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Post by Antigone68104 on May 6, 2013 14:16:45 GMT
I leave for Costume Con 31 in a week and a half. (And if anyone sees a strange man with a blue police box, could you ask him to drop by? I could really use a little more time on my entry for Historical. A travel converter will work on a sewing machine, right?) A friend and I are working on a joint project for the Doll Costume contest. How many of you have heard the term "Bridezilla"? There's a good definition/description over at TV Tropes, if you haven't run across the term before: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Bridezilla. Well, we decided to take this literally:   My part of the project was finding the figure on eBay for under three digits, a minor repaint (I think you can all guess what got repainted  ), and sewing the dress. I've handed this off to my friend, whose part of the project is to go nuts with the lace and beads. I may wrap the stems of the bouquet as well, I just need to decide how to get the ribbon to stay put. It's tempting to just use white first aid tape. |
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Post by User Unavailable on May 7, 2013 17:49:24 GMT
Ha! That's a good one and good work!
I've seen that show before and that certainly applies!
;D
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Post by privatepaddy on May 8, 2013 12:25:28 GMT
Its uncanny how you captured my first wife's smile ;D
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Post by Antigone68104 on May 18, 2013 0:23:48 GMT
And Bridezilla is completed! I set her up in the Doll Costume area earlier this afternoon.   Not as much beading as I would have liked, due to a combination of time constraints and my friend being diagnosed with hypothyroid. |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on May 20, 2013 15:50:02 GMT
Amazing work...moderately disturbing...but still amazing work!
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Post by Antigone68104 on May 20, 2013 22:46:54 GMT
... and she won "Member's Choice"!
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on May 21, 2013 1:34:09 GMT
Congratulations! That doesn't make it any less disturbing though |
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Post by User Unavailable on May 21, 2013 20:02:52 GMT
Congrats!  |
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Post by WhutScreenName on May 21, 2013 20:07:35 GMT
Nicely done!
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Post by alabastersandman on Jun 15, 2013 10:39:48 GMT
My niece did a project for school where she presented the history of wedding dresses in various cultures, she and my mother actually made a selection of her favorites. I photographed them for her, if I can find the photos maybe I'll post one or two. I don't recall this dress in her report, I'll have to inform her that she missed one.
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Post by alabastersandman on Aug 4, 2013 8:23:27 GMT
My daughter asked me to make her a sword out of wood, so of course, going on the pretense that dads can do anything, I told her I would. So far I only have it rough cut. Next I get out the riffler tools and start on the finer contouring. Given that she was content with the roughed out version and wanted to take possession then, I'm not too sure on how detailed I want to get with this thing. Making these cuts (ripping) on a Radial Arm Saw is bloody dangerous, no pun intended. This thing got away from me once and ripped (literally) a good size chunk of the sword blade and the tang into two pieces right down the middle. I glued the two halves back together before making this last cut. Angle of the blade is 9 degrees. Just the last cut of the blade left to glue do:  Lining up the blade to my mark:  Ready to make the cut. Note the dark spot on the butt of the tang, that is glue holding the two halves together:  View of sword blade and prop from tip:  |
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Post by User Unavailable on Aug 4, 2013 16:53:54 GMT
Ah, I still have my favorite "wooden sword" from my childhood. Though it won every pretend sword fight I engaged it did not look very sword like.
It is a long piece of a hickory or oak tree limb, which in my youthful estimation had the correct length and curvature of Samurai sword (kid sized). I shaved the bark from the "blade" with my pocket knife and wrapped the handle with black electrical tape from my dads tool box.
After long days of battle with savage hoards of milk weed and wild tiger Lilly or enemy warriors (my friends), the sword always came in and was placed in its place of honor, in the corner behind my bedroom door.
It now resides in the corner of my gun cabinet.
If you google wooden swords you can see many images that may give you more ideas for your daughters sword.
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Post by the light works on Aug 4, 2013 22:04:28 GMT
wow. I didn't think anyone still used their radial arm saw other than as a place to pile stuff.
I don't think I'd have the guts to use it for something that small. way too much superstructure to get tangled in.
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Post by OziRiS on Aug 5, 2013 7:43:26 GMT
Yeah, I'd probably choose to go with a plane and some sand paper instead, but that's just me. Gutsy move  |
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Post by privatepaddy on Aug 7, 2013 8:17:22 GMT
You might also try a "spokeshave" it will allow you to shape while acting as a plane.
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Post by alabastersandman on Aug 7, 2013 17:19:24 GMT
Ah, I still have my favorite "wooden sword" from my childhood. Though it won every pretend sword fight I engaged it did not look very sword like. It is a long piece of a hickory or oak tree limb, which in my youthful estimation had the correct length and curvature of Samurai sword (kid sized). I shaved the bark from the "blade" with my pocket knife and wrapped the handle with black electrical tape from my dads tool box. After long days of battle with savage hoards of milk weed and wild tiger Lilly or enemy warriors (my friends), the sword always came in and was placed in its place of honor, in the corner behind my bedroom door. It now resides in the corner of my gun cabinet. If you google wooden swords you can see many images that may give you more ideas for your daughters sword. That's a great story, I love that you still have it and that it shares a home with your guns in the gun cabinet. I had a couple "swords" that were less refined than yours back in the day but I didn't think to keep them. I fear kids these days don't get outside and give their imaginations a healthy workout. My 7 year old daughter would spend too much time with her face glued to her Samsung Tablet II if I didn't goad her to get outside and play. Making her this sword will hopefully encourage her to put down the electronics willingly, not a cure but a step in that direction. |
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Post by alabastersandman on Aug 7, 2013 17:32:25 GMT
wow. I didn't think anyone still used their radial arm saw other than as a place to pile stuff. I don't think I'd have the guts to use it for something that small. way too much superstructure to get tangled in. It does do double duty acting as a shelf often enough, after all, that IS one of Murphy's laws; "Any horizontal surface will soon become a shelf" It is the most versatile machine I have, as well as the most dangerous. It is the only machine that scares me making certain cuts, basically any cut that is not a simple crosscut. For simple crosscuts it is pretty much irreplaceable for cutting long boards over 10"-11" wide, I have three table saws but one is small and the other two are smaller. |
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Post by alabastersandman on Aug 7, 2013 17:45:08 GMT
You might also try a "spokeshave" it will allow you to shape while acting as a plane. I never have used a spokeshave but have been curious about using one. I'd like to find someone who has one and try it out before I buy one though, just looking at one gives me the impression that it is a lot of work to use. Having been out of work since Dec. 2010 because of health issues I'm not sure I'd be too good with it. |
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Post by alabastersandman on Aug 7, 2013 17:49:27 GMT
Yeah, I'd probably choose to go with a plane and some sand paper instead, but that's just me. Gutsy move Probably could have set up something with a router as well. |
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Post by kharnynb on Oct 23, 2013 20:06:14 GMT
Had to look up radial saw, not something i'd seen before.
I only have the tablesaw/miter switchable which sees a lot of work.
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), and sewing the dress. I've handed this off to my friend, whose part of the project is to go nuts with the lace and beads.
