Updates for Illyria, River Tam and Fluttershy

Okay....

Photo time!!!!

Illyria
Finally got 'round to taking photos of my Illyria make up, decided in the end not to get the contacts.

Not much, but it will do

River Tam
Found a better dress at the bottom of my closet, a dress i didn't even know i had.
It's a little short, and it's not blue enough to be completely accurate, but it will do for tomorrow until I have time to sew a proper one.

Fluttershy
Not much as all i did was fix the cutie mark again.
The butterflies aren't that much work, just a little ribbon, thread and a strip of blue felt, safety pinned to the dress.

See, not that much

That's it for this update, I'll post halloween photos of me as River Tam, and me as Illyria, November 1st.

Happy Halloween for Tomorrow
and Happy Cosplaying everyone

Leopardmoon

Illyria update

Last of my Illyria make up arrived yesterday
now all i need is the contacts... if i'll be allowed them.

short update
Pics soon

Leopardmoon

Ponies and cosplay (update)

Okay didn't complete my fluttershy costume. it still needs the wig, wings, ears, tail and Angel Bunny. We have decided on an anthro style costumes
And one of the butterflies for the cutie mark came off.
Still had a fun time at the pony party, made cupcakes and watched pony, nothing majorly special.
No pics as i didn't have enough charge in the camera and she didn't have one.

So didn't end up going cosplay shopping.
I really need to get that done before i go back to school...

Gonna draw up a River overdress pattern tomorrow as i think i have a dress in a similar style and length to the River's overdress.


Sorry about that :(

Happy Cosplaying

Leopardmoon

Updates for Illyria, River Tam and Fluttershy

Okay

Illyria

Didn't end up going shopping today, that has been moved to tomorrow. So getting Illyria make up will have to wait until tomorrow. that's it for that costume.

River Tam

I have a dress that is the right length to be a mock underdress, so i can work with that for now.
So i can start on prototypes soon. But i need to do a little more research first as the dress isn't shown that well in the movie, which is annoying, but not so annoying as to put me off making this costume completely.
okay the dress has side seams apparently, well at least the bottom half does from what i can see from the 'jellyfish dress' shot on Miranda

Fluttershy

Me and my best friend are cosplaying tomorrow in a late celebration of it being 1 year since the first ep of MLP:FiM aired. we were both busy on the actual day so yeah.
So me and her are gonna have a pony party and dress up as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.
I'll try and get a wig for tomorrow and i'm gonna make some temporary coloured card wings, my final ones will be felt or feathered, if i have the cash, unfortunately i'm rather lacking in yellow felt or feathers right now, so card ones will have to do.
I can finish the felt Angel bunny plushie and her cutie mark tonight though.

I'd better get onto that now then...
Post photos of my fluttershy costume tomorrow

and here's a list of random stuff i want from different fandoms just cos i'm random like that
Kaylee parasol and Jayne's hat (Firefly/Serenity)
Ravenclaw Scarf (Harry Potter) (yes I'm a Ravenclaw, don't judge me because of the fandom house i'm in)
Ranger pin (Babylon 5)
4th dr scarf (Dr who)

Happy Cosplaying Readers

Leopardmoon

Illyria and River Tam updates

Possibly going shopping for the make up and stuff with a friend tomorrow.
Will post a list of what i got afterwards.
Don't know exactly what i need other than the list below, will print off some refs tomorrow, that should help.
If anyone reading this has cosplayed as Illyria from Angel before, COMMENT with what you used for your make up, this would be a massive help

I found this vid a massive help

I know i need
Blue temporary hair dye spray (For the hair streaks)
Icy blue lipstick or something to get my lips to look that icy blue like in the show
Icy blue contacts
blue eyeshadow
a darker eyeshadow or something i don't know.....
as for the other stuff, i'm massively confused about what to call it.
and a lighter and a darker something for the veins.
I'm hopeless with make up....
But i think that's everything i'll need

Gonna edit this later with pics and stuff



You know the chances of finding what you want online go down dramatically when your blog comes up on page 2 of the google search... LOL
yeah this happened to me when i was looking for progress blogs and stuff like mine on making River Tam's blue dress she wears in the movie.
So I went back to the visual guide and the movie and tried to get a good look at the dress.
Okay
it seems that it's two dresses worn as one, an under dress, which looks like it could be bought for not much and look right if it was the right colour, and an over dress which looks like i'm gonna have to make, but that doesn't look too hard, just a matter of finding a pattern and getting the materials and just sewing it. Shouldn't take me long, might even get to wear it for school on Halloween, which would be awesome.

Anyway
This will be edited TOMORROW with lots of shiny photos.
I'll try and get some stuff to finish Coraline while i'm out as i only need the yellow gumboots and wig for that.

Happy Cosplaying Everypony and Everyone

Leopardmoon

Fluttershy costume stuff (two quick things) and River Tam

Somepony uploaded an easy wing and ears tutorial on youtube.
I might consider using this
the video is here

Also considering getting a couple of wigs from this site
The luna one and the pale pink one. But it racks up to over $100 including postage, (i know it adds up to $75 on the site, but i live outside the US, so it's not quite so cheap)
which is why i'm only considering it at this point. But it's still cheaper than other sites though.
The Luna one might be worth getting though as a Coraline wig, I could always just say she grew her hair out.
I'll have to ask.
Also Considering dressing up as Princess Luna for Halloween next year... If i don't hate the character by then, So a good Luna wig might be worth getting before that.

My quest to find a pattern for River Tam's blue dress she wears in the movie isn't going well.
Found a site which sells them for over $200 nz dollars for one not including postage.... I'm willing to spend money on a costume, just not that much, it's cheaper for me to make it myself.
The dress is here if anyone wants to see it, it's pretty close actually.
At least now i know that it's actually two dresses instead of the one which could be annoying.
If anyone finds a good set of instructions or pattern online that will be a big help!


Just a quick update

Happy Cosplaying! :)

Leopardmoon