BLOOD FOR THE COSPLAY GODS.
So! I'm making good progress on this cosplay! I just have... |: A lot of work to go. Right now, I'm onto tackling the shoulder harness holster thingy and am super aware of just how little time I have left. (My deadline is the 15th or 16th of July, because my friend, who will also be my fantastic Ruvik, is coming to visit and I wanna be done by then, plus Comic-Con is a week later! Ahhhh!)
What I've finished so far...
Ammo pouch! This is the before pic, before I dyed and put the nice finish on it. The leather was all fuzzy even after being sanded and I was SO WORRIED I'd done it wrong and was gonna have a fuzzy pouch. D8
...Then I put the dye and finish on, and the fuzzies went away! MAGICAL. I just gotta add the snaps and boom, it's done.
And the ammo holster! Sebastian is a weirdo who has like a lot of his cuffs showing? So I made the holster accurate to how it looks in the game. Surprisingly, those cuffs are super secure in there. I can hop around and run around and they don't budge. (I tested this.)
Both attach to my belt (well, the belt I still have to make B| ).
I also made another ammo pouch but it was my first time working with leather EVER (I taught myself leatherworking just for this cosplay, and it's been a steep learning curve xD) and it looks good! But I'm fussy and a perfectionist and it was the wrong style for Seb's ammo pouches. So I fumbled along in designing a pattern for it and gave it a second go. And now I have to make a second one since the bastard has two.
What's left?
-Shoulder pads for the harness. Gotta make the pattern and cut it all out.
-Skiving the leather straps I got so they're thinner for the harness.
-Sewing the shoulder pads and harness. Not for functional purposes even. Just purely for aesthetics. Goddammit.
-Dyeing all that shit! And adding the finish.
-Assembling it all and praying to the cosplay gods that it all works out and that my harness construction tutorials don't lead me astray.
-Making the belt. So, lots of sewing and dyeing and assembly, because of course Seb can't wear a normal utility belt like a normal person.
-Making the gun holster, dyeing it, etc.
-Ammo pouch number 2. Which should be super easy after making the first one, because I already have the pattern now and know wtf I'm doing.
I think that's it???
*deep breaths*
It's been slow going because a lot of my time was spent fumbling and messing up but now I finally know what I'm doing, so this stuff should go faster. Thank goodness. xD