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Convention Events and Programming => Cosplay => Topic started by: kylite on November 16, 2005, 01:42:09 pm
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Need help here. I know jack about makin costumes, cant sew to save my life. but I SOOO want to go as the main character from Dragon Quest 8. Any help on costume set up ideas would be appreciated
http://www.dragonquest8.com
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i could do it, i could do it for $150
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thats kinda vague LOL, im lookin more for details on how to go about makin it hehehe
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well if youre looking to make it yourself, id say juts up it to the fabric store and try to find a pattern that could be made into that.
the other option is of course to go to goodwill periodically and look for things that could be parts of it.
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i could do it, i could do it for $149
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i can do it i can do it nine times? lol
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ok I found the shirt, perfect spot on match
http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/detail.aspx?ID=962
Now where the **** can I find the vest. or whatever it is, the long yellow sleeveless open trench. anyone? help hehehe
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You might try looking in your local junk stores at the trench coats or bath robes (not the fuzzy terry cloth ones). If you don’t find yellow you can get a tan one. There is a chemical made by Ritt for removing the color (I have used it on a set of blue jean Jacket and Pants, we just meant to fade them to baby blue and they came out pee yellow) once you take out the tan or brown you can re dye it yellow. Remove the sleeves at the seam and resew the area back together if it comes apart. Fold over the front edges and stitch them down to cover the button holes and make it a little more open than a trench coat. His outer robe is fairly simple and you could just get yellow cloth, study a bathrobe or trench coat or get a open faced robe pattern from one of the Easter Pageant pattern sets (choose the one for the shperd boys or Joseph) from a fabric store like Joann’s (Always check out there midnight sales ware patterns are 99 cents and get them all, you want to have a box of them you will never use, YOU may not want to make a costume as I dream of Jeannie today but you never know about tomorrow)
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awsome. and theres another post goin that has the leather worker who can help make a nice sword harness :). (oh your the guy LOL) the leather belt is common anywhere so big deal. the brown leggings are also easy. the boots... heh leather workers are good people to know oh and his bag. heh, saturday market, a hemp bag. :) u cant get much closer in the look.
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I can’t view the DQ8 Home page you linked. I'm looking here.
http://www.woodus.com/den/games/dw8psx/screenshots.php
Shirt: That shirt you linked looks right but maybe a little short
Robe: His robe has big obvious stitching; maybe it is supposed to be thick homespun cloth with leather thong lacing. (A rule used in theater and movie costumes is to work by distance, Close up, 10-foot rule, 50-foot rule and 100-foot rule. I may be working 2nd unit on Native costumes for a movie this summer, the 50 foot rule for deer skin clothing is to use Burlap and the stitches are drawn on with a marker, the 10 foot costumes the stitches would be panted on with that stuff in a squeeze bottles that old ladies use to paint kittens and bingo slogans on there sweatshirts.) You should have the edges rolled under (for added stiffness to keep the shoulders from being limp) and machine stitched then draw on the lacing or even uses a big needle and some real lacing
Bag: The bag looks like a Military gas mask bag or map case
Boots: A pair of those Sheep skin boots by Ugg would work as his boots or some other type of boot or high top slipper that is made with split side of the leather on the outside. Ugg were meant to be indoor slippers but so many people wore them outside they added a rubber outdoors sole and they get beat up outside. A shorter slipper or boot could be extended with some “mule skin” in a matching color. The perfect thing would be if you could find some East European peasant boot called Opeki
Pants: Could use sweat pants, or some cotton pants like karate pants or Russian long underwear. I have had good luck with the Dockers made from thick softer material, I do not know if I have been finding older ones or they are from a different factory. I cut them off about 6 inches below the top of the boot I will wear then stitch in a tuck so the last 6 inches of the pants are narorwer to fit in the boot, worked for pirate pants as the overhanging shirt covered the modern zipper and for han solo I covered the seam with blood stripes.
The Sword: You can find cheap Chinese style “Ken” for fewer than 20 that are as dull as a wooden spoon and look close except they don’t have the ring on the end of the tang but you could change the nut on the factory tang for something with a ring. They come with there own scabbard in various colors some times its two swords in one sheath.
And of course I know some one who could make a either a scabbard and harness or just the harness
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I can do it! >.>..the sword that is >.>...twenty bucks X3
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Total cost of costume $150
The look on kylite's face when the winner of the Dragon Quest 8 Cosplay is the girl who made her costume 20 min before out of the Banquet room table cloth $Priceless
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I can do it! >.>..the sword that is >.>...twenty bucks X3
You mean you have one to sell or you make them and in metal or foam?
I may start doing swords later, but I want to work in metal yet I see the con rules wont allow metal weapons in most areas. A friends friend hurt his back and cant make armor any more so I may get some tools and lessons
In the next few weeks I'm gonna take the stack of lumber in the front of my shop and build a loft that will be a 320 sq foot sewing room and lots of storage shelves. the place ware the lumber is now I'm gonna put Equipment to work on swords and metal armor bits.
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page 6 screen shot 1, im sure the censorship people will freak when they see this LOL
Vondan, thankyou very much for your ideas. Ill bve looking into it to see if I cna build any cheaper (im a cheapskate) but if it goes to high ill just go to u with 150 hehehe
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i think that the official rule is that if its metal then it needs a sheath for it to get bonded into even if its not sharp. the other thing is that con rules are not allways rules of the hotel. like last year when the Sol badguy had to put his (awesome) sword back in his room beause the hotle staff didnt like it. and i icould have sworn it had been "peace bonded" by kcon security.
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oh I make all my weapons from foam..*nods*
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I want to make some from metal, Like 1/4 inch thick aluminium. After watching FF:Adverent Children I wanted to make a Cloud Buster sword (Doseent every one) and a Yuffie throwing star , how would they peac bond a Yuffie Throwing star or for that matter I'm playing Throne of Darkness and now I want to make some sun and fire wheels like the eveil ninja ladies have
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I want to make some from metal, Like 1.4 inch thick aluminium. After watching FF:Adverent Children I wanted to make a Cloud Buster sword (Doseent every one) and a Yuffie throwing star , how would they peac bond a Yuffie Throwing star or for that matter I'm playing Throne of Darkness and now I want to make some sun and fire wheels like the eveil ninja ladies have
XD...I know exactly how to make all tose weapons....out of foam ><..cause I did ^^;; and I made Sephiroths sword *nod nod*
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XD...I know exactly how to make all tose weapons....out of foam
I can see how to make them out of foam either US Style or Euro Style, (I have a hot wire cutter and I.m not afraid to use it) but the real fun weapons would be out of metal
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I'm totally going as Yangus, I don't know what axe to make I think maybe the Conquerers axe...cause it's nifty.
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I'm totally going as Yangus, I don't know what axe to make I think maybe the Conquerers axe...cause it's nifty.
whats the axe look like I have been making some medevil axe heads out of shoe rubber