Actually, I would have to politely disagree with you Sakara. I have been able to get 2 uses out of one cap, but did have to do a little bit of trimming off the edges in a few spots. If one is really careful, you might be able to get 3 uses out of it but probably no more than that.

And I totally agree, always have a spare because they can rip when you least expect it

if you managed to do it i commend you as i find they look aweful afterwards...theyre over stretched, effected by the makeup and the edges are too thick to blend well!

Thanks for the replies guys. I was worried that it was a one time, possibly two time a wear thing so I went ahead and ordered a couple more from the theatre shop. The first one will likely end up as a practice one for me and my girls (they're getting wrangled into helping me. ) to work with and get the feel of putting the make-up on it and me.

I'd used my cap 3 times and it is still in decent shape. A spare would certainly be a good idea, and the edge and making sure not to stretch it seems to be important.

I agree about the vampbraces, they really should come to the elbow.

ahh could be that i prefer glatzan to latex ..that i find the galtzan though gives a better surface is only good for one use. latex might last a bit longer.

Could be, the one I have is latex, and I had Shawn's (SL_6942) expert help to airbrush on a nice skin-like surface.

Keeping all that in mind I did shave after a makeup catastrophe as not to have to cancel for a Relay for life I was headlining so I haven't worn the cap for a few events.

Ack! I don't think I'd ever be that brave as to shave my head! Hopefully it'll never come to that.

More update pics.


Tweaked the palm area and added some length so they came up closer to the elbows.


Cleaned up some spots on the buckle and got it painted up. I used a textured dark grey under the nickle color.


Fitted onto the belts. I had concidered using velcro on the backside of the buckle to help keep the belts from moving but it turned out I didn't need to. The whole thing just slips over my head.


Ultrasabers that I had painted up a gunmetal grey. I let them sit for a week or so while I concidered the color and finally decided to change it to...


Nickle silver


Attached some very thin pieces of craft foam to help with the grip and give them the banded look.

Next update should be the full thing. The bald cap is kind of intimidating me. lol So we'll see how that goes.

Looks really nice to me ... but are the ... uhm, handwarmers (if this is the propper name) aren't a little big? Are they made out of latex or rubber?

It looked like PVC to me, but do tell Lisa what they and the belt are made of.

As far as the end of the vampbraces the part over the back of the hand does seem much larger than any reference. What were you going from on that part of the design?

The belt, bracers and the collar I made are from a lightweight pleather that I got from the fabric store. The design I went with is from one of the source pics under the AOTC concept version. I think I may need to fuss with the palm part a little more.

Alright, I don't really know the AotC concept in detail. Yeah, it should be a little bit mor attached to the arms. It isn't looking bad now just a little bit big. More like "arm boots" than thin lightweight pleather.

But your progress looks really good.

@Daritha - lol I like that expression. Arm boots definately seems to fit.

Picked up some different pleather for one of my daughters cosplay outfits and I should have enough left over to remake them with a different fit, possibly with a zipper instead of wrapping them. We shall see!

It's coming along nicely Lisa. Hopefully Ventress, Nihilus and Visas can hang out at a Carolina Garrison event soon.

I'd tried a zipper for my Starkiller once (I must wrap a lot around the arms and legs) and it didn't work quite good. The best thing is wrapping, indeed. But maybe you have more luck with leather than me with my fabric.

Well I figured today I'd better get some practice in on the make-up and do a dress rehearsal. Hopefully Saturday morning will go better than my 3 and half hours of playing around.


New bracers in a lighter material and new cut with zippers.


I like the cut of the skirts with the tiered levels.. some of the reference photos show a shorter skirt. However I think next skirt will be in linen blend instead of heavy cotton gauze. Should lay and flow better.



And finally...





I know.. I need to fix the background. Just need to figure out what color I should use for it. I need to refit the shoulders as well before Saturday so they stay down all the way around. After that I think I'm going to remake it in the lighter material I used for the bracers and sew it to the bodysuit.

As for the make-up. I know it looks like I have none on in the pic.. probably the flash washing it out or the saber adding some glow.. but its there. I used a liquid color called Blythe by ben nye. Sort of a bluish white. My youngest says it looks white. I'm thinking it looks blue. I have a cake of white so I'm going to play with that and see what I like better.