Can Can Codex was part of a masquerade group entry which won Best Master CONvergence in 2013.
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Can Can Codex -
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side view -
Close-up
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CONvergence 2013 photo album on Flickr
Tip: the bra will end up a smaller size due to the added tissue. Buy a bra in a size larger than your size or add a bra extender in the back.
- Put the white bra and white tank top shirt.
- Draw a line on bra down the side seam of the shirt.
- Mark both sides of the front of the shirt where shoulder meets bra
- Optional :. Take a picture of the front, side, and rear for future reference.
- Take off and cut caps on the sides and remove (or cut) shoulder strap. white chiffon
- Pleat and brush caps.
- At this stage, I trimmed all the bra with a gold fabric. Do not do this!
- Lining where straps meet the edges of the cup bra, CF pin bra with CF shirt. bra Baste armhole edges and neckline edge of the shirt using the marks as a guide. Leave top 3 "strap bra seamless
- epaulets
- Reason :. Cut a 13" piece of paper. Fold in half. Measure 7 "down center. Draw a diagonal line. Cut along the line.
- Use pattern cutting 2 thermo feel interface and 2-hair cloth or (other rigid interface).
- Sandwich each piece between two layers of cheesecloth. Sprinkle all the layers together. Cut off excess muslin.
- with the right sides together, align the width of the shoulder pad and bra . Draw a line 1 1/2 "width point. Sew on the line. This is why the top 3 "was left without sewing.
- shoulder pad Pin center seamline shoulder shirt. Baste rest of bra and shoulder pad shirt.
- finish
- lining bra neckline from CF with cloth of gold. Use the width of the crowbar (about 3/8 ").
- Trim bottom edge bra. Allow extra filling in the center to cover the width of any cut tissue or material to the FC
- Cut armholes - that go around shoulder -. From Bra edge
- Line up mark on side bra with side seam shirt with the top edge of bra to the bottom edge of the trim. Sew them together along seam shirt.
- Bring raw edge of the bra cups aside. Handstitch back together through the jacket.
- Handstitch straps back to top caps per shirt.
- Glue 28mm gemstone front and back of the shoulder pad / bra seamline.
I will eventually make a small circle of muslin skirt and charmeuse for this costume, but this time it was a box can skirt. I used TV280 Truly Victorian, chiffon, charmeuse, and organza ruffled layers in colors corresponding to each of The Guild of characters.
The 4 "long strips of organza were lightly with a rolled hem and gathered on the serger. The chiffon overskirt was French crimped through without ugly ripples through embroidery thread, a stitch length of 2.0, patience, and the post by the Dreamstress.
I wanted to save fabric for the can-can skirts. Since I had to shorten the reason I was able to reduce half the requirement of fabric for the skirt. the fabric was folded in four, and the pattern from left to right to get two gores on a fabric court instead of one. Then, with the yardage remains j 've added a second charmeuse skirt under the muslin because all the flywheels sewing bumps showed through So in total it is a three-layer skirt. chiffon, charmeuse underlining, and lining with charmeuse wheels
the corset underbust was made using TV110 by cutting the upper part 2 "- 4" of. corset. The busk was eliminated from the corset. The fabric was two red fabric upholstery tones and dark orange dyed red tulip to equalize the color and make it a little darker. The lining is white cotton ticking. The lacing is a 16ft length of parachute cord. The stone is inset crafts felt covered in muslin and lined with the same gold trim in the upper part.
I made of PVC pipe personnel cut to size. The green orb is a clear green rubber ball painted in two shades of dark green. The globe was glued on top of a PVC connector. The inclined base 'cot' between the connector and ball clay is dried in air molded to shape. The connectors were wrapped in gold tape. I tried to paint the staff, but it did not work -. Even did for the plastic "spray paint My solution was to wrap the pieces with gold tape there. a T-connector at the bottom of the staff. I cut it down and placed a circle of red glitter craftfoam inside each end.
the wings were made of four layers of craftfoam (a red glitter), and were glued two small holes cut in the connector with a Dremmel tool and a long bit. I do not have a model for the wings, but it turns out that the guy who did the staff the original Codex "posted a video of the process. at 3:13 in the video, he held a non-painted the camera wings. I took a screenshot of the image and then used the computer screen as a viewer and drawn the design on plain paper
headdress and collar. the helmet was made with floral wire, precious stones and glue. The necklace was made of the same floral wire, painted with gold glitter foamboard and covered foamboard white trim fabric
Wig: .. The Codex wig under license was purchased online
Arm bracers and garters Made of white foamboard. This stuff is amazing. Garter made from gold fabric tubes
knee pads and shoes :. Knee pads are made of the same red and gold fabrics the corset, and elastic on them to hold them in place. I already had a pair of brown leather strap shoes. ribbon ribbons shoes off poly-reel plain. Shoe inserts are square in corset fabric.
* A very special thank you goes to
- Erin Gath Gwyn Designs Card: Thanks for the tips on how to get the party bra set. I spent frustrating hours above, and frustration is Unfun maximum. Let's do brunch sometime. I like pancakes.
- The Nerdista: Your awesome-sausage solution for the wings and the lower end of the staff worked for me.
- N1njaG1rl: Your craft foam tutorial inspired me to come up with the solution for the necklace. Made.
- Laura Ulak of Rocking the Frock. Thank you for showing me how to compete in this skirt hem. You have a degree in fashion design, right?
- Greg Aronowitz for sharing how he made the staff of Codex. Watch the video, and admire the skill level.
- + Felicia Day of The Guild. Thank you for a wonderful show, and to provide fuel for cosplayers costume contest for years to come.
