Can one paint on slick fabric without it looking like crap?

[runa27]

This is probably a stupid question, but...

I have a skirt that's outside is some sort of slik fabric that... I don't know enough about fabrics to directly compare it, but maybe like a faux satin, only much more plastic-feeling? Maybe vinyl?

THe reason this is probably going to be a stupid question is the actual question: do you think I could paint it red, like with spray paint or something, and not have it look like crap?

Because it's the only skirt I have that's short enough (without being nerve-wrackingly immodest) to fit with a costume I'd like to do of Misato from Evangelion, but it's black, when I need it to be red.


-Runa27

[BlackKnightress210]

I'm not sure if you can paint it, but I'd make the black layer a lining and sew on the red outside. *nods*

[runa27]

I'm not sure if you can paint it, but I'd make the black layer a lining and sew on the red outside. *nods*

I looked at my little plastic model of her today, and noticed the skirt has a fold down the middle in the front, so this might be a good idea, considering my skirt doesn't have that... I'm not at all good at sewing, but for that, I could probably use a machine, which would probably be easier for me...

Or maybe a wrap of sorts with velcro on the inside (maybe safety-pin it on the inside of the skirt so it stays in place and keeps tight)? Because now that I look at the skirt in its current form, I keep getting ideas for other costumes using it. That, and I plan to wear this to JACON, in Florida... speaking as a native Floridian, it's hot as heck here, and I wouldn't want to be in the dealer's room with too many layers on (I looked at the skirt again and tried it on again and realized it's actually a "skort", so something on top of the skirt'd make three layers!). Granted, this past year they had free water EVERYWHERE (a godsend, since I was already dehydrated by the time I got to the con, and anyway, it's just really nice to have nice, cool, refreshing water all over the place in case you're thirsty! More cons should do that, really), so maybe I shouldn't worry so much about that, especially if the rest of my legs are bare.

On a side note... anyone know what size and shape fabric/inner thingy that gives the inside its shape that I'd need to make the little red hat she wears sometimes, or at least where I can get a hat similar to that for not too awfully much?

Give me a sec, I'll get you a picture or three...

*googles*

Here's a pretty good one:

http://db.cs.helsinki.fi/~hmaksima/lili ... ato-03.jpg

The hat appears to be a normal red beret, but with a patch thing on it... I could make the patch myself, or probably the hat too, but... help please?

Ugh, though, those artists and their random modifications... the model I have is just... one layer over the other, lik it was wrapped around. This picture has a black line on the skirt! What the...? Well anyway, the hat tends to stay the same in the different drawings...

A partially-completed model kit, showing both a half-detailed hat and a VERY detailed skirt (including the belt that I forgot she had!):

http://www.agfratelli.com/bebe/modelli/ ... to-026.jpg

From a different angle:

http://www.agfratelli.com/bebe/modelli/ ... to-025.jpg

Also, Eva Platinum DVD 4's cover has her on it - including the hat:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/reviews ... php?id=718

AHA! I knew I wasn't going nuts!

The guy who illustrates Megatokyo, with two of his characters in cosplay:

http://www.fredart.com/fredart/artpage.php3?fn=75&ft=sk

Might take a while to load. Oh, and... that is EXACTLY the skirt that the little "capsule toy" type model I have has! I knew I wasn't crazy... she must just have more than one red skirt. Maybe one is mangaverse and the other is animeverse or something, too.

Another pic of her in the hat:

http://www.lwhy.clara.net/nge/images/pic02.jpg


-Runa27