Princess of Klauserland (Posted 16th July 2011)

The tiara! Look how amazing it turned out. I used such incrediable skill, to cut out a piece of foam, stick a jewel on, and tied jewellry string on to fit round my head. Genius.

I really can't think of a title (Posted 25th June 2011)

I've been painting the details onto the sword, lookie! Still using fabric paint, on which I dread to think about how much I've spent.

Totally not a woman ... (Posted 18th June 2011)

I made the earrings using more of those beads from before. I swear that Bartz raided his Mum's wardrobe before he stepped out and found himself in the Dissidia-verse.

Shoes Glorious Shoes (Posted 19th April 2011)

Now we come to a difficult decision; what to do about footwear. I think that the shoes make or break a costume, propels it from 'ok' to 'very good'. So I could either modify/build on a pair of boots, or build-up a pair of shoes. I opted for the latter, because it was cheaper. I am using a pair of wedge heels, which look highly inappropriate. But I already owned them, so there.

I had absolutely no idea what to do, having never embarked on such a feat before. I just decided to make a sort of shoe-sock and see where it took me. I added some extra length beyond the toes to emulate the shape of Bartz's boots. It kind of worked better than I thought it would, for such a slap-dash improvisation. Did I say slap-dash? I mean really well planned-out and executed.

I have no clue where to go from here. XDD

Now We Get to the Innards of the Beast (Posted 11th April 2011)

Here you can see the current underbelly of Belt Mark III. The dangly bits are on, the brown bit has been covered in material, and the dagger is currently gluing itself to it. All worked on, on top of The Lion King.

There is no save data (Posted 9th April 2011)

Ok, here is a very blurry photo of me wearing most of what I have so far. If you want your bottom half to look big, then I suggest making a Bartz costume of your own. What I failed to realise is that it only serves to enhance my worst bits, which I'm not really so concerned for myself about as for the eyesight of anyone who will look upon me. You've been warned. XD

Please note: that is Belt Mark II. Belt Mark I was totally cream in colour and too small for my hips. I tried to make another hole in it for the buckle, but it failed. So Belt Mark II, which is perfectly cream and brown (maybe a bit on the dark side though) was purchased and I fell in love with it. Well, it's a waist belt, and I foolishly thought it'd work. After it pinged off a few times, I knew it wouldn't work. So this is the last image of Belt Mark II ever in this form. I took the custom bits off it and now it is a belt which I will use for my personal wardrobe. XDD;

I May As Well (Posted 8th March 2011)

Even though I haven't been working quite so fervantly on Bartz in the past week or so, I might as well update what I have done. I have two things in mind to complete now; the top and the fabric around the waist. I really have tried to work as much as possible from top to bottom ... not a bad plan I suppose! I got a lovely blue shawl from ebay to use as a base for the bit around the waist and painted the design on using, as ever, fabric paint. I've used SO MUCH GOLD. If you can find a close up of the design, then please hide it because I have made it up. It's next to impossible to get it accurate from images so I just thought 'screw it, more artistic licence'. Looks like a weird eye thing, really. I thought about emulating the patterns on Exdeath's armour, but that would just be too weird. Or I could have done an abstract chocobo! Damn ... why do I think of stuff afterwards ... XD

I changed the contrast on the image because the flash made it hard to see all the design, so it's all lighter IRL.

Needless Arm Thingys (Posted 27th February 2011)

And so I wondered what else I could do whilst glue/paint was drying. Instead of sitting there watching it, I decided to make a start on those arm things he wears. Handless gloves, I guess you could call them. The fabric is, ok, a bit dark. This costume was never going to be 100% accurate anyway, due to the lack of up-close images of the details. I think it'll look more striking in the long-run this way however, because the rest is such a wishy-washy blue anyway. XD Plus I got to use random fabric I had hanging around in the house.

First, the right arm. I just dove in and starting cutting - I use measurements less and less these days. BAD GIRL! It's not so bad for small things though I suppose. I made a tube that fitted my lower arm, and then folded back the part by my hand to make that particular triangular shape. Some spare blue ribbon was used to make a finger hole. I added a strip of fabric I had painted gold round the middle, and then the white section afterwards. I attached two threads of beads to it and voila! It was done. The other one was done using the sam principles, but the differences are the bracelet which I have sewn on in 2 places to keep in place, and the grey part nearer my elbow instead of white.