mellymell: (elseworld batgirl)
mellymell ([personal profile] mellymell) wrote2010-08-18 10:05 pm

Today, on As the Bat Turns. Or flies. Whatever.

As amended to today's earlier post, I ordered a Batman cowl. It's latex, comes all the way to the shoulders and looks pretty decent in the pics. However, it's made by Rubies and that name always makes me cringe just a little bit. However, however, it's gotten really great reviews by people who claim to be huge Batman fans and it is part of their deluxe/collector's line which tends to look a little better. It's not exactly right, but it'll work well enough and no one is going to notice the discrepancies except me. It blew more than half of my remaining budget, but I feel it's worth it. Seeing how many lines I crossed off my to-do list today just from making this purchase... yeah, it's worth it. One of those time/money/accurate things.

Other than that, I got the rest of my armor pieces patterned out. The gauntlets are my favorite part. :) I'm almost done patterning the belt pieces. I have high hopes for tomorrow. I'm turning off the wireless on my laptop and the ringers on the phones as soon as I get back from dropping Jonah off at school. If anyone wants to reach me, it'll have to wait until after 3pm.

Pics of the finished cape:
IMG_3087

IMG_3088

IMG_3090

Since I'm scraping my helmet, I'm not going to bother posting pics of it. I might pick it back up at a later date just as an experiment with the materials. But for now, it'll get pushed aside as I plow forward.

[identity profile] starfirephoenix.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
Looking good! cant wait to see your cowl :)

[identity profile] mellymell.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! Me too. I really hope it's worthy. :)

[identity profile] arymetore.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Very cool! Certainly coming right along :)

[identity profile] mellymell.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! It's been a very fun and very different project for me. :)

[identity profile] mellymell.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, yep. I'm signed up. It's one of the reasons I'm doing this costume now instead of later. ;) Might be a stretch to change from Arwen to Batgirl between the parade and the record attempt. But a friend has offered the use of her Marriott room for costume changes if need be and she'll be doing it as well. In fact, she'll be the Elseworld Supergirl to my Elseworld Batgirl (or vice versa).