24th March 2013: Staff wip Right... so Sylentium was in the process of making the head but ran out of time to finish it for Minami. She however gave me what she did of the staff head and then I went ahead and lost it OTL

BUT cos of her staff, I had an idea how to make it. It's not as smooth as I wanted it but it'll do for the time being :)

Process:
1. Draw template
2. Cut templates and 'embossed' pieces from cardboard twice
3. Line wrong side with newspaper and secure down with masking tape
4. Tape both head templates together
5. Hot glue down embossed details both sides
6. Papier mache
7. 'Clay' papier mache
8. Polyfill
9. Sanding....
10. White acrylic paint
11. Spray paint gold
12. Mod podge
13. Weather

15th February 2013: Progress so far... Heated and shaped the corset like mad just to get in a few curves XD

15th February 2013: Choaker wip Made from the same method as the corset:

1. Drafted a pattern
2. Drew around pattern on craft foam
3. Cut out all the fancy detail and separate pieces
4. Glue everything together

All that's left to do is to add the red gems :)

14th February 2013: Metal corset wip After a hell of a lot of time of trial and error pattern making, I basically stepped up and tried making the golden corset. The research would have been incredibly long and daunting had it not been for this brilliant tutorial I found on Deviant art by FireLily :D Seriously much love to her tutorial on vinyl and craft foam.

Ok I coulda made a corset with all the fancy panels but I wanted it to be accurate which meant it had to be seamless. After I made the basic structure, it was a tad shapeless and the patterns weren't shown quite deep enough but I don't think I did too bad .. either way twas a learning experience in 'armour-ish ' making I guess =b

7th February 2013: Dress complete Running outta time, I decided to make this much easier dress than the other variant. However, I didn't want it to look like a plain cotton dress so instead I did an extra bit of research into the fabric choices. I evetually came across some beautiful white print taffeta which I thought was so pretty and would make the dress have that subtle but extra bit of detail :D

For the construction however I had to sacrifice accuracy over volume. No matter how I saw the bottom of dress, I concluded that it had to be a large circle skirt to get all that poofiness. To add extra volume I used a hoop skirt and a petticoat I had made from another cosplay and am pleased with how it turned out. :)

4th February 2013: Flower braid I honestly kept forgetting about this cos it wasn't a huge priority compared to everything else but god I had to include this cos this tiny object is actually really significant in the series. The ending song for the series was based on it and whenever I listen to it, it makes me kinda sad ;_;

Left photo: My poor first attempt using pipe cleaners, tissue paper and acrylic paint... this made the braid too heavy and chunky looking!! ><
Right photo: The actual final braid made entirely outta twisted and scrunched up paper :D

3rd February 2013: Wig complete Again the base wig had a bloody long fringe so a lot had to be hacked off! XD I chose a light misty violet than a deep lavender for her as the colour seemed more accurate ( so many different shades to choose from it was unbelievable!!)