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"Weaving" the Vanya Robe of Healing/Casting IRL

Tayelle

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Tayelle

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I hope it's okay to post this, as I think cosplay is considered a form of art, just with fabric and a lot more cuss words >.>

 

I thought others would enjoy seeing the progress I've been making on recreating my Miqo'te's favorite set of robes to wear in real life!... Only I don't have enough materia socketed to make this in five minutes like we can do in the game  *cough cough*

 

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It's been a lot of work, let me tell you that now. ;_; I'm hoping to have it all done and ready to go this weekend. I've actually made a BUNCH more progress on the robes since I took this picture, including more appliques, snaps, dying wigs with sharpie markers and crazy things like punching holes into a belt with a corkscrew because I didn't have a hammer and nail on hand seeing that I'm residing in a hotel at the moment.

 

 

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This is Tayelle, for those of you who don't know. ^_^ While I won't have Eos with me in time for this convention, along with a very few details (like my Zenith book), I will have a backup grimoire and or a purse that actually looks like a book, haha!

 

I didn't want to spam everyone with a ton of progress pictures, so if you'd like to see more of them, I have been posting them on my FF14 tumblr: http://finaltay.tumblr.com

 

I hope you guys enjoyed it so far! I'm excited, but really nervous about it!

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Tayelle

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:blush: Thank you guys, very very much. I really appreciate it! I'm hoping to finish it today. I'm presently sealing the craft foam armor pieces in a weird school glue/ fabric glue/ and water mix (via this tutorial so that it will hold the rub and buff in time for this Saturday.

 

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As per usual, I HAVE NO IDEA WTF I'M DOING :frustrated:

 

((whoops, forgot the picture of the foam belt thing, hopefully it works now other wise here's the link- http://assets.enjin.com/wall_embed_images/1405439356_20140715_104345.jpg ))

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Tayelle

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... Wow. 

 

And even more 'wow' just on the point you're making this in a hotel. Were you able to get a little sewing machine in there with you, or is this all hand sewn/Liquid Hem'd?

I brought my Singer Confidence machine with me to the hotel along with bags upon bags of fabric/materials, my iron from home (don't trust hotel irons with crepe back satin), etc. etc. Thankfully there was a Hobby Lobby a few blocks down the road for the things I forgot. This weekend is the convention I'm wearing this to- while it's not "perfect" just yet, I'm using this as a trial run to see if it can stay together. I'll likely post some more pictures come Saturday :3 (completed pictures, not just random bits lol)

 

Thank you guys for your input, seriously!

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*flails about* I just had my first trial run of the Vanya Robes of Healing at San Japan this weekend. While there are things I want to make sure I fix/change/add, nothing fell apart on me! (though the foam on the belt got a bit banged up- I plan to remake it with worbla before September) Here's some pictures via my hubby's cell phone for now. How did it turn out? ^_^

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the rest of the 12 pictures I have from his phone are on the tumblr mentioned previously, but by September the ears should look much better, the wig will have the ends curled under and the details I skipped before will be added >_< I should have a Tonberry costume for my husband as well ^_^:tonberry:

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Seconded for the petticoat. My only other little nit-pick would be the collar -- I think it could benefit from some (or maybe a bit more) batting to give it some rigidity. 

 

Other than that, it came out awesome.

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Tayelle

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Awesome job. :D

Thank you~!!

You should consider wearing a long petticoat underneath the robe to give it the appropriate poof. :D

Seconded for the petticoat. My only other little nit-pick would be the collar -- I think it could benefit from some (or maybe a bit more) batting to give it some rigidity. 

 

Other than that, it came out awesome.

That's actually a really good idea! I was pressed for time and materials for this convention, but I think I could manage getting my hands on a long enough petti for September! Thanks for the tip you two! 

 

As for the collar, I honestly think I made it too wide to be perfectly honest. While there's some heavy duty interfacing in it, I feel like it sits awkwardly on my shoulders and I think I'll have to do a bit more altering to it. What really might be messing it up at the moment is the fact that instead of sewing that silver foam armor to the collar, I safety pinned a rather rigid thing of foam to it making it bend a little more than I wish it to. :lol:

You look adorable! Oh my gosh those ears! I just want to touch them. :3

 

A petticoat would step it up a notch though. It still looks amazing though.

Petticoat definitely incoming! The ears are really soft but not quite the shape I was trying for so they might be changing a bit! :D

I third (fourth?) the petticoat!  Other than that, it looks spiffy!  I love the floofy eaaarrs.

<3 Thank you guys, seriously! I want to keep making changes to the costume until it's perfect. I'm still in a hotel for another week or so, but once I head back to my home state I can start working on the finer details and getting it right! ^_^ I wanna have Eos too!

 

 

 

Actually I had a question for you all because I was very much at a loss as to why this kept happening. Did something happen to Kuplu Kopo in one of the Final Fantasy games that I missed? Or is booping and/or petting a moogle considered good luck of something? I mean I love moogles, they are adorable, but I started to get a bit confused as to why everyone kept asking if they could pet or boop my moogle plushie? xD I would always let everyone do so, along with making the :moogle: noise, lol.

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Tayelle

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That looks AMAZING. Though I gotta know if the brass is really sharp left at those angles or not? I know that even though the foam method I used was soft, it still was rubbing enough against the fabric to cause a bit of pilling which I hope to rectify.

 

I'm actually working on changing those pieces I made with foam to be covered in worbla to be sturdier but still working on figuring out how to keep it from rubbing against the fabric of the robe

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