated as I had originally planned, but I think they will look nifty. Slightly smaller than my demon wings and attached to a backpacky sort of thing I made out of the guts of a defunct grandfather clock and other bits.
New goggles for Erick. His old ones always got so many complements but they were just modded goggles from Restoration Hardware and that simply will not do. I am making some from scratch out of leather, brass and wood.
Then I have some sewing projects to do for Erick and lots of clothes to take in for both of us.
I have one month to get all of this done! |
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