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Costume Photos
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esther 01
Esther Make-Up Test 01
No.2
Reference No.2
Costume Information
| General | |
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| Cost : | £100.00 |
| Time Taken : | 50 hours |
| Description | |
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| (TO BE RE-DEBUTED AT MINAMICON 15) I love Esther *in the manga + Novels*, shes abit of a cry baby in the anime. I started watching Trinity Blood back in March 08 and just adored the story line and art, after looking more deeply into the novels and manga i got hooked! By a spontaneous reaction i had chosen to cosplay Esther for the London Expo in May 2008. Now this decision was only 1 month before the Expo itself! and the next 2 weeks i was crammed with University work so i went for the option of commissioning the Habit(Nun dress), that way i would only have to worry about the Petticoat, shoes and armour (Already had red hair + Blue eyes). The Armour in general was made all out of craft foam. My method was to cut the foam into the desired shape and then coat it with a minimum of 6 layers of glue(PVA), this way when it came to painting the foam it would be smooth and resemble more like metal. When all the glue was dried ( I used a heat Gun to speed up the process(Be warn use it on a low setting otherwise you'll bubble the glue))i then spray painted the armour with a Matt Sliver. I then learnt a nifty trick called antiquing, i got some black Arylic paint, dapped it with a scrunched up tissue and then (in circluar motions) went over the armour. The Arylic will wipe off of the smooth areas and stay in any cracks or crinkles, giving it a wonderful worn effect. The Rosary was made from Fimo(Porcelain effect) with the swords on the back of it made out of Craft foam using the same method as above. The Rosary was held by Plastic beads ( The nice cheap ones you get from Claire's or an 80s club.) and simply spray painted. The Gloves were bought at a local Costume store, i then painted crosses ontop using Arylic ( i totally failed at Appliqueing). The shoes i found in a little dodgey Indian shop but for a Bargain price! (I could not believe how hard it is to find white high-heeled shoes!!?) I made some craft foam armour and glued it onto the shoes but they fell off more or less straight away! If anyone has a suggestion on how to stick craft foam to shoes i would LOVE to hear it! The Petticoat was rather simple, bang together two pieces of white fabric and then sew on a load of frills! 7 metres no less! | |
To-Do List
| Clean + Tailor Dress | High | Complete |
| Make New Petticoat | High | In Progress |
| Re-Coat All Armour in fresh Sliver Spray Paint + Seal | Medium | Planned |
| Applique Crosses onto Gloves | Medium | Planned |
| Clean Shoes + Add Armour decorations | Low | Planned |
| Make Cross earrings | Low | Planned |
| Make Gun + Garter with Gun Holster | Low | Planned |
| Make back Armour | Low | Planned |
Journal
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Esther Re-Vamp (Posted 3 Weeks Ago) Its been about 4 months since May London Expo and i've finally got round to fixing+cleaning Esther up! |
Comments
Esther is a fantastic costume! Good luck for her and cant wait to see it ^^
Wow Nina, you make a fantastic Esther! Can't wait to see this at Expo! <3
Really really pretty! :3
Prettieeeeeeesssss!!!
Ooooh Nina! You look awesome! So cool! I can't wait to see this at expo, you'll make an awesome Esther. Can't wait to see it properly at Expo! Many photos please? ^^
looking good, you'll make an awsome Esther in may.
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Loving the Esther costume. The make-up is stunning I can't wait to see this in person at Amecon.
Your going to look sooo prettyful, can't wait for the accessory to be created >_-
beautiful. Looking forward to seeing it in person. Is that your natural eye color? Really pretty eyes
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It is ^^ Thankyou very much for your sweet comment!
woah~ cool esther costume!! was one of my projects as well! >.<
it looked amazin nina. the character really suited u ^^
That looks fantastic. I really am worried that I'm going to fail to live up to these kinds of costumes ^_^'
Really lovely! You suit Esther, and I absolutely loved your makeup, you did a wonderful job of imitating the artwork.
Estheeeeer! -clings- I can't wait to do Trinity Blood with you! <3
from angel aiko too!:
YOU SOOOOOOOO CUTE :3 ~~~<3333333333333333333333
WE LAVA YOU!
m thankiess i really like this character (drunkkkkkkkkkkkkk) IJN vcbv estra is like a queenn it s pro u look realllllllu good am dr=inkin f rite now but thanks @:)