20th October 2011: Nearing the final showdown! These past few days I've been sewing like a demon and am finally nearing completion of this costume. However i don't have many full days left to work propery so this will end up being a race to the finish as usual haha

I finally found some swivel/trigger clips for the holsters to attach to the belt; they were soo difficult to find but ebay saved me!
I'm still awaiting the arrival of my fabulous Belt buckle that I commissioned from Frederica La Noir (do check out her CI page, its extremely amazing!!!) and I also had a go at making my first ever backpack,as i just couldn't settle on buying one that looked nothing like laras haha Not that my redition will actually look very accurate but its quite satisfying to be making it at least ^_^
Oh and my guns are all painted and ready for action! I just hope they don't get confiscated on route to expo or anything haha

5th October 2011: Time to get kitted out First off, this costume was not as 'simple' as i originally thought, although lara's outfit is more or less two simple garments; getting hold of accurate looking garments like these was not easy. However I'm finally getting things together, I started out looking for boots online but wasn't happy with what i could find so settled for a pair i already own, along with some long white socks.
I wasn't prepared to make shorts from scratch so I searched the web (mainly old ebay) for the most accurate shorts i could find...but in the end I've settled for a pair that keeps in my budget and have modified them by removing the pockets,studs and re-hemming. The top was a suprising find while I was out and about shopping in the highstreet and just came across a vest in the perfect rib knit fabric in duck egg green! However the vest wasn't the correct shape/style for lara so I bought the largest size and used the material to make it from scratch myself.

So far so good, but now it'll be onto the accessories, of which one I'm having commissioned; the belt buckle! as I fail with making such things in a short amount of time. I'm looking forward to getting hold of some pistols though, which i'm obivously going to buy and modify (wouldn't know where to start on making guns haha) Can't believe expo is the end of this month! Time catches up way to fast for my liking!