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The creature

This one's a tad older. Just never got around to posting it till now.

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Saw this post by @trillscienceofficer and knew what I had to do

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Had to make it into a wallpaper.

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i found a lore olympus brush pack and so i had to draw the blorbo

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Worf plays timpani. I just cannot imagine him playing any other instrument... Continuation of the Orchestra Series. For those who want to participate in discussion about this AU, please join here, you are very welcome, I read everything and I am grateful for all ideas and knowledge you provide there :)

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in animal crossing

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in animal crossing

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okay. i did it. i think i got them all? i hope i did lol every deanna troi outfit worn in any of the shows or movies. enjoy!

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Doing it Scared: Mirror!Janeway Costume (Part 2/2)

Part 1 here

The accessories were really what made me realize how complicated this costume was but I persisted. I started with mockups and went from there, slowly building up the weapons and armor. Everything was made out of cardboard I had stashed away for precisely this purpose, put together with hot glue. I then painted everything with a couple of layers of gesso and finished up with acrylic paint.

I made the dagger first and it took me between a week to 10 days to complete, don’t exactly remember. Crafter’s audacity had me design and make the blade removable from the scabbard; I looked up real daggers for reference and found that the shape was closest to an American tanto. It looked empty at the base so I added a triangle shape to reflect the bottom of the front armor.

The final dagger and scabbard:

I used stick-on velcro on the scabbard and belt to attach everything together. The belt is a nylon webbing strap from a shoulder bag; I simply swapped out the clip attachment for a buckle closure (surprisingly hard to find! I ended up ordering one from a scuba shop!). I painted the fabric padded piece with fabric paint as a base then acrylic on top.

The phaser took three days to make, I probably learned a thing or two from doing the dagger! With the general shapes in mind, I mostly built it out as I went, seeing how pieces of cardboard fit together.

I used some thicker butcher paper to smooth out holes and rough patches with the hope that the paint would hide it. I think the final phaser is a smidge larger than the one in the show but I don’t think it’s noticeable IRL. It felt like a good size when I held it.

Remember the back plates I struggled with? They ended up being too high up on the tank top, but I did not want to unpick and resew them on! So, I pivoted and extended the back armor further down. This made it so I had to rethink the front too and basically I tried on a bunch of mockups over the tank top over and over to get the alignment of the side clasps to work.

Originally I was going to make the side clasps out of cardboard as well, attached to the front and back with more velcro, but I was having trouble figuring out how big they should be so instead I went with fabric straps that I would paint the same color. This was a far better idea because it would mean that the armor could move a little with my body and I wouldn’t risk having the clasps pop away. I attached a strip of faux leather (from a thrifted skirt’s belt) to the front piece (on the right) and a loop on the back piece (left) for it to go through before being reattached to the front piece.

Let’s get to the final costume pics already! Okay speedrunning– I added a thin ribbon to a pair of boots I got off of eBay with super glue and reinforced with stitches in a few different spots (should’ve sewed it on from the beginning, it was easy to pierce the faux leather).

I made a head mold by pressing aluminum foil to my face then adding paper mache on top of it to form the eye piece. I then cut out a few spots and painted on the rest of the details. This was attached to my skin with spirit gum.

I got regular gloves from eBay as well and cut off the fingers. The arm bands were a sun protectant sleeve that I cut and hemmed. The sash was just a long strip of red fabric that I tied together.

The armor and Terran empire badge (also cardboard) attached to the top with pieces of velcro that I stuck onto small pieces of fabric and then sewed on (in case I ever wanted to remove them). I finished the tank top with bias tape around the arm and neck holes which made it feel very professional!

Shots of the tank top and pants:

And finally, everything together; here I am regenerating at the convention lol:

I had a great time and it was so fun to see so many people in costume! There were even a few people who came up to me to compliment mine I was !!!!!!! so grateful for that!!!!!!! Very validating after so much work haha! And some people even asked for pictures??!

Okay time for Lessons I Learned:

I’ll be so fr I burnt out doing this, I am not built for longterm projects with no breaks for other things. I would not do this again on a time crunch. Also it made my thumbs hurt lol

Not really related to sewing/crafting but I also wouldn’t enter the cosplay contest again (yeah I entered this time hehe but didn’t make it past the prejudging); it kind of took over my experience and I feel like I would’ve enjoyed the convention that much more if I didn’t do it

I should have just gotten a tank top pattern, it would’ve saved so much time! 

I don’t like sewing applique it’s hardd. Luckily I don’t foresee myself doing it for future sewing projects

I need a dress form, and a better ruler...

I titled this “doing it scared” because I really was; my brain was so so resistant for every little part of this and I don’t really know what to do with that other than try to keep building discipline (which this was def good practice for!) and take much needed breaks to come back refreshed. I can’t say I exactly enjoyed doing it overall for all the reasons above but again, I am soo proud that I didn’t give up and I am pleased with the quality of it and how accurate I think it is! 

Thanks for reading! I swear 🫵 next thing I finish will be the Scully blouse!!

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"Prejudice is very human." - Data

New Star Trek art!

I didn’t mean to choose such a bummer of a quote. But it feels very appropriate right now.

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LORE

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Voyager Crew Rainbow Picmix

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officially registered for ochem + lab this fall

nervous as all hell, ochem is where i chickened out of pre-med last time. guess we will finally find out if i am capable of waking up early and arriving to things on time

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normalest space station in federation history

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Massive slays of galactic proportions happening in this episode