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MALEFICENT TABBARD TESTING by admin, July 28, 2014 My super soft crepe for the Hindi Satine costume has done stunt duty for the tabbard pattern. If I were able to dye this a lovely rich black I’d just go and use this for the actual lining. sadly there is not enough to do so even…
MY FABRIC ARRIVED, BLISS 🙂 by admin, July 22, 2014 So perfect! http://www.mjtrends.com/products.Stretch-Black,Matte-Vinyl,Fabric#.U829YPmSyao It really is stretchy and it really does have that texture 🙂 Very good vertical stretch in fact more stretchy than horizontal 🙂 I’ve been a fan of their product for years, and have used it for all my Shiny Butt catsuits: Catwoman,…
MALEFICENT FABRICS 🙂 by michaela de bruce, July 25, 2014 I remembered O have a lovely crepey fabric in stash 🙂 It’s what I used for my Rachi so I can hopefully make the moors robe and a circle skirt to go with my Rachi robes to make a custom jedi 🙂 Velvet… omnomnomnomnom. …
MALEFICENT NOTES by michaela de bruce, July 13, 2014 Just some sketch notes, I do line art rather than full sketches so as to clearly define seams and edges. Inext stage is to get more specific in terms of exact position. The detail page of the back is for when I see the film again…
I AM GLAM 70S ROCKER by michaela de bruce, July 11, 2014 PVC and feathers! So I need a pair of coveralls desperately. I finally tossed the pair that were basically held together with old resin.
Head cast update I am very slow at this, yay for the fatigue and the pain hitting at different times, anyway: Casts trimmed and prepped for putting together: Cunning use of a foam wig head to make the side match up: Single layer of thick matting around the seam- yep it’s pretty open. The neck…
SELF MADE HEAD CAST by michaela de bruce, July 6, 2014 So I will do a proper tutorial including these images as soon as I am able to pull out the alginate- which due to the process I used will not be for a while. If at all. So. Materials: Alginate, mixing containers, plaster bandages,…
I have playdough! And something gluey and lumpy, but all pink! I did the traditional stovetop method. Word of caution though: Start with cold water and sift the flour! The lumpy gluey stuff is probably the softer thus better option for a fine detail face impression, I can cope with oiling up my face so…
by michaela de bruce, May 26, 2014 Photo by Tania, shared by Freddy Corrotea 6 COMMENTS KAREN REPLY May 26, 2014 You ROCK! As always. ADMIN REPLY June 26, 2014 Thank you 🙂 KRISTIN REPLY June 4, 2014 This is hands down the best maleficent costume I’ve seen! Wonderful job. I want one 🙂…