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I've always wanted to do a Trinity Blood costume, and about half a year ago a friend asked me why exactly I hadn't done one yet... A question to which I had no answer, and so this costume happened. I got a little caught up in commissions this summer, and so aside from the hat, patterning and cutting the leather for the boot covers, and buying supplies, I didn't even start this costume until the Saturday before Otakon... I ended up pulling 3 all-nighters and skipping Friday in order to finish it, and it wasn't done until 6 a.m. Saturday morning, but I managed to finish it in time to take Novice Runner Up in the costume contest, my first award! Almost everything is made by me, except for the pants. -The shirt, vest, and coat were patterned by draping, and all sewn in cotton blends. (My first draped costume!) -The boot covers were patterned by tape casting my legs, and are made of dyed deer leather. -The hat I shaped from a wool felt hatbody from Hats by Leko- Unfortunately I'm no hatmaker, so although it's the right shape I can't actually wear it. -The belt blanks I made into the belts and and rest of the leather (for the scabbard, the epaulets, and the boots) came from Tandy Leather Factory. -The buckles came from Jas. Townsend & Son, Inc. -The tassels were made from perle cotton string and some fabric glue. -Gold detailing was screen printing ink on the fabric, Liquitex acrylic on the leather, hat, and on the fabric part of the epaulets. -Also that is a real ascot because hey, why not? -As to the sword, my dad makes practice swords in our basement for MASHS, and seriously just so happened to have a sabre guard lying around. We had to tweak it a bit (it was too big and the wrong shape), but it sure made life easier. He also did all the cutting and such, and even put it together for me. I sanded the edge down into the "blade" and sculpted the pommel. Huzzah dad and your peculiar hobbies! -And finally, I dyed my real hair because I didn't have time to style a wig (and I'm not very good at it anyways). I figured my hair was long enough to do the hairstyle, and so I temporarily became a ginger. I'll be making a wig sometime in the future.

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