Costume progress and Why I don't go to the dentist more often...

[ladyofthethread]

My teeth have been bothering me slightly for a while and I finally got to the dentist last Wednesday. My mother wanted to take me to her dentist since we thought I might need my remaining wisdom teeth pulled and he is supposed to be really good at extractions. (He already removed 2 of my wisdom teeth a couple of years back, including an impacted one that had to be sawn and taken out in pieces.) It was kind of nuts because this dentist won’t take appointments. You have to just show up, wait, and hope he has time to see you!

After a very long wait, I got my teeth cleaned and was told that one of my wisdom teeth is decaying and needs to be removed. He said I should have the other one taken out too because it’s way out of alignment with my other teeth. But I didn’t want to do it then since it was already 2:30 and I hadn’t had lunch yet. So, I have to go back again sometime to have them taken out and my mother needs some work on her teeth, too. Hopefully, I won’t have to wait 3 hours again! -_-

In costume news, I’ve managed to get a little work done on my new D costume. My pearls came last Monday so I’ve strung the necklaces and the strands for the waist. I used the heaviest beading wire I could for the waist strands so I’m hoping they’ll hold up.

I’ve been working a bit on the collar, too. I got the pieces patterned a while ago and I’m working on the fabric version now. The heavy interfacing I got was still kind of floppy so I ended up pulling out the couple of yards of needlepoint canvas I’ve had stashed in my closet for years and using that. Possibly overkill but it does hold the shape very well since it’s stiff. ^_^;; Still need to work out how to do the trim along the edges. Doing it as bias binding wasn’t working because of all the curves so I guess the next thing to try is appliqué.

Haven’t done much on the costume the last few days so I need to get back to work on it since there’s only about a month and a half left to NYAF. I’m sure I can get the clothes done by then but I’m feeling a bit iffy about whether I’ll also be able to have the phoenix in time since my propmaking skills are almost non-existent other than plushies. ^_^;;; Need to start figuring out what to do about feathers and stuff.

Comments

Re: Your brother cosplaying?

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Yes, Leon obviously wears street clothes but if novaraven is able to make it to Anime Boston, she should have a friend who cosplays Leon with her. That's why I was overlooking him. ^_^;

Re: Your brother cosplaying?

[spookloops.livejournal.com]

Hmm, if your brother's short and quiet, he could be Chris then? Ah well. Couldn't help but to state the obvious. I'd love to meet you all some day - there's not really a group down here.

Re: Your brother cosplaying?

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it would be cool to meet you sometime. ^_^ There isn’t really a group here either. The few other PSOH cosplayers I’ve meet have been at cons at least a few hours away and novaraven is in Canada so there's no one local for me. Still have to decide what cons I’ll go to next year. I have a couple of definites but not certain about others yet. Not sure I’d ever get too far out of the northeast though since I don’t drive and I won’t fly.

Well, my brother’s several inches taller than me so it would look a bit silly if he were Chris. I doubt he’d want to play a little kid either since he’s almost 21. ^_^;; Hmm… But now this has got me thinking he could work for Taizu from the sequel. Not sure if you’ve seen him since it’s not coming out in English until next year. Taizu is this mobster from Hong Kong who owns the building where D’s new Tokyo shop is. Usually wears a dark suit and tie and his role is kind of like Leon in the early volumes; he’s always trying to get evidence that D is doing something wrong although his goal is to kick him out of the building rather than arrest him. XD;

Still, I think my brother would probably want to pick something from a series he did know if he actually wanted to cosplay so it’s probably useless speculation. XD;

Re: Your brother cosplaying?

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, I didn't know a sequel was on the way, but then I haven't been on the up-and-up lately. Thanks for the heads up; I have something to look forward to! ^.^

Re: Your brother cosplaying?

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there’s a sequel. So far, there are 4 volumes of it in Japanese and Tokyopop is supposed to start releasing it in February. While it’s good that there will be an English translation, I’m a bit annoyed how long the wait is going to be since I have all the Japanese volumes but haven’t been able to find fan translations beyond volume 2 and have no idea how to read japanese myself. ^_^;