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( Sep. 27th, 2010 09:52 pm)
Archon's coming up this weekend, which is usually the big local convention on the east side of the Mississippi but it's been moved over to St Louis this year for a few different reasons. I always miss the more prestigious cons, but this one is more of a tradition and like I said, we've been gearing up for it.

It's been a trial to work on constructing 9 identical costumes with a varying work force. We've had a long time to prepare but schedules were hectic enough and enough people were involved that we didn't become motivated until the very end. Like usual. Still, the workload was fairly prodigious. Here are some shots.

Roll a' burlap. Hundreds of feet, actually.
Hundreds of feet of burlap.

Roster of gloves, plus the future of our evening.
Some of the gloves, plus the future of our evening.

Each glove is constructed from 13 individual 3-prong foam scales, 5 cross-shaped knuckle scales, 5 talon-shaped finger tip scales, and one base. Each pair of scales is affixed with its own nickle/brass bolt, and all of them had to be cut individually. With 18 gloves, I can tell you that we spend a lot of time on them. Even if they're not the pinnacle of amazing, they still represent an awful lot of effort. They're fitted over black leather gloves.

Each robe is dyed burlap on top, with a mantle we had to cut, and the arms which we had to sew on. They're underlayed with dyed cheesecloth for layers, weights, and extra 'flutter'. The hoods are stiffened so they can hang, and we're all wearing black veils for the pictures. That's the plan for the convention. 9 identical costume designs.

Mage is canceled due to a combination of Archon prep and the fact that our established group all has work that night. Kind of a bummer, but Sidereals is back on again, so I finally get to make that happen. Hello, introduction story!

I made vegetable curry and lemon curd today, so I feel pretty pumped about that. I feel like the lemon curd could have thickened a lot more though.
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