Whirrr Goes The Hoverbrain

[sakon76]

So my thought train is somewhat explicably still on the Costume Con train. Part of it is because I still have a lot of sewing to do; I have something to make for BotCon (4 weeks) and some things to make for Fanime (3 weeks) and some stuff to sort out and make for Costume College (um, some number of weeks). Part of it is also because I have slowly been going through the two dress books I got at the airport. I cracked High Style last night and only looked at it in depth enough to confirm that its overlap with 100 Dresses is minimal.

I've been going through 100 Dresses a lot, making mental notes on my favorites and coveting them. Thing is, I wouldn't have anywhere to wear them. Thing is, I lack the figure for most of them. Thing is, they'd be expensive to make. So my braincell turns and turns and comes up with the concept of making some of them as doll clothes. "Barbie!" the braincell pipes up eagerly. "Barbies are cheap and I know you have some patterns you could use as bases and and and...."

So my braincell is latching onto the idea of recreating some of these lovely gowns in 1/6 scale and entering them in next year's Costume Con doll contest. And unfortunately it's not listening to the "I don't know how to do faceups" and "I don't know how to style doll hair" and "but what about the undergarments" arguments.

Sigh.

Comments

[femme4jack.livejournal.com]

What are you working on for botcon? Inquiring minds want to know.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

A dress. Haven't decided on the design yet.

[xianghua.livejournal.com]

1/6 scale is FUN. :P But I never realized HOW fun till I got a 1/6 BJD (I picked up a Bobobie Bei- very inexpensive and WAY more posable than a Barbie.). The proportions are still fairly ridiculous but just enough bigger to make the really fiddly bits less irritating.

[hoshikage.livejournal.com]

...Technically I do have a 1/6 elf girl already faceupped... *not helping* :D

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Yes, but that is your doll. And it lives in a different state from me. Therefore, your unhelpfulness is not in fact very unhelpful. :)