Construction Details:

Oh my, this costume. I had ambitions of debuting it in November 2012--obviously I bit off more than I could chew to get it done by then!



Head/hair:

- The wig is a pre-parted wig from eBay. I lowered and recurled the ponytails and cut and styled the bangs.

- My hat was made from scratch with interfaced microsuede.

- The fluff was made from a piece of craft foam layered with feathers. The hairpin is also craft foam, sealed with modpodge to strengthen the foam, and then painted.

- I commissioned my resin gem from Karmada Cosplay. The base of the soul gem is made using the plastic shell from galvanized steel cable, hot glue, and craft foam.



Blouse:

- Modified Simplicity pattern.

- Gold binding along the collar is cut from the same fabric as my skirt. Brown shoulder bits are the same fabric as my corset.

- The sleeve tabs close with functional snaps. My arm warmers are a simple rectangle pattern. The tops have an elastic band in them to help keep them on my arms, and the cuffs were also hand-bound.

- Closes with a hidden zipper. Tabs and bow hand sewn and secured with snaps.



Corset:

- Hand-made. 4 inch waist reduction. Hidden lacing panel.

- The inner layer is a gold floral cotton to match with Mami's motif. The middle layer is a double layer of canvas. The outer layer is microsuede.

- There is a total of 32 steel bones in the corset. Combination of spiral and flat steels used.

- Buckles are painted grosgrain ribbon, hand sewn.

- The entire binding was hand-sewn, which took about 20 hours.



Skirt:

- Circle skirt with a high waistband so that I can tuck the blouse into it.

- Hidden zipper in the back.

- Hemmed with horsehair braid and bias tape made from the same fabric as the corset.



Boot covers:

- completely removable (from the base boots in the first few pictures)

- brown section is twill, gold is the same microsuede as my skirt.



Gloves:

- hand sewn with gold-painted vinyl for the finger cuff things



Muskets:

- Insulation foam body. PVC barrel, wooden dowel ramrod.

- Detailing was done with foamboard (scrollwork panels), paperclay (percussion lock mounts, bullet-loady-thing that I can't remember the name of), craft foam (stock cover), and hot glue (crosses and scrollwork)

- Counterbalanced with BBs in the stock.

- Gems for the locks were my first resin castings. Mounted on polymer clay.

- Entire gun primed with two layers of Gesso, followed by two of white acrylic. All silver accents were base coated with black to make the silver more vibrant.

- They're super light--each one weighs less than half a pound, making them very easy to pose with.



Extras:

- Socks purchased at SockDreams.

- Circle lenses are i.Fairy Moe Moe Brown from LensVillage.

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