Halloween scarecrow

The store where I work usually has a Fall Harvest (Halloween) Festival, and I'm usually elected to do the Face-Painting table (I LOVE it!!) I decided to dress as a scarecrow this year, because it's much more kid-friendly (AND comfortable!!) I wanted to wear festive Autumn earrings, so I went through different beads and things. I came across some plastic Autumn floral picks normally used for plastic flower centerpieces and decorations. A couple of them had little scarecrows on them, so I pulled them off the picks.

I poked holes in the tips of their hats with a needle, and glued in a wire with a loop at the top. I attached them to antique-copper earring posts, and wore them to work! They're big, but VERY lightweight--and cute. ^_~

+Anima Senri cosplay

I'm cosplaying as Senri from the Natsumi Mukai manga series "+Anima" for a couple of conventions. The one main challenge of this cosplay was the hand and claws for the Bear Arm.
The hand was made using a thin cotton glove dyed fuschia. It didn't come out dark enough, so I went over the entire glove with a darker fuschia marker. For the knuckles, I glued on fingertips cut from the other glove. After stuffing a wadded plastic bag inside the glove to prevent sticking, I mixed Barn Red Scribbles Fabric Paint http://www.thefind.com/crafts/info-scribbles-dimensional-fabric-paint with a small amount of Scribbles Winter White, and brushed on a light coat all over the glove. I filled in the gaps around the knuckles, and pull out tendon lines with a paintbrush.
I made the claws using the leftover flexible garden-border material that I used to make Barry the Chopper's collar and cleavers. I cut triangular pieces, and bent them firmly in half. I cut triangular pieces if black vinyl, and glued two edges to the undersides of the claws, leaving the backs open for the glove's fingertips. After they dried, I glued them to the fingertips of the glove.
The beauty of this project is that Scribbles come in many different colors and finishes. It wouldn't be a stretch to make a cool mask with this stuff. Hmm...

I'm back!!

Sorry about the long absense. There was a lot of work to do on Al, and it still couldn't be completed on time. Anime North was a LOT of fun this year, and a lot of fans are already planning for NEXT year (including me... ;D) The Sehlat doll was completed in time to give to Vic Mignogna (Ed Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist.) Though I forgot to include my reference sheet...

A Funny Thing Happened On My Way Down The Strip...

Getting a *little* off-subject, I met a really nice gentleman while in Las Vegas... really PATIENT as well... "You match my necklace...!!"

New Sehlat Head

I didn't like the look of the sehlat head, so I started over. I removed the ears, fangs and eyes, and used them on the new head. I like the facial expression on this one better. The white thing coming out from the back of the head is a flexible plastic doll armature, to make the head and neck posable. I'm also using a length of it for the tail. The armature pops apart so that you can adjust the length. Each piece has a ball at one end and a socket at the other, and is about 1 inch in length. Armatures are made by The Springfield Collection, http://www.springfielddolls.com/ I bought mine from Dan's Crafts and Things on Empire Boulevard, Exit 8 off 590.

Looking a-head to May

These are a couple of projects I'm working on that I have to complete by Memorial Day weekend. On the left is the assembled Al Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) mask that has yet to be primed and painted, and above is the head for a sehlat (Star Trek--Spock's childhood pet) stuffed animal. I usually start with the face for drawings and sculptures because I want to get the personality of the subject down first. The sehlat still has a little stunned look to him, but a few stitches here and there toned that down a bit. Al's upper face looks a bit like a bat!

Comments open!

I FINALLY figured out that I didn't have the "comments" feature set up right, so now you can comment on any posts (just keep it civil, please.) I was wondering why everyone was so quiet...