I have currently purchased
the wig (arda wig's Chibi in rose pink 50$ shipped)
the petticoat (I may have to alter shorter) ($20 on Amazon)
materials for the rose (Ugh, you don't even want to know how much that crap cost me.)
I'll be doing a post on how I made the rose when it's done, but it'll be a seeecret until then! ^ - ^~ Either to be the first one to do it, or because it totally won't work. Time will tell!
Figma pics have finally come out, so I have better reference pics to work from.
Trouble areas from other interpretations of the costume seem to be:
1) makes you look chunkier (placement of the yellow in front? length of bodice before skirt? petticoat riding up?)
2) petals on skirt don't lie flat (I think these need to be gathered at the waist. I have a plan for that.)
3) gradiation on the petals from white to pink (I think hand-dying is the only solution here, and I don't have experience with it. Not sure if the kind of fabric I want is dye-friendly.)
4) Getting hair-bows to sit straight (I'll probably not make them bows, honestly--just bow-looking objects)
5) the slight-scruffy hairstyle (yeah...we'll see how I do with that.)
6) lace on the socks (I've got a stitch for that, and nice enough legs to not be worried the knee-high ness will make my legs look chunky.
personal worries:
SHOES-- you know what they call red patent round-toed shoes in size 10?
Clown shoes. No lie. Some interpretation will need to be done. ~_~;;;
More updates and pictures as I get further along! Also, next post will be called Body Shots, because I'm intending to take staight up pics of me out of cosplay so I can look at my own proportions for figuring out Madoka's costume parts.
