Random Thoughts

So, I should probably be studying Chinese right now, but with my ballgown all but finished, my mind has now moved on to ancient Greece. I'm really excited to begin working on my Steampunk Artemis costume for World Steam Expo's (rumored--the Events page on the site isn't updated yet) costume contest. Supposedly, the theme is mythological figures, and I really hope it's more than rumor, because my persona's name is Artemis Grey, and it'd be nice to show off her namesake. Lol. Either way, though, I'm super excited to be working on this costume, as I've had it in mind for a while now, even before I heard the rumors.

I think right now my main concern is making it steampunk enough without sacrificing the Grecian element, or going overboard. I have my initial design (seen below), and I'd like to stick fairly close to it, but at the same time, I've since had some good ideas that would change things a bit...the sleeves look more and more complicated, the more I try to think about how to do them. Lol. I'm also concerned about finding a corset I like well enough, and with enough time to ship, and for a price that I can afford. Right now I'm thinking I'll forgo the traditional pins at the shoulders, and maybe rig some leather straps with cool buckles, instead. I also will need to make the hip-quiver pretty soon. My dad gave me a bunch of old arrows to use for crossbow bolts, but I'm planning on making most of them dummies, just in the quiver for show. I'll have one or two I can take out and pose with, I suppose, but so as not to offend convention weapons rules most of 'em will be fake. The eye-thing...well, I don't really know. I have an old brass decoration from a horse harness that's a few crescent moons, and I'll probably try to work that in, somehow. ^____^

In other news, I've decided I really can't call my dress form anything other than Idris (sorry, Mom, no "Lenore"!), since she time travels. Last week she was preparing for a Victorian ball, and this week, it's Ancient Greece, so you see, "all of time and space" really suits her quite well. ^..^;;