Hooray costume making! I am so excited. It's been a while since I had a really cool project to work on. Today I went browsing at the Dollar Tree and Micheal's. I didn't buy anything other than glue, but just browsing through the aisles got the gears in my head turning. Turns out the Dollar Tree has different types of floral foam. I'm tucking that away for possible use down the road.
So I got a rough shape trimmed down for my chest piece. I also added rings for the straps. I figured I wanted them integrated into the structure since they are going to be holding not just the chest and possibly back piece, but also the shoulders.
Paper mache time! The duct tape was great for creating the general form, but I do want this to be a rigid piece. I figured the cheapest, easiest way to get this was paper mache. I mixed up some glue, and got to work. I kept the pieces on the shorter, and mostly thinner, side. It makes it easier to form it around the curves. I just took my time working, trying to keep it as smooth as possible to minimize work down the road.
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| First layer! But see that bowl on the left? I never fail to make either way less, or way more glue than needed... |
First layer complete! I have it resting on a small inverted bowl to give it support as it dries. I'm hoping that the shape doesn't get distorted. I think it'll be alright. If not, at least I've only got maybe a dollar's worth of materials invested in this so far.
So now I just have to sit and wait for it to dry a bit, then I'll add another layer and decide where to go from there.
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