Heavy patchwork winter coat...

A black and silver war skirt made of leather hardened scales with metal pyramid studs on every last one. Each scale is individually hand molded and attached to the leather backing with a rivet. This piece is just part of a full set of armor I'm currently working on.

Heavy and very sturdy.

It can be worn with the split along the sides or in the middle as pictured.

Keep an eye out for the rest of the set that will be finished fairly soon.

Thanks for looking.

My second blocked hat in a long time, and I think I'm getting the hang of this shape and style! Wiring the brim is getting easier, but it's totally the whole putting the grossgrain ribbon around the edge that is murder at the moment - getting it straight an even is really difficult!

This hat is the first where I've gotten to use something special - I've had this horrible addiction of buying vintage Victorian jewelry lately, with the intent of putting them on hats and other accessories. I don't believe in ripping them apart - something about them just makes it impossible for me to damage the actual brooch; I feel horrible!

But, they work magnificently on hats! And this one features a vintage pin! I believe it is brass, with a glass stone in the middle. The glass is a little cloudy, but it still looks fabulous on the hat itself, and brightens everything up!

I'm no antique historian or anything like that, but the clasp is indicative of all the Victorian brooches I've seen, which is what leads me to believe it is at least Edwardian, if not Victorian (the motif seems more Edwardian ^___^) No matter what, it looks fantastic on this hat, and that's what matters most!

<sup>(copied/pasted, sorry!) Well! You thought you were done with me after the horns kick, right, and I'd just go back to costumes and cosplay and that be that? Ha!~

I wanted to block some hats in the same style as the miniature Victorian hat I made for my wedding. Hand sewing the silk on top of the buckram base was a horrible pain, and I had purchased some wool for my mother a while ago... and *poof* There we go! Blocking hats!

It wasn't quite as simple as just block it - we had to make the block first, for which I am eternally grateful to ~kellin for doing in his sculpture class one day! Then, the wool felt is blocked over the hat with steam and heat, which was a load of fun to burn yourself with a garment steamer, let me tell you. Stiffened with hat sizing, the brim is wired and then covered in a blocked milliner's gorssgrain ribbon (which is why it's not all puckery and icky!)

Decorating this was so much fun ~ I think I gained +1 levels in beading just doing this hat, because I suck at it. I normally don't enjoy that sort of work, but it was fun (and stressful) to pick out just the right accents for the hat, and then sew them on!</sup>

Available on my Etsy store here, if you are interested~

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Here it is! the 2008 family Halloween shot.. On the far right is my bro, dressed as one of the Knights who say Ni, I'm standing beside him, dressed as the Queen of Hearts, follow and to my left is my sister ( Dress as Vord, With dad dressed as a lumberjack (I''m a Lumberjack and I'm ok!) and last, mom dressed as a zombie... Cute, eh?

Here I am again, I bet you are sick of lookin' at this fellow.
This is a nice shot of the undergard, WITHOUT the over apron.
And I am not wearing my biking gloves either.
The overfrock can be easily seen in this example- [link]
And I am authenitcally not wearing my head in that shot.


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Wanna make this?
Underfrock- [link]
Accesories and tim [link]
Gaunlets- [link]
Sword- [link]
The Helmet- [link]
Helmet drapes- [link]
Pendant - [link]
Some of those are in multiple chapters, follow numbered links for the next chapter posted at the start of each description. THanks!

These pictures focus more on the mask, and I took off the red cape. The costume stands on it's own without it, believe me.

My Plague Doctor based, with kind permission, on the artworks of `hibbary
Artworks for basis;
The Grand Doctor
Eve of the first snow
Stormy Skies


The beak is poplar wood painted and finished. The mask is is leather, straps, and screws. The rudimentary goggles are leather and caps/covers from a rifle sight!
Yeah, they fogged over sometimes, but I could actually see and breath in this costume.
The frock was a historical pattern Frocky and I selected.
I am wearing one (of a pair) Steampunk Shock Gauntlet made by =Winneganfake that are actually Frocky's. See them here. And sadly, I couldn't fit my palm through the palm-strap, my hands are much larger than Frockys, but I wrapped a watch around it for a nice effect. The work is to beautiful not to use!
And no, I did not buy a black wig or dye my hair, so I used my real hair. Hope it's not to out of character.

Please look through my Costumes and props for more photos of this. And pop by =FrockTarts for more of her pics of this and her works.
Much thanks to Frocky for her hard work and my mum for helping with my mask!


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A narrative piece in the style of a war trophy, telling of my victory over the demon verdigris-serpent Eshkozel in an enameled diptych, and displaying his captured spiny crown around the neck. It is a warning to any foul things with funny ideas: None but I can name himself the ruler of my mind!

Copper and enamel.

some of you might remember my designs for this from almost a year ago. I finished it a couple of months ago. there's a few things I would change if I made it again (or made an official pattern) but mostly I'm happy with it. designed and knit myself with acrylic yarn. (shut up, fiber snobs, I'm poor.)
I need to stop looking like a dork in all photos ever

James's Tudor coat. Sometimes referred to as a base coat in English re-enactment, sometimes referred to as a jerkin. I have no strong feelings on the name as it's not a period I currently re-enact.

The pattern came from the book 'The Tudor Tailor'. I had to size it quite radically, the patterns in the book are for a 38" chest 5'10" man. James has a 48" chest and is over 6' tall. Sadly for my pictures my model is 38" chest though he is at least the right height The style is Henrician ie early 16th century.

The coat is a lovely heavyweight wool melton and it's lined with a lovely coloured blue herringbone weave linen that feels almost as though it has silk in it. I was grateful of the wool being such nice quality as the lining, although very pretty was quite flimsy.

The coat is fastened with hand made copper wire hooks and eyes. I took pictures but they came out too blurry to use. I couldn't take more pics when I found out 'cause the coat is already on its way to England!

Cute Lettuce Edge details
Front and Back printed
Piece dyed
100% Cotton
Wash in cold water

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