Villains

[furtech]

While Jenner came as a surprise in my first posted quiz (must resist urge-to-quiz...), I'm secretly flattered because I like villains. The good ones are more complex than heroes; they have the best soliloquies; they have the coolest character designs. That last is one of the reasons I've done so many villains/carnivores as costumes. Cute has its place, but villainy is *striking!*

Today I finally got to meet Dia in person, outside the context of a con (not the best places to meet people the first time!). She, Frys and Yim were making a viking raid down to the L.A.'s garment district and they stopped for lunch nearby. Great talking to you, Dia! Always fun talking shop with experienced builders!

During a discussion about recycling, Dia asked if there was any costume that I would never recycle/sell/get-rid-of. After some thought, I mentioned the Steele costume I'd done ages ago. Sentimental value, I like how he turned out and he's just neat. Dia mentioned that she'd only seen one pic of my old Stee le costume (speaking of Villains!), so here are a few more, taken ages ago at the home of Larry and Andrea Adam's home:





Steele was my first attempt at assymetrical faces: one profile is smily, happy; the other is snarly and mean. Twice as hard to cover, but more versatile in performance!



Larry Adams made the totally cool dog-harnesses for the costume set. He's one of the most talented costumers I've known; he's got an incredible knack for precision. The harnesses are made out of heavy-duty leather and are not only perfect reproductions (oversized to be in proportion to us), but they're also strong enough to support one's full weight. Amazing! Wish he still costumed! (Jenna was Andrea's first costume: also incredibly talented, I hope we see more of her stuff soon!)..

Comments

[diadexxus.livejournal.com]

(smile) YAY STEELE! He is a very cool costume. Wish I had a chance to see him in person. The one I MOST want to see out of all of your costumes is, yes, the Demon Dog. He would be PERFECT to bring to AC (theme is Creatures of the Night). I wonder if there is any chance for you to bring him? :)

I gotta figure out how to make really cool paws like Steele's. Toony yet paw-type paws. :) Gotta figure out a pattern for those.

Thank you so much for the delicious Lunch! I have never been to Claim Jumper. It WAS fun to finally meet outside the craziness of a Con. It was very relaxed and fun to talk about things.
*hugs* seeya in a few weeks!
-Jen

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Yer welcome for the lunch: it was good to catch all of you on your way out of here! You should post a pic of Frysco's car-- stuffed to popping with fur!

Steele was fun! And he probably is the one costume I'd keep, just because. The original masquerade skit is still around online somewhere...lemme see if I can find a link that still works. (note: the link to a quicktime of the skit is ded...I'll see in anyone knows of one that still works).

Here's a page of pics from the skit:
http://www.lionking.org/~timduru/balto/costumes/baltofur.html

I'll think about bringing DemonDog to AC. There are only to snags to that: I'm already taking Reales/greywerewolf and Talbain to AC and if Neopets is going to do something big at SD Comicon I may not make it to AC at all...

[shoka.livejournal.com]

Nope, nope. Jenna was my second costume. The Onci costume from CF7 was my first. So very many spots, fear.