16th April 2011: painting Finally the details were spray painted with gold paint. Wings were painted with white acrylic paint and masked off during the spray painting part.

16th April 2011: winged centre broach I made the winged centre broach by cutting the shape out of art mountboard using a sharp craft knife. The stars tail was also built up using mountboard.

16th April 2011: stars construction To make the stars 3d I cut the shapes out of thin plastic sheet using a sharp craft knife. Slowly the stars were built up. Pic shows stars half way through construction.

16th April 2011: tiara construction and from the front this is what it looked like. I printed out some five point stars of different sizes and settled on the size I wanted for the star on the tiara. In the pic the paper star pattern is resting in position.

16th April 2011: tiara construction I made the tiara by glueing two strips of plastic together around my head so the curve is right. Then for the rivet detail I used those brass thingies which you often used to hold fingers on paper clocks etc. First drilled holes in the tiara and inserted brass thingies. The bent over tails were long so I cut them down with snippers. Also decided since they will be sitting against my forehead I would smooth them over at the back - with a layer of superglue. Sanded down when it had set completely and then I stuck some thick sellotape across the back so it became nice and smooth.

16th April 2011: choker finished I used like suspender elastic and covered it with purple stretch lycra fabric. Then I punched holes for the studs usingmy leather punch tool. Then added the studs. I added some clear plastic strips to hold the two choker strips in line with each other - held on by the studs. Finally added velcro fastening.
This is the finished choker.
note the remaining purple studs..which are for the arm band thingies and the cross over tummy straps.

16th April 2011: purple studs These are the metal cone studs I bought off eB. I drilled a piece of wood to hold the studs whilst they were being painted. First I lightly sanded the studs to help the paint stick, and then mixed up some arcylic paint as near as I could to the purple fabric I have. Red plus blue gives purple. When dried I coated the paint with future floor polish as a tough clear varnish coat.

16th April 2011: chocker pattern This is how I made the choker. Using ref pics I drew a paper pattern to fit my neck and marked positions for the studs.

1st April 2011: journal progress Lots more done, still some things to finish though - as Kita is upon us I will have to edit the wip pics and journal after the Con...sew sew sew ^_^

31st March 2011: bra covers finished The covers are sewd onto the bra now. I had to fold over a dart to make the lower parts fit around the boobs. Pretty pleased as they do look kind of like shields. ^_^

Also I added a hook and eye fastener to the collar so now it can be joined easily at the front.

31st March 2011: Making bra covers Are these armour?? umm well making the bra covers/armour.
Started by drawing the patterns on thick paper. Pic shows the final shape after a few edits, comparing it to the ref. On the right are the finished pvc covers, made the same way as the collar.

30th March 2011: Finished collar Here is the finished collar. I cut two identical collar shapes and sewed them inside out around the seam line, leaving one edge open. (cushion cover method). Then turned right side out. It was difficult to get the points of the collar turned right side out - there was just too much fabric seam allowance inside. So I had to pull it all back inside out and trim as close to the seam as I dared. This made it a lot easier to turn it all back right side out. Then I had to sew all around the edges to get the seams to lie flat because the pvc was too springy and made it look like some kind of inflatable!! So finally this is how it looks now.

Prob will fix it onto the bra straps somehow and put a fastener at the front.

30th March 2011: collar patern I started with the base pattern from Sailor Mars and edited it - now has wider front lapels and a better neck line, and shorter length at the back.
Underneath the cloth rough is the pattern copied onto thick paper - so it is easy to trace around and mark out the back of the pvc for cutting.

30th March 2011: Shorts finished Finished shorts. I need to make the crossover straps for them though..

28th March 2011: Shorts pattern rough I just spent ALL day trying to make the pattern for the shorts! Why has it been so difficult? Just kept looking lumpy and puckered. Anyway, after numerous attempts editing my pattern rough I think I finally have the shapes almost worked out. Tommorow I shall cut the fabric and put the proper pair together. I dont have pleather to match the other girls Starlight costumes, so I am going to try with black PVC which I already bought for other things. But if it looks crappy I will try it with black lycra too.
Pic - pattern roughs nearly there..top line needs lowering, otherwise I think they are good to Go!

26th March 2011: Gold pants! Ha ha Gold Pants! ^_^ ..Finished.
I used some of Galaxias Gold fabric to cover my briefs. Just in case bits of white might be spotted I decided to cover the whole briefs over in Gold. Using Stretch Stitch on the machine I sewed the top on to the inside of the waistband then folded it over the front..so no seam is showing. The rest is handsewn around the legs.
So now the shorts can be made loose and open at the top. :)

25th March 2011: Mods to bra The mods shown should bring the base bra shape into line to match the ref.
The normal bra strap is going to be replaced by elastic strip - but retain the hook and eye fastener.

25th March 2011: Base bits Testing collar pattern, base bra, and the underwear to make this costume work - which is covered over by some Gold test fabric - I decided I am going to cover the briefs with the Gold fabric and then have the shorts with an open V front and back - with some ruching to help form the V shape. (the shorts are just stand ins until I make the proper ones).