Operation: Gothtopus
Oct. 27th, 2008 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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On Saturday night I found out about Austin's Krewe du Coeur Maudit, and their Evil Mermaid Navy. Evil. Mermaid. Navy. My squamous black heart grew two sizes. On Sunday night I heard back from the mermaid lieutenant and was invited to join the fun. I now have three and a half days to finish an evil mermaid costume.
So far I have my black brocade corset, several yards of black crushed velvet, netting, shells, fake seaweed, about half the makeup I need, and an idea for a tentacle skirt. Now I need a wig (my hair is too short to do anything fun with), the rest of the makeup, an underskirt (because I don't have the legs to be a burlesque octopus, sadly, and it'd be cold anyway), and to assemble the tentacles.
My concern now is not having too bad a clash between the crushed velvet tentacles and the real shells and worn brown netting. (Black and brown don't go to town, as a rule, but I think we can make an exception here.) Maybe if I cover everything in glitter...
Anybody have any experience with squamous and batrachian costuming?
On Saturday night I found out about Austin's Krewe du Coeur Maudit, and their Evil Mermaid Navy. Evil. Mermaid. Navy. My squamous black heart grew two sizes. On Sunday night I heard back from the mermaid lieutenant and was invited to join the fun. I now have three and a half days to finish an evil mermaid costume.
So far I have my black brocade corset, several yards of black crushed velvet, netting, shells, fake seaweed, about half the makeup I need, and an idea for a tentacle skirt. Now I need a wig (my hair is too short to do anything fun with), the rest of the makeup, an underskirt (because I don't have the legs to be a burlesque octopus, sadly, and it'd be cold anyway), and to assemble the tentacles.
My concern now is not having too bad a clash between the crushed velvet tentacles and the real shells and worn brown netting. (Black and brown don't go to town, as a rule, but I think we can make an exception here.) Maybe if I cover everything in glitter...
Anybody have any experience with squamous and batrachian costuming?
