Soooo... Sandy here... you know how Rose is a big costume maker??
Remember last fall when she created a costume of the Scarlet Witch (from the Marvel movies)?
And this past February, she had created another costume of the female Thor for another costume convention!
Well, when she was here in August... I put in a costume request... for meeeee!!!
She thought about it for a bit... and researched some photographs and ideas online and...
She said "YES"!!!!!
Soooo... this meant I had to spend weeks at her place getting fitted and fitted again... First we needed a paper pattern...
Seee.... paper pattern... then it gets transferred to foam...
Those are my arm holes!!
And then see if it fits OK... Rose was muttering that a little costume is MUCH harder to make than a big costume!
Then we needed extra foam bit strips...
Until we had this... Doesn't look like much, does it...
Looking better!!! And it fits!
Then we needed accoutrements!!! This was a beary tricky piece and Rose's dad helped her with this (in case you are thinking Rose's hand has suddenly aged)...
It's made out of foam too!
Lots of tricky cuts and angles on this...
So while he's working on that... Rose kept working on the main bit... it has a paint job now!!! And rivets! And leather strips!
And there's the helmet finally!!!
And there's a shield... not quite done yet...
And a sword!!!
But... Rose was supposed to come to our place this weekend, on the 27th, to bring the costume but had to rebook for the following weekend!! Sooooo... guess who did a flying trip over to get some photos of the costume? Meeee!!!!!
Right... here we are!!! We are going to do some "green screen" shots...
I know... I know... bear on a stick... but Rose said it would be better this way... and one does tend to obey Rose!
Because... voila!!! Green screen!! They stitched in a Roman background!
Oh yes... in case you can't tell... this is a Roman centurion outfit!! With sandals and a cape and everything!!!
Rose thought this was a good picture!
I love it!!!!!
It's the best costume I've ever had!!!
"Ave Caesar!!! We who are about to fight salute thee!"
