Catchup time again....

Wow. It has been a month and a half. Again. Sheesh. I need to be better at this part.

A lot has heppened. And yet, not enough. I have not started on working on the Hollow Knight cosplay. I have starte dthe Monk cosplay. All I have done is the dress.

Ihave decided to update from my iPad, as it has been so long and I am away from my regular computer. That means this update may be wierd or unorganized. Sorry. Iw ll fix it when I get home.

I am still working on Talleg’s breastplate. I finished covering the top part with 2mm foam. I need to finish the kelp. While airburshing the plastic kelp with black mini primer, my airbrush failed. It is a lightweight thing I have been using constantly. I am nt surprised it is not defunct. So I went onto Amazon and found a deal with a new compressor and 3 air brushes for $65. I am gad I grabbed it when I did, cause that deal is now up to $109 fo rthe same compressor and same 3 air brushes. I need to do a few more then rub them down with the gilder’s wax.

​Now for the photo dump.

Fabric for the dress for the monk

This is the pattern I used for the top part. It obviously is not long enough, so I just cut it way longer to make it a full dress.

Kitteh hepped me cut out the pieces.

This fabric is stretchy and a bit woodgie, so. I just sewed the seams with a lock stitch.

I have no idea how I did this. It was sooo enmeshed I had to take a screw driver and remove the plate in order to get that out and get sewing again.

And the last bit...the elastic channel

The dress completed, with the exception of the bottom hem. I could have gone a size smaller. I may try to redo it.

Breast armor covered with 2mm foam.

Half of it covered. It took me several tries to find a technique and glue that actualy worked.

It was feeling easily squished, so I Added some wodden dowels to try to add some stability

My new compressor and airbrushes

This one is a dual action gravity feed .02 mm air brush. I am sure it is the same as the other one I had.

This one is a gravity feed dual action .03mm airbruash. The feeder cup is twice as big and has a cap on it. Makes it easier to keep from dumping all my paint. Cause I am good at doing that.

The new compressor. It is sooo much nicer. It has an auto turn off feature. I can control the pressure. So sweet.

This one is a single action syphon feed air brush. The cap to the right goes on a can of compressed air. Supposedly it is supposed to work with a regular compressor. However it will require an adapter to fit the hose for my compressor.

For comparison this is the old air brush setup. No control, just an on/off button. Flimsy rubber hose.

The plastic kelp, and after it was sprayed. I decided to lay a foundation of mini primer, because it would help keep the gilders wax on the kelp.

Post air brushed kelp, drying.

The gilders wax I am using. I need to decide how to do the final iteration.

I tried laying down som silver then rub it over with the teal. It removed the silver. But the teal and blues alone on the black are hard to see. I need to figure out how to make this work.