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Laura92

I specialize in mediocre to pretty good quality costumes at super reasonable prices, because well, they're not top of the line, I'll be honest with ya. I try my best, and my gallery is up so you can see my work (some of my older ones are really bad though...Disregard them!) and the best is all I can...

Laura92

as always, wayne's a lifesaver.

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there's always ebay, too if you get desperate.

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i love that tutorial! *smuggles link into her bag*

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yea, use that! *points up*

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I still say you're a perfect Auron, sterling.

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colored stiff foam, maybe a light plastic.

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wow, I really don't know...sorry!

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those are those little chinesey shoes. I have a pair myself, I'd imagine you could find them...here http://www.natashascafe.com/html/shoes.html and i'd imagine that if you have any asian stores in your area, or a chinatown or japantown, that you could find them there. Or really, just any black mary ...

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The Lulu/Wakka idea would be adorable! ^_^ I think they should be them.

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maybe even flannel?

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lol...mine was so bad, it was practically stapled together. lol

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Just use a metal nail file. They're a buck, tops.

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*shudder* That dress is very frightening..lol

I'd just use cotton. There's lots of bagginess in the sleeves and you need the malleability of cotton.

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lol everyone seems to feel very hostile against their first costume...

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lol, mine was Lulu from FFX, but it was TRULY HORRIBLE.

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well, what is it? "Yes" isnt a response...is it for the easy way ou methinks?

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sheet metal is tricky...it'd work for the wrist cuffs because you can paint them gold, but I don't know how well you could attach it to the jacket. For mine, I just duct taped the ends (it looked awful) so don't do that. EVER. Get some kind of craft foam that you can paint...I dunno.

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yep, just the reg. requirement.

All the FF7 hair is unholy and somewhat impossible. It must be a Cetra thing.

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the fuku is easy ( i just learned to make it myself) all you do is have a sqarish-kinda thing and then add little pully-things...

yea, Im a big help 9_9

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I guess you could first buy a navy blue zipper hoodie, destroy the hood part, and just make the fuku.

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I just found something thats EXCELLENT for having the bangs stick up. Go and get some Knox Gelatin. That will keep an 18 inch mohawk straight up for a whole day. I can't believe I had forgotten that!

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thats probably the most fun part, making the monkey. But I would love to make a Dogoro. I always thought of using a footstool to make one.

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Yea, I think a wig would be best. If you have styling questions, go to www.katiebair.com- she has lots of FAQ's and ideas and tutorials.

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oh wow...I don't know really, but I would suggest (this doesn't necessarily mean that you should do it :shock: ) using some glue and egg whites. Isn't that what you do for stick-up hairstyles? I really don't know. I don't really think you should do that until you get confirmation that you CAN do that.

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Thanks! Im definetly going to tell you all what happens!

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Id just make an A-line kinda tube-dress thing and then just add the sleeves, then of course do all the teensy annoying details!

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Yea, Im using some Liquitex acrylic purple paint and then once I do that I'm gonna go and get some in silver. I think it'll work, it said it'd work on vinyls and that it was flexible. ^__^ *fingers crossed*

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lol. and it cracks off when you move, too

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if you're gonna color your hair, don't use that spray crap. It not only looks bad, but it also feels bad and comes off on everything. Really dye it if you're gonna go blue.

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I hope my crappy tutorial is ok...I've been sick lately and my mind ain't a-workin' ^^;;;;;

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Yea, Im going to try to find some type of chrome paint. I know they have it in spray paint, so maybe they have some in acyrlic. If not, I can just get silver acrylic. No biggie.

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ok. I read someplace they have "leather paint" but its kinda hard to find *groan*.

Maybe I'll just end up sewing it. T-T

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Ok. The hard part is over- I have some boots that I can transform. However, they're just old, black leather, and not shiny happy purple and silver fun boots. I was planning on just spray painting them, but I don't know how well that would work on them. Any ideas? arigato!

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whee! good luck

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Yeah, try a craft store. They have lots of base masks that you can easily paint or do whatever to.

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oh wow. easy. ok: try to find a kimono pattern. Otherwise, just wrap a sheet around you, cut to the correct length, cut sleeve holes, and hem the lining so it looks all complicated. Next, for the obi, just get a big wide piece of purple fabric and tie in a bow (duh) ^^ . To put the sleeves on the 'k...

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Yea, propmaking can be hard if you have no starting point. Thats a nice simple tutorial there.

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id do that tutorial. hemoluki never steers anyone wrong.

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good goin nema!

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check ebay out, they sell lots of fake swords ^^

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for the horn, I'd shape it out of a big block of foam or styrofoam so it wouldn't be heavy and I'd either paint it the color its supposed to be or I'd cover it in fabric or felt . For the shoulder armor...well, I really dont know what you could use for that. Lets hope someone does!

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could always just paint some beach balls...

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Well:

get a rod, from a broom or some wrapping paper rolls or something and then add something for the ends...I dunno. ^^;

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OK: What I would do is make a simple wing frame with some wire (you can get it at a fabric store, just ask for wire you would put at the bottom of a dress) and then cover it with a fabric similar to the color of the feathers. I'd reccomend a duck cloth or canvas so it has a little bit of strength to...

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I'd go with some kind of cardboard for the collar, but duct tape it up and then fabric it over.

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yea, I figured it out. I made a practice one and it came out pretty good, so I just fixed it up a little and made it the real one.

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try making it with red stretch vinyl. That stuff works wonders for outfits like Asuka's plugsuit.

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