More blasts from the past

The previous pictures were all from stuff I did in graduate school. I went even farther back in the way back machine and found pictures of two of my costumes from college.


I don't have pictures from freshman or sophomore year, but those years I was trinity from The Matrix, and a Demoness, respectively. I wish I knew where a picture of the demoness was because that was a cool costume. I made a wig with horns, sewed big fabric spikes onto a top, and made a huge tail. I still have bits and pieces of that costume laying around in my dresser I think.

Junior year, 2005, I was Willy Wonka from the Tim Burton version of Willy Wonka. I made the costume before the movie came out (as I also did with the Quorra costume). The pants I had, bought go-go boots (which were later incorporated into the Quorra costume), and the hat I bought (and still have, vintage top hat). The rest I fabricated. I got my dad to cut the W pin out of aluminum, and I sewed the coat and the top. The top mimics a waistcoat and shirt, although you can't really see it in the picture. The cane is made from a dowel, that my dad shoved into a bit on a giant drill press, and then sanded while the drill press was running. That was fun, broke at least one in spectacular fashion that way. The top of the cane is a painted bouncy ball hot glued on. I wore the costume all day, and walked around with a huge bag of candy, giving it out to people in class.

Senior year, 2006, I was a "warlock" from WoW. That's World of Warcraft. I have been characters from 2 of 3 of Blizzard's cornerstone games, no Diablo costume (yet). I guess my previous statement of not having original costumes is false, because the demoness, the warlock, and the blue fairy are all original concepts.

I actually welded for this costume, the back piece is a metal frame, with chain draped in between. The dress I made, along with the arm things and the hair is my hair. Braided into yarn to make yarn dreads. I had a yarn in hair phase, because why not? I did it about 4 times within a year (including the blue fairy) for costumes and funsies.




 I had to go digging through my email for these, but I found some pictures of my Quorra costume from 2010. It was the first costume that I made that lit up, with EL wire running through the front and back. Unfortunately, no pictures of the back (that I can find right now, although I've seen them somewhere).

I do have an identity disc that velcroed to the back that can't be seen in the pictures, and the costume is one whole body suit, and the white piping is pretty much all hot-glued on to the suit. The sleeves are attached and not separate. This was fun to do, and it is easy to wear, unlike a lot of my costumes. If I'm going to wear it again, I want to get a wig to make it more authentic.