Hat Attempt 1

Finished up my first attempt at a hat. Seems ok, perhaps to small. I wanted it small but now I'm not sure, so I'll have to resize my pattern, make another larger version and see how that goes...

Hat Attempt 01

Work on Hrist's main gown is almost complete, I might not post any photos of the final gown till after the Halloween event. Just for surprise reasons haha. Main parts left to make is the bustle for the gown and some type of petticoat for the glove area which is like a glove but not quite sure what it is going to be... but it'll be something :P

Gown Sewing

Still a ton of work to be done! It's starting to shape up nicely I think. Or hope :S Ran into a few snags, mainly getting it on Hrist to test for fitting.  Darn Dollfie hips >_< totally forgot to take that into account when designing the patterns so I've had to make a bit of an alteration on the fly. Luckily, it'll be covered up by a cloth drape, so I'm not to worried about it's appearance being noticeable.

My cramped working conditions.

Hand sewing in some fasteners.

Adding in more gold trim. I need to buy some big bulk of this stuff, I'm always needing more and more, and more...

Lidia's eyes are still on hold -_- Apparently there was a mix-up in the order that was placed, and Poofie has to remedy it. Probably another week to send it back, then another week to get here -_- for some reason they shipped pupil eyes and not pure blanks -_- No worries though, this gown could take another week to make at the rate it's going, with a few more 4am crafting nights! :D

Main Outfit Begins

Went to an amazing fabric store today called SAS Fabrics Superstore. Amazing doesn't quite describe this store, it had everything imaginable. I wound up with several massive rolls of fabric. Lots of lace and other odds and ends for future projects. Sadly I was unable to find any small enough buckles for Lidia's belt -_- I'll probably just have to create one in 3D and print.

Now to start on Hrist's new outfit! This project is going to be lots of fun for me.

Under-Gown

Work on Hrist's under-gown for her main costume is reached it's final stages.
Thought satin white would work great for this part. Half way through, it just wasn't working, the look I wanted. So I went back and grabbed some cotton fabric instead. Not only is cotton a lot easier to work with, it gave me that old fashion natural normal look I wanted that the satin just wasn't giving.

 So I wound up tossing the satin version I made. Only bad thing is wrinkles, I need a small iron and tiny iron board. Luckily it shouldn't matter to much for now... since the main outfit goes right over this under-gown after all.

Hrist testing out her perfectly fitting under-gown. I'll have to take some better photos once I have actual light or outdoor light available >_>;

Haven't had a chance to work on Lidia's head yet! I'm excited to start work on that, but want to make sure I have time to work on it without being rushed. Looking forward to it. I haven't even had time to finish up that dagger and all it pretty much needs is the matte coat to seal the paint in -_-

Dagger Update

Biggest news, Somonul's Workshop now has a twitter! Sometimes it gets tough to update stuff, once I start a project, it's just me and the project, and I lose track of stuff. Animeruko suggested it would be a good way to make quick updates and project rants. So I'm going to give it a shot.

Somonul's Workshop Twitter

Daggers going into it's final stages of work. Havn't had a chance to work on it over the weekend as I have been working hard on the patterns for Lidia's outfit. Hopefully in a few days I'll have some photos of that work ready for posting.

Lidia's head arrived today along with a new can of sealer. I can only hope this time it doesn't clog up like the last can did... waiting on a group order with Poofie to commence for some new eye blanks.
Need to pick out a hair default for trimming Lidia's hair. So far I think the one I got for Hrist would work best for Lidia's bob style hair. Play around with some design styles for the head using my manga of Lidia as a main reference, if all goes well it should work great with a dollfie head!

Nebulous Dagger Arrives

3D Printed version of the dagger I modeled months ago has arrived! I'm pretty excited about this. The printed results are amazing. I will probably be selling this weapon to fuel funding for Lidia. For now, it's time to start surface preps for finishing the blade! :D

Printed blade parts, and Lidia's collar gem seen in this photo.

Project Lidia

I've been thinking about creating a dollfie based on one of my main characters from a novel I've been working on in my spare time. In the upcoming weeks I'll be experimenting around with creating patterns for her clothing and stuff. Time to start hunting down fabric that might work for this stuff! :D I'll have more details with my next post.