Angelphie

Costume :	Adora
Source :	Magna Carta: The Phantom Of Avalanche
Progress :	Complete

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General
Cost :	£50
Awards :	3rd Place Anime Category at London Expo May 2006 (Saturday)
Time Taken :	20 hours

Description
I decided on this simply because I love Hyung Tae-Kim's art. I haven't played the game (although I've played some of the second Magna Carta game which did get an English release), but hardly anyone has played it anyway. I started with a black shirt from a charity shop, cutting off the sleeves and replacing the front with yellow fabric etc. Unfortunately, the only suitable yellow fabric I could find wasn't great - I had to interface it to death. I dyed bias binding to match, which worked out really nicely, everything on the costume matches really well. To make sure absolutely everything matched, I even made the shoelaces from the same bias tape too! I decided on a yellow zip for the front of the shirt, but couldn’t find a separating one in the right colour. Luckily the shirt fabric’s slightly stretchy, so I managed with an ordinary zip. The stripes are white ribbon carefully sewn on. That took a lot of care to get it all precise and parallel. I sewed a lot of the yellow trim by hand so it’s as neat as possible and looks seamless. Sleeves are the reverse, matte side of some lovely thick satin. The stiffness of the fabric means it stays in shape well, but I think I want to add stays to them too. The crests are t-shirt transfers ironed on. I picked a random Latin motto to go on it since it’s impossible to decipher in the references. The tights were an ordinary pair with one leg cut short. I used the same t-shirt transfer method for the crest. Since tights have to stretch a lot I wasn’t sure if it would work, but by stretching the leg over the ironing board to iron on the design, it meant the image doesn’t warp when I wear the tights. Skirt was simple, even if it was the first pleated skirt I attempted. It was time consuming since all the trim was sewn by hand. There’s a small amount of netting underneath for slight puffiness, and the lace is attached to it too, which saved me having to make multiple underskirts. Gloves are a normal leather pair with the fingers shortened by hand. I tried to hem them in a “v” shape but it’s not too obvious. The wig was challenging since it was my first time attempting a back-part, as well as styling those buns and using super-long extensions for the braids. I started with a wig from edengardenhk on ebay, cut in the short pieces at the front and pulled it into ponytails. I sewed in extensions for the parting and heat sealed the ends by melting them with an iron. The buns are extensions and the spare fibre from the ponytails wrapped around styrofoam shapes. The braids neatly hide the join between the buns and the wig. Lots of hand sewing to attach everything. I sculpted the hair beads from air-drying clay and glued them on to the braids. The sword was adapted from a £shop plastic one, and I added a cardboard hilt. It was surprisingly awkward – I had to layer the section of card and make sure they all matched up. The detail was pressed in before painting. I couldn’t make the “mesh” section because of the existing hilt on the sword, but otherwise it’s accurate.

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I decided on this simply because I love Hyung Tae-Kim's art. I haven't played the game (although I've played some of the second Magna Carta game which did get an English release), but hardly anyone has played it anyway.

I started with a black shirt from a charity shop, cutting off the sleeves and replacing the front with yellow fabric etc. Unfortunately, the only suitable yellow fabric I could find wasn't great - I had to interface it to death. I dyed bias binding to match, which worked out really nicely, everything on the costume matches really well. To make sure absolutely everything matched, I even made the shoelaces from the same bias tape too! I decided on a yellow zip for the front of the shirt, but couldn’t find a separating one in the right colour. Luckily the shirt fabric’s slightly stretchy, so I managed with an ordinary zip. The stripes are white ribbon carefully sewn on. That took a lot of care to get it all precise and parallel. I sewed a lot of the yellow trim by hand so it’s as neat as possible and looks seamless.

Sleeves are the reverse, matte side of some lovely thick satin. The stiffness of the fabric means it stays in shape well, but I think I want to add stays to them too. The crests are t-shirt transfers ironed on. I picked a random Latin motto to go on it since it’s impossible to decipher in the references. The tights were an ordinary pair with one leg cut short. I used the same t-shirt transfer method for the crest. Since tights have to stretch a lot I wasn’t sure if it would work, but by stretching the leg over the ironing board to iron on the design, it meant the image doesn’t warp when I wear the tights.

Skirt was simple, even if it was the first pleated skirt I attempted. It was time consuming since all the trim was sewn by hand. There’s a small amount of netting underneath for slight puffiness, and the lace is attached to it too, which saved me having to make multiple underskirts. Gloves are a normal leather pair with the fingers shortened by hand. I tried to hem them in a “v” shape but it’s not too obvious.

The wig was challenging since it was my first time attempting a back-part, as well as styling those buns and using super-long extensions for the braids. I started with a wig from edengardenhk on ebay, cut in the short pieces at the front and pulled it into ponytails. I sewed in extensions for the parting and heat sealed the ends by melting them with an iron. The buns are extensions and the spare fibre from the ponytails wrapped around styrofoam shapes. The braids neatly hide the join between the buns and the wig. Lots of hand sewing to attach everything. I sculpted the hair beads from air-drying clay and glued them on to the braids.

The sword was adapted from a £shop plastic one, and I added a cardboard hilt. It was surprisingly awkward – I had to layer the section of card and make sure they all matched up. The detail was pressed in before painting. I couldn’t make the “mesh” section because of the existing hilt on the sword, but otherwise it’s accurate.

Comments

I'm not biased in the *slightest* of course due to my love of HTK, but this really is my favourite costume of yours. I think it suits you amazingly well, and it is just so well made. Even tiny details like her scarf/necktie look really good. I cant believe you even dyed material to make the laces, but that is one of the reasons why this costume is so awesome!

by Delusional on Saturday, 22 September, 2007 - 13:18

I'm with Kat on this one, so far it is still my favourite costume of yours. I love how clean everything is and the fit is fantastic. It just suits you! You two could definitely form a bumble-bee cosplay society.

by Tak on Sunday, 18 November, 2007 - 14:34

awesome! it's so well made!

by Hexi on Monday, 14 April, 2008 - 19:51